MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC BILL - Trinidad and Tobago

Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC BILL

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MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC BILL

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Short title.

Act inconsistent with Constitution.

Commencement.

Interpretation.

Act binds the State.

PART II

MOTOR VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC AUTHORITY

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

Establishment of Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Authority.

Functions of the Authority.

Powers of the Authority.

Ministerial directions and report.

Establishment of Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Authority Board.

Appointment of members of the Board to be notified in the Gazette.

Remuneration of members.

Liability of Board members.

Secretary to the Board.

Meetings of the Board.

Administration.

Appointment of committees.

Disclosure of interest.

Seal of the Authority.

Service of notice on the Authority.

PART III

STAFF, ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

Appointment of executive management and other staff of the Authority.

Staff of Licensing Authority established under former Act.

Employment of persons for specific tasks.

General Manager.

Role of the General Manager.

Registrar of Motor Vehicles.

Chief Motor Vehicles Enforcement Officer.

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28.

29.

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

36.

37.

38.

Application ofState Liabilities and Proceedings Act.

Powers of the Motor Vehicles Enforcement Officer.

Impersonation of a Motor Vehicles Enforcement Officer or wearing a Motor Vehicle

Enforcement Officer Uniform.

Options available to public officers.

Secondment to or from the Authority.

Confidentiality.

Limitation of personal liability of the Authority personnel.

Pension Fund Plan.

Preservation and accrual of superannuation benefits.

Payment of superannuation benefits by the Authority prior to the establishment of the

pension fund plan.

Payment of superannuation benefits by pension fund plan.

PART IV

FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

39.

40.

41.

42.

43.

44.

45.

46.

47.

48.

49.

Funds and resources of the Authority.

Use of funds and resources of the Authority.

Borrowing powers.

Exemption from taxes.

Accounts of the Authority.

Public accounts.

Financial year.

Responsibility of accounting officers.

Appointment of external auditor.

Preparation of annual reports and accounts of the Authority.

Exemption from Central Tenders Board.

PART V

LICENSING OF PERSONS TO DRIVE

50.

51.

52.

53.

54.

55.

56.

57.

58.

59.

60.

61.

62.

63.

64.

Requirement to be licensed.

Holder of licence issued outside Trinidad and Tobago.

Classes of drivers¡¯ licences.

Power to stop and inspect vehicle.

Exemption from requirement for driver¡¯s licence by Military.

Motorcycles and safety helmets

Learner driver¡¯s licence.

Issue of a driver¡¯s licence.

Conditions of driver¡¯s licence.

Grounds for refusal of driver¡¯s licence.

Renewal of driver¡¯s licence.

Extension of certificate, licence or permit.

Endorsements.

Requirement to have correct endorsement.

Revocation or suspension of driver¡¯s licence.

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65.

66.

67.

68.

69.

70.

71.

72.

73.

74.

75.

76.

77.

78.

Authority may suspend a driver¡¯s licence in interest of public safety.

Holder of driver¡¯s licence may show cause why licence should not be suspended.

Surrender and return of driver¡¯s licence.

Voluntary surrender of driver¡¯s licence.

Production of a driver¡¯s licence.

Driver¡¯s licence remains property of the Authority.

Lost, stolen or destroyed driver¡¯s licence.

Issue of international driver¡¯s licence.

Requirements for visiting drivers.

Driver¡¯s licence register.

Assignment of points.

Notice before suspension.

Surrender of driver¡¯s licence.

Transitional provisions relating to permits and licences.

PART VI

REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATION OF VEHICLES

79.

80.

81.

82.

83.

84.

85.

86.

87.

88.

89.

90.

91.

92.

93.

94.

95.

96.

97.

98.

99.

100.

101.

102.

103.

104.

105.

106.

Approved form.

Tagging of vehicles.

Requirement to inform Authority of intention to import vehicle.

Vehicle tax.

Vehicle assembled in Trinidad and Tobago.

Requirement to register vehicle.

Exemption from requirement to register.

Registration of antique vehicle.

Registration of a vehicle.

Private motor vehicles and certain other vehicles to be fitted with seat belts.

Certain vehicles to be equipped with seat belts.

Wearing of seat belts compulsory.

Driving while a child is in the vehicle.

Registration restriction on certain vehicles.

Validity of Vehicle Certificate of Registration.

Requirement to notify Authority on destruction of vehicle or where rendered

unserviceable.

Registration of change of use.

Cancellation of registration in certain circumstances.

Requirement to notify Authority where a vehicle is involved in accident.

Inspection of vehicle by Authority prior to registration.

Lost stolen or damaged Vehicle Certificate of Registration.

Offence to alter or deface Vehicle Certificate of Registration.

Validation certificates for vehicles.

Assignment of letters or numbers to vehicle.

Licence plates.

Renewal of Validation Certificate.

Revocation or suspension of validation certificate.

Temporary permits.

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107.

108.

109.

110.

111.

112.

113.

114.

115.

116.

117.

118.

119.

120.

121.

In-transit permit.

Change in ownership of vehicle.

Transfer tax.

Register of vehicles.

Rebuilt vehicles.

Interpretation of certain words used in sections 113 to 120.

Identification permits for vehicles transporting differently-abled persons.

Application for identification permit.

Display of permit.

Cancellation of identification permit.

Lost or stolen identification permit.

Signs of differently¨Cabled person¡¯s zone.

Offences in relation to an identification permit.

Display of special licence plates.

Transitional provisions relating to identification marks and identification permits.

PART VII

REGISTRATION OF PERSONS TRADING IN VEHICLES

122.

123.

124.

125.

126.

127.

128.

129.

130.

131.

132.

133.

134.

135.

136.

Interpretation of certain words used in Part VII.

Requirement for persons trading in vehicles to be registered.

Inspection of location of vehicle trader.

Issue and expiration of Vehicle Trader Certificate.

Requirement to display Vehicle Trader Certificate.

Validity of Vehicle Trader Certificate.

Remedial work of a vehicle trader.

Suspension of Vehicle Trader Certificate.

Revocation of Vehicle Trader Certificate.

Vehicle Trader Certificate not transferable.

Vehicle trader to keep records.

Vehicle trader to keep record of interest.

Vehicle Trader Register.

Vehicle Trader Plates.

Transitional provisions relating to dealer plates and vehicle trader plates.

PART VIII

REGISTRATION OF VEHICLE RENTAL FIRMS

137.

138.

139.

140.

141.

142.

143.

144.

145.

Interpretation of certain words used in Part VIII.

Prohibition on rental of vehicles.

Registration of vehicle rental firm.

Inspection of location of vehicle rental firm.

Issue of Vehicle Rental Firm Registration Certificate.

Validity of Vehicle Rental Firm Registration Certificate.

Remedial work of a vehicle rental firm.

Suspension of Vehicle Rental Firm Registration Certificate.

Revocation of Vehicle Rental Firm Registration Certificate

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