Limousine Regulations 2007
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BR 48/ 2007
MOTOR CAR ACT 1951
1951 : 89
LIMOUSINE REGULATIONS 2007
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1 Citation
2 Interpretation
3 Hire
4 Maximum number of
passenger
5 Colour and design
6 Tinting of windows
7 Display of notice in
limousine
8 Dress and conduct
9 No advertising matter in
or on limousine
10 Carriage of animals
11 Lost property
12 Keeping of records
13 Inspection of records
14 Limousine reserved for
hire particular journeys
15 Continous periods of
driving: limits and rest
periods
16 Offences
17 Limousine not to stand on
highway more than 30
minutes unattended
The Minister responsible for Transport, in exercise of the powers
conferred by sections 37, 102 and 103 of the Motor Car Act 1951, makes
the following Regulations:
Citation
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Limousine Regulations
2007.
Interpretation
2 In these Regulations —
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“fare” means the charge agreed between a person who hires a
limousine and the person who operates a limousine service;
“limousine” has the meaning given in section 2 of the Motor Car
Act 1951.
Hire
3 (1) A limousine shall be hired by reservation or appointment
only.
(2) A limousine shall not be used for the purposes of standing
or plying for hire.
Maximum number of passengers
4 (1) It shall not be lawful to carry more than six passengers in a
limousine at one time:
Provided that, in any case where it appears to the Minister that
by reason of the construction of a particular limousine it is in the public
interest to do so, the Minister may by order limit the number of
passengers which may be lawfully carried in that limousine to four.
(2) No more than one passenger shall be carried in the front
seat of a limousine.
(3) For the purpose of this regulation, a child in arms shall not
be counted as a passenger, and two children under the age of twelve
years shall count as one passenger.
Colour and design
5 (1) Exterior paintwork of limousines shall be of a colour to be
approved by Minister.
(2) Limousines shall be of a design to be approved by the
Minister.
(3) The Minister shall from time to time publish by public
advertisement or otherwise the colour and design approved for
limousines.
Tinting of windows
6 For greater certainty, the windscreen and all other windows of a
limousine shall comply with the requirements of section 20(2) of the
Motor Car (Construction, Equipment and Use) Regulations 1952.
Display of notice in limousine
7 (1) There shall be displayed in a prominent place inside every
limousine a permanent notice containing the registration number of the
limousine.
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(2) A form of the notice may be obtained free of charge from the
Minister and the notice shall be displayed in such manner as the
Minister may approve.
Dress and conduct
8 The driver of a limousine, while in charge of it, shall —
(a) be polite and respectful in conduct, be neat and clean in
appearance and be correctly dressed in attire of a style,
including headgear, that is commonly associated with a
chauffeur of a vehicle, as may be determined by the
Board;
(b) wear in a prominent position, or display in a
conspicuous place inside the limousine, an identification
badge issued by the Minister on payment of a prescribed
fee, which badge shall bear a photographic likeness of
the driver;
(c) refrain from smoking while any passenger is in the
limousine; and
(d) ensure that while a passenger is being carried in the
limousine any radio other than a radio telephone
installed or carried in the limousine is not used without
the consent of the passenger.
No advertising matter in or on limousine
9 No advertising matter of any description whatsoever shall be
displayed in or on any limousine:
Provided that a limousine hired by a tourist agency for the
carriage of passengers disembarking from or re-embarking on a ship
calling at Bermuda may, subject to such conditions as the Minister may
from time to time impose, have displayed on the windscreen a distinctive
sticker of such size, design and colour as the Minister may from time to
time approve.
Carriage of animals
10 It shall be in the discretion of the driver of a limousine to refuse
to carry any animal, whether or not the animal is carried in a cage, crate
or basket.
Lost property
11 (1) Any person who finds property left in a limousine shall
immediately hand it in the state in which they find it to the driver of the
limousine, who shall deal with it in accordance with this regulation.
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(2) On the completion or termination of any hire, the driver
shall search the limousine for any property left in it and shall hand such
property together with any property handed to the driver in accordance
with paragraph (1) to the police officer in charge of a police station:
Provided that if, before such property is handed to a police officer
in charge of a police station, it is claimed by a person who satisfies the
driver or the operator of the limousine service that the person is the
owner, it shall be returned to that person forthwith, without fee or
reward, on that person giving their name and address to the driver or
operator who shall, as soon as practicable, report the facts and give the
claimant’s name and address and a description of the property to the
police officer in charge of a police station.
Keeping of records
12 (1) It shall be the duty of —
(a) the person who operates a limousine service; or
(b) in the case of a limousine working under the general
directions of a dispatching service, the person who
operates the dispatching service,
to maintain a record of such particulars and in such form as may be
prescribed by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette.
(2) Particulars required to be entered in the record shall be
duly entered within twenty-four hours of their occurrence.
(3) Any record so made shall be retained by the operator of the
limousine service or of the dispatching service for at least six months.
Inspection of records
13 A limousine service operator or the operator of a dispatching
service, as the case may be, shall produce for inspection any record
prescribed in regulation 12 whenever requested to do so by any police
officer of or above the rank of sergeant or by any person authorized in
writing by the Minister in that behalf.
Limousines reserved for hire for particular journeys
14 The Minister from time to time may specify by order the number
of limousines which shall be reserved by the operator of a limousine
service for hire to the public for particular journeys; and the operator
shall not hire limousines for periods of time in such manner as to reduce
below the number specified in the order the number of limousines which
is available for hire to the public for particular journeys.
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Continuous periods of driving: limits and rest periods
15 (1) No person shall drive a limousine or cause or allow any
person employed by them or subject to their orders to drive a
limousine —
(a) for any continuous period of more than five hours; or
(b) for continuous periods amounting in the aggregate to
more than ten hours in any period of twenty-four hours
commencing two hours after midnight; or
(c) so that the driver has not at least ten consecutive hours
for rest in any period of twenty-four hours calculated
from the commencement of any period of driving:
Provided that it shall be a sufficient compliance with this
sub-paragraph if the driver has at least nine consecutive
hours of rest in any period of twenty-four hours where
he has an interval of at least twelve consecutive hours
for rest in the next following period of twenty-four hours.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation —
(a) any two or more periods of time spent in driving shall be
deemed to be a continuous period unless separated by
an interval of not less than half an hour in which the
driver is able to obtain rest and refreshment.
(b) there shall be reckoned as time spent in driving any time
spent by a driver of a limousine —
(i) in or about the limousine during any time the
limousine is at the disposal of a hirer; or
(ii) on other work in connection with the limousine,
including its maintenance and repair.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this
regulation, a person shall not be liable to be convicted under this
regulation if they prove to the court before which proceedings under this
regulation are taken that the contravention was due to unavoidable delay
in the completion of any journey arising out of circumstances which the
person could not reasonably have foreseen.
Offences
16 (1) No person shall —
(a) hire a limousine, knowing or having reason to believe
that they cannot pay the fare and with intent to avoid
payment of the fare; or
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(b) fraudulently endeavour to avoid payment of a fare
lawfully due; or
(c) having failed or refused to pay the fare either —
(i) refuse to give the driver of the limousine or
limousine service operator an address at which
they can be found; or
(ii) give, with intent to deceive, a false address.
(2) The whole or any part of any fine imposed in respect of the
breach of this regulation may be applied in compensation to the driver or
operator of a limousine service.
Limousine not to stand on highway more than 30 minutes
unattended
17 No person shall cause or allow any limousine to stand on any
highway for a period exceeding half an hour unless it has a driver in the
limousine.
Made this 23rd day of May, 2007
Premier
