Saskatchewan driver vehicle inspection report requirements

What Saskatchewan requires

• The person who conducts a Schedule 1, 2 or 3 inspection prepares an inspection report with the licence plate or unit number, the odometer reading if there is one, the date, time and location, the carrier's name, and the inspector's legibly printed name and signed statement that the vehicle was inspected under Schedule 1, 2 or 3; when the inspector is not the driver, the driver signs the same statement tooThe Trip Inspection Regulations, RRS c H-3.01 Reg 11, s. 11 (1)
• If no defects are found, the report says so; every defect or major defect found is recorded with whether it was repaired, a defect is reported to the carrier before the next required inspection, and a certification of repairs is kept for any major defect repairedRRS c H-3.01 Reg 11, s. 12
• A truck, truck tractor or towed trailer with a gross or registered gross vehicle weight over 11,794 kg, or a bus seating more than 10, is inspected every 24 hours it is operated, on Schedule 1 (trucks, tractors, trailers) or Schedule 2 (buses), and neither the carrier nor the driver may put it on a highway without that inspectionRRS c H-3.01 Reg 11, ss. 2 (1) (c), 4, 7, 9 · SGI, Trip inspections
• The driver reports a major defect to the carrier immediately and other defects before the next required inspection, keeps monitoring the vehicle while driving and records any new defect; the carrier has reported defects repaired before the next required inspection, and no one may operate a vehicle with a major defect on a highwayRRS c H-3.01 Reg 11, ss. 13, 14, 14.1, 15 (am. SR 130/2023)
• The driver carries the inspection reports prepared for the current day and the previous day for the vehicle being driven, on paper or on a device a peace officer can hold outside the vehicle, and sends an electronic copy to the officer on requestRRS c H-3.01 Reg 11, ss. 16, 17
• Within 20 days the driver sends the original report and any certification of repairs to the carrier, which keeps the originals for at least six monthsRRS c H-3.01 Reg 11, s. 18 · SGI, Trip inspections
• Saskatchewan adopts NSC Standard 13, Part 2 as amended from time to time; the carrier gives each driver the applicable inspection schedule (paper or electronic), which lists every inspection item on the vehicle and any towed trailerRRS c H-3.01 Reg 11, ss. 2.1, 3, 5
• A motor coach may instead get a Schedule 3 inspection every 24 hours plus a Schedule 4 inspection every 30 days or 12,000 km, done over a pit or with the coach raised by a journeyperson, someone they supervise, or a person with three years on that class of vehicle; that report adds the brake adjustment measurementRRS c H-3.01 Reg 11, ss. 8, 10, 11 (2)
• The regulations do not apply to two- or three-axle farm trucks not towing a trailer, emergency vehicles, road construction and maintenance equipment, farm equipment, disaster relief vehicles, recreational vehicles, or class PC vehiclesRRS c H-3.01 Reg 11, s. 2 (2)