Vehicles and Road Traffic (CAP. 460 1

CHAPTER 460

THE VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

Arrangement of Sections
Section

Preliminary

1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Transport Board.
4. Traffic Commissioner.
5. Duties of Commissioner of Inland Revenue.
6. Duties of Examining Officer.
7. Fees and duties.
8. Power to charge fee for Police report.

Control of Impmtation, Registration and Licensing
of Motor Vehicles

9. Restrictions on use and importation of certain motor
vehicles.

10. Registration of motor vehicles.
11. Verification of application for registration.
12. Cancellation of registration.
13. Exemptions from need for registration.
14. Transfer of registration.
15. Licensing etc.
16. Special permits.
17. Application for licence.
18. Vehicle to be weighed.
19. Particulars to be entered in register.
20. Conditions to be satisfied before licence is issued.
21. Certificate of fitness.
22. Proceedings on bond.

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23. Renewal of licence.
24. Licence in respect of public service vehicles.
25. Alteration of motor vehicles occasioning higher licence

duty.
26. Cancellation and suspension of licence.
27. Transfer of ownership.
28. Licence duties.
29. Visitor's temporary licence.

Licensing of Drivers and Conductors

30. Driver's licence.
31. Classes of Drivers' licences.
32. Form of drivers' licences.
33. Fees.
34. Application for driver's licence.
35. Certificate of competency.
36. Disqualification for obtaining driver's licence.
3'1. Particulars on drivers' and conductors' licences.
38. Duration of driver's licence.
39. Renewal of driver's licence.
40. Visitor's temporary driver's licence.
41. Production of driver's licence.
42. Cancellation of driver's licence for disability.
43. Motor omnibus to carry conductor.
44. Conductor's licence.
45. Application for conductor's licence.
46. Duration of conductor's licence.
4'1. Cancellation and suspension of conductor's licence.

Licensing of Vehicles Not Propelled by Mechanical Powm

48. Application of other provisions.
49. Licensing of animal drawn vehicles and pedal bicycles.
50. Penalty for use of animal drawn vehicles or pedal

bicycles without licence.
51. Application for and issue of licence.
52. Power to fix maximum load for animal drawn vehicles.

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Dn'ving and Othm Offences.

53. Speed.
54. Drivers when under influence of liquor or drugs.
55. Reckless or dangerous driving.
56. Careless driving.
57. Causing death by reckless or dangerous driving of

motor vehicles.
58. Racing speed trials.
59. Power to convict for reckless or dangerous driving.
60. Power to proceed on charge for careless driving on

hearing of charge under section 55.
61. Warning of intended prosecution.
62. Duty to give name and address and to stop. Power of

arrest in certain cases.
63. Restrictions on persons riding bicycles.
64. Restrictions on riding abreast, holding on to moving

vehicles, and pillion riding.
65. Duty to stop in case of accident.
66. Offences.

Fraudulent imitation of documents.
Interfering with motor vehicle.
Endangering vehicle.
Pedestrians etc., causing obstruction.
Using vehicle in defective condition.
Refusing information as to identity of driver.
Refusing information as to user of private motor car

as public service vehicle.
Standing for hire at place not appointed.
Importuning passenger.
Riding on running board.
Obstructing driver.
Giving false information.
Reckless or careless driving of vehicle not being a

motor vehicle.
Driving vehicle not being a motor vehicle, under

influence of drink or drugs.
Tinted windows and windscreens.

67. Taking vehicles without consent of owner.
68. Drivers' Offences Book.

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Disqualijications, Suspension and Endorsements.

69. Disqualification for offences.
70. Temporary suspension of licence pending determination

of charges.
71. Fraudulent application for driver's licence.
72. Provisions as to endorsements.
73. Removal of permanent disqualification.

Foot-Passenger Crossings.

74. Foot-Passenger crossings.

PART VIII

International Circulation of Motw Vehicles.

'75. International circulation of motor vehicles.

Supplemental Provisions.

'76. Presumptive evidence of Registers.
77. Duplicate licences.
78. Weighing of motor vehicles.
79. Power to detain vehicles and enter premises.
80. Exemptions of fire engines, etc., from speed limits.
81. Traffic signs. i
82. Unlawful erection or removal of or interference with :

traffic signs.
83. Concession to operate motor omnibuses. t i
84. Removal of abandoned vehicles. 1
85. Disposal of removed vehicle.
86. Recovery of expenses connected with removal of

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87. Regulations.
88. Highway Code. 1

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89. Power to Traffic Commissioner to make orders.
90. General penalty.
91. Right of appeal.
92. Saving.
93. Conflict of laws.

SCHEDULES.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE.
THE SECOND SCHEDULE.

VEHICLES AND ROAD TRAFFIC

(1 st January, 1947.)

PART I

Preliminary

1. This Act may be cited as the Vehicles and Road Short tide.
Traffic Act.

2. In this Act- Interpretation.

"at night" means from half an hour after sunset until
half an hour before sunrise or such other period
for the lighting of vehicles as may be fixed from
time to time by the Traffic Commissioner and pub-
lished in the Gazette;

"chauffeur" means a person who drives a motor vehicle
and receives compensation therefor;

"Commissioner" means the officer for the time being
performing the duties of Commissioner of Inland
Revenue and includes any officer duly authorised
to act on his behalf;

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( a ) in relation to a trailer means the
drlver of the vehicle by which the trailer is
drawn and "drive" shall be construed accord-
ingly; and

( b ) where a separate person acts as a
steersman of a motor vehicle, includes that
person as well as any other person engaged in
the driving of the vehicle and "drive" shall be
construed accordingly;

"highway code" means the directions and any amend-
ments thereto prepared by the Minister of
Transport under section 45 of the Road Traffic
Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 43);

"maximum gross weight" in reference to a motor lorry
means the tare weight together with the load
including the weight of the driver and attendants,
and in reference to a motor omnibus means the
tare weight together with the weight of the driver,
conductor and the number of passengers for
which the vehicle is licensed. For the purposes of
this definition the weight of a driver, attendant,
conductor or passenger shall be taken as 126 lbs.;

"motor cycle" means a motor vehicle with less than four
wheels not equipped with means of reversing and
the weight of which unladen does not exceed
8 cwt.;

"motor lorry" means a motor vehicle constructed or
adapted for use and used primarily for the con-
veyance or haulage of goods, merchandise or
other loads;

"motor omnibus" means a public service vehicle which
carries or is intended to carry only passengers and
their personal baggage and is licensed to carry
more than seven passengers excluding the driver;

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"motor vehicle" means any mechanically propelled
vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads;

"overtaking" includes passing or attempting to pass any
other vehicle proceeding in the same direction;

"owner" in the case of a motor vehicle that is registered,
means the person in whose name the vehicle is
registered:

Provided that in the case of a motor vehicle which
is the subject of a hire purchase agreement it means
the person in possession of the vehicle under the
agreement:

Provided further that whenever the registered
owner of a motor vehicle is absent from Antigua and
Barbuda the person in actual charge or possession of
the vehicle in Antigua and Barbuda shall be deemed to
be the owner thereof;

"park" or "parking" means to permit a vehicle, whether
occupied or not, to stand upon a road otherwise
than temporarily for the immediate purpose of
and while actually engaged in loading or unload-
ing goods, or the taking up or setting down of pas-
sengers, or in obedience to traffic regulations or
traffic signs, or the directions of a police officer;

"parking place" means a place where motor vehicles of
any class or description may wait;

"prescribed" means prescribed by this Act or regula-
tions made thereunder;

"private motor car" means any motor vehicle, other
than a motor lorry, the weight of which unladen
exceeds 8 cwt. and which does not fall within the
definition of a public service vehicle;

"public service vehicle" means a motor vehicle used for
carrying passengers for hire or reward, whether at
separate and distinct fares for their respective
places or not;

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"road" means any street, road or open space to which
the public are granted access and any bridge over
which a road passes, and includes any privately

, owned street, road or open space to which the
public are granted access either generally or
conditionally;

"regulations" means regulations made under this Act;

"tare weight" means the actual weight of a motor vehi-
cle when unladen but inclusive of the body, accu-
mulators, loose tools, spare wheels and other usual
equipment and a full supply of water and fuel used
for the purpose of propulsion;

"ton" means Imperial ton of 2,240 lbs;

"tractor" means any motor vehicle constructed for the
purpose of hauling trailers whether or not it is
itself capable of carrying passengers or goods, but
does not include a motor lorry so constructed
except when such motor lorry is hauling a trailer;

"trailer" means any vehicle which has no independent
motive power of its own and which is attached to a
tractor or other motor vehicle, but does not
include a side-car attached to a motor cycle;

"traffic" includes bicycles, tricycles, motor vehicles,
vehicles of every description and all animals being
ridden, driven or led and pedestrians;

"traffic sign" includes all signals, warning, sign-posts,
direction posts, signs, lines, marks, or other
devices for the guidance of persons using roads;

"Traffic Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
Police or such other person as may be appointed
as such under section 4;

"vehicle" includes carriages, wagons, carts, motor
vehicles, tractors, bicycles, tricycles, vans, hand-
carts, sledges, trucks, barrows, and all other
machines for the conveyance of goods or persons.

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3. (1) There shall be established a body called the T*a"S~O~BOZVd-
Antigua and Barbuda Transport Board (hereinafter
referred to as the Board) consisting of the Traffic
Commissioner as Chairman and four other members to be
appointed by the Governor-General.

(2) The Governor-General may appoint any person to
act in the place of the Chairman or any other member of
the Board in the case of his absence or inability to act as
such Chairman or other member.

(3) The Board may act by any three of its members,
and may so act notwithstanding any vacancy in the number
of members constituting the Board.

(4) The Board shall have the power to regulate its own
procedure.

(5) The Board shall act in an advisory capacity and
shall advise the Governor-General on all matters appertain-
ing to road transport and traffic and in particular as to the
following matters-

(a) transport, rates, fares, tolls, dues or other
charges;

( b ) licence duties and fees in respect of motor and
other vehicles;

(c) the regulation and control of traffic;

(d) any other matter affecting traffic or transport
that the Governor-General may refer to the Board.

(6) The Board shall hear and determine any appeal
submitted by an aggrieved party against any order or deci-
sion of the Traffic Commissioner, the Commissioner of
Inland Revenue or an Examining Officer and the decision
of the Board thereon shall be conclusive:

Provided that on the hearing of any such appeal the
Traffic Commissioner shall not act as Chairman or as a
member of the Board.

(7) The Board shall perform such other duties as are
assigned to it by this Act and the regulations made there-
under or by an order of the Governor-General.

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Traffic
Commissioner. 4. (1) The Commissioner of Police or such other

person as the Governor-General may appoint shall be the
Traffic Commissioner for Antigua and Barbuda.

It shall be his duty-

(a) to regulate and control traffic on roads;

( b) to keep records of all accidents on roads;

(c) to furnish annually to the Governor-General a
report of all accidents on roads which result in death or
injury to persons, and as far as practicable the causes
attributed to such accidents;

(4 to keep a Drivers' Offences Book;

( e ) to enforce the provisions of this Act and of any
regulations made thereunder other than those
referred to in section 5.

(2) Subject to the approval of the Governor-General,
the Traffic Commissioner may, by notice in the Gazette,
appoint such Examining Officers as may be necessary for
the due carrying out of the provisions of this Act or of any
regulations made thereunder.

(3) All such Examining Officers shall be under the
direction of the Traffic Commissioner.

Duties of
Commissioner of

5. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Inland
Inland Revenue. Revenue in accordance with the provisions of this Act-

(a) to issue licences and certificates of registra-
tion in respect of vehicles, drivers' licences and con-
ductors' licences;

(b) to keep a register of-

(i) motor vehicles;

(ii) licensed motor drivers and licensed conductors;

(iii) animal drawn vehicles and pedal bicycles; and

(c) to perform all such other duties as are or may
be conferred or imposed upon him by this or any other
Act or by any regulations made thereunder.

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6. It shall be the duty of an Examining Officer, when Dutiesof
Examining

so required by the Traffic Commissioner or Commissioner off,,,.
of Inland Revenue-

( a ) to examine and report upon the condition,
construction and equipment of any motor vehicle or
other vehicles;

(b) to test applicants for drivers' licences as to
their competence to drive, and, if satisfied, to grant the
necessary certificates of competency;

(c) to perform all such other duties as are or may
be conferred or imposed upon him by this or any other
Act or by any regulations made thereunder.

7. (1) The fees and duties specified in the First FeesandDuties.
m t Schedule. Schedule shall be payable to the Commissioner of Inland

Revenue in respect of the several matters to which they are
applicable.

(2) All fees and duties received by the Commissioner
of Inland Revenue shall be paid into the Public Treasury of
Antigua and Barbuda to the credit of the General Revenue.

(3) The Cabinet may by order amend, vary, suspend or
revoke any or all of the provisions of the First Schedule:

Provided that an order made under this subsection
shall be of no effect unless and until approved by resolution
passed by Parliament.

8. The Traffic Commissioner is hereby authorised to Power to charge
fee for Police

charge the fee set out in the First Schedule for any report reFn.
supplied on request by the Police Department to any person
or insurance company in connection with a traffic accident.

Control of Importation, Repstration and Licensing of Motor
Vehicles

9. (1) NO motor vehicle or trailer all the wheels of Restricti~nson
use and lmporta-

which are not fitted with pneumatic tyres, shall be used tionofcertain
upon any road. motor vehicles.

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(2) No motor vehicle or trailer which exceeds a maxi-
mum gross weight of five tons shall be imported for use
upon any route or road:

Provid'ed that in the case of motor vehicles, the Board
may, subject to any regulations made under section 87,
grant licences for the importation of any motor vehicle in
excess of the maximum gross weight of five tons but not
exceeding a maximum gross weight of nine tons for the
operation of such motor vehicle on any such route or road
as the Board may approve.

Registration of
motor vehicles.

10. (1) Save as hereinafter provided, no person shall
drive or, being the owner, shall permit any other person to
drive a motor vehicle on a road unless such vehicle is regis-
tered under this Act, and has affixed thereto in the pre-
scribed manner the prescribed identification mark:

Provided that no person shall be liable to a penalty for
a breach of this section if he proves that he has taken all rea-
sonable steps to comply with its requirements, and that the
vehicle was being driven on a road for the purpose of being
registered.

(2) Application for the registration of a motor vehicle
shall be made by the owner on the prescribed form, which
shall be duly completed by the applicant and be accompa-
nied by the prescribed registration fee:

Provided that no registration fee shall be payable in
respect of the registration of any motor vehicle which was
registered under the provisions of any law in force in
Antigua and Barbuda prior to the coming into operation of
this Act.

(3) The Commissioner of Inland Revenue shall, upon
being satisfied that the provisions of this Act and any regula-
tions and of any law for the time being in force in Antigua
and Barbuda relating to the protection of third parties
against risks arising out of the use of motor vehicles, have
been complied with, forthwith enter particulars of the vehi-
cle in the register of motor vehicles and shall assign to the
vehicle a registered letter or letters and number, which shall
be the identification mark of such vehicle.

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(4) A certified copy of the entry in the Register of
motor vehicles in the prescribed form shall be given to the
owner of the vehicle, and such certificate of registration
shall be regarded as prima facie evidence that the vehicle to
which it refers has been registered.

(5) If a motor vehicle does not bear on it an identifica-
tion mark as provided by this section, this fact shall be
regarded as prima facie evidence that the vehicle has not
been registered, and any police officer may detain such
vehicle until inquiries have been made.

(6) The onus of proving that a vehicle has been regis-
tered shall be upon the owner of the vehicle.

(7) The owner of a motor vehicle shall notify the
Commissioner of Inland Revenue of all circumstances or
events that affect the accuracy of the entries in the Register
of motor vehicles at the same time forwarding his certificate
of registration for amendment. The Commissioner of Inland
Revenue may call upon any owner of a motor vehicle at any
time to furnish all information for the verification of the
entries in the Register of motor vehicles relating to such
vehicle.

(8) No person shall be registered as the owner of-

(a) a motor cycle, unless he is sixteen years of age
or over;

( 6 ) a motor vehicle other than a motor cycle,
unless he is 18 years of age or over.

11. (1) Before the registration of any motor vehicle ~;~~~~,";:
the Commissioner of Inland Revenue shall verify all the par- registration.
ticulars entered in the form of application, and may, if he
deems it necessary, send any vehicle to be examined by an
Examining Officer for the purpose of ensuring that it is of
such construction and in such condition as may be neces-
sary for the purpose for which it is sought to register the
vehicle.

(2) Before registering any motor lorry or motor omni-
bus, the Commissioner of Inland Revenue shall ascertain, in

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the manner prescribed, the maximum gross weight or the
maximum number of passengers which the vehicle is autho-
rised to carry and such maximum gross weight or maximum
number pf passengers shall be entered in the Register of
motor vehicles and in the certificate of registration.

Cancellation of
registration. 12. ( 1 ) The registration of a motor vehicle shall

remain valid so long as the vehicle is kept in use, and shall
only be cancelled if the Commissioner of Inland Revenue is
satisfied that the vehicle has been destroyed or rendered
permanently unserviceable or has been permanently
removed from Antigua and Barbuda, or if it has not been re-
licensed for two consecutive years.

(2) The owner of any motor vehicle which has been
destroyed or rendered permanently unserviceable or has
been permanently removed from Antigua and Barbuda
shall notify the Commissioner of Inland Revenue of such
fact within one month of the happening of such event.

Exemptions from
need forregstra- 13. (1) The following classes of motor vehicles shall
tion. be exempted from the need for registration-

( a ) private motor cars and motor cycles brought
into Antigua and Barbuda by visitors for their own use
for a period not exceeding three months, subject to
such conditions as may be prescribed;

(6) new motor vehicles in the possession of manu-
facturers or dealers in motor vehicles, intended for sale
and not used except with the permission of the
Commissioner of Inland Revenue in writing for the
purpose of being tested with a view to sale, subject to
such conditions as may be prescribed.

(2) No fee shall be charged on the registration of any
motor vehicle or trailer-

( a ) which is the property of the Governor-
General used by him for his official or personal duties;
or

(6 ) which is the property of the Government or of
any government body or City or Village Council; or

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(c) which is specially exempted by an order of the
Governor-General on account of its being used for any
charitable, philanthropic or public purpose, or

(4 which is the property of a Consular Officer or
employee of the United States Embassy in Antigua and
Barbuda, who is-

(i) not a British subject,

(ii) not engaged in private occupation for gain in
Antigua and Barbuda, and

(iii) a permanent employee of the United States
Embassy in Antigua and Barbuda or, if not a
permanent employee thereof was not resident
in Antigua and Barbuda at the commence-
ment of his employment in the Embassy of
the United States of America,

and which is used by him for his official or personal duties:

Provided that the exemption hereby granted from pay-
ment of the registration fee in respect of a vehicle shall
cease whenever the condition justifying such exemption
ceases to apply to that vehicle.

14. (1) On the change of possession of a motor vehi- Transfer of regis tration.
cle or trailer otherwise than by death-

(a) the motor vehicle or trailer shall not be used
for more than seven days after such change of possession
unless the new owner is registered as the owner thereof;

( 6 ) the registered owner and the new owner shall,
within seven days after such change of possession,
make application in writing signed by both of them to
the Commissioner of Inland Revenue giving the name
and address of the new owner and the date of change
of possession, and such application shall be accompa-
nied by the certificate of registration and the pre-
scribed fee. The Commissioner of Inland Revenue shall
thereupon by endorsement of the certificate of regis-
tration and entry in the register substitute the name of
the new owner for that of the registered owner and
shall date and initial the substitution, and from such
date the new owner shall for all purposes be deemed to

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be the registered owner of the motor vehicle or trailer
described in the relevant entry in the Register of motor
vehicles and in such certificate of registration:
Provided that where the ownership of any motor vehi-

cle or trailer is changed as a result of any legal or judicial
process such application may be made by the new owner
alone, subject to the other requirements of this section
being complied with.

(2) In the case of the death of the registered owner the
legal personal representative of the deceased in Antigua
and Barbuda shall be deemed to be the registered owner for
the purposes of such transfer and, in the absence of any
legal personal representative in Antigua and Barbuda, the
person into whose possession the motor vehicle or trailer
lawfully comes shall, for the purposes of such transfer, be
deemed to be the registered owner:

Provided that such personal representative or other
person as aforesaid shall notify the Commissioner of Inland
Revenue of the death of the registered owner within one
month of the happening of such event.

(3) The registered owner or the new owner, as the case
may be, who contravenes any of the provisions of the forego-
ing subsections shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) At the discretion of the Commissioner of Inland
Revenue a new certificate of registration may be issued
instead of endorsing the original certificate.

Licensing etc. 15. (1) No person shall drive, or being the owner,
shall permit any other person to drive, a motor vehicle or
trailer on a road unless such vehicle or trailer drawn by such
vehicle is licensed under the provisions of this Act, and if
after the commencement of this Act-

(a) the owner of any motor vehicle or trailer
keeps for use or allows to be kept for use such vehicle
or trailer without having obtained, or otherwise fails or
omits to obtain the relevant licence prescribed in
respect of that motor vehicle or trailer; or

(b) any motor vehicle or trailer is used upon any
road for a purpose which is not authorised by the

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licence issued in respect thereof or in contravention of
any of the provisions of this Act; or

(c) any motor lorry, motor omnibus or trailer is
used upon a road being loaded so as to exceed the
maximum gross weight or the number of passengers
respectively authorised by the licence;

the owner or driver or other person in charge of the motor
vehicle or trailer, as the case may be, who contravenes any of
the provisions of the foregoing paragraphs (a), (b), and (c)
shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction
thereof shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars:

Provided that the Commissioner of Inland Revenue
may in his discretion grant permission to enable a vehicle
licensed as a motor lorry to be used as a private motor car
for the conveyance of passengers without hire or reward
and, in such case, such permission and any conditions
attached thereto shall be recorded on the relevant licence.

(2) Where the driver of any vehicle is charged with an
offence under the last preceding subsection, it shall be law-
ful for the Magistrate to order that a summons be issued
against any person alleged by the driver to be the owner of
the vehicle, making such alleged owner a co-defendant in
the case; and the Magistrate may, after hearing the evidence
and witnesses of all parties, make such order in regard to
the payment of any penalty and costs as to the Magistrate
seemsjust.

(3) A person shall not be convicted of an offence
under this section if he proves that he has not had a reason-
able opportunity of obtaining a licence for the motor vehi-
cle or trailer and that such vehicle was being driven for the
purpose of obtaining a licence.

(4) Every vehicle shall, in all proceedings under this
Act, be deemed to be kept for use, until the contrary be
proved by the owner of such vehicle.

(5) Upon any conviction for an offence under para-
graph (a) of subsection (1) the Magistrate, in addition to
any other penalty which may be imposed, unless such

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licence duty has been paid subsequent to the commission of
the offence, shall order the owner of the motor vehicle or
trailer to pay into Court to the credit of the Commissioner
of Inland Revenue of Antigua and Barbuda, the amount of
the relevant licence duty which would have been payable if
such licence had been taken out at the proper time, and in
default of payment of such amount the owner shall be liable
to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not
exceeding three months.

Special permits. 16. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection ( 2 ) of
section 9 the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, may grant a
special permit to the owner of a tractor, motor lorry, or trail-
er for conveying heavy machinery or other articles in excess
of the maximum gross weight of five tons, subject to such
conditions as may be specified in the permit, and on pay-
ment of a special fee calculated at the rate of fifty cents per
mile or part of a mile to be travelled for each ton or part of
a ton of the gross weight to be transported in excess of the
maximum gross weight for which such tractor, motor lorry
or trailer is licensed.

( 2 ) The Commissioner of Inland Revenue may grant a
special permit to the owner of any machine used for indus-
trial or agricultural purposes to enable such machine to be
moved from one place to another, subject to such condi-
tions as may be specified in the permit and on payment of a
special fee calculated at the rate of fifty cents per mile or
part of a mile to be travelled for each ton or part of a ton
gross weight to be transported.

(3) Any person to whom a permit has been granted
under this section who fails to observe any of the conditions
specified in such permit shall be liable on summary convic-
tion to a penalty of five hundred dollars, and in addition he
shall be liable for any damage occasioned by his neglect or
failure to observe any of such conditions.

(4) Notwithstanding the issue of any permit under sub-
sections (1) and (2) , no fee shall be payable in respect of
road rollers or in respect of motor vehicles using roads
which are not maintained at the public expense, nor in any
case when the distance travelled along a public road does
not exceed one-half of a mile.

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17. Application for the licensing of a motor vehicle Application for
licence. or trailer shall be made to the Commissioner of Inland

Revenue on the prescribed form, and subsequent applica-
tions for renewal of a licence shall be made in person or by
letter, the old licence being at the same time returned to the
Commissioner of Inland Revenue.

18. It shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Inland Vehicle to be
weighed. revenue before granting a licence (including a renewal) in

respect of a motor vehicle or trailer to require such motor
vehicle or trailer to be weighed in the presence of a person
authorised by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue.

19. Upon licensing any motor vehicle or trailer the Pdcularstobe
entered in regis-

Commissioner of Inland Revenue shall enter in the Register ter.
of motor vehicles opposite the entry relating to that vehicle
or trailer the number and date of the licence issued in
respect of such vehicle or trailer.

20. (1) NO licence for any motor vehicle or trailer Conditionstobe
satisfied before shall be issued by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue licenceisissued.

until-

(a) the motor vehicle has been duly registered;

(b) the motor vehicle or trailer has been exam-
ined by an Examining Officer and a certificate of fit-
ness in respect thereof produced;

(c) in the case of a motor vehicle being a public
service vehicle the owner thereof, where there are no
laws for the time being in force in Antigua and
Barbuda relating to the protection of third parties
against risks arising out of the use of motor vehicles,
has deposited with the Commissioner of Inland
Revenue as security the sum of four hundred and
eighty dollars or has given, executed and deposited
with the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, a bond in
the sum of four hundred and eighty dollars with one or
more sureties as may be required and approved by the
Commissioner of Inland Revenue conditioned that the
owner of the motor vehicle shall pay to Her Majesty the
Queen, Her Heirs and successors, every penalty which
may at any time be imposed or adjudged against him in

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respect of any conviction for any offence against the
provisions of this Act, and also any damages and costs
on any judgment for the plaintiff in any action against
the owner of the motor vehicle for negligence in con-
nection with the vehicle sought to be licensed;

(d) the Commissioner of Inland Revenue is satis-
fied that the provisions of this Act and of any regula-
tions made thereunder and of any law for the time
being in force in Antigua and Barbuda relating to the
protection of third parties against risks arising out of
the use of motor vehicles have been complied with.

(2) If any person who is a surety to a bond given under
the provisions of paragraph (c) of the foregoing subsection
is desirous of being discharged from his suretyship he shall
be discharged at the expiration of sixty days after notice in
writing of his desire to be so discharged has been served on
the Commissioner of Inland Revenue and the person for
whom he became bound as surety:

Provided always that, notwithstanding his discharge,
the surety shall continue to be liable in respect of all penal-
ties, damages and costs adjudged against such person in
respect of any act done or committed or any proceedings
commenced before the date of his discharge.

(3) In every case where any surety to a bond required
by this section-

(a) pays the whole or part of the sum for which he
became bound; or

( 6 ) dies; or

(c) is declared a bankrupt or is discharged under
any law of bankruptcy for the time being in force in
Antigua and Barbuda; or

(d) leaves Antigua and Barbuda without leaving
sufficient property therein to satisfy the sum for which
he is bound; or

( e ) is discharged from his suretyship in the man-
ner hereinbefore provided,

the person for whom the surety was bound shall not permit

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any motor vehicle covered by the bond to ply for hire until a
new bond has been executed and deposited in the manner
hereinbefore prescribed.

21. (1) A certificate of fitness to be issued by an Certificateoffit-
Examining Officer consequent upon an examination for neSS'
the purposes of paragraph (b) of section 20(1) or para-
graph (b) of section 23 shall be issued on payment of the
fee prescribed in the First Schedule. it Schedule.

(2) In the case of a motor vehicle or trailer which has
been examined by an Examining Officer but for which a
certificate of fitness is not issued: a certificate of failure to
pass the examination, specifying the reasons for such failure
shall be issued by the Examining Officer on payment of the
fee prescribed in the First Schedule. it Schedule.

22. (1) If the condition of any bond given under Proceedineon
section 20 is not fulfilled, the Commissioner of Inland
Revenue may put the bond in suit as against all or any of the
persons bound thereby.

(2) The amount recovered in any such suit shall be
paid into general revenue, except that the Commissioner of
Inland Revenue may, when the bond has been put in suit by
reason of the non-payment of damages and costs to a plain-
tiff, first deduct and pay to the persons entitled thereto the
amount of such damages and costs.

(3) Proceedings on a bond shall not prevent any other
proceedings being taken to enforce the payment of any bal-
ance that may be due in respect of any penalty, damages or
costs when the amount of the penalty, damages or costs
exceeds the amount recovered under the bond.

23. The Commissioner of Inland Revenue shall not I:,","+"0f
renew a motor vehicle or trailer licence unless-

(a) he is satisfied that the motor vehicle or trailer
does not differ in any respect from the particulars in
the Register of motor vehicles;

( b ) the motor vehicle or trailer has been exam-
ined by the Examining Officer and a certificate of fit-
ness in respect thereof is produced; and

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Licence in respect
of public senice
vehicles.

Fit Schedule.

Alteration of
motor vehicle
occasioning higher
licence duty.

Cancellation and
suspension of
licence.

(c) he is satisfied that the provisions of this Act
and of any regulations made thereunder and of any law
for the time being in force in Antigua and Barbuda
re!ating to the protection of third parties against risks
arising out of the use of motor vehicles have been com-
plied with.

24. In addition to the licence to be issued in respect
of a motor vehicle there shall be issued a licence in respect
of every motor vehicle used as a public service vehicle and
the duty in respect thereof shall be as set out in the First
Schedule.

25. (1) Where a motor vehicle in respect of which a
licence has been issued is altered after the licence has been
issued in such manner as to cause the vehicle to become a
vehicle in respect of which a licence at a higher fee or a
licence of a different class is required, the licence shall
become void, but the holder of the licence shall, on surren-
dering the same and furnishing the particulars of alter-
ations, be entitled to receive a new licence in respect of the
vehicle, to have effect for the period for which the surren-
dered licence would if it had not been surrendered, have
remained in force, on payment of such amount, if any, as r e p
resents the difference between the amount payable on the
new licence and the amount paid on the surrendered licence.

(2) Where a licence has been taken out for a motor
vehicle to be used solely for a certain purpose and the vehi-
cle is at any time during the period for which the licence is
in force used for some other purpose, the person so using
the vehicle shall, if the fee chargeable in respect of a licence
for a vehicle used for that purpose is higher than the fee
chargeable in respect of the licence held by him, be deemed
to be guilty of an offence under section 15 and the provi-
sions of that section shall apply accordingly.

26. (1) The Traffic Commissioner shall have power
to call up for examination at any time any motor vehicle or
trailer which he has reason to believe is not in a fit and
proper state of repair or does not conform to the provisions
of this Act or of any regulations as regards construction,
equipment, dimensions and maintenance.

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Vehicles and Road TrafJic (CAP. 460 23

(2) If upon such examination, the Traffic
Commissioner is satisfied that the motor vehicle or trailer is
so constructed or is in such a condition as to be a source of
danger to any person travelling in the vehicle or to other
users of the road or to be injurious to the roads themselves
or otherwise contravenes any provisions of this Act or any
regulations, the Traffic Commissioner shall so advise the
Commissioner of Inland Revenue who may cancel or sus-
pend any licence subsisting in respect of such vehicle.

(3) A licence suspended by virtue of this section shall,
during the time of suspension, be of no effect.

27. On transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle or Transferof
ownership.

trailer, the Commissioner of Inland Revenue shall, on pay-
ment of the prescribed fee, duly amend the Register of
motor vehicles and the licence, and it shall not be necessary
to issue a new licence.

28. (1) Every motor vehicle and trailer licence
issued shall be in the prescribed form, and shall, unless pre-
viously suspended, cancelled or revoked by competent
authority, expire on the 31st day of December next follow-
ing the date of issue, and the duties to be paid on such
licences shall be as set out in the First Schedule: it Schedule.

Provided that if the Commissioner of Inland Revenue is
satisfied that the motor vehicle or trailer has not been used
on a road previously during the current year the following
percentage only of the full annual duty shall be payable,
where a licence is issued-

(a) in the second quarter of the year, 75% of the
duty;

( b ) in the third quarter of the year, 50% of the
duty;

(c) in the last quarter of the year, 25% of the duty:

Provided also that the Commissioner of Inland
Revenue may issue in respect of a motor omnibus a half-
yearly licence upon payment of half the yearly licence fee
specified in such Schedule, and any such half-yearly licence
shall expire on the 30th day of June or 31st day of
December as shall first occur after the issue thereof:

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24 CAP. 460) Vehicles and Road Traffic

Provided also that in all cases where duties are to be
paid on licences for the use of motor vehicles or trailers on
no other roads other than roads in the island of Barbuda for
any period in any year an abatement of 6G per cent of the
duty shall be allowed.

Exemptions. (2) No licence duty shall be payable in respect of any
vehicle which is exempt from registration or from payment
of the registration fee under section 13 so long as the condi-
tion justifying such exemption continues.

Rebates. (3) The Commissioner of Inland Revenue may in his
discretion make in regard to any motor vehicle or trailer
which has not been used for a continuous period of at least
three months in any year or which has been rendered per-
manently unserviceable or which has been permanently
removed from Antigua and Barbuda, a rebate of such pro-
portion of the licence duty paid in respect of such vehicle as
he thinks fit, but not exceeding one-twelfth of the annual
licence duty for each complete month during which such
vehicle was not in use, and shall on surrender of the licence
refund to the licence holder the amount of such rebate.

Visitor's
temporary licence.

29. (1) Where a private motor car or motor cycle is
brought into Antigua and Barbuda for the purpose of being
used by the owner during a visit, the Commissioner of
Inland Revenue may issue a temporary licence to use the
private motor car or motor cycle for not more than three

F i t Schedule- months on payment of the fee set out in the First Schedule:
Provided that before a temporary licence is issued the

visitor shall satisfy the Commissioner of Inland Revenue that
he holds a valid licence issued in the country in which such
private motor car or motor cycle was last licensed and the
provisions of any law for the time being in force in Antigua
and Barbuda relating to the protection of third parties
against risks arising out of the use of motor vehicles have
been complied with.

(2) A private motor car or motor cycle being used
under the authority of a temporary licence shall be subject
to such conditions as may from time to time be prescribed,
and shall bear the identification marks of the country where
it was last registered together with such other distinguishing
mark as may be prescribed.

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Vehicles and Road Traffic (CAP. 460 25

(3) No private motor car or motor cycle used under
the authority of a temporary licence shall be used for hire
or trade purposes.

Licensing ofDrivers and Conductors.

30. (1) Save as in this section provided, no person D"ver'sBcence.
shall drive a motor vehicle on any road unless he is the hold-
er of a driver's licence and no person shall employ any other
person to drive a motor vehicle on any road unless the per-
son so employed is the holder of a "Chauffeur's Licence",
and if any person acts in contravention of the provisions of
this section he shall be guilty of an offence:

Provided that if the offender has been previously
refused a driving licence or is disqualified for holding or
obtaining such a licence he may be arrested forthwith with-
out a warrant and he shall on summary conviction be liable
to imprisonment for one year and a fine of one thousand
dollars.

(2) For the purpose of learning to drive, a person (in
this section referred to as a "learner") may, though he does
not hold a driver's licence, drive a motor vehicle on a road if
he holds a written permission to do so (in this section
referred to as a "learner's permit") granted by the
Commissioner of Inland Revenue:

Provided that if a learner infringes or fails to comply
with any condition or restriction specified in the learner's
permit while learning to drive on a road, he shall be liable
to the penalty prescribed in subsection (1) as if no learner's
permit had been issued to him, and the said permit shall,
on his conviction. be cancelled.

(3) When granting a learner's permit for the purpose
mentioned in subsection (2) the Commissioner of Inland
Revenue may impose such conditions and restrictions as he
may deem necessary for the safety of the public and shall,
without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words,
specify-

(a) that the learner shall drive upon such roads and
at such times as may be mentioned in the permit; and

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26 CAP. 460) Vehicks and Road Traffic

(6) that the learner shall not use a public service
vehicle carrying passengers for the purpose of learning
to drive;

" (c) that when learning to drive a motor vehicle
(other than a motor cycle) the learner shall have sitting
next to him, for the purpose of instructing him, a
licensed driver; and

(d) the motor vehicle shall carry such identifica-
tion marks as may be specified in the permit:

Provided that a learner may appeal to the Board
against the refusal of the Commissioner of Inland Revenue
to grant him a learner's permit or against any condition or
restriction imposed by the Commissioner of Inland
Revenue, and, on such appeal being made, the Board may
make such order as they deem just and such order shall be
final and conclusive.

(4) A learner and the person accompanying him for
the purpose of instruction, shall each be liable for any
offence committed against any of the provisions of this Act
during the course of such instruction.

Classes of drivers' 31. Drivers' licences shall be of three classes, that is
licences.

to say-

(a) "a motor cycle driver's licence" which shall entitle
the holder thereof to drive a motor cycle, with or with-
out a sidecar;

(6) "a private driver's licence" which shall entitle
the holder thereof to drive, not for reward, such class
or classes of motor vehicles as may be specified in the
licence and which his driving test proves him competent
to drive.

( c ) "a chauffeur's licence" which shall entitle the
holder thereof to drive such class or classes of motor
vehicles as may be specified in the licence and which
his driving test or tests prove him competent to drive.

Form of drivers'
licences.

32. Drivers7 licences shall be in such form as may be
prescribed and shall have affixed thereto the signature of
the holder thereof.

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Vehicles and Road Traffic (CAP. 460 27

33. On the issue of a driver's licence or a learner's Fees-
permit under section 30 there shall be payable the fee set
out in the First Schedule. F i t Schedule.

34. Application for a driver's licence shall be made Applicationfor
driver's licence. to the Commissioner of Inland Revenue in such form as

may from time to time be prescribed and shall be signed by
the applicant.

35. The Commissioner of Inland Revenue shall Czg::i;f
require every applicant for a driver's licence to produce a
certificate of having passed a driving test conducted by an
Examining Officer in accordance with regulations made
under the provisions of this Act.

36. ( 1 ) A person shall be disqualified for holding or Disqualification
for obtaining driv-

obtaining a driver's licence- er's licence.

( a ) if he is by a conviction under this Act or by an
order of court thereunder disqualified for holding or
obtaining a licence;

(6) in respect of a motor cycle, if he is under the age
of sixteen years;

(c) in respect of any other motor vehicle other than
a public service vehicle, if he is under the age of seven-
teen years;

(4 in respect of a public service vehicle, if he is
under the age of twenty-one years;

(e) if he is suffering from any disease or other dis-
ability which in the opinion of the Commissioner of Inland
Revenue would be likely to cause the driving of a motor vehi-
cle by him to be a source of danger to the public:

Provided that if a licence is refused by virtue of this pro-
vision the applicant may claim to be subjected to a test as to
his fitness or ability to drive a motor vehicle or a motor vehi-
cle of a particular class or description or a motor vehicle of
a particular form of construction, and if he passes such test
and is not otherwise disqualified the licence shall not be
refused by reason only of the provision of this paragraph.

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Particulars on
drivers' and
conductors'
licences.

Duration of
driver's licence.

Renewal of
driver's licence.

Visitor's
temporary driver's
licence.

CAP. 460) Irehicks and Road Traffic

(2) During such time as any driver's licence is suspend-
ed the holder thereof shall be disqualified for holding or
obtaining a driver's licence.

"37. Upon issuing a driver's licence or a conductor's
licence the Commissioner of Inland Revenue shall enter in
the appropriate register the particulars of the licence
including the name, address and description of the person
licensed, the date of the licence and any convictions
ordered by competent court to be endorsed thereon.

38. A driving licence is, unless previously suspended,
cancelled or revoked, valid for one year from the date of
issue, and may be renewed for a further period of one year,
or at the request of the holder, a period of three years.

39. On or after the expiration of a driver's licence by
effluxion of time and on application by the holder thereof
for the renewal of his licence, the Commissioner of Inland
Revenue shall, subject to the provisions of section 36 and on
payment of the prescribed fee, renew the licence.

40. (1) It shall be lawful for the Commissioner of
Inland Revenue to grant a temporary driver's licence other
than a chauffeur's licence for any period not exceeding three
months to any applicant for the same, when it is shown to
his satisfaction that the applicant is a bona fide visitor to
Antigua and Barbuda. Such temporary driver's licence may
be granted with or without any driving test on the part of
the applicant, but shall be subject to such conditions as may
be stipulated on the licence and to the payment of the pre-
scribed fee.

(2) The Licensing Officer may from time to time, by
writing under his hand, authorise the owner of a self-drive
hire motor vehicle to hand over on his behalf to applicants
therefor, any licence granted under this section.

(3) In this section, the expression "self-drive hire
motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle used for carrying pas-
sengers for hire or reward where, and only where, that
motor vehicle is available for use on hire to a person who
will be in actual charge or possession of the motor vehicle
during such time as it is hired to him.

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41. The driver of a motor vehicle shall, on being so Productionor
driver's licence. required by any police officer, produce his driver's licence

for examination so as to enable such police officer to ascer-
tain the name and address of the holder of the licence and
the date of issue of the same, and if he fails so to do he shall
be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding
two hundred and fifty dollars:

Provided that, if within forty-eight hours after the pro-
duction of his licence was required the holder produces the
licence in person at such police station as may be specified
to him at the time its production was required, he shall not
be charged under this section.

42. If it appears to the Commissioner of Inland ($z;F:in,"d
Revenue that there is reason to believe that any person who for disability.
holds a driver's licence is suffering from a disease or physi-
cal disability likely to cause the driving by him of a motor
vehicle, being a vehicle of any such class or description as he
is authorised by the licence to drive, to be a source of dan-
ger to the public, and if, on inquiring into the matter, the
Commissioner of Inland Revenue is satisfied that the holder
of the licence is suffering from such disease or disability as
aforesaid, then whether or not the holder of the licence so
suffering as aforesaid has previously passed a driving test,
the Commissioner of Inland Revenue may, after giving to
the holder of the licence notice of his intention so to do,
revoke the licence, and the holder shall on receipt of such
notice deliver the licence to the Commissioner of Inland
Revenue for cancellation.

43. (1) Except as otherwise approved by the Traffic Motor omnibus to
Commissioner every motor omnibus shall at all times when CwCondUCtOr~
in use on any road carry a conductor in addition to the driver.

(2) The owner of any motor omnibus used in contra-
vention of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an
offence.

44. No person shall act as a conductor of a motor Conductor's
licence.

omnibus unless he is licensed for the purpose, and no per-
son shall employ as a conductor any person who is not so
licensed.

Any person who acts in contravention of the provisioils
of this section shall be guilty of an offence.

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Application for
conductor's
licence.

Duration of
conductor's
licence.

Cancellation and
suspension of
conductor's
licence.

Application of
other provisions.

Licensing of
animal drawn
vehicles and
pedal bicycles.

CAP. 460) Vehicks and Road Traffic

45. (1) Any person who desires to be licensed as a
conductor of a motor omnibus shall apply to the
Commissioner of Inland Revenue in the prescribed form.

(2) A conductor's licence shall be in such form as may
be prescribed and shall be issued by the Commissioner of
Inland Revenue on payment to him of the prescribed fee
and upon his being satisfied that the provisions of any regu-
lations made under this Act have been complied with.

46. A Conductor's licence shall, unless previously
cancelled or suspended by the Commissiorler of Inland
Revenue, expire upon the 31st day of December next fol-
lowing the date of issue.

47. The Commissioner of Inland Revenue may can-
cel or suspend the licence of any conductor on his being
convicted of an offence under this Act or for any contraven-
tion of the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made
thereunder.

Licensing of Vehicles Not Propelled 4 Mechanical Powm
48. The Governor-General may, by order published

in the Gazette, provide-

( a ) that any of the provisions of this Act or any
regulations relating to motor vehicles shall apply,
mutatis mutandis, to animal drawn vehicles and pedal
bicycles, and the owners, drivers or riders thereof;

( b ) that any specified class of animal drawn vehicle
shall be exempted from the requirements of this Part
in regard to licensing or the payment of licence duties.

49. Every animal drawn vehicle and every pedal bicy-
cle shall be licensed in the manner provided in this Part,
and it shall be the duty of the owner or other person in
charge of the vehicle on demand by any police officer to
produce such licence within a reasonable time after the
demand is made.

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Vehicles and Road Traffic (CAP. 460 3 1

50. The owner and driver or rider or other person in Penalty for use of animal drawn vehi-
charge of any animal drawn vehicle or of any pedal bicycle cles or pedal bicy-
which is used on a road without a licence in that behalf ~ ~ ~ ~ u t
issued under this Act shall each be guilty of an offence, and
shall each be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of
five hundred dollars:

Provided that a person shall not be convicted of an
offence under this section if he proves that he has not had a
reasonable opportunity of obtaining a licence and that the
animal drawn vehicle or pedal bicycle was being used on the
road for the purpose of obtaining a licence.

51. (1) Application for the licensing of an animal App!icationfor
and Issue of drawn vehicle or pedal bicycle shall be made to the licence.

Commissioner of Inland Revenue in the prescribed form,
and subsequent applications for the renewal of a licence
shall be made in person or by letter, the old licence being at
the same time returned to the Commissioner of Inland
Revenue.

(2) Licences issued under this Part shall be in the pre-
scribed form, and shall expire on the 31st day of December
following the date of issue.

( 3 ) The duties to be paid on such licences shall be as
set out in the First Schedule.

(4) No duty shall be charged for a licence in respect of
any animal drawn vehicle or pedal bicycle which is the p rop
erty of the Government or of any government body or City
or Village Council.

( 5 ) Upon licensing any animal drawn vehicle or pedal
bicycle the Commissioner of Inland Revenue shall enter in
the Register of Animal Drawn Vehicles and Pedal Bicycles
opposite the entry relating to that vehicle or bicycle the
number and date of the licence.

F i t Schedule.

52. The Commissioner of Inland Revenue may, if z'~;z%~~
necessary for the purpose of safety or for preventing injury for ,hd dram
to roads or cruelty to animals by the overloading of any ani- vehicles.
ma1 drawn vehicle, endorse on the licence the number of
passengers or weight of load to be carried, and, in that case,

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32 CAP. 460) Vehicles and Road Trafjc

if the number of passengers or the load carried on such
vehicle is in excess of such maximum, the driver or other
person in charge of the vehicle and the owner of the vehicle
shall each be guilty of an offence.

Driving and Other Offences.
Speed. 53. (1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle of
SecondSchedule. such class or description as is specified in the Second

Schedule at a speed greater than the speed therein speci-
fied as the maximum speed at which a vehicle of that class
or description may be driven on a road or any portion
thereof within the limits of the City of Saint .John's or which is
declared to be within a meed limit area in the manner here-
inafter provided or otherwise than as specified in the said
Schedule.

Any person who acts in contravention of the provisions
of this subsection shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) A person charged under this section with the
offence of driving a motor vehicle of such class or descrip-
tion on a road at a speed greater than the maximum speed
allowed in the case of a vehicle of that class or description
travelling on a road as defined in subsection (1) shall not be
liable to be convicted of the offence solely on the evidence
of one witness to the effect that in the opinion of the witness
the person charged was driving the vehicle at such greater
speed.

(3) Any person being the owner of a motor vehicle,
who aids, abets, counsels or procures any person who is
employed by him to drive such motor vehicle on such a road
to commit an offence under this section shall be guilty of an
offence.

(4) The Traffic Commissioner may, by order under his
hand, prohibit the driving of motor vehicles over any bridge
at a speed greater than that specified by him in such order.
Any such order shall be published in the Gazette, and the
limit of speed to be observed shall be indicated on notice
boards to be fixed at such bridge.

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Vehicles and Road Trafjc (CAP. 460 33

( 5 ) The Traffic Commissioner may by order published
in the Gazette and in a newspaper published in Antigua and
Barbuda prohibit the driving of motor vehicles generally or
of a particular class of motor vehicle above a specified speed
over any specified road or portion of a specified road for a
specified time:

Provided that so long as such prohibition remains in
force the Traffic Commissioner shall erect and maintain
traffic signs which shall state the substance of the order pub-
lished in the Gazette and which shall be placed in such posi-
tions as shall give adequate notice thereof to drivers of
vehicles.

(6) The Cabinet may by order published in the Gazette
and in one or more newspapers circulating in Antigua and
Barbuda, declare any road or portion thereof to be within a
speed limit area:

Provided that an order under this subsection shall be of
no effect unless and until it has been approved by Parliament:

Provided further that as soon as practicable after the
coming into effect of such order the Traffic Commissioner
shall erect or cause to be erected, both at the commence-
ment and at the termination of such area, traffic signs indi-
cating the limits of such area and the maximum speed fixed
in relation thereto.

(7) Any person who-

( a ) drives a motor vehicle on a road at a speed
exceeding a speed limit prescribed by or under this sec-
tion; or

( b ) is guilty of an offence under subsection (3)

is liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to
imprisonment for a term of six months and in addition may
be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver's licence
for a period not exceeding twelve months. Where a person
is convicted for a second or subsequent offence under this
section, the Court shall, in addition to such penalty, disqual-
ify such person from holding or obtaining a driver's licence
for such period as it may, in the circumstances, consider
appropriate.

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34 CAP. 460) Vehicles and Road Traffic

(8) On the prosecution of any person for any speeding
offence under this section, the Court shall admit into evi-
dence-

( a ) the facts ascertained from the reading of a
speedometer over a distance of at least two hundred
metres;

(b) the measurement of any speed by a device
designed or adapted for measuring by radar the speed
of a motor vehicle.

(9) No Court shall admit into evidence any facts ascer-
tained from the reading of a speedometer or the measure-
ment from any device adapted for measuring by radar the
speed of a motor vehicle unless such speedometer or radar
is of a type prescribed by regulation.

Drivers when 54. (1) Any person who when driving or attempting
under influence
of liquorordrug. to drive, or when in charge of, a motor vehicle on a road is

under the influence of drink or drug to such an extent as to
be incapable of having proper control of the vehicle, is
liable on summary conviction for a first offence to a penalty
of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for eighteen
months, and on conviction for a second and every subse-
quent offence to a penalty of ten thousand dollars an& to
imprisonment for three years.

(2) A person convicted of an offence under this sec-
tion, shall, without prejudice to the power of the Court to
order a longer period of disqualification, be disqualified for
a period of twelve months from the date of the conviction
for holding or obtaining a driver's licence, and on a second
conviction for a like offence he shall be permanently dis-
qualified for holding or obtaining a driver's licence.

(3) Any police officer may arrest without warrant any
person committing an offence under this section.

Reckless or
dangerous driving. 55. (1) Any person who drives a motor vehicle on a

road recklessly, or at a speed or in a manner which is dan-
gerous to the public, ha;ing regard to all the circumstances
of the case, including the nature, condition and use of the
road, and the amount of traffic which is actually at the time,
or which might reasonably be expected to be, on the road,

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shall be liable-

( a ) on summary conviction for a first offence to a
penalty of twenty-five hundred dollars and to imprison-
ment for six months and for a second and every subse-
quent offence to a penalty of five thousand dollars and
to imprisonment for a term of twelve months;

(b) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment
with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding
two years, or to a fine, or both such imprisonment and
fine.

(2) A person convicted of an offence under this sec-
tion shall, without prejudice to the power of the Court to
order a longer period of disqualification, be disqualified for
holding or obtaining a driver's licence for a period of six
months from the date of the conviction and on a third con-
viction for a like offence he shall be permanently disquali-
fied for holding or obtaining a driver's licence.

56. (1) If any person drives a motor vehicle on a Carelessdriving.
road without due care and attention, or without reasonable
consideration for other persons using the road, he shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary convic-
tion for a first offence to a penalty of one thousand dollars
and to disqualification from holding or obtaining a driver's
licence for three months, and for a second and every subse-
quent offence to a penalty of twenty-five hundred dollars
and to disqualification from holding or obtaining a driver's
licence for one year.

57. (1) Any person who causes the death of another Causingdeath by
person by the driving of a motor vehicle on a road reckless- ~ ~ z ~ $ ~ b f
ly, or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the rnotorvehicles.
public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case
including the nature, condition and use of the road, and
the amount of traffic which is actually at the time, or which
might reasonably be expected to be, on the road, shall be
liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding five years.

(2) If upon the trial of a person for an offence against
this section the jury are not satisfied that his driving was the
cause of the death but are satisfied that he is guilty of driv-

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Cap. 105.

Racing speed
trials.

Power to convict
for reckless or
dangerous driving.

Power to proceed
on charge for
careless driving on
hearing of charge
under section 55.

ing as mentioned in subsection (1) it shall be lawful for
them to convict him of an offence under section 55 whether
or not the requirements of section 61 have been satisfied as
respecp that offence.

(3) The provisions of section 32 of the Coroners Act,
shall apply to an offence against this section as it applies to
manslaughter.

58. (1) Any person who promotes or takes part in a
race or trial of speed between motor vehicles on a road shall
be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of twenty-five
hundred dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.

(2) A person convicted of an offence under this sec-
tion shall, unless the Court for a special reason thinks fit to
order otherwise and without prejudice to the power of the
Court to order a longer period of disqualification, be dis-
qualified for holding or obtaining a driver's licence for a
period of twelve months -from the date of the conviction.

59. Upon the trial of a person who is indicted for
manslaughter in connection with the driving of a motor
vehicle by him, it shall be lawful for the jury, if they are satis-
fied that he is guilty of an offence under section 55 to find
him guilty of that offence, whether or not the requirements
of section 61 have been satisfied as respects that offence.

60. Where a person is charged summarily before a
Magistrate with an offence under section 55 (which relates
to reckless or dangerous driving) and the Magistrate is of
the opinion that the offence is not proved, then at any time
during the hearing or immediately thereafter, the
Magistrate may, without prejudice to any other powers pos-
sessed by him, direct or allow a charge for an offence under
section 56 (which relates to careless driving) to be preferred
forthwith against the defendant and may thereupon pro-
ceed with that charge, so however that the defendant or his
solicitor or counsel shall be informed of the new charge and
be given an opportunity, whether by way of cross-examining
any witness whose evidence has already been given against
the defendant or otherwise, of answering the new charge,
and the Magistrate shall, if he considers that the defendant

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is prejudiced in his defence by reason of the new charge
being preferred, adjourn the hearing.

61. (1) Where a person is prosecuted for an offence w b n g o f
intended

under any of the provisions of this Part relating respectively
to the maximum speed at which motor vehicles may be
driven, to reckless or dangerous driving, and to careless
driving, he shall not be convicted unless either-

(a) he was warned at the time the offence was
committed that the question of prosecuting him for an
offence under some one or other of the provisions
aforesaid would be taken into consideration; or

(b) within fourteen days of the commission of the
offence a summons for the offence was served on him; or

(c) within the said fourteen days a notice of the
intended prosecution specifying the nature of the alleged
offence and the time and place where it is alleged to have
been committed was served on or sent by registered post
to him or to the person registered as the owner of the
vehicle at the time of the commission of the offence:

Provided that-

(i) failure to comply with this requirement shall
not be a bar to the conviction of the accused
in any case where the Court is satisfied that-

(a) neither the name and address of the
accused nor the name and address of the
registered owner of the vehicle could
with reasonable diligence have been
ascertained in time for a summons to be
served or for notice to be served or sent
as aforesaid; or

(b) the accused by his own conduct con-
tributed to the failure.

(ii) the requirements of this section shall in every
case be deemed to have been complied with
unless the contrary is proved.

62. (1) If the driver of a motor vehicle who is Duh/to&e-e and address and to
alleged to have committed an offence under the foregoing ,p.powerofarrrst
provisions of this Act as to reckless or dangerous driving or m c e h c a s f f .

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Restrictions on
persons riding
bicycles.

Restrictions on
r i d i abreast,
holding on to
moving vehicles,
and pillion riding.

CAP. 460) Vehicles and Road Traffic

careless driving refuses, on being required by any person
having reasonable grounds for so requiring, to give his
name and address, or gives a false name and address, he
shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) Any police officer may arrest without warrant the
driver of any motor vehicle who within his view commits any
offence under the provisions of this Act as to reckless or
dangerous driving or careless driving or racing on a road,
unless the driver either gives his name and address or pro-
duces his driver's licence for examination.

(3) Any person driving a motor vehicle on a road shall
stop the vehicle on being so required by a police officer in
uniform, and if he fails so to do he shall be liable on summa-
ry conviction to a penalty of five hundred dollars.

63. (1 ) It shall not be lawful for more than one per-
son to be carried on a road on a bicycle not propelled by
mechanical power unless it is constructed or adapted for
the carriage of more than one person.

(2) A person carried on a bicycle in contravention of
subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a penalty
of five hundred dollars.

64. (1) It shall not be lawful for more than two per-
sons to ride abreast on a road either upon motor cycles or
pedal bicycles:

Provided that a person shall not be convicted under
this section in respect of the overtaking of two persons so
riding where at the point of overtaking on the road there is
an absence of other traffic.

(2) It shall not be lawful for any person while riding a
motor cycle or a pedal bicycle on a road-

(a) to hold on to any other moving vehicle, or to
any animal, or

(b) to ride such motor cycle or pedal bicycle with-
out at least one hand being on the handle bar of such
motor cycle or bicycle.

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Vehicles and Road Traffic (CAP. 460 39

(3) It shall not be lawful for more than one person in
addition to the driver to be carried on any two-wheeled
motor cycle, nor shall it be lawful for any such one person to
be so carried otherwise than sitting astride the motor cycle
and on a proper seat securely fixed to the motor cycle
behind the driver's seat.

(4) A person who contravenes this section is liable on
summary conviction to a penalty of five hundred dollars.

65. (1) ( a ) ~f in any case, owing to the presence of a ~ u t y to stop in case of accident.
. motor vehicle on a road, an accident occurs whereby dam-

age or injury is caused to any person, vehicle or animal, the
driver of the motor vehicle shall stop and, if required so to
do by any person having reasonable grounds for so requir-
ing, give his name and address and also the name and
address of the owner and the identification marks of the
vehicle.

(b ) If in the case of any such accident as aforesaid
the driver of the motor vehicle for any reason does not
give his name and address to any such person as afore-
said, he shall report the accident at a Police Station or
to a police officer as soon as reasonably practicable and
in any case within twenty-four hours of the occurrence
thereof.

( 6 ) In this section the expression "animal" means
any horse, cattle, ass, mule, sheep, goat or dog.

(4 A person who fails to report an accident as is
required by paragraph (b ) of this section is liable on
summary conviction to a penalty of fifteen hundred
dollars.

(2) In the case of any such accident as aforesaid the
Traffic Commissioner may direct enquiry to be made into
the cause of such accident by any police officer or other per-
son authorized by him in writing; and such police officer or
other person may, on production if so required of his
authority, inspect any vehicle in connection with which the
accident arose, and for that purpose may enter at any rea-
sonable time upon the premises where the vehicle is; and if
any person obstructs any person so authorized in the per-
formance of his duty under this subsection he shall be guilty
of an offence.

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40 CAP. 460) Vehicles and Road Traffic

Offences.
Fraudulent imita-
tion of docu-
ments.

Interfering with
motor vehicle.

~ n d a n ~ e r & ~
vehicle.

Pedestrians etc.,
causing obstruc-
tion.

Using vehicle in
defective condi-
tion.

Refusing informa
tion as to identity
of driver.

66. ~f any person-
(a) fraudulently imitates, alters, mutilates,

destroys, or uses or fraudulently lends or allows to be
dsed by any other person any identification mark,
motor vehicle licence, certificate of registration or driv-
ing permit issued or deemed to have been issued under
this Act; or

( 6 ) without permission of the owner or person in
charge thereof, climbs upon or into or swings upon any
motor vehicle, whether the same is in motion or sta-
tionary, sounds any horn or other signalling device, or
attempts to manipulate any of the levers, the starter,
brakes or machinery thereof, or in any manner dam-
ages, interferes or tampers with a motor vehicle or puts
in motion the engine thereof, while it is standing; or

(c) throws any object at a motor vehicle or trailer
or at any person in or on such motor vehicle or trailer
or places any object in any road whereby injury or dam-
age to any motor vehicle or trailer may be occasioned;
or

(d) wilfully loiters or remains on any roadway in
such a manner or in such circumstances as to be likely
to cause danger or obstruction to persons driving or
propelling vehicles on the road; or

( e ) uses or drives or permits to be used or driven
any motor vehicle or trailer on a road in such defective
condition as regards its mechanical fittings or other-
wise as to be a source of danger to its occupants or the
public; or

V) being the owner of a motor vehicle refuses on
the request of any police officer-

(i) to give the name and address of the driver
thereof, such driver having been authorized
by such owner to drive the said motor vehicle;
or

(ii) to give all such information in his possession
as would assist in the discovery or identity of
the driver; or

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Vehicles and Road Traffic (CAP. 460

(g) being a passenger in any motor vehicle rea- Refusinginforma-
tion as to user of sonably suspected to be a vehicle conveying passengers private motor car

for hire or reward without being duly licensed as a pub- ; ~ y ~ e d c e
lic service vehicle in its appropriate class, on being so
required by a police officer refuses to give a statement
as to his presence in such vehicle and as to whether he
is being conveyed for hire or reward; or

( h ) being the driver or conductor of a ~ u b l i c ser- Standing for hire
vice vehicle stands for hire at any road or place not $;a&::pt
appointed for the purpose; or

(9 being the owner, driver or conductor or per- W0&gpas-
senger.

son acting on behalf of the owner, driver or conductor
of a public service vehicle plying for hire makes any -
noise or sounds any instrument in order to attract the
attention of the public or of a possible passenger; or by
troublesome and frequent demands or by persistent
following holds out the vehicle for hire to the public in
such manner as to constitute a nuisance, or acts in any
way so as to cause annoyance or inconvenience to any
person; or

(j) rides on the running board, wings or fenders ~"Jonrunning
of a motor vehicle or on the outside of the vehicle
except on a properly constructed seat; or

(k) being in a motor vehicle in any way obstructs O b s m c h g
driver.

the driver of such motor vehicle whilst the same is in
motion; or

(I) in or in connection with an application for a Gi-false
information.

motor vehicle licence or the registration of a motor
vehicle or a driving licence or in connection with the
endorsement of such a licence, or any change or cor-
rection in a motor vehicle licence or the registration of
a motor vehicle or in giving any information lawfully
demanded or required under this Act or any regula-
tions makes any statement which is to his knowledge
false or in any material respect misleading; or

(m) rides, drives or propels or causes to be rid- Reckless or care-
less driving of

den, driven or propelled any animal or vehicle, not vehicle notbeinea
being a motor vehicle, on a road carelessly, negligently motorvehicle. -
or recklessly, or at a speed or in a manner which is dan-
gerous to the public or to property having regard to all

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42 CAP. 460) Vehicles and Road Traffic

Driving vehicle
not being a motor
vehicle, under
influence of drink
or drugs.

Tinted windows
and windscreens.

Taking vehicles
without consent
of owner.

the circumstances of the case, including the amount
and nature of the traffic which actually is at the time, or
might reasonably be expected to be on such road; or

a (n) rides, drives or propels or is in charge of any
animal or vehicle not being a motor vehicle, on a road
whilst drunk, or while his efficiency for such purpose is
impaired by drink or drugs; or

(0) drives, or being the owner permits any other
person to drive, a motor vehicle on a road when the
windows or windscreens of such vehicles are so tinted
that the interior of the vehicle is not reasonably visible
from the exterior of the vehicle;

he shall be guilty of an offence.

67. (1) If any person uses any motor or other vehi-
cle without the consent of the owner or other lawful author-
ity, he shall be guilty of an offence:

Provided that the.person shall not be convicted under
this section if he proves either-

( a ) that he had good reason to believe, and did in
fact believe, that the owner of the vehicle would, had
he been present, have consented to the vehicle being
used in the manner in which it was used; or

(b) that he had reasonable cause to believe and
did in fact believe that he had lawful authority to use
the vehicle.

( 2 ) If any person is convicted under this section the
Magistrate may, if he thinks fit, either in addition to or with-
out inflicting any punishment, order that the person con-
victed pay to the owner of the vehicle either or both of the
following sums, namely-

( a ) such sum as, in the opinion of the Magistrate,
would have been charged if the vehicle had been hired
by the person convicted;

(b) such sum as, in the opinion of the Magistrate,
represents fair compensation for any damage done to
the vehicle:

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Vehicles and Road Traffic (CAP. 460 43

and payment of such sum shall be enforced in the manner
provided by the Magistrate's Code of Procedure Act for the cap. 255.
enforcing of the payment of a fine or order made on
complaint.

(3) If on the trial of any indictment for stealing any
motor or other vehicle, the jury are of the opinion that the
defendant was not guilty of stealing the vehicle, but was
guilty of an offence under this section, the jury may find
him guilty of an offence under this section and thereupon
he shall be liable to be punished accordingly.

(4) Any police officer may arrest without warrant any
person reasonably suspected by him of having committed
an offence under this section .

68. The particulars of every conviction for an offence Drivers' offences
under this Act including the name of the offender, and the Book.

number of his licence, if any, shall be furnished by the Clerk
or other Officer of the Court in which the conviction is
recorded to the Traffic Commissioner who shall enter the
same in a book to be called the Drivers' Offences Book.

Disqualifications, Suspensions and Endorsements.

69. (1) The Court before which a person is convicted Disqualification
for offences. of any offence in connection with the driving of a motor

vehicle may, in addition to any other penalty provided for
such offence, and shall, where so required by the provisions
of this Act, order that the offender be disqualified for a stated
period or permanently from holding or obtaining a driver's
licence either generally or limited to the driving of a motor
vehicle of any particular class or description; and if the
offender holds a driver's licence the Court shall endorse
upon the licence particulars of the conviction.

(2) Where an order of disqualification is made against
the holder of a driver's licence, the licence shall be suspended
so long as the disqualification continues in force.

(3) A licence suspended by virtue of an order of dis-
qualification shall during the period of suspension be of no
effect.

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CAP. 460) Vehicb and Road TrafJic

(4) A person who by virtue of an order of a Court
under this section is disqualified for holding or obtaining a
driver's licence may appeal against the order in the same
manqer as against a conviction, and the Court may, if it
thinks fit, pending the appeal, suspend the operation of the
order.

Temporary
suspension of

70. (1) If and when any person is charged with
licence pending manslaughter arising out of the use of any motor vehicle or
determinationof with contravening the provisions of sections 54, 55 and sub-
charges.

section (1) of section 57, it shall be lawful for the Traffic
Commissioner to order the suspension of the driver's
licence of the person so charged pending the determina-
tion of the charge.

(2) Any such licence so suspended shall on demand by
any police officer be surrendered to such police officer who
shall forthwith forward the same to the clerk of the court
before which the person so charged is to appear.

(3) A licence suspended by virtue of this section shall
during the period of suspension be of no effect.

Fraudulent
application for
driver's licence.

7 1. If any person who under the provisions of this Act
be disqualified for holding or obtaining a driver's licence
applies for or obtains a licence whilst he is so disqualified, or
if any person while he is so disqualified drives a motor vehicle
or, if the disqualification is limited to the driving of a motor
vehicle of a particular class or description, a motor vehicle of
that class or description on a road, or if any person who has
been refused a licence applies for or obtains a licence without
disclosing such refusal he shall be guilty of an offence, and is
liable on summary conviction to a penalty of one thousand
dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both such
penalty and imprisonment, and the licence obtained by any
person so disqualified, as aforesaid, shall be of no effect.

Provision as to 72. (1) An order that the particulars of any convic-
endorsements tion or of any disqualification be endorsed on any driver's

licence held by the offender shall, whether the offender is
at the time the holder of the licence or not, operate as an
order that any licence he may then hold or may subsequently
obtain shall be so endorsed until he becomes entitled under

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Vehicles and Road Traffic (CAP. 460 45

the provisions of this section to have a licence issued to him
free from endorsement.

(2) Where an order is made requiring any driver's
licence held by an offender to be endorsed, then-

( a ) if the offender is at the time thc holder of' a
driver's licence, he shall, if so required by the (:oiu.t,
produce the licence within five days or such longer
time as the Court may determine fbr the put-pose of
endorsement; and

(6) if he is not thcn the holder of a driver's
licence, brxt subsequently obtains a licence, he shall
within five days after so obtaining the licence produce
it to the Court for the purpose of endorsement;

and if he fails so to do, shall be guilty of an offence; and if
the licence is not produced for the purpose of endorsement
within such time as aforesaid, it shall be suspended from the
expiration of such time until it is produced for the purpose
of endorsement.

(3) On the issue of a new driver's licence to any per-
son, the particulars endorsed on any previous licence held
by him shall be copied on to the new licence unless he has
previously become entitled under the provisions of this sec-
tion to have a licence issued to him free from endorsement.

(4) If any person whose driver's licence has been
ordered to be endorsed and who has not previously become
entitled under the provisions of this section to have a
licence issued to him free from endorsement applies for or
obtains a licence without giving particulars of the order, he
shall be guilty of an offence, and any licence so obtained
shall be of no effect.

(5) Where a person, in respect of whom an order has
been made under this Part requiring the endorsement of
any licence held by him, has during a continuous period of
two years since the order was made had no further order
made against him, he shall be entitled, at any time there-
after, subject to payment of the prescribed fee, and subject
to the surrender of any subsisting licence, to have issued to
him a new licence free from endorsement:

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46 CAP. 460) Vehicles and Road Trafjc

Provided that, in reckoning the said period of two
years, any period during which the person was by virtue of
the order disqualified for holding or obtaining a driver's
licence shall be excluded.

(6) Where a Court orders particulars to be endorsed
on a driver's licence held by any person, or where by convic-
tion or order of a Court a person is disqualified for holding
or obtaining a licence, the clerk or other officer of the
Court shall send a notice of the order to the Commissioner
of Inland Revenue, and, in any case where a person is so dis-
qualified, shall also on the production of the licence for the
purpose of endorsement retain the licence and forward it to
the Commissioner of Inland Revenue who shall keep the
licence until the disqualification has expired or been
removed, and the person entitled to the licence has made a
demand in writing for its return to him.

(7) Where the disqualification to which a person has
become subject is limited to the driving of a motor vehicle
of a particular class or description, the Commissioner of
Inland Revenue to whom that person's licence has been for-
warded under the preceding subsection shall forthwith after
the receipt thereof issue to that person a new licence on
which there shall be indicated in the prescribed manner the
class or description of vehicle which the holder of the
licence is not thereby authorized to drive, and the licence so
issued shall remain in force either for the unexpired period
of the original licence or for the period of the disqualifica-
tion, whichever is the shorter.

(8) Where on an appeal against any such order the
appeal is allowed, or where any such conviction is quashed,
the Court by which the appeal is allowed or the conviction is
quashed shall send notice thereof forthwith to the
Commissioner of Inland Revenue.

Removal of 73. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section a
permanent
disqualification. person who by order of a court is disqualified permanently

from holding or obtaining a driver's licence either generally
or limited to the driving of a motor vehicle of any particular
class or description, may apply to the court by which the
order was made to remove the disqualification; and on any
such application the court may, as it thinks proper, having

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Vehicles and Road 7i-affic (CAP. 460 47

regard to the character of the person disqualified and his
conduct subsequent to the order, the nature of the offence,
and any other circumstances of the case, either by order
remove the disqualification as from such date as may be
specified in the order or refuse the application.

(2) No application shall be made under the foregoing
subsection for the removal of a disqualification before the
expiration of seven years from the date of the order by
which the disqualification was imposed.

(3) An application under subsection (1) of this section
shall, where the order by virtue of which the disqualification
was imposed was made by-

(a ) the High Court, be by summons;

(b ) a Magistrate's Court, be by petition and a copy
of the summons, or as the case may be, of the petition,
shall be served on the Commissioner of Police who
shall be entitled to be represented at the hearing of the
application and may call evidence in opposition thereto.

(4) Where an application under subsection (1) of this
section is refused, a further application thereunder shall
not be entertained if made within three months after the
date of the refusal.

( 5 ) If under this section the court orders a disqualifica-
tion to be removed, the court shall cause particulars of the
order to be endorsed on the licence, if any, previously held
by the applicant.

(6) Where an application is made under this section
the applicant shall pay to the Commissioner of Inland
Revenue to the credit of the general revenue such sum as
may be prescribed in the First Schedule.

PART VII

Foot+assenger Crossings.

First Schedule.

74. (1) Crossings for foot-passengers may be estab- E,","~;yger
lished on roads in accordance with the provisions of this
section.

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48 CAP. 460) Vehicles and Road Trafjc

(2) The Governor-General may make regulations with
respect to the precedence of vehicles and foot-passengers
respectively; and generally with respect to the movement of
traffic at and in the vicinity of a crossing and with respect to
the indication of the limits of a crossing by marks on the
roadway or otherwise, and to the erection of traffic signs in
connection therewith.

(3) Different regulations may be made under this sec-
tion in relation to different traffic conditions and in particu-
lar, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing
words, different regulations may be made in relation to
crossings in the vicinity of, and at a distance from, a junction
of roads, and to traffic which is controlled by the police, and
by traffic signals, and by different kinds of traffic signals,
and which is not controlled.

(4) Any person who contravenes any regulations made
under this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to
a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprison-
ment for a term not exceeding three months and, in the
case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding six months.

(5) In this section the expression "crossing" means a
crossing for foot-passengers proposed by the Board and
approved by the Governor-General specifying either the
positions of the proposed crossings, or the lengths of road,
or the areas, in which crossings are to be established and
indicated in accordance with the regulations having effect
as respects that crossing.

(6) For the purposes of a prosecution for a contraven-
tion of any of the provisions of a regulation having effect as
respects a crossing, the crossing shall be deemed to be estab-
lished and indicated as aforesaid unless the contrary is
proved.

PART VIII

International Circulation @Motor Vehicles.
International
circulation of

75. The Cabinet may, from time to time for the
rnotorvehicles. purpose of giving effect to any convention for facilitating

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the international circulation of motor vehicles, by order
provide-

(a) for the grant and authentication of any travel-
ling passes, certificates or authorities which may be of
use to persons resident in Antigua and Barbuda when
temporarily taking their motor vehicles abroad, or to
drivers when proceeding abroad for the purpose of
driving motor vehicles; and

(b) for modifying the provisions of this Act and
any regulations, or any rules or regulations made
under any Act hereby repealed which continue in force
by virtue of this Act, relating to the registration of
motor vehicles and the licensing of motor vehicle
drivers, in the case of motor vehicles brought tem-
porarily into Antigua and Barbuda by persons resident
abroad and intending to make only a temporary stay in
Antigua and Barbuda, and in the case of drivers enter-
ing Antigua and Barbuda for the purpose of driving
any such vehicles.

Supplemental Provisions.

76. The content of the Register of Motor Vehicles,
the Register of Licensed Motor Drivers, the Register of R ~ + ~ , .
Licensed Conductors, the Register of Animal Drawn
Vehicles and Pedal Bicycles, and the Register of Drivers'
Offences shall respectively be prima facie evidence of the
facts contained therein in all proceedings under this Act.

77. Any person having power to issue any certificate
licences.

or licence under this Act shall, on proof to his satisfaction
that such certificate or licence has been lost, defaced or
destroyed and on payment of the prescribed fee, issue a
duplicate thereof to the person entitled thereto.

78. (1) The driver or other person in charge of a Weighingof
motor vehicles.

motor vehicle or trailer licensed according to its maximum
gross weight may, on demand by a police officer or by any
person authorized in writing by the Commissioner of Inland
Revenue, be required to satisfy such police officer or person
that the load, which is being carried on such motor vehicle
or trailer, does not contravene the provisions of the licence
or this Act or any regulations, and may be required by

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such police officer or person to drive him with such motor
vehicle or trailer to a weigh-bridge or other machine for
weighing vehicles for the purpose of weighing such load.

(2) Any person who fails to comply with any such
requirements as aforesaid shall be guilty of an offence and
shall on summary conviction be liable to a penalty of five
hundred dollars.

Power to detain
vehicles and enter 79. (1) It shall be lawful for any police officer to
premises. stop any vehicle on a road with a view to ascertaining

whether such vehicle is being used in contravention of th&
Act or any regulations, and in the event of any vehicle being
used on a road in such manner, such police officer may take
the vehicle or cause it to be taken to any police station there
to be further examined or to be detained until the vehicle
and driver can be identified, as the case may be. Any person
failing to comply with a request to stop made under this sec-
tion shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) Any police officer and any person authorised in
writing by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue may, at all
reasonable times, enter any premises for the purpose of
inspecting any vehicle on such premises.

Exemptions of
f i i engines, etc.,

80. The provisions of this Act or of any regulations
from speed limits. imposing a speed limit on motor vehicles shall not apply to

any vehicle when it is being used for fire brigade, ambu-
lance or police purposes, if the observance of those provi-
sions would be likely to hinder the use of the vehicle for the
purpose for which it is being used on that occasion.

Traffic signs. 81. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (6) of
section 53 the Traffic Commissioner may cause or permit
traffic signs to be placed on or near any road and may
authorize the retention of any traffic signs erected prior to
the passing of the Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment)

22/1954. Ordinance 1954.

(2) Traffic signs erected or authorized under subsection
(1) may be signs for any of the following purpose*

(a) to regulate the movement of traffic;

(b ) to indicate the route to be followed by traffic;

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(c) to restrict or prohibit the use of any part of any
road by traffic;

(d) to prohibit the driving of any vehicle on any
road otherwise than in a certain direction;

( e ) to restrict or prohibit the parking of vehicles
in any area or on any part of any road;

(f) to restrict or prohibit temporarily the use of
any road or any part of any road by vehicles whenever it
appears to the Traffic Commissioner to be necessary;

(g) to warn users of the road of the need for spe-
cial caution;

( h ) to give notice of dangerous places;

( i ) to indicate the limits of a speed limit area and
the maximum speed fixed in relation thereto;

0) to notify users of the road of any prohibitions
or restrictions which have been imposed by this Act or
by any regulations or order made thereunder;

(k) to convey information to users of the road.

( 3 ) Traffic signs shall be of the kinds and of the descrip
tions prescribed by the Traffic Commissioner by regulations.

(4) Regulations which prescribe the kinds and descrip-
tions of traffic signs may prescribe that any sign or words or
symbol or design or any coloured light or other feature of
any sign shall be interpreted as giving a particular indication
and may prescribe and explain the action required to comply
with such indication.

( 5 ) Regulations with reference to traffic signs may pro-
vide for the exemption of any particular class of vehicles
from the obligation of complying with the indication given
by any particular kind of traffic signs and the conditions of'
such exemption.

(6) Subject to the provisions of subsection (6) of sec-
tion 53 that area or road or portion of a road to which a traf-
fic sign applies shall be deemed to be determined for the
purposes of this Act when the indication given by the sign is

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sufficiently clear from the sign itself as being in a form com-
monly understood by drivers or others to whom it is directed
or when the indication of the portion of the road to which
the trdfic sign is to apply is given by the erection of signs at
each end of that portion of the road:

Provided that in the case of any sign prohibiting the pas-
sage of vehicles on any road, signs shall be erected at each
end of the road or portion of the road to which the prohibi-
tion is to apply and at such other points as the Traffic
Commissioner may determine.

(7) A traffic sign may refer to specific classes of traffic
but shall be held to refer to vehicular traffic generally in the
absence of any special indication in the sign or provisions in
a regulation with reference to such sign.

(8) Any regulation which prescribes the kind and the
description of traffic signs intended for any of the purposes
set out in paragraphs ( a ) to V) inclusive and ( i ) of subsec-
tion (2) and provide that failure to conform with the indica-
tion given by the sign shall constitute an offence and in such
case the order of prohibition indicated by any such sign shall
have effect as if contained in a regulation under this Act, and
any person driving or propelling any vehicle who fails to con-
form with the indication given by any sign of that kind or
description which has been lawfully placed on any road or
the retention of which has been authorized by the Traffic
Commissioner shall be guilty of an offence.

(9) Regulations made by the Traffic Commissioner
under this section shall be of no force or effect until
approved by the Cabinet and shall come into operation as
from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette or
from such later date as may be specified in such regulations.

Unlawful 82. (1) Any person who-
erection or
removal of or
interference with ( a ) shall, without the permission of the Traffic
traffic signs. Commissioner, erect or cause to be erected any traffic

sign on or near any road, or

(6) shall injure, deface, remove or in any manner
interfere with any traffic sign lawfully placed on or near
any road,

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shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) The Traffic Commissioner may, by notice in writing,
require the owner or occupier of any land on which there is
any traffic sign or any object which so closely resembles a traf-
fic sign that it might reasonably be taken to be such a sign to
remove it, and if any such person fails to comply with such
notice, the Traffic Commissioner may himself effect or autho-
rize the removal, doing as little damage as may be, and may
recover in a court of competent jurisdiction as a civil debt
from the person so in default the expense incurred by him in
so doing.

83. It shall be lawful for the Cabinet to grant to any
person, or to two or more persons jointly, a limited conces- omnibuses.
sion or an exclusive concession to operate motor omnibuses
in any area or on any road or route or for any journey upon
such conditions as shall be specified in the grant and subject
to the provisions of this Act and any regulations made there-
under.

84. (1) Where it appears to the Traffic Commissioner f;zL,"df
that a motor vehicle within Antigua and Barbuda is aban- ,hiCles.
doned on any land in the open air or on any land forming
part of a public road, the Traffic Commissioner shall have
power, subject to the following provisions of this section, to
remove the vehicle.

(2) Where it appears to the Traffic Commissioner that
the land on which a motor vehicle is abandoned as afore-
said, is occupied by any person, the Traffic Commissioner
shall give him seven days notice, in writing that it is pro-
posed to remove the vehicle in pursuance of subsection (1)
but if he makes an objection in writing within seven days of
being given the notice, the Traffic Commissioner shall not
be entitled to remove it until the expiration of seven days
from the date of such objection.

(3) Where in pursuance of this section the Traffic
Commissioner proposes to remove a vehicle which in his
opinion is in such condition that it ought to be destroyed he
shall, not less than fourteen days before removing it, cause
to be affixed to the vehicle a notice stating that he proposes

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to remove it for destruction on the expiration of that four-
teen days.

(4J While a vehicle, other than a vehicle to which a
notice was affixed in accordance with subsection (3), is in
the custody of the Traffic Commissioner in pursuance of
this section it shall be the duty of the Traffic Commissioner
to take such steps as are reasonably necessary for the safe
custody of the vehicle.

Disposal of
removed vehicle.

85. (1) Subject to subsection (4) the Traffic Commis-
sioner may, in such manner as he thinks fit, dispose of any
vehicle which is in his custody in pursuance of section 84-

(a) in the case of a vehicle to which a notice was
affixed in accordance with subsection (3) of section 84
and on which no current licence was displayed at the
time of its removal, at any time after its removal.

( b ) in the case of a vehicle to which a notice was so
affixed and on which a current licence was so dis-
played, at any time after the licence expires;

(c) in any other case, at any time after the Traffic
Commissioner has taken steps as may be prescribed by
regulation to find a person appearing to him to be the
owner of the vehicle and either-

(i) he has failed to find such a person; or

(ii) such person has failed to comply with a notice
served on him in the prescribed manner by
the Traffic Commissioner requiring him to
remove the vehicle within the prescribed
period from his custody, but not earlier, in
the case where it appears to the Traffic
Commissioner that a licence is in force in
respect of the vehicle, than the expiration of
the licence.

(2) The power to dispose of a vehicle conferred on the
Traffic Commissioner by subsection (1) includes power to
provide plant and apparatus for the purpose of disposing of
vehicles.

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(3) If before the vehicle is disposed of by the Traffic
Commissioner in pursuance of subsections (1) and (2), the
vehicle is claimed by a person who satisfies the Traffic
Commissioner that he is its owner and pays to the Traffic
Commissioner such sums in respect of its removal and stor-
age as may be prescribed, the Traffic Commissioner shall
permit him to remove the vehicle from his custody during a
period not exceeding three months from the date of
removal; and if before the expiration of six years beginning
with the date on which any vehicle is sold by the Traffic
Commissioner in pursuance of this section, any person satis-
fies the Traffic Commissioner that at the time of its sale he
was the owner of the vehicle, the Traffic Commissioner shall
pay over to him any sum by which the proceeds of sale
exceed the aggregate of such sums as may be due in respect
of the removal, storage and disposal of the vehicle.

(4) If, in the case of any vehicle, it appears to the
Traffic Commissioner that more than one person is or was
the owner at the relevant time, such one of them as the
Traffic Commissioner thinks fit shall be treated as its owner.
for the purpose of subsection (3).

86. (1) Where a vehicle is removed in pursuance of Recovery of expenses
section 84 (1) The Traffic Commissioner shall be entitled to connectedwith
recover from any person responsible- removal of vehicles.

(a) such charges as may be prescribed by regula-
tion in respect of the removal of the vehicle;

(b) such charges as may be prescribed in respect of
any period during which the vehicle is in the custody of
the Traffic Commissioner; and

(c) where the vehicle is disposed of in pursuance
to section 85 such charges as may be prescribed by reg-
ulation in respect of its disposal.

(2) Any sum recoverable under this section shall be
recoverable as a simple contract debt in the Magistrate's
Court.

(3) In this section-

"person responsible", in relation to a vehicle means-

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(a) the owner of the vehicle at the time
when it was put in the place from which it was
so removed unless he shows that he was not
concerned in and did not known of its being
put there; or

(b ) any person by whom it was put in the
place aforesaid.

Regulations. 87. (1) The Cabinet may make regulations in
respect of all or any of the following matters, that is to say-

( a ) anything which by this Act may or is to be
prescribed;

(6 ) the forms to be used under this Act;

(6) the construction, fittings, dimensions and
design of any motor vehicle or trailer;

(d) the character and nature of horns or other
instruments capable of giving audible and sufficient
warning of motor and other vehicles, and regulating
and controlling their use;

( e ) the number, position and kind of lights and
reflectors to be carried on motor and other vehicles
and the times during which they are to be exhibited;

(f) the duties and powers of Examining Officers
in regard to the inspection of motor and other vehicles
and in regard to driving tests;

(g) the duties and powers of conductors;

( h ) the inspection of motor and other vehicles
and the times, places and manner of such inspection;

(i) the form of identification marks to be fixed on
motor vehicles and trailers in respect of registration
and licensing and the sizes and colour of the letters of
and the manner of displaying such marks;

0) the classification of roads and the prohibition
or restriction of the use of any classified roads by vehi-
cles of any specified class or description;

(k) the driving of any vehicle on any specified
road otherwise than in a specified direction;

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( I ) the appointment of parking places and the
regulation of the use of such parking places including
the imposition of charges in respect thereof;

(m) the badges and uniform to be worn by drivers
and conductors of public service vehicles and the con-
duct of drivers, conductors and passengers;

(n) passenger fares and tolls in respect of public
service vehicles;

(0) the maximum hours of employment of per-
sons as drivers of public service vehicles and of motor
lorries;

( p ) the determination of the number of passen-
gers which a public service vehicle is adapted to carry
and the number which may be carried;

(q) the carriage of luggage and goods on public
service vehicles;

( r ) the number, nature and use of brakes and
other equipment to be carried in the case of vehicles
not propelled by mechanical power;

( s ) the prohibition of excessive noise owing to the
design or condition of the vehicle or the loading there-
of;

( t ) the removal from roads of vehicles which have
broken down and of the loads carried thereby or of
vehicles which have been left in a dangerous position
on a road;

(u) the establishment of silence zones;

( v ) the restriction on the importation of motor
vehicles;

( w ) generally, for the better carrying out of the
provisions of this Act and in particular for the safety,
control and regulation of traffic and the use of vehicles
or any class of vehicles on any road and the conditions
under which they may be used.

(2) As regards motor omnibuses-

( a ) the restriction of the use of motor omnibuses
using specified routes;

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( 6 ) the regulation and restriction of the number
of motor omnibuses using specified routes;

(c) the time tables to be observed by drivers of
motor omnibuses;

(d) the issue of licences by the Commissioner of
Inland Revenue, and conditions of issue of such
licences and conditions to be observed by the holders
of such licences in respect of specified routes;

(e) the taking up and setting down of passengers;

(f) the returns to be rendered by the owners of
motor omnibuses showing the number and nature of
journeys completed, the mileage covered, the times
taken, the number of passengers carried and the oper-
ating costs;

(g) the conditions under which limited or exclu-
sive concessions may be granted.

( 3 ) Regulations made under subsection ( 1 ) may pre-
scribe penalties of a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars
or of imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.

Highway Code. 88. ( 1 ) It shall be the duty of persons using the road
to acquaint themselves with and observe the directions con-
tained in the highway code.

(2) The Traffic Commissioner and the Comn~issioner
of Inland Revenue shall cause the highway code to be issued
to the public at a price to be fixed by the Cabinet.

( 3 ) A failure on the part of any person to observe any
provision of the highway code shall not of itself render
that person liable to criminal proceedings under this Act,
but such failure may in any such proceedings be relied
upon by any party to the proceedings as tending to estab-
lish or to negative any liability which is in question in those
proceedings.

Power to Traffic 89. (1) The Traffic Commissioner may by notice
Commissioner to
makeorden. published in the Gazette or in a newspaper published in

Antigua and Barbuda make orders as to the line to be kept
by persons driving or riding any vehicle or animal on any

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road and as to the manner in which vehicles of any descr-ip-
tion shall be drawn up while waiting on any road and as to
the route to be observed by all vehicles, horses, and persons,
and for preventing obstructions on any road, in any case
where such a road is liable to be thronged or obstructed;
and also may give directions to police officers for the pur-
pose of regulating traffic in the neighbourhood of Courts of
Law, public offices, churches, theatres, and other places of
public resort; and any person who, after being made
acquainted with any orders made or directions given under
this section, shall contravene or fail to comply with such
orders or directions shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) It shall be lawful for any police officer to appre-
hend without warrant, any person who commits an offence
under this section within his view, if such a person refuses to
give his name and address or gives a name or address which
the police officer has reasonable grounds for believing to be
false.

90. Any person guilty of an offence under this Act Ceneralpendty.
for which no penalty is expressly provided shall be liable on
summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding fifteen hun-
dred dollars or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six
months.

91. Any person who is aggrieved by any act, order or Right of appeal.
decision of the Traffic Commissioner, the Commissioner of
Inland Revenue or of any Examining Officer, may appeal to
the Board and the decision of the Board shall be final.

92. Nothing in this Act shall affect any liability of the sa-.
driver or the owner of a motor vehicle under any other Act
or at common law.

93. Whenever the provisions of this Act or of any reg- conflict of laws.
ulations made thereunder are in conflict with the provisions
of any other Act relating to the control of vehicles and road
traffic the provisions of this Act and the regulations made
thereunder shall prevail.

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THE FIRST SCHEDULE (Ss. 7,21,28,29 & 33)

1. Motor Cycle
-125 cc or less
over 125 cc but less than 251 cc
251 cc and over but less than 501 cc
501 cc and over 501 cc
Motor Cycle with side car - an additional

2. Motor Cars
including station wagons, dune buggies, wagons and
similar vehicles
-1 200 cc or less
over 1200 cc but less that 1500 cc
1500 cc and over but less than 1800 cc
1800 cc and over

3. Motor Cars used as taxis

(a) -Taxi to carry up to 5 passengers in addition to
the duty payable under item 2 150.00

-over 5 passengers in addition to the duty payable
under item 2 200.00

(b) -Self Drive Hire
-in addition to the duty payable under item 2 500.00

4. Motor Cycles used for hire
- in addition to the duty payable under item 1 150.00

5. Buses

(a) up to 16 passengers

(b) over 16 passengers

(c) operated by hotels and companies to transport
staff 1000.00

(d) operated by churches and charitable and
educational organisations 400.00

6. Motor Vehicles licenced to be used as hearse or
ambulance 500.00

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7. Goods Vehicles-constructed or adapted for use for the
carriage of goods (including jeeps and public and
service vehicles) $
(a) over 2100 Ibs or less 200.00

(b) 2100 Ibs and ovkr but less than 3101 Ibs 300.00

( c ) 3101 lbs and over but less than 4501 Ibs 400.00

(d) 4501 lbs and over but less than 6721 Ibs 500.00

(e) 6721 Ibs and over but less than 11201 Ibs 800.00

(f) 11201 Ibs and over -
( i ) with 3 or more axles
(ii) less than 3 axles

8. Tow Trucks (containers & trailers) 1000.00

9. Concrete Trucks
-under 10 tons tare weight
-10 tons and over tare weight

10. Containers
-20 ft or less
-over 20 ft.

11. Special and heavy duty vehicles (with rubber
wheels)-

-(a) backhoes and front end loaders 1000.00

-(b) bulldozers, cranes and graders

-(c) any other

12. Drivers Licence

(a) Motor Cycle (for 1 year)
(3 years)

(b) Motor Vehicles (for 1 year)
( 3 years)

(c) Chauffeur (for 1 year)
( 3 years) .

(d) Learner's Permit (6 months)

(e) Visitor's Temporary Licence

(f) Duplicate Licence

13. Registration of Motor Vehicles 50.00

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14. Transfer or change of Registration

15. Vehicle Certificate

16. Driving Test

17. Deal:;rs plates

THE SECOND SCHEDULE s.53

LIMITS OF SPEED

Maximum speed
miles per hour

1. On any road within the limits of the City of Saint
John's or within a speed limit area-

(a) motor omnibuses and motor lorries ...................... 15

(b) tractors, with or without trailer .............................. 15

(c) other motor vehicles ............................................... 20

2. On all roads in Antigua and Barbuda other than those
specified in paragraph 1 of this Schedule-

(a) motor omnibus and motor lorries ......................... 25
(b) tractors, with or without trailer .............................. 20

(c) other motor vehicles ............................................. 40