Failure to pay toll

16.  (1) If a toll charged for operating a vehicle on Highway 407 or any administrative fee is not paid within 35 days after the day it is payable under subsection 15 (1), the owner may send the person responsible for the payment of the toll a notice of failure to pay the toll. 1998, c. 28, s. 16 (1).

Content of notice

(2) The notice shall,

(a) set out the amount of the toll, of any administrative fee and the interest rate that is being charged;

(b) inform the person named in the notice that he or she may dispute the matter on a ground referred to in subsection 17 (1);

(c) inform the person named in the notice that if he or she disputes the matter, 

(i) he or she must send a notice of dispute to the owner within the time period referred to in subsection 17 (2),

(ii) he or she bears the onus of proving the grounds on which the matter is disputed, and

(iii) the tolls, fees and interest set out in the notice shall be deemed to be paid in full if the owner fails to send the person its decision within 30 days of receiving the person's notice of dispute; and

(d) inform the person named in the notice that if the toll or fee referred to in the notice, or any interest on that toll or fee, is not paid within 90 days of the day on which the person received the notice, the Registrar of Motor Vehicles may refuse to validate the person's vehicle permit or refuse to issue a vehicle permit to the person and that the Registrar of Motor Vehicles may do so even if the failure to pay is disputed under section 17. 1998, c. 28, s. 16 (2).