Off-Road Small Spark-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations

5 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the off-road engines that are prescribed for the purposes of the definition engine in section 149 of the Act are those that

• (a) operate under characteristics significantly similar to the theoretical Otto combustion cycle;

• (b) use a spark plug or other sparking device; and

• (c) develop no more than 19 kW of power measured at the crankshaft, or its equivalent, when equipped only with standard accessories (such as oil pumps or coolant pumps) necessary for their operation.

(2) The engines referred to in subsection (1) do not include engines that are

• (a) designed exclusively for competition and with features that are not easily removed and characteristics that render their use other than in competition unsafe, impractical or unlikely;

• (b) regulated by the On-Road Vehicle and Engine Emission Regulations;

• (c) designed to be used exclusively in underground mines;

• (d) designed to be used to power snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles or restricted-use motorcycles, as those vehicles are defined in subsection 2(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations;

• (e) designed to be used in reduced-scale models of vehicles that are not capable of transporting a person;

• (f) designed to be used exclusively in emergency and rescue machines;

• (g) designed to be used in military machines designed for use in combat or combat support;

• (h) designed to propel a vessel; or

• (i) being exported and that are accompanied by a written statement establishing that they will not be sold or used in Canada.

(3) For the purpose of section 152 of the Act, the prescribed engines are those referred to in subsection (1) that are manufactured in Canada, except any engine that will be used in Canada solely for purposes of exhibition, demonstration, evaluation or testing.