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This Act may be cited as the Traffic Act (2026 Revision).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Interpretation 2. In this Act \u2014 \u201calcohol-in-breath measuring device\u201d means a device approved in writing by the Commissioner for measuring the amount of alcohol in a person\u2019s breath or blood; \u201camphibious ATV\u201d means an all-terrain vehicle \u2014 (a) which travels under its own power on land or water; and (b) the use of which is restricted on land to the speed and routes set out in section 53(1A);1 \u201canimal\u201d means horse, cattle, ass, mule, sheep, pig, goat or dog; \u201ccamera\u201d means a camera of a prescribed type that can be linked to an electronic reading device;2 \u201ccareless driving\u201d includes \u2014 (a) overtaking on the inside; (b) driving inappropriately close to another vehicle; Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (c) driving through a red light; (d) emerging from a side road into the path of another vehicle without appropriate regard to matters such as distance and lawful speed of that vehicle; (e) tuning a car radio; (f) using a mobile telephone in a manner that is contrary to section 78; and (g) selecting or lighting a cigarette; \u201ccarriageway\u201d means the part of a road which is designed for the passage of vehicles; \u201ccertificate of registration\u201d means a certificate issued by the Director under section 6; \u201ccertificate of roadworthiness\u201d means a certificate issued under section 62; \u201cchurch vehicle\u201d means a vehicle used for the carriage of more than nine persons, excluding the driver, while it is actually being used for or in connection with usual activities of a church; \u201cClerk of the Court\u201d has the meaning assigned in section 2 of the Grand Court Act (2026 Revision); \u201cCommissioner\u201d means the Commissioner of Police; \u201ccycle lane\u201d means a part of a road designed and set aside for the exclusive use or passage of pedal cycles; \u201cdemerit points system\u201d means a penalty system under which a person's driver\u2019s licence is revoked or suspended based on the number of points the person has accumulated over a specific period of time;3 \u201cdesignated place\u201d means a place designated under section 60(2) for the purpose of vehicle inspection; \u201cDirector\u201d means the Director of Licensing appointed under section 3; \u201cdisability\u201d includes disease; \u201cdisabled person\u201d means a person who has a relevant disability; \u201cdocument\u201d includes a certificate, licence, plate, tag or other document or thing prescribed for the purpose of this Act or regulations; \u201cdriver\u201d includes a person driving a vehicle or riding an animal; \u201cdriving examiner\u201d means a person appointed as such under section 3; \u201cDriving Instructors\u2019 Register\u201d means the register of driving instructors established pursuant to section 122; \u201cdriving record\u201d means the record referred to in section 100(1); \u201cdriver\u2019s licence\u201d means a licence to drive a vehicle, but not a learner\u2019s licence; \u201cdriving test\u201d means a test conducted under section 37; Traffic Act (2026 Revision) \u201cdrug\u201d means a drug, whether illegal or not, that impairs the ability to drive or operate a vehicle; \u201celectrically powered vehicle\u201d means a four-wheeled self-propelled vehicle and such other vehicle as is manufactured or designed to \u2014 (a) be powered by an electric motor that draws power from rechargeable storage batteries, fuel cells or other sources of portable electrical power; (b) be capable of carrying one or more persons; or (c) be capable, in the opinion of the Director, of travelling safely under its own power, and includes low-speed vehicles, neighbourhood electric vehicles, e-scooters and mopeds;4 \u201celectronic reading device\u201d means an electronic reading device of a prescribed type that is capable of reading an electronic tag;5 \u201celectronic tag\u201d means an electronic tag of a prescribed type that is affixed to a vehicle and \u2014 (a) is unique to that vehicle; (b) provides a link to the information in the register pertaining to that vehicle; and (c) is capable of producing an electronic record of the information in the register pertaining to that vehicle when the electronic tag is read by an electronic reading device;6 \u201cemergency vehicle\u201d means \u2014 (a)  a fire engine; (b)  an ambulance, regiment or police vehicle engaged upon its duties as such; and (c)  a vehicle or vessel of the Coast Guard engaged upon its duties as such;7 \u201cexhibition vehicle\u201d means \u2014 (a) a classic, vintage, antique, replica or kit car; or (b) any other vehicle, which is at least thirty years old and used for exhibitions, club activities, parades and other functions of public interest but not for general transportation; \u201cfootpath\u201d has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 2 of the Roads Act (2005 Revision); \u201cgolf cart\u201d means a vehicle designed for operation on a golf course for sporting or recreational purposes; \u201cgoods\u201d, in relation to a truck, includes other vehicles, whether or not operational, but does not include \u2014 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (a) a minivan of up to four thousand pounds maximum gross weight or a minivan that carries up to nine passengers, where such minivan is not used for commercial purposes; and (b) a public bus approved for use as public transport in accordance with the Public Transport Act, 2024 [Act 26 of 2024];8 \u201cgoods vehicle\u201d means \u2014 (a) a vehicle; or (b) a trailer, designed or adapted for use for the carriage of goods; \u201cinconsiderate driving\u201d includes \u2014 (a) flashing of lights to pressure other drivers in front to give way; (b) misusing of a lane to avoid queuing or to gain some other advantage over other drivers; (c) unnecessarily remaining in an overtaking lane; (d) driving slowly or braking, without good cause; (e) driving with un-dipped lights, dazzling oncoming drivers; (f) driving through a puddle causing pedestrians to be splashed; and (g) driving a bus in such a way as to alarm passengers. \u201cinvalid carriage\u201d means a mechanically or electrically propelled vehicle designed exclusively for personal use on a road by a person under physical disability; \u201clearner driver\u201d means a person to whom a learner\u2019s licence is issued under section 35; \u201clearner\u2019s licence\u201d means a licence issued under section 35; \u201clicence\u201d means a driver\u2019s licence or a learner\u2019s licence; \u201clicensed\u201d means licensed under this Act; \u201clow speed electric vehicle\u201d means an electrically powered vehicle which, in the opinion of the Director, is capable of travelling under its own power at a maximum speed of thirty miles per hour or less;9 \u201cmaximum gross weight\u201d means the weight of a vehicle laden with the heaviest load which it is constructed or adapted to carry; \u201cmobile telephone\u201d includes a portable electronic device that also functions as a mobile telephone, but does not include \u2014 (a) a two-way radio; or (b) a separate earpiece or a separate mouthpiece, that is temporarily attached to the mobile telephone for the purpose of allowing the mobile telephone to be used without being hand-held or manipulated; Traffic Act (2026 Revision) \u201cmoped\u201d means a vehicle having two road wheels and equipped with a power unit of a cylinder capacity of fifty cubic centimetres or less and capable of being propelled by the power unit or by human energy, or a combination of both; \u201cmotor car\u201d means a vehicle propelled mechanically, electrically or a combination of the two, but not a motor cycle, which is constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects, and is adapted to carry not more than nine passengers exclusive of the driver; \u201cmotor vehicle\u201d means a mechanically propelled vehicle manufactured, intended or adapted for use on roads and includes an electrically powered vehicle; \u201cmotorcycle\u201d means a vehicle, but not an invalid carriage, with three wheels or less, which is used for the transportation of people, and includes a motor scooter and moped, but does not include an all-terrain cycle; \u201cnew resident\u201d means a person who has been granted permission to stay in the Islands for a period exceeding six months and is still in the person\u2019s initial six month period of residence;10 \u201cnew vehicle\u201d means a vehicle which, at the date of registration has less than four thousand miles on its odometer and is of a model year at the date of registration of no more than one year;11 \u201cnight\u201d means the period from thirty minutes after sunset until thirty minutes before sunrise on the following day; \u201cnotice to owner\u201d means a notice referred to in section 95(3); \u201comnibus\u201d means a vehicle constructed or capable of being used for the carriage of more than nine persons, excluding the driver, which is licensed to carry passengers on a fare-paying basis or by private arrangement on a designated route approved by the Public Transport Board; \u201coverall travelling height\u201d means not less than, and not more than, one inch more than \u2014 (a) for a vehicle which is not drawing a trailer, the distance between the ground and the point on the vehicle, or a load which is being carried by or equipment which is fitted to the said vehicle, which is farthest from the ground; and (b) for a vehicle which is drawing a trailer, the distance between the ground and the point on the vehicle or a trailer which it is drawing, or the load which is being carried on or equipment which is fitted to a part of that combination of vehicles, which is farthest from the ground, and for the purpose of determining the overall travelling height \u2014 (i) the condition of the tyres of the vehicle and of a trailer which it is drawing shall be such as to comply with the requirements specified in regulations made under Part 6; Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (ii) the surface under the vehicle and a trailer which it is drawing and the load which is being carried on and equipment which is fitted to any part of the combination of vehicles and which projects beyond a part of the combination of vehicles shall be reasonably flat; and (iii) equipment which is fitted to the vehicle or a trailer which it is drawing shall be stowed in the position in which it is to proceed on the road; \u201coverall width\u201d means the width of a vehicle measured between vertical planes parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and passing through the extreme projecting points of the vehicle exclusive of \u2014 (a) a driving mirror; (b) a direction indicator; and (c) the distortion of a tyre caused by the weight of the vehicle; \u201coversize vehicle\u201d means a vehicle in any of the following categories \u2014 (a) having an overall width in excess of eight feet and six inches; (b) having an overall travelling height in excess of fourteen feet; (c) having a maximum gross weight in excess of sixty-six thousand pounds; and (d) towing a trailer the length of which exceeds forty-five feet; \u201cowner\u201d, in relation to a vehicle, means the person \u2014 (a) by whom the vehicle is kept; or (b) having the right of immediate disposition of the vehicle whether or not that right is to be exercised subject to \u2014 (i) a lien over the vehicle; (ii) a balance of payment on the vehicle; or (iii) the right of a mortgagee or holder of a bill of sale; \u201cPanel\u201d means the Traffic Management Panel established by section 107; \u201cpark\u201d, with respect to a vehicle, means to voluntarily bring the vehicle to rest or, while in control of it, permitting it to remain at rest for a purpose other than \u2014 (a) conforming with the flow of traffic; (b) obedience to a traffic sign; (c) compliance with a police signal; (d) compliance with this Act; or (e) avoiding an accident; \u201cpavement\u201d means a part of a road designed and set aside for the exclusive passage of pedestrians; Traffic Act (2026 Revision) \u201cpedal cycle\u201d means \u2014 (a) a vehicle constructed of any number of wheels which is propelled by human power by means of pedals, including pedals that are electrically assisted, the electric motor being incapable of solely propelling the cycle; (b) a bicycle; and (c) a motorised bicycle or cycle propelled by means of pedals capable of being driven in excess of 15 miles per hour;12 \u201cpolice instructor\u201d means a person who is \u2014 (a) a member of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service and whose duties consist of or include, or have consisted of or included, the giving of instruction in the driving of vehicles to persons being members of the Police Force; or (b) a civilian from time to time employed in the Police Force for the purpose of giving such instruction to such persons; \u201cprescribed\u201d means prescribed by this Act or a regulation made under this Act; \u201cprescribed limit\u201d means \u2014 (a) thirty-one microgrammes of alcohol in one hundred millilitres of breath or alternatively, point zero three one milligrams of alcohol in one hundred milliters of breath;13 (b) seventy milligrammes of alcohol in one hundred millilitres of blood; or (c) ninety-four milligrammes of alcohol in one hundred millilitres of urine, or such other proportion as may be prescribed by regulations;14 \u201cpublic bus\u201d means a vehicle constructed or capable of being used for the carriage of more than nine persons, excluding the driver, which is licensed to carry passengers on a fare-paying basis or by private arrangement on a route designated in accordance with the Public Transport Act, 2024 [Act 26 of 2024];15 \u201cpublic passenger-vehicle\u201d means a passenger vehicle that is operated for hire or reward; \u201cpublic place\u201d means a place to which the public has access \u2014 (a) as of right, without payment; (b) upon payment; or (c) upon invitation, express or implied, and includes commercial property to which persons attending for commercial purposes are allowed access by the owner of those premises, upon payment of a fee or not; \u201cregister\u201d means the Register of Vehicles and Drivers established by section 5; \u201cregistered\u201d means registered under this Act; Traffic Act (2026 Revision) \u201cregistered driving instructor\u201d means an instructor referred to in section 121; \u201cregistered owner\u201d means a person registered under this Act as the owner of a registered vehicle; \u201cregistration\u201d means registration under Part 2; \u201cregistration plates\u201d means plates issued under section 6; \u201cregulation\u201d means a regulation made under this Act; \u201crelevant disability\u201d means \u2014 (a) a disability that renders a person unable to drive a vehicle safely; or (b) a disability for the time being listed in the Guide to the Current Medical Standards of Fitness to Drive issued by the Department of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency of the United Kingdom; \u201crepealed Law\u201d means the Traffic Law (2003 Revision) repealed by section 143 of the Traffic Act, 2011 [Law 26 of 2011]; \u201cresident\u201d means a person who has permission to stay in the Islands for a period of six months or more;16 \u201croad\u201d means a public place where a vehicle may be driven or parked and such areas adjacent to that place as may be prescribed; \u201croad code\u201d means the road code prescribed under this Act; \u201croad user\u201d means a person using a road; \u201cschool-crossing warden\u201d means a warden referred to in section 112; \u201cschool vehicle\u201d means a vehicle used for the conveyance of school children for hire or reward; \u201cschool zone\u201d mean a place designated as such under section 120; \u201cspecial permit\u201d means a permit granted in respect of an oversize vehicle or a special vehicle under section 18; \u201cspecial purpose vehicle\u201d means an amphibious ATV, an exhibition vehicle or a low speed electric vehicle;17 \u201cspecial vehicle\u201d means a vehicle not constructed or adapted for use on roads, having motive power, and designed to be used, with or without accessories, for construction, road maintenance, engineering or agricultural work, and includes \u2014 (a) a forklift; (b) a front-loader; or (c) a track-laying or wheeled vehicle; \u201csuspended period of enforcement\u201d means the period referred to in section 95(2); Traffic Act (2026 Revision) \u201ctaxi\u201d means a public passenger vehicle or horse-drawn vehicle which is permitted to stand or ply for hire for the purpose of transporting persons to a destination on a private arrangement basis;18 \u201ctaxi rank\u201d means a place designated as such under section 109; \u201ctrade plates\u201d means plates issued by the Director under section 21; \u201ctraffic sign\u201d means \u2014 (a) an object or device, whether fixed, portable or temporary, for conveying to traffic and other road users, warnings, information, requirements, restrictions or prohibitions; and (b) road markings, but does not include a traffic signal; \u201ctraffic signal\u201d means a device, whether fixed or portable, permanent or temporary, by which illuminated signals in red, green or amber, or combinations of any two such colours, are intermittently displayed (above a road or at the centre or side of a road at an intersection, junction or other place where the Commissioner desires to control traffic) in conjunction with a metallic or white line drawn at right angles to the centreline of the road in the path of vehicles approaching that device; \u201ctrailer\u201d means a vehicle, other than a caravan designed or adapted for human habitation, having no motive power, which is designed to be drawn by a vehicle; \u201ctruck\u201d means a vehicle constructed or adapted for the carriage or haulage of goods, with or without passengers, and includes a van, pick-up and tanker; \u201cunlawful\u201d, in relation to parking, includes \u2014 (a) parking on private property to which the public does not have access; and (b) parking on business premises where parking space is reserved for staff and members of the public who are visiting the premises for genuine purposes associated with that business, whether or not actual business is transacted; \u201cvehicle\u201d means a wheeled or tracked vehicle capable of being driven or towed on a road, and includes an electrically powered vehicle, agricultural and earthmoving vehicle, motor cycle, scooter and wheeled trailer, but does not include a hand cart, barrow or baby carriage; \u201cvehicle dealer\u201d means a business licensed under the Trade and Business Licensing Act (2026 Revision) for purposes referred to in section 21(1); \u201cvehicle inspector\u201d means a person appointed as such under section 60; \u201cvehicle licence\u201d means a licence issued under section 16; \u201cvisitor\u201d means a person who \u2014 (a) has been granted permission to stay in the Islands for a period not exceeding six months; or Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (b) does not reside in the Islands but has permission to stay in the Islands for a period of more than six months;19 and \u201cwritten test\u201d means the prescribed written test referred to in section 25(a)(i) to (v). PART 2 - Registration and Licensing of Vehicles\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Licensing Authority 3. (1) The Chief Officer responsible for the Department of Vehicle and Drivers\u2019 Licensing shall, in exercise of that person\u2019s functions under the Public Service Management Act (2018 Revision), appoint \u2014 (a) the Director of Licensing, who shall be the licensing authority for the Islands; and (b) such other officers as the Chief Officer considers necessary for the purpose of assisting the Director to carry out the Director\u2019s functions under this Act. (2) The Director may delegate to any other person the exercise of any power conferred on or the performance of any duty imposed on that Director by this Act. (3) After this Act comes into force, the Director and other employees appointed under the Public Service Management Act (2018 Revision) shall continue in office on the same terms and conditions.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Functions of the Director 4. The Director shall \u2014 (a) inspect and test vehicles; (b) register vehicles and maintain the register; (c) issue licences in respect of vehicles and drivers; (d) conduct driving tests; and (e) perform other prescribed functions.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"The register 5. (1) The Director shall establish and maintain the Register of Motor Vehicles and Drivers. (2) The register maintained at the commencement of this Act shall be taken to have been established under subsection (1) and be continued under this Act. (3) Vehicles required to be registered under this Act shall be registered by serial, alphabetical or alpha-numeric numbers under prescribed registration categories. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (4) The Director shall \u2014 (a) provide the Commissioner with the names of registered owners of vehicles and the registration numbers of the vehicles they own; (b) provide the Commissioner with such information from the register with respect to owners and vehicles as the Commissioner may require; and (c) keep the Commissioner informed of new registrations and changes of ownership. (5) The Director shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, supply (to any person who applies for a copy of the entries on the register relating to any specified vehicle or driver) a copy of those entries. (6) In court proceedings \u2014 (a) the contents of the register; and (b) extracts from the register purporting to be certified as such by the Director, shall be proof of the contents of the register unless the contrary is proved.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Registration of vehicles, and third party risks 6. (1) A person who uses or keeps or, being the owner, permits any other person to use or keep an unregistered vehicle which is not exempted from registration under this Act commits an offence. (2) It is a defence to a charge under subsection (1) that \u2014 (a) a person took reasonable steps to register the vehicle; and (b) the vehicle was on its way to being registered. (3) An application for the registration of a vehicle shall be made to the Director in the prescribed form and be accompanied by the prescribed registration fee. (4) The Director, on being satisfied that this Act and the Motor Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision) and regulations have been complied with, shall \u2014 (a) register the vehicle by assigning it a serial, alphabetic or alpha-numeric registration number; (b) record in the register other prescribed particulars; and (c) issue to the owner registration plates and a certificate of registration. (4A) For the purpose of assessing compliance with the Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision) and regulations, the Director may enter into an agreement with an \u201cinsurer\u201d, as defined in that Act, governing the updating of the register for any alteration of insurance coverage of registered vehicles for which the insurer provides insurance.20 (5) If a vehicle does not have affixed to it registration plates as provided by section 8, this fact shall be regarded as evidence that the vehicle has not been Traffic Act (2026 Revision) registered, unless the contrary is proved, and a constable may detain that vehicle until enquiries have been made. (6) The onus of proving that a vehicle has been registered rests upon the owner of the vehicle. (7) A person who is less than seventeen years of age shall not be registered as the owner of a vehicle.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"Certain new vehicles exempt from registration 7. Vehicles in the possession of persons licensed under the Trade and Business Licensing Act (2026 Revision) as vehicle dealers, agents, repairers or traders are exempt from the need for registration, but are subject to such provisions as to trade plates as may be prescribed.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Registration plates 8. (1) The owner of a registered vehicle shall exhibit registration plates displayed in the prescribed manner. (2) Where a registration plate is lost, destroyed or rendered illegible, the owner of the vehicle shall obtain a new set of registration plates by making an application to the Director in the prescribed form and paying the prescribed fee. (3) The Cabinet may, by regulations, provide for the display on a trailer of the registration plate of the vehicle to which that trailer is attached. (4) Where the Director is unable to issue permanent registration plates, that Director may issue temporary registration plates of such design and dimensions as that Director may determine but such plates shall be issued for a period not exceeding six months.21\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"Alteration of particulars to be recorded in the register and certificate of registration 9. (1) Where there is a change of ownership or alteration in the particulars of a registered vehicle, the owner shall, within fourteen days of the change or alteration \u2014 (a) inform the Director, on the prescribed form, of the change or alteration; (b) pay the prescribed fee; and (c) submit to the Director the certificate of registration, and the Director shall record in the register the change or alteration and issue a new certificate of registration to the new owner of the vehicle. (1A) Subject to subsection (1B), the Director shall not record the change in ownership or issue a new certificate of registration if the registered owner of the vehicle is liable for and has failed to pay arrears of fees in respect of the vehicle or a fine imposed for an offence under this Act.22 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (1B) The registered owner of a vehicle may apply to the court for an order approving the change of ownership or alteration in the particulars of the vehicle, notwithstanding the owner\u2019s failure to pay arrears of fees or a fine, and on receiving such order from the court, the Director shall record the change and issue a new certificate of registration to the new owner of the vehicle.23 (2) A registered owner of a vehicle referred to in subsection (1) who fails to inform the Director of a change of ownership or alteration in the prescribed particulars of a registered vehicle commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term of three months, or to both. (3) The Director may call upon an owner of a vehicle to furnish information for the verification of the entries in the register relating to that vehicle. (4) A registered owner of a vehicle who fails to furnish information requested under subsection (3) commits an offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"Termination of vehicle registration 10. (1) When a registered vehicle has been \u2014 (a) exported from the Islands; or (b) disposed of in the Islands to the satisfaction of the department responsible for environmental health,24 the owner shall \u2014 (i) surrender to the Director the certificate of registration, vehicle licence and registration plates; and (ii) inform the Director, on the prescribed form, of the export or disposal of the vehicle. (iii) repealed by section 7(a)(iii) of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of 2018]. (2) Where the Director is satisfied that a vehicle referred to in subsection (1) has been exported or disposed of, that Director shall terminate the registration of the vehicle and refund to the registered owner any vehicle licence fee prepaid in respect of the period from the date of the export or disposal until the expiry date of the vehicle licence on a pro rata basis in respect of each clear quarter comprised in such period, but in the case of a vehicle licence taken out for six months, no refund of the surcharge payable under section 14(4)(b) shall be made. (3) The owner of a registered vehicle who fails to inform the Director of the disposal or export of a vehicle specified in subsection (1) commits an offence. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (4) Subject to subsection (5), the Director may terminate the registration of a vehicle for which a vehicle licence has not been taken out for a continuous period of three years.25 (4A) Subject to subsection (5), the Director may, if a vehicle has not been licenced for a continuous period of one year, consider the licence of that vehicle to be expired as of a particular date, and licence fees shall cease to accrue as of that date.26 (5) The Director may restore to the register a vehicle whose registration has been terminated and in any such case all arrears of fees that the vehicle would have been liable to had its registration not been terminated shall be paid.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_11\", \"num\": \"11.\", \"text\": \"Importation and use of certain vehicles restricted 11. (1) A person who, without the written permission of the Director, imports or uses \u2014 (a)  a beach buggy or dune buggy; (b)  a double decker public bus; (c)  the parts of a vehicle referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c); or (d)  a vehicle which is constructed, or capable of being used, for the carriage of more than fifteen persons excluding the driver, commits an offence. (2)  Except as permitted by section 18, a person who, without the written permission of the Director, imports or uses a vehicle which does not comply with either the standards specified in this Act or in regulations made under section 57 commits an offence. (3)  The Director shall not register a vehicle imported into the Islands contrary to subsection (1), (2) or to paragraph 4(1) of the Customs and Border Control (Prohibited Goods) Order (2024 Revision).27\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_12\", \"num\": \"12.\", \"text\": \"Licensing of vehicles 12. (1) No person may use or keep, or cause to be used or kept, a vehicle, other than a vehicle exempted under this Act, with respect to which there is no licence issued by the Director. (2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable, in addition to any other punishment imposed on that person under this Act, to a penalty equal to three times the amount of the licence fee chargeable in respect of the vehicle since the date of expiry of the last vehicle licence. (3) A sum payable pursuant to an order under subsection (2) shall, for the purpose of an enactment relating to the recovery or application of sums ordered to be paid by a court, be treated as a fine, and the order as a conviction. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (4) The owner of a vehicle shall apply to the Director for a licence and the Director may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue a licence. (5) The fee referred to in subsection (4) shall be charged by reference to the renewal rate prescribed for vehicles of that description.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_13\", \"num\": \"13.\", \"text\": \"Liability to pay fees and exemption from payment28 13. (1) A registered owner who for any period uses or keeps, or causes to be used or kept, a vehicle in respect of which a fee under this Act has at any time become chargeable is liable to pay the fee in respect of that vehicle for that period. (2) No vehicle licence fee may be charged for \u2014 (a) vehicles in the possession of persons licensed under the Trade and Business Licensing Act (2026 Revision) as motor vehicle dealers, agents, repairers or traders solely for the purpose of sale, repair or testing in the course of that business; (b) oversize vehicles, subject to provisions relating to special permits; or (c) a vehicle in respect of which the Director has granted a person\u2019s application under section 15 for the suspension of the vehicle licence. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(c), a person who has been granted a suspension under section 15 does not escape liability to pay a fee if, at any time during the period of suspension the person uses or keeps, or causes to be used or kept, the vehicle on a road and no vehicle licence is in force for the vehicle at that time.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_14\", \"num\": \"14.\", \"text\": \"Commencement and duration of licences: rate of fees 14. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a vehicle licence may be taken out for three months, six months, twelve months, twenty-four months, thirty-six months or sixty months and shall come into effect \u2014 (a) on the first application, on the day of issue; or (b) on a subsequent application, on the day following the day of expiry of the last licence issued, irrespective of the date of that application.29 (2) A licence may be issued for the following maximum periods in respect of the following vehicles \u2014 (a) five years, for a new vehicle being registered for the first time in the Islands;30 (b) three years, for a vehicle that is less than ten years old, if the vehicle was registered before; and (c) one year, for a vehicle that is more than ten years old, whether or not the vehicle was registered before.31 (3) A vehicle licence issued under subsection (1) or (2) comes into effect on the day following the last day of the period in question. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), the fee payable on a vehicle licence shall \u2014 (a) if the vehicle licence is taken out for a period of twelve months, twenty- four months or thirty-six months, be paid at the annual rate of duty applying to vehicles of that description and prescribed by regulations made under section 22; and (b) if the vehicle licence is taken out for three months or six months, be paid at a rate of twenty-five per cent and fifty per cent respectively of the prescribed annual rate, plus such surcharge as may be prescribed. (5) A disabled person is entitled to register and license one vehicle free of fee and no fee shall be payable in respect of a vehicle registered and licensed in the name of an institution one of whose principal aims is to render assistance to disabled persons.32 (5A) A person who is the spouse, parent, legal guardian or adult child of a disabled person is entitled to register and license one vehicle free of fee on behalf of the disabled person but no more than one such registration is permitted at any one time.33 (6) Where the licence for a vehicle has expired, the amount of the fee for renewal shall be increased to take into account the period between the expiry of the licence and the date of renewal.34 (7) The fee referred to in subsection (6) may be paid over a three-month period if the vehicle licence is renewed for a maximum period of three months.35\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_15\", \"num\": \"15.\", \"text\": \"Suspension of vehicle licence36 15. (1) Repealed by section 11 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of 2018]. (2) Repealed by section 11 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of 2018]. (3) Where the registered owner does not intend to use or keep the vehicle on a road for a period of more than three months, that person may lodge the vehicle licence and certificate of registration with the Director and make an application to the Director in prescribed form accompanied by the prescribed fee for suspension of the vehicle licence and refund of the vehicle licence fee prepaid in respect of the period of suspension.37 (4) If the Director is satisfied that the registered owner has made proper provision for the custody or storage of a vehicle referred to in subsection (3) and registration plates during the period of suspension, that Director shall refund to the registered owner pro rata on a quarterly basis any licence fee prepaid in respect of each clear quarter of the period of suspension. (5) For a vehicle licence taken out for three months or six months, no refund of the surcharge payable under section 14(4)(b) may be made to the registered owner. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (6) If the registered owner wishes to extend the period of suspension beyond the date of expiry of the current vehicle licence, that person shall, during the week before that date, make a further application to the Director. (7) Repealed by section 11(e) of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of 2018]. (8) Subject to subsection (6), the maximum period for suspension of a vehicle licence is ten years.38 (9) If the registered owner wishes to extend the period beyond the date of expiry of the suspension, that person shall, during the three months before that date, make a further application to the Director.39 (10) There is no limit on the number of applications that may be made under subsection (6).40 (11) Where the person using or keeping the vehicle is not the registered owner, the consent of the owner shall be presumed unless the contrary is shown.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_16\", \"num\": \"16.\", \"text\": \"Issue of licences 16. (1) A person applying for a vehicle licence shall make such declaration and furnish such particulars with respect to the vehicle for which the vehicle licence is to be taken out or otherwise as may be prescribed. (2) A vehicle licence shall be issued and apply only to the vehicle specified in the application for the vehicle licence. (3) The Director shall not issue a vehicle licence unless that Director is satisfied that \u2014 (a) the vehicle licence applied for is appropriate for the vehicle specified in the application; (b) the vehicle has been registered and does not differ in any respect from the particulars entered in the register in respect of that vehicle; (c) a certificate of roadworthiness has been issued and is in force in respect of the vehicle; (d) the requirements of the Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision) have been complied with in respect of that vehicle; and (e) in the case of an application that purports to be the first, a vehicle licence has not previously been issued for that vehicle. (4) The decision of the Director as to the registration category to which a vehicle conforms and as to the vehicle licence that may be issued in respect of that vehicle is conclusive. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_17\", \"num\": \"17.\", \"text\": \"Duplicate licences 17. (1) Where a vehicle licence or certificate of registration is lost, destroyed or rendered illegible, the owner of the vehicle may obtain a duplicate vehicle licence or certificate of registration from the Director by paying the prescribed fee. (2) If a vehicle licence or certificate of registration referred to in subsection (1) is subsequently found, the holder of the duplicate licence or duplicate certificate of registration shall forthwith surrender to the Director the duplicate vehicle licence or duplicate certificate of registration. (3) A person who knowingly retains or has in that person\u2019s possession \u2014 (a) both an original and duplicate vehicle licence; or (b) both an original and duplicate certificate of registration, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of three hundred dollars or to imprisonment for three months, or to both.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_18\", \"num\": \"18.\", \"text\": \"Special permit 18. (1) Except as provided in this section no \u2014 (a) oversize vehicle; and (b) special vehicle, may be used on a road, and no vehicle licence may be issued in that respect. (2) The Commissioner may grant a special permit to the owner of an oversize vehicle to enable that vehicle to be driven on a road from one place to another, subject to \u2014 (a) any regulations made under section 111;41 (b) the person driving the vehicle and the vehicle complying with the Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision); and (c) such conditions as the Commissioner may specify in that special permit, if the Commissioner is satisfied that the oversize vehicle can be so driven without material damage to the road. (3) The Commissioner may grant a special permit to the owner of a special vehicle to enable that vehicle to be driven on a road from one place to another, subject to \u2014 (a) any regulations made under section 111; and (b) such conditions as the Commissioner may specify in that special permit, if the Commissioner is satisfied that the special vehicle can be so driven without material damage to the road. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (4) An application for a special permit under this section shall be made on the prescribed form and accompanied by the prescribed fee, but \u2014 (a) the Commissioner may, in that Commissioner\u2019s discretion, allow applications not made in the prescribed form, including applications by \u2014 (i) telephone; and (ii) electronic mail, text message or other electronic means, if that Commissioner is satisfied that the case is one of genuine emergency; and (b) notwithstanding the issue of a permit under subsections (2) or (3), no fee is payable in respect of a road maintenance vehicle in the ownership of the Government, nor in a case in which the distance travelled along a road does not exceed half a mile. (5) A person who uses an oversize vehicle or special vehicle on a road without having first obtained a special permit to do so commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both. (6) A person to whom a special permit has been granted who fails to observe the conditions specified in that licence commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_19\", \"num\": \"19.\", \"text\": \"Exhibition registration plates 19. (1) The Director may, upon application in the prescribed form by the owner of an exhibition vehicle and payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the owner exhibition registration plates. (2) Exhibition registration plates are valid, without renewal of registration, for the life of the vehicle in the Islands.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_20\", \"num\": \"20.\", \"text\": \"Personalised plates 20. The Director may, upon application and payment of the prescribed fee, issue personalised registration plates to the owner of a vehicle.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_21\", \"num\": \"21.\", \"text\": \"Trade plates 21. (1) The Director may, on the application of a person who is licensed under the Trade and Business Licensing Act (2026 Revision) to carry on business as a motor vehicle dealer, agent, repairer or trader and payment of the prescribed fee, issue, on such conditions as that Director may determine, trade plates of the prescribed number and design. (2) The trade plates issued under subsection (1) allow the business concerned to take or cause to be taken on the road for the purposes of the business an unregistered or unlicensed vehicle where \u2014 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (a) the vehicle is held by the business for the purposes stated in subsection (1); (b) the person driving the vehicle and the vehicle comply with the Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision); and (c) the vehicle otherwise complies with this Act and the regulations. (3) Trade plates shall be issued for a maximum of one year at a time at the prescribed fee.42 (4) The Director shall ensure that at any one time a person does not hold more than three pairs of trade plates.43 (4A) The Director may request the holder of trade plates to surrender or renew them.44 (5) A person who unlawfully uses trade plates on a vehicle or breaches any terms and conditions imposed under subsection (1) or does not comply with a request of the Director under subsection (4A) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both.45\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_22\", \"num\": \"22.\", \"text\": \"Regulations under this Part 22. The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted to be prescribed by this Part, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Part and, in particular, may make regulations to provide for \u2014 (a) categories of vehicles for the purpose of section 5(1); (b) the form of the register and the particulars to be recorded in it; (c) the manner and form in which applications may be made for copies of entries in the register and the fees to be paid for applications; (d) the manner and form in which applications may be made for the registration of vehicles, the fees to be paid and the form of certificate of registration; (e) the vehicles or categories of vehicles which may be registered and the conditions subject to which vehicles or categories of vehicles may be registered; (f) the form of registration plates and mode of display; (g) the issue of duplicates of certificates of registration or the replacement of registration plates lost, destroyed or rendered illegible, and the fees to be paid for the issue of duplicates or replacements; (h) the form of applications to be made under section 9 for alteration of particulars in the register and termination of vehicle registration under section 10; Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (i) the division of vehicles in a registration category into sub-categories for the purpose of licensing, and the annual rates of vehicle licence fees to be paid under section 12 in respect of vehicles in a sub-category; (j) Repealed by section 11 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of 2018]. (k) the form of vehicle licences and trade plates and the mode of display; (l) the manner and form in which applications may be made for vehicle licences and trade plates; (m) fees payable for trade plates and registration plates;46 (n) the replacement of vehicle licences, registration plates and trade plates which are lost, destroyed or rendered illegible and as to the fees payable in connection with their replacement;47 and (o) the fees to be paid for the issue of duplicate receipts.48 PART 2A \u2013 Electronic Vehicle Registration49 22A. Electronic tag 22A. (1) The Director shall issue an electronic tag in respect of every registered vehicle. (2) The electronic tag issued in respect of a vehicle shall be affixed to the vehicle by the registered owner or a person authorised by the Director in a prescribed place on the vehicle that is both readable by an electronic reading device and visible from outside the vehicle. 22B. Installation of cameras and electronic reading devices 22B. (1) The Panel may install electronic reading devices of a fixed type at such locations as it determines necessary for the purposes of this Part. (2) The Commissioner may authorise a constable to carry an electronic reading device of a mobile type. 22C. Gathering evidence and recording data 22C. (1) Evidence that is gathered by a camera may be gathered by any method that captures the image of a vehicle, its registration or electronic tag and allows the image to be reproduced by any means, including by film, printing or electronic means. (2) Data, which may be in an encoded form, may be electronically and simultaneously recorded on the captured image under subsection (1). (3) The recorded image under subsection (2) may be converted from one format to another, transmitted, stored or reproduced by electronic or other means that Traffic Act (2026 Revision) allows the recorded image to be reproduced in intelligible form, including, without limitation, electronically. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), a recorded image may include an enlargement of the area of the recorded image depicting the registration of the vehicle. 22D. Evidence of offence 22D. (1) Evidence that is gathered through the use of an electronic reading device or camera, including data and images referred to in section 22C, is admissible as evidence in any proceedings with respect to any offence under this Act. (2) Evidence of a fact relevant to the proceedings may be given by the production of \u2014 (a) a record produced by an electronic reading device or a camera; and (b) in the same or another document, a certificate signed by the Director as to the circumstances in which the record was produced. (3) Unless the contrary is proved, a document purporting to be a record under subsection (2)(a) or to be a certificate signed by the Director under subsection (2)(b) is presumed to be such a record or to be so signed, as the case may be. (4) Nothing in this section makes a record or a certificate admissible in any proceedings unless a copy of it has, not less than seven days before the trial, been served on the person charged with the offence. (5) The court may grant leave for a person in respect of whom a record or certificate under this section is produced to require the attendance of the person who signed the certificate, for the purpose of cross-examination. 22E. Certificate in electronic format 22E. (1) A certified extract of information from the register gathered under section 22C or a record or certificate under section 22D(2) may be created and completed in electronic format by electronic or any other means that allows the extract or certificate to be reproduced in intelligible form, including, without limitation, electronically. (2) A certified extract or a certificate may be signed by the Director by means of an electronic reproduction of the Director\u2019s signature that is capable of being assigned to that extract or certificate only by the Director. (3) The signature referred to in subsection (2) may be made by electronic or any other means that allows the signature to be reproduced in intelligible form including, without limitation, by electronically storing the signature by means of an electronic scanner or an electronic signature pad. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (4) If the certified extract or certificate, including the Director\u2019s signature, is in electronic format, it may be converted from electronic format to paper format for all purposes and it may be received, transmitted, stored or sent electronically. (5) The recorded image referred to in section 22C(3) and any enlargement referred to in section 22C(4) may be included as part of a certificate. 22F. Presumption 22F. (1) Where evidence in respect of a vehicle gathered through the use of an electronic reading device or a camera is admitted in court and establishes that an offence under this Act has been committed, the owner of the vehicle is presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have committed the offence unless the owner proves that \u2014 (a) the owner was not in possession of the vehicle at the time of the offence; and (b) the owner did not know that the vehicle was in the possession of another person, had not consented to it being in the possession of another person and could not, by taking reasonable steps, have prevented it from being in the possession of another person. (2) In this section, \u201cowner\u201d means the person in whose name the vehicle is registered in the register, or if the vehicle is not registered, any other person who is proved to be the owner. 22G. Regulations 22G. The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing \u2014 (a) the types of cameras, electronic reading devices and electronic tags for the purposes of this Part; and (b) the places on vehicles where electronic tags must be affixed. 22H. Offences 22H. (1) A person shall not remove, destroy or interfere with an electronic tag, or its operation, except as authorised by the Director or the Commissioner. (2) A person shall not use, or cause or allow any other person to use, a vehicle that does not have the electronic tag for that vehicle affixed to it in accordance with section 22A(2). (3) A person shall not remove, destroy or interfere with an electronic reading device, or its operation, except as authorised by the Director or the Commissioner. (4) A person, other than a constable or a vehicle inspector, shall not use an electronic reading device of a mobile type. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (5) A person shall not remove, destroy or interfere with a camera, or its operation, except as authorised by the Director or Commissioner. (6) A person who contravenes subsections (1) to (5) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars. PART 3 - Licensing of Drivers of Vehicles\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_23\", \"num\": \"23.\", \"text\": \"Unqualified persons not to drive 23. (1) A person who drives a vehicle on a road while not being qualified to drive that vehicle commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of four thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both. (2) Where a person is charged with \u2014 (a) a contravention of subsection (1), the burden of proving that that person was licensed lies on that person; and (b) being an accessory to a contravention of subsection (1), the burden of proving that the person who was driving was licensed lies on the alleged accessory.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_24\", \"num\": \"24.\", \"text\": \"Persons not to drive vehicle unless licensed or authorised 24. (1) A person who drives a vehicle on a road while not being licensed or authorised under this Act to drive that vehicle commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of four thousand dollars or to imprisonment for twelve months, or to both. (2) Where a person is charged \u2014 (a) with a contravention of subsection (1), the burden of proving that that person was licensed or authorised lies on that person; and (b) with being an accessory to a contravention of subsection (1), the burden of proving that the person who was driving was licensed or authorised lies on the alleged accessory.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_25\", \"num\": \"25.\", \"text\": \"Qualification to drive 25. No person is qualified to drive a vehicle \u2014 (a) unless that person \u2014 (i) is of the prescribed age to drive the group of vehicle driven; (ii) satisfies such conditions relating to that person\u2019s previous driving experience as may be prescribed in respect of the group of vehicle driven; (iii) is not disqualified from driving by reason of suffering from a relevant disability; Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (iv) is not disqualified from driving, temporarily or otherwise, by the order of a court or the operation of any Law; and (v) has passed the prescribed written test and road test in respect of the group of vehicle driven; or (b) unless that person \u2014 (i) is a new resident, visitor or Caymanian of the prescribed age, to whom section 29 applies or is a person to whom the exemption under section 30 applies;50 or (ii) is the holder of a learner\u2019s licence to drive such vehicle under the conditions under which it is being driven.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_26\", \"num\": \"26.\", \"text\": \"Persons who are not licensed or authorised to drive 26. No person is licensed or authorised to drive a vehicle unless \u2014 (a) that person holds a current driver\u2019s licence authorising that person to drive; (b) that person  holds a current learner\u2019s licence to drive such a vehicle under the conditions under which that person is driving; or (c) is exempted under section 37(6) from holding a driver\u2019s licence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_27\", \"num\": \"27.\", \"text\": \"Persons who may be licensed 27. (1) No person may be issued with a driver\u2019s licence for any group of vehicle unless that person is qualified under section 25(a) to drive the relevant group of vehicle. (2) No person may be issued with a learner\u2019s licence for any group of vehicle unless that person satisfies the conditions specified in section 25(a)(i) to (v). 27A. Exchange of licences 27A. (1) A person who resides in the Islands and who holds a domestic licence granted in a country specified in subsection (2) may, in exchange for such a licence be granted a corresponding Cayman Islands licence. (2)  The countries to which subsection (1) refers are as follows \u2014 (a)  United Kingdom; (b)  Gibraltar; (c)  Guernsey; (d)  Isle of Man; and (e)  Jersey.51\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_28\", \"num\": \"28.\", \"text\": \"New residents and certain visitors may be authorised to drive: international driver\u2019s licence 28. Repealed by section 17 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of 2018]. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_29\", \"num\": \"29.\", \"text\": \"Special provision for holders of licence from certain Convention countries52 29. (1) In this section, \u201cConvention country\u201d means a country which is a party to \u2014 (a) the Convention on Road Traffic concluded in Paris in 1926; (b) the Convention on Road Traffic concluded in Geneva in 1949; or (c) the Convention on Road Traffic concluded at Vienna in 1968. (2) The following persons who hold a domestic licence from a Convention country (not specified in section 27A) or from a prescribed country, or who hold an international driver\u2019s permit from such a country may, on the basis of that licence or permit, drive in the Islands for a period not exceeding twelve months \u2014 (a)  a Caymanian; (b)  a visitor; or (c)  a new resident.53 (3) After the period of twelve months referred to in subsection (2), the person referred to under subsection (2) may drive only after passing a prescribed written test, upon which that person shall, without the need for a road test, be issued with a Caymanian driver\u2019s licence.54 (4) A person who does not hold a domestic licence from a Convention country or an international driver\u2019s permit from such a country shall not enjoy the concession granted under subsection (2) and shall be required to pass both a written and road test before that person can drive at all in the Islands, but need not hold a learner\u2019s licence in order to sit a road test.55 (5)  Cabinet may by Order amend this section.56 29A. Authorisation to drive: persons from non-Convention countries57 29A. A person lawfully visiting the Islands or a new resident from a country that is not a \u201cConvention country\u201d as defined in section 29(1) who \u2014 (a) is qualified to drive a group of vehicles for the purposes of section 25(a)(i) to (v); and (b) is the holder of a current driver\u2019s licence issued in the person\u2019s country of residence in respect of that group of vehicles, may drive a motor car, a truck not exceeding 8,500 pounds or a motor cycle under 125cc in the Islands for a maximum period of one month. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) 29B. International driver\u2019s permits58 29B. (1) The holder of an international driver\u2019s permit issued outside the Islands and in accordance with an International Convention with respect to the international circulation of vehicles to which the Islands have adhered, shall, while the international driver\u2019s permit remains valid, be exempted from a requirement to hold a driver\u2019s licence under this Act to drive in the Islands a vehicle of the group for which the person holds an authorisation to drive in the country in which the international driver\u2019s permit was issued. (2) Where a person who is at least twenty years old wishes to drive a vehicle in any other country which has adhered to an International Convention described in subsection (1), the person may apply to the Director in the prescribed manner for an international driver\u2019s permit. (3) The applicant referred to in subsection (2) shall comply with the requirements of the Convention referred to in that subsection and shall, in addition to any other particulars as may be required by the Director, satisfy the Director that the applicant holds a valid driver\u2019s licence issued in the Islands and that the applicant is ordinarily resident in the Islands. (4) Where the Director is satisfied as to the requirements of subsection (3) the Director shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue an international driver\u2019s permit in accordance with the International Convention concerned. (5) An international driver\u2019s permit shall, unless suspended by a court, remain in effect for twelve months from the date of issue. (6) The Director shall keep a register of \u2014 (a) holders of valid international driver\u2019s permits issued outside the Islands who are exempted from holding a driver\u2019s licence under subsection (1); and (b) holders of international driver\u2019s permits issued by the Director. (7) Except as otherwise specifically stated or contradicted in this Act, this Act does not derogate from any privilege or obligation accorded to any person by virtue of a Convention referred to in section 29.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_30\", \"num\": \"30.\", \"text\": \"Saving of licences and tests under the repealed Law 30. (1) A person who holds a driver\u2019s licence \u2014 (a) that is about to expire;59 (b) that has expired but who has within the preceding five years held a licence;60 or (c) that has expired but who has \u2014 (i) within the preceding ten years held a licence; and Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (ii) since the period beginning five years after the expiry of the licence continuously held a licence from a Convention country, as defined in section 29(1),61 does not need to take the tests referred to in section 37 but may apply for a renewal. (2) An application for renewal shall be made to the Director in the prescribed form and paying the prescribed fee. (3) For purposes of renewal, a licence issued under the repealed Law is as good as a licence issued under this Act. (4) A person who at the coming into force of this Act has taken the written test may proceed to do the road test.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_31\", \"num\": \"31.\", \"text\": \"Requirements as to physical fitness of drivers 31. (1) An application for the grant of a licence shall include a declaration by the applicant in the prescribed form stating whether that person is suffering or has at any time suffered from a relevant disability. (2) The Director may require a person applying for a licence to provide a medical certificate in the prescribed form showing that that person is not suffering from a relevant disability. (3) If it appears from the applicant\u2019s declaration or medical certificate, or if, on inquiry, the Director is satisfied from other information that the applicant is suffering from a relevant disability, the Director shall, subject to subsection (4), refuse to grant the licence. (4) The Director shall not, under subsection (3), refuse to grant a licence on account of a relevant disability if the applicant satisfies such conditions as may be prescribed with a view to authorising the grant of a licence to a person in whose case the disability is appropriately controlled. (5) Where the Director, under subsection (3) refuses to grant a licence, the applicant may, within thirty days of notification of the decision, appeal in writing to the Chief Officer responsible for the Department of Vehicle and Drivers\u2019 Licensing, who may conduct such investigation, seek such opinions and do such other things as that Chief Officer considers necessary or expedient to assist that person in arriving at a decision.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_32\", \"num\": \"32.\", \"text\": \"Revocation of licence because of disability 32. (1) If the Director is, at any time, satisfied on inquiry that \u2014 (a) the holder of a licence is suffering from a relevant disability; and (b) the Director would be required under section 31(3) to refuse an application for the licence made by that person, Traffic Act (2026 Revision) the Director may serve notice in writing on that licence holder revoking the licence with effect from such date as may be specified in the notice, not being earlier than the date of service of the notice. (2) A person whose licence is revoked under subsection (1) shall deliver the licence to the Director within seven days after the revocation date. (3) A person who fails without reasonable excuse to deliver a licence to the Director under subsection (2) commits an offence. (4) Where the Director, under subsection (1), revokes a licence, the person concerned may, within thirty days of notification of the decision, appeal in writing to the Chief Officer responsible for the Department of Vehicle and Drivers\u2019 Licensing, who may conduct such investigation, seek such opinions and do such other things as that Chief Officer considers necessary or expedient to assist that person in arriving at a decision.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_33\", \"num\": \"33.\", \"text\": \"Provision of information, etc., relating to disabilities 33. (1) If, at any time during the validity period of the licence, the holder of a licence becomes aware that \u2014 (a) that person is suffering from a relevant disability which that person has not previously disclosed to the Director; or (b) a relevant disability from which that person has at any time suffered, and which has been previously disclosed, has become more acute since the licence was granted, that licence holder shall forthwith notify the Director in writing of the nature and extent of that person\u2019s disability. (2) A person who fails without reasonable excuse to notify the Director under subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars. (3) If the Director has reasonable grounds for believing that an applicant for, or holder of, a licence may be suffering from a relevant disability, subsection (4) applies for the purpose of enabling the Director to satisfy themselves whether or not that is the case. (4) The Director may, by notice in writing served on the applicant or holder \u2014 (a) require that person, as soon as practicable, to arrange to submit themselves for examination by such medical practitioner or practitioners as may be nominated by the Director for the purpose of determining whether or not that person suffers or has at any time suffered from a relevant disability; or (b) require that person to submit themselves for a driving test, being a test authorising the grant of a licence in respect of vehicles \u2014 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (i) of all or any of the groups to which the application relates; or (ii) which that person is authorised to drive by the licence which that person holds. (5) If the Director considers it appropriate to do so in the case of any applicant for, or holder of, a licence, the Director may \u2014 (a) include in a single notice under subsection (4) requirements under more than one paragraph of that subsection; and (b) at any time after the service of a notice under that subsection, serve a further notice or notices under that subsection. (6) If a person on whom a notice is served under subsection (4) fails \u2014 (a) without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement contained in the notice; or (b) a driving test which that person is required to take under paragraph (b) of that subsection, the Director may exercise that Director\u2019s powers under sections 31 and 32 as if that Director was satisfied that the applicant or licence holder concerned is suffering from a relevant disability. (7) Where the Director exercises the powers referred to in subsection (6), the applicant or licence holder may, within thirty days of notification of the decision, appeal in writing to the Chief Officer responsible for the Department of Vehicle and Drivers\u2019 Licensing, who may conduct such investigation, seek such opinions and do such other things as that Chief Officer considers necessary or expedient to assist that person in arriving at a decision.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_34\", \"num\": \"34.\", \"text\": \"Driving with uncorrected defective eyesight 34. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who drives a vehicle on a road while that person\u2019s eyesight is such that that person cannot comply with a requirement as to eyesight prescribed under this Part for the purpose of tests of competence to drive commits an offence. (2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the defect is one which cannot be, or which is not for the time being, sufficiently corrected. (3) The Director or a constable having reason to suspect that a person driving a vehicle may have committed an offence under this section may require that person to submit to a test for the purpose of ascertaining whether, using no other means of correction than that person used at the time of driving, that person can comply with the requirement concerned, and if that person refuses to submit to the test that person commits an offence. (4) A person who is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine of six hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a Traffic Act (2026 Revision) term of six months, or to both, and, in addition, the particulars of the conviction shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_35\", \"num\": \"35.\", \"text\": \"Learners\u2019 licences 35. (1) A person who is qualified under section 25(a)(i) to (iv) to drive a group of vehicles may, subject to subsection (3) and any regulations made under section 44, on making an application in the prescribed form and paying to the Director the prescribed fee, be granted a learner\u2019s licence in the prescribed form to drive that group of vehicles. (2) A learner\u2019s licence is valid for six months and may, on payment of the prescribed fee, be renewed for a further period of six months and, after that, no renewals will be permitted unless the applicant has taken at least one driving test under section 37 since the last renewal. (3) No person may be granted a learner\u2019s licence for any group of vehicles unless that person has first passed the prescribed written examination for that group.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_36\", \"num\": \"36.\", \"text\": \"Conditions under which learners may drive and penalty for offences 36. (1) A learner driver in respect of any group of vehicles may drive any vehicle of that group on any road where vehicles may lawfully be driven, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed in regulations, and if \u2014 (a) there are displayed in the prescribed manner on the vehicle being driven plates of the prescribed design bearing the letter \u201cL\u201d; (b) the learner driver of a vehicle other than an invalid carriage or motorcycle is, at all times when driving, accompanied and supervised by a person who has been fully licensed and qualified to drive vehicles of the group being driven for a period of at least two years, and who is seated next to the learner driver, and the holder of a learner\u2019s licence in respect of a motorcycle or moped shall not carry a passenger unless that passenger holds a driver\u2019s licence in respect of vehicles of that group. (2) A person who \u2014 (a) breaches a condition of  that person\u2019s learner\u2019s licence; or (b) supervises or attempts to supervise a learner driver when that person is not qualified to do so, commits an offence. (3) A person who is convicted of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for twelve months, or to both, and the particulars of the conviction shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_37\", \"num\": \"37.\", \"text\": \"Applying for a driver\u2019s licence for the first time 37. (1) No person may be granted a driver\u2019s licence unless that person has first passed the prescribed written test and prescribed road test, in that order, for vehicles of that group. (2) The content of driving tests and the requirements for passing them shall be prescribed in regulations. (3) Driving tests shall be carried out by a driving examiner appointed under section 3. (4) A person who wishes to obtain a driver\u2019s licence may apply in the prescribed form to the Director to undergo a written test and road test, but no person shall take the road test without first holding a learner\u2019s licence. (5) A learner driver who has been declared by a driving examiner to have passed the written test and road test shall surrender to the Director that person\u2019s learner\u2019s licence and receive in exchange a certificate of competence, in the prescribed form, pending issue of the driver\u2019s licence. (6) The certificate of competence, for the day when it is issued and three days following its issue, exempts the person to whom it is issued from holding a driver\u2019s licence for the purpose of section 26(c).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_38\", \"num\": \"38.\", \"text\": \"Grant of licences 38. (1) Upon \u2014 (a) proof of exemption under section 30 from the need to take any test; or (b) production of a certificate of competence issued under section 37 following the passing of relevant tests, and applying in the prescribed form and paying the prescribed fee, an applicant for a driver\u2019s licence shall be issued with a licence. (2) A driver\u2019s licence issued under subsection (1) is not valid unless it is signed by the applicant prior to issue.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_39\", \"num\": \"39.\", \"text\": \"Form of licences 39. A driver\u2019s licence shall be in the form prescribed in regulations and shall specify the group or groups of vehicles which the holder is authorised to drive.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_40\", \"num\": \"40.\", \"text\": \"Verification of entries in the register 40. (1) The Director may at any time require the holder of a driver\u2019s licence to furnish information for the verification of the entries in the register relating to that driver\u2019s licence. (2) A holder of a driver\u2019s licence who fails or neglects to furnish information required by the Director under subsection (1) commits an offence. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_41\", \"num\": \"41.\", \"text\": \"Duration of driver\u2019s licence 41. (1) A driver\u2019s licence shall, unless previously revoked or surrendered, remain in force for three, five or ten years after the issue of the driver\u2019s licence according to the period for which the prescribed fee is paid and may be renewed for consecutive periods of three, five or ten years at a time.62 (2) Where an applicant is suffering from a relevant disability but the disability is appropriately controlled, the Director may, subject to section 31, issue a driver\u2019s licence to that person to be valid for a stated period of not more than one year. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a driver\u2019s licence shall not be issued to a visitor or renewed in respect of a visitor for a period longer than six months.63 (4) A driver\u2019s licence may be renewed at any time during the six months before the date of expiration of the licence, but the renewal only takes effect on the date of expiry of the licence.64 (5) If an applicant elects to have the applicant\u2019s renewed driver\u2019s licence expire on the anniversary of the applicant\u2019s birth immediately preceding the expiry of the three, five or ten year period for which the prescribed fee is paid, the fee shall be reduced on a pro rata basis, taking into account the number of days between the applicant\u2019s birthday and the expiry of the period for which the prescribed fee is paid.65\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_42\", \"num\": \"42.\", \"text\": \"Duplicate driver\u2019s licence 42. (1) Where a driver\u2019s licence is lost, destroyed, stolen or rendered illegible, the holder of the driver\u2019s licence may apply and obtain from the Director a duplicate driver\u2019s licence by paying the prescribed fee. (2) If a driver\u2019s licence which has been replaced under subsection (1) is subsequently found, the holder of the duplicate driver\u2019s licence shall surrender to the Director the duplicate driver\u2019s licence. (3) A person who knowingly retains or has in that person\u2019s possession both an original and a duplicate driver\u2019s licence commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of three hundred dollars or to imprisonment for three months, or to both.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_43\", \"num\": \"43.\", \"text\": \"Powers of arrest 43. A constable may, without warrant, arrest \u2014 (a) a person who, in the opinion of that constable, is driving or attempting to drive a vehicle when not qualified to do so; (b) a learner driver who, in the opinion of that constable, is driving or attempting to drive in contravention of the conditions imposed on that person\u2019s learner\u2019s licence; and Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (c) a person who, in the opinion of that constable, is supervising or attempting to supervise a learner driver when not licensed or qualified to do so.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_44\", \"num\": \"44.\", \"text\": \"Regulations under this Part 44. The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted to be prescribed by this Part, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Part and, in particular, may make regulations to provide for \u2014 (a) age qualifications for the purpose of section 25(a)(i), and different ages may be prescribed for different groups of vehicles; (b) requirements as to the previous driving experience of applicants for licences in respect of any group of vehicles; (c) disabilities for the purpose of section 25(a)(iii); (d) conditions on which licences may be granted to persons suffering from certain relevant disabilities which are appropriately controlled; (e) requirements as to eyesight for the purpose of driving tests; (f) the form of declaration as to physical fitness and form of medical certificate for the purpose of section 31; (g) the driving of vehicles under international driving permits; (h) the form of driver\u2019s licences and learner\u2019s licences; (i) the conditions subject to which learner drivers may drive; (j) the manner and form in which applications may be made for a learner\u2019s licence under section 35, the fees to be paid on such applications, and the content of the written examination for any group of vehicles under section 35; (k) the content of driving tests for the purposes of section 37(1), the qualifications, selection and appointment of persons by whom they may be conducted and the revocation of any appointment, evidence of the results of such tests, and generally with respect to such tests, and different regulations may be made in respect of driving tests for different groups of vehicles; (l) the manner and form in which applications may be made for driving tests and the fee to be paid on an application; (m) the manner and form in which applications may be made for the grant and renewal of driver\u2019s licences and the fee to be paid upon an application; and (n) the manner and form in which applications may be made for an international driver\u2019s permit and the fee to be paid upon an application. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) PART 4 - Repealed66\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_45\", \"num\": \"45.\", \"text\": \"Repealed 45. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_46\", \"num\": \"46.\", \"text\": \"Repealed 46. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_47\", \"num\": \"47.\", \"text\": \"Repealed 47. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_48\", \"num\": \"48.\", \"text\": \"Repealed 48. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_49\", \"num\": \"49.\", \"text\": \"Repealed 49. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_50\", \"num\": \"50.\", \"text\": \"Repealed 50. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_51\", \"num\": \"51.\", \"text\": \"Repealed 51. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_52\", \"num\": \"52.\", \"text\": \"Repealed 52. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024]. Part 5 - Special Purpose Vehicles67\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_53\", \"num\": \"53.\", \"text\": \"Restrictions on use of special purpose vehicles68 53. (1) Low Speed electric vehicles may only be used on a road or public place where the designated speed is thirty miles per hour or less.69 (1A) An ATV may only be used on a route designated by the Director and driven, while on land, at a speed of thirty-five miles per hour or less.70 (2) A person who uses a special purpose vehicle in a manner that contravenes subsection (1) or (1A) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of five hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months, or to both.71 (3) Repealed by section 25(d) of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of 2018]. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_54\", \"num\": \"54.\", \"text\": \"Special permit for use of special purpose vehicles72 54. (1) Before using a special purpose vehicle on a road or in a public place, the owner shall apply to the Director for a permit by submitting an application in the prescribed form and paying the prescribed fee. (2) Where the Director is satisfied that a special purpose vehicle is equipped as required by section 55, that Director may, subject to such terms and conditions as that person thinks fit, issue a permit for the operation of that vehicle. (3) Where a permit is lost, destroyed or rendered illegible, the owner of the special purpose vehicle shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, apply for a duplicate permit. (4) Where, upon application, the Director is satisfied that a permit is lost, destroyed or rendered illegible, that Director may, upon the applicant paying the prescribed fee, issue a duplicate permit marked in accordance with the reason for its replacement. (5) A special purpose vehicle permit \u2014 (a) shall be carried in the vehicle when the vehicle is operating; (b) shall, unless previously revoked or suspended, remain in force for one year from the date of issue; and (c) shall, upon a subsequent application for renewal of the permit, be renewed by the Director if that Director is satisfied that it meets the requirements under section 55, for consecutive periods of one month, three months, six months or one year at a time. (6) The Director may revoke or suspend a permit issued under this section if that Director is satisfied that a special purpose vehicle to which the permit relates \u2014 (a) is no longer equipped as required by or under section 55; or (b) is otherwise being used contrary to the conditions under which the permit was issued.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_55\", \"num\": \"55.\", \"text\": \"Requirements for registration of special purpose vehicles73 55. (1) A special purpose vehicle shall be equipped with the following original manufactured items \u2014 (a) head lights; (b) where applicable, rear lights, reflectors, traffic indicators and stop lights;74 (c) an interior rear view mirror; (d) brakes; (e) horn; (f) at least one driving mirror; (g) speedometer; Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (h) where applicable, seat belts complying with regulations made under this Act;75 (i) where applicable, windscreen;76 (j) where applicable, wipers;77 (k) tyres; and (l) such other items as the Director may determine by notification in the Gazette. (2) The provisions of the Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision) relating to minimum insurance coverage apply to a special purpose vehicle in the same way they apply to a \u201cvehicle\u201d as defined in section 2 of that Act. 55A. Exhibition vehicles which are unregistered 55A. Notwithstanding that an exhibition vehicle does not meet the requirements under section 55 and a permit cannot be issued to the owner under section 54, the Commissioner may grant a special permit for a period not exceeding forty-eight hours to the owner of an exhibition vehicle to enable that vehicle to be driven on a road from one place to another, subject to \u2014 (a)  any regulations made under section 111; (b)  the person driving the vehicle and the vehicle complying with the Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision); and (c)  such conditions as the Commissioner may specify in that special permit, if the Commissioner is satisfied that the exhibition vehicle can be so driven without material damage to the road.78\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_56\", \"num\": \"56.\", \"text\": \"Regulations under this Part 56. The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted to be prescribed by this Part, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Part and, in particular, may make regulations to provide for fees and forms. PART 6 - Construction and Use of Vehicles and Equipment\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_57\", \"num\": \"57.\", \"text\": \"Regulation of construction, weight, equipment and use of vehicles 57. (1) The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, as to the use of vehicles, trailers and pedal cycles on roads, their construction and equipment, and the conditions under which they may be used and, in particular, regulations may provide for \u2014 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (a) the width, height and length of vehicles and trailers, the condition and diameter of wheels, and the width, nature and condition of tyres of vehicles and trailers; (b) the emission or consumption of smoke, fumes or vapour; (c) noise; (d) the maximum laden weight of vehicles and trailers, and the maximum weight to be transmitted to the road or any specified area of the road by a vehicle or trailer, or by any part of such a vehicle or trailer in contact with the road, and the conditions under which the weight may be required to be tested; (e) the loading of vehicles and trailers, and the securing of loads carried by them; (f) the particulars to be marked on vehicles and trailers; (g) the towing or drawing of vehicles by vehicles; (h) the number and nature of brakes, and for securing that brakes, silencers, and steering and transmission systems, are efficient and kept in proper working order; (i) body work and bumpers; (j) windows, window glass and windscreen wipers; (k) lighting equipment and reflectors; (l) the power unit and how to ensure that it is in good repair, properly enclosed and properly secured; (m) the appliances to be fitted for \u2014 (i) signalling the approach of a vehicle; (ii) enabling the driver of a vehicle to become aware of the approach of another vehicle from the rear; or (iii) intimating any intended change of speed or direction of a vehicle, and the use of any such appliance, and for securing that any such appliance is efficient and kept in proper working order; (n) the prohibiting of the use of any appliances fitted to vehicles, at any times, or on or in any roads or localities, specified in the regulations; and (o) safety standards. (2) Regulations with respect to lighting equipment and reflectors may \u2014 (a) require that lamps be kept lit at such times and in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations; and (b) extend to vehicles of any description used on roads, whether or not they are motor vehicles. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (3) Different regulations may be made \u2014 (a) for different categories of vehicles; (b) for the same category of vehicles in different circumstances; (c) for different times for day or night, or different times for different times of day or night; or (d) for roads in different localities.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_58\", \"num\": \"58.\", \"text\": \"Offence where regulations are contravened 58. Subject to section 59, a person who \u2014 (a) contravenes or fails to comply with any regulations made under section 57; or (b) uses on a road a vehicle, trailer or pedal cycle which does not comply with any such regulations or causes or permits a vehicle to be so used, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both, and the particulars of the conviction shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_59\", \"num\": \"59.\", \"text\": \"Authorisation of use on roads of vehicles not complying with regulations under section 57 59. The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing special conditions for the use on the road of emergency vehicles, special vehicles, oversize vehicles and invalid carriages.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_60\", \"num\": \"60.\", \"text\": \"Appointment of vehicle inspectors 60. (1) The Chief Officer in the Ministry responsible for the Department of Vehicle and Drivers\u2019 Licensing shall, in exercise of that Chief Officer\u2019s powers under the Public Service Management Act (2018 Revision) appoint suitable persons to be vehicle inspectors who shall carry out their duties under the Director\u2019s supervision. (2) The Director shall in writing designate a place at which vehicle inspections shall take place for the purpose of this Act. (3) Neither the government nor any inspector appointed under subsection (1) shall be liable in damages for anything done or omitted in the discharge of the functions under this Act unless it is shown that the act or omission was in bad faith, but the government shall not be liable for anything done in bad faith by an inspector who is not a civil servant.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_61\", \"num\": \"61.\", \"text\": \"Imported vehicles to be inspected before use on the road 61. A vehicle or trailer imported into the Islands shall, before being used on a road, be taken from the point of import direct to \u2014 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (a) a vehicle inspector; (b) a public garage; (c) a licensed vehicle dealer; or (d) the residence of the owner and then direct to a vehicle inspector, for examination, and no such vehicle shall be used further on the road, except by a vehicle inspector for testing purposes, until a vehicle inspector has certified the vehicle to be fit for use on the road.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_62\", \"num\": \"62.\", \"text\": \"Issue of certificate of roadworthiness 62. (1) If a vehicle inspector is satisfied that a vehicle that that person has examined under section 61 is roadworthy and complies with requirements of this Act and regulations, that person shall issue a signed certificate of roadworthiness in the prescribed form. (1A) The certificate of roadworthiness may be issued for such period as the inspector believes appropriate, up to a maximum of \u2014 (a) sixty-two months, for a new vehicle that has not been registered anywhere before; (b) thirty-eight months, for a vehicle that is less than ten years old; and (c) fourteen months, for a vehicle that is more than ten years old.79 (2) A vehicle found by a vehicle inspector not to be roadworthy or that does not comply with this Act or regulations may not be used on a road except for the purpose of being removed to a convenient place off the road at the direction of a vehicle inspector given in the prescribed form.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_63\", \"num\": \"63.\", \"text\": \"Inspection of vehicles80 63. (1) An owner of a vehicle or trailer shall, in the month before the due date of renewal of the licence, submit the vehicle to a vehicle inspector at a place and within the times prescribed, for inspection for roadworthiness and general compliance with this Act and regulations.81 (2) A vehicle shall not be used on the road after inspection until the vehicle inspector has issued a certificate of roadworthiness in respect of that vehicle. (3) A vehicle in respect of which the certificate of roadworthiness has expired shall not be used on a road except for the purpose of being driven to a pre-arranged appointment or a designated place for an inspection.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_64\", \"num\": \"64.\", \"text\": \"Powers of vehicle inspectors and constables 64. (1) If a vehicle inspector has reason to believe that a vehicle being driven or being present on a road is not in roadworthy condition or fails to comply with this Act and regulations that person \u2014 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (a) may, at a reasonable time, enter a public place where that vehicle is to be found and there inspect it; or (b) may stop that vehicle on the road and carry out such inspection or tests as appear to that person to be desirable. (2) In the absence of a vehicle inspector, a constable who has reason to believe that a vehicle being driven or being present on a road is not in roadworthy condition or fails to comply with this Act or regulations shall order that vehicle to be taken off the road and may exercise the powers conferred on a vehicle inspector under section 62(2).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_65\", \"num\": \"65.\", \"text\": \"Using uninspected vehicle 65. A person who uses a vehicle, or being the owner of a vehicle permits the vehicle to be used on a road contrary to section 61, 62 or 63 commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of six hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term of six months, or to both, and the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_66\", \"num\": \"66.\", \"text\": \"Regulations as to inspection and testing 66. The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted to be prescribed by this Part, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Part and, in particular, may make regulations to provide for \u2014 (a) the qualifications and training of vehicle inspectors; (b) the manner in which applications may be made for the inspection of vehicles under sections 61 and 63, the fees to be paid on such applications, and the places and times at which inspections shall be carried out; (c) the form of, and particulars to be contained in, certificates of roadworthiness, notifications of the refusal of such certificates, and terms ordering the removal of vehicles from the road under section 62(2); and (d) the issue of duplicates of certificates of roadworthiness lost, destroyed or rendered illegible, and the fee to be paid for the issue of such duplicates. PART 7 - Control of Road Users\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_67\", \"num\": \"67.\", \"text\": \"General duty of road users 67. A road user shall exercise care and attention when using the road and have due regard to \u2014 (a) the safety and comfort of other road users; and (b) the preservation and protection of public and private property. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_68\", \"num\": \"68.\", \"text\": \"Duties of drivers 68. A driver shall \u2014 (a) drive in such a manner as to have full control of the vehicle at all times; (b) keep to the left half of the road except when travelling in a one-way street or overtaking, or when otherwise directed by a traffic sign or signal, a police signal or signal by other authorised person; (c) before making a right hand turn, give the right of way to all approaching vehicles; (d) except where driving an emergency vehicle, comply with all traffic signs and signals; (e) comply with all signals and other lawful directions given by constables or wardens; (f) drive at a speed and in a manner and at a distance from other vehicles as to be able to stop in an emergency without being involved in a collision; (g) keep a watch on the road behind and in front of the vehicle being driven; (h) give prior warning of any intended manoeuvre by means of the prescribed hand or traffic indicator signals; (i) avoid obstructing other vehicles whether the vehicle under control is moving or stationary; (j) manage the vehicle so as to be able to stop within the limit of vision available at any given time; (k) where an intersection or road junction is without a traffic sign or signal giving priority to a road, drive in a way so as to avoid the possibility of collision with any other road user, irrespective of the relative size or condition of the intersection or adjoining roads; (l) not park a vehicle in a place or in a way that obscures \u2014 (i) the view of the road; (ii) a road sign; or (iii) a road intersection or junction, from any other road user or to deny to any other road user free passage along any road; (m) give right of way to emergency vehicles and other vehicles used by officials prescribed in regulations made under this Act; (n) keep illuminated at night \u2014 (i) the rear light or lights; (ii) the front head light or lights; and (iii) the registration plate light, Traffic Act (2026 Revision) as prescribed for the class of vehicle driven; and (o) comply with the road code.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_69\", \"num\": \"69.\", \"text\": \"Duty to give name and address, and penalty for contravention 69. (1) A constable may require a person whom that constable has seen committing an offence under this Act or regulations, or whom that constable suspects of committing or having committed an offence, to give that person\u2019s name, address and date of birth, and any such person who refuses to give their name, address and date of birth or gives a false name, address or date of birth commits an offence. (2) The owner of a vehicle shall, if so required by a constable \u2014 (a) give all information which it is in that owner\u2019s power to give as to the name, antecedents and whereabouts of any person who has committed or is alleged or believed to have committed an offence in respect of, or with or by the use of, that vehicle; and (b) give similar information regarding any persons who are alleged or believed to have been occupants of that vehicle at the time of commission or alleged or believed commission of the offence, and an owner who refuses or fails to give such information, or knowingly gives false information, commits an offence. (3) A constable may arrest without warrant a person who, having been required by that constable under subsection (1) or (2) to give that person\u2019s name, address and date of birth fails or refuses to do so or gives a name, address or date of birth which the constable believes on reasonable grounds to be false. (4) A person driving a vehicle on the road who fails, when required by a constable to produce \u2014 (a) that person\u2019s driver\u2019s licence or learner\u2019s licence; (b) the relevant certificate of insurance or other evidence that the vehicle is not or was not being driven in contravention of the Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision); (c) a current certificate of roadworthiness in respect of that vehicle, or (d) a certificate of registration in respect of that vehicle, commits an offence, but for the certificates or other evidence referred to in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d), that person shall not be prosecuted if that person produces such certificates or other evidence at a police station within three days. (5) A person who is convicted of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and the court may order that the person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence for such period not exceeding twelve months as the court thinks fit. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_70\", \"num\": \"70.\", \"text\": \"Seat belts 70. (1) The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, in relation to the need for persons who are driving or riding in vehicles on a road to wear seat belts and, in particular, regulations may provide for \u2014 (a) different provisions in relation to different categories of vehicles, different descriptions of persons and different circumstances; (b) exceptions for \u2014 (i) the users of vehicles constructed or adapted for the delivery of goods or mail to consumers or addresses while engaged in making local rounds of deliveries; (ii) the drivers of vehicles while performing a manoeuvre which includes reversing; and (iii) persons holding a valid certificate signed by a medical practitioner to the effect that it is inadvisable on medical grounds for that person to wear a seat belt; (c) exceptions subject to conditions; and (d) cases in which a fee may be charged on an application for any certificate required as a condition of an exception. (2) A person who drives or rides in a vehicle in contravention of regulations made under subsection (1) commits an offence, but notwithstanding any enactment or rule of law, no person other than the person actually committing the contravention commits an offence by reason of the contravention. (3) If the holder of a certificate referred to in subsection (1)(b)(iii) is informed by a constable that that person may be prosecuted for an offence under subsection (2), that person is not, in proceedings for that offence, entitled to rely on the exception afforded to that person by the certificate unless it is produced to the constable at the time that person is so informed.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_71\", \"num\": \"71.\", \"text\": \"Seatbelts for children under fourteen years of age 71. The Cabinet may make regulations relating to the wearing of seatbelts by children under the age of fourteen years.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_72\", \"num\": \"72.\", \"text\": \"Wearing of protective headgear and penalty for contravention 72. (1) The Cabinet may make regulations requiring, subject to such exemptions as may be specified in the regulations, persons driving or riding on motor cycles, mopeds, motor scooters of any group specified in the regulations to wear protective headgear of such description as may be so specified. (2) Regulations under subsection (1) may make different provisions in relation to different circumstances. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (3) A person who contravenes regulations made under this section commits an offence and is liable upon summary conviction to a fine of eight hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term of eight months, or to both.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_73\", \"num\": \"73.\", \"text\": \"Duty to stop and furnish particulars in case of accident 73. (1) Subsections (2), (3) and (4) apply where, owing to the presence of a vehicle on a road, an accident occurs by which \u2014 (a) personal injury is caused to a person other than the driver of that vehicle; or (b) damage is caused \u2014 (i) to a vehicle other than the vehicle or a trailer drawn by that vehicle; (ii) to an animal other than an animal in or on that vehicle or a trailer drawn by that vehicle; or (iii) to any other property constructed on, fixed to, growing in, or otherwise forming part of, the land on which the road in question is situated or land adjacent to such land. (2) The driver of the vehicle referred to in subsection (1) shall stop and, if required to do so by any person having reasonable grounds for so requiring, give that person\u2019s name, address and date of birth, the registration number of the vehicle, the name and address of the owner and the name of the insurance company with which the owner of the vehicle is insured. (3) If the driver of the vehicle does not give the particulars referred to in subsection (2), that driver shall report the accident at a police station or to a constable as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case within twenty-four hours of the occurrence of the accident. (4) A person who fails to comply with subsection (2) or (3) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for twelve months, or to both, and the court may order that such person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence for such period as the court thinks fit but in any event the court shall order that the particulars of the offence be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record. (5) Subsections (6) and (7) apply in a case where, owing to the presence of a vehicle on a road, an accident occurs \u2014 (a) by which personal injury is caused to a person other than the driver of that vehicle; (b) which involves no other vehicle; (c) in respect of which a party involved in the accident \u2014 (i) alleges that an offence has or might have been committed; or (ii) expresses a desire to have a police report; or Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (d) in which damage is caused to a vehicle rendering it unusable or not roadworthy. (6) The vehicle shall not be moved from the position where it first stopped unless by the direction of a constable, other than a constable involved in the accident, or in the case of an emergency. (7) The driver of the vehicle shall remain at the scene of the accident until released by a constable, unless in the case of an emergency, including a need for immediate medical attention or if the site is not safe. (8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, where there has been an accident but there is no injury to a person, all parties may agree not to call the police or remain at the scene of the accident but each party shall report the accident to the police within twenty-four hours.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_74\", \"num\": \"74.\", \"text\": \"Police evidence in case of accident 74. (1) A sketch made by a constable of the scene of an accident shall be received as evidence in criminal or civil proceedings relating to that accident. (2) The Cabinet may make regulations providing for \u2014 (a) the form and contents of a sketch referred to in subsection (1); and (b) the supply, upon payment of the prescribed fee, of copies of the sketch to a person having an interest in the outcome of criminal or civil proceedings likely to arise out of the accident.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_75\", \"num\": \"75.\", \"text\": \"Causing death by dangerous or reckless driving 75. (1) A person who drives a vehicle on a road dangerously or recklessly, having regard to the manner of driving or to the defective condition of the vehicle, and by so doing causes the death of another person commits an offence. (2) A constable may arrest without warrant a person whom that constable has reasonable grounds to believe has committed an offence under subsection (1). (3) An offence under subsection (1) is triable on indictment, and upon conviction the offender is liable to imprisonment for ten years and, in addition, shall, without an order by the court, automatically be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence for a term of five years or such longer period as the court may order. (4) The period of disqualification runs from the date of conviction or the expiration of a sentence of imprisonment, as the court may direct, and the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on the driver\u2019s driving record. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_76\", \"num\": \"76.\", \"text\": \"Dangerous or reckless driving 76. A person who drives a vehicle or animal on a road dangerously or recklessly, or at a speed or in a manner or in a condition which is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature, condition and use of the road or place and the amount of traffic which is actually at the time, or which might reasonably be expected to be, on the road or place commits an offence and is liable \u2014 (a) on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for one year, or to both, and in addition \u2014 (i) shall, without an order by the court, automatically be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence for twelve months or such longer period as the court may order, the period of disqualification to run from the date of conviction or the expiration of the sentence of imprisonment, as the court may order; and (ii) the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record; and (b) upon conviction on indictment, to a fine of three thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of two years, or to both, and in addition \u2014 (i) shall, without an order by a court, automatically be disqualified for two years or such longer period as the court may order, from holding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence or driving a vehicle on the road, the period of disqualification to run from the date of conviction or the expiration of the sentence of imprisonment, as the court may order; and (ii) the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_77\", \"num\": \"77.\", \"text\": \"Careless or inconsiderate driving 77. (1) A person who drives a vehicle or animal on a road without care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of six months, or to both. (2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1), the court may order that that person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence for such period not exceeding twelve months as the court may order and the particulars of the conviction shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) 77A. Dangerous, careless, reckless or anti-social, driving of motorcycles or mopeds82 77A. (1) A constable shall have the powers set out in subsection (2) where the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that a motorcycle or moped is being used, or was on any occasion used, in a manner that \u2014 (a) contravenes section 76 or 77; or (b) causes or is likely to cause alarm, distress or annoyance to members of the public. (2) The constable\u2019s powers are \u2014 (a) power, if the motorcycle or moped is moving, to order the person driving it to stop the motorcycle or moped; (b) if the constable is satisfied that it is reasonably necessary to do so in order to prevent the motorcycle or moped from being used again in a manner described in subsection (1)(a) or (b), power to seize the motorcycle or moped; and (c) if the constable has reasonable grounds to believe that the motorcycle or moped is located on any premises (other than a private dwelling house), power to enter those premises for the purpose of exercising a power in paragraph (a) or (b). (3) In the circumstances described in subsection (2)(c), a constable may enter land appurtenant to a private dwelling house or a garage or other structure attached to a private dwelling house for the purposes set out in subsection (2). (4) A constable may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of the powers in subsection (2). (5) A person who does not comply with an order under subsection (2)(a) to stop a motorcycle or moped, commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of two thousand five hundred dollars. (6) A constable may, without warrant, arrest a person whom the constable has reasonable grounds to believe has committed an offence under subsection (5).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_78\", \"num\": \"78.\", \"text\": \"Restriction on use of mobile telephones and other hand-held devices83 78. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) a driver shall not hold or use a mobile telephone or other hand-held device while that driver is operating a vehicle. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to \u2014 (a)  a constable on duty; (b)  a driver using a mobile telephone or other hand-held device to make a 911 call in an emergency when it is unsafe or impractical to stop and park the vehicle in order to make the emergency call; Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (c)  a driver who holds or uses a mobile telephone or other handheld device that \u2014 (i)  is secured in a mounting affixed to the vehicle while the mobile telephone or other hand-held device is being used; and (ii)  does not require the pressing of more than one button on the mobile telephone or other hand-held device to make, receive or terminate a telephone call; (d)  a driver who holds or uses a mobile telephone or other handheld device that \u2014 (i)  is not secured in a mounting affixed to the vehicle; but (ii)  does not require the driver to hold, or to manipulate, the mobile telephone or other hand-held device in order to make, receive or terminate a telephone call; or (e)  a driver who holds or uses a mobile telephone or other handheld device when the vehicle that the driver is operating has stopped, having been removed from the normal flow of traffic. (3)  For the purposes of subsection (2)(e), a vehicle that has stopped in obedience to a traffic sign or traffic signal while awaiting circumstances to develop which would allow it to proceed or while awaiting the traffic signal to change shall not be considered to have been removed from the normal flow of traffic. (4)  A hand-held device referred to in this section is a device, other than a two-way radio, which is capable of transmitting and receiving data, whether or not those capabilities are enabled. (5)  In this section \u2014 (a)  using a mobile telephone or other hand-held device includes the following \u2014 (i)  illuminating the screen; (ii)  checking the time; (iii)  checking notifications; (iv)  unlocking the device; (v)  making, receiving, or rejecting a telephone or internetbased call; (vi)  sending, receiving or uploading oral or written content; (vii)  sending, receiving or uploading a photo or video; (viii) utilising camera, video, or sound recording functionality; (ix)  drafting any text; (x) accessing any stored data such as documents, books, audio files, photos, videos, films, playlists, notes or messages; (xi)  accessing an application; and Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (xii)  accessing the internet; and (b)  \u201can application\u201d means a software programme that runs through a web browser or offline on a mobile telephone or other device. (6)  A person who contravenes this section commits an offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_79\", \"num\": \"79.\", \"text\": \"Causing death by careless driving or inconsiderate driving 79. (1) A person who drives a vehicle or animal on a road without care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons, and by so doing causes the death of another person commits an offence. (2) A constable may arrest without warrant a person whom that constable has reasonable grounds to believe has committed an offence under subsection (1). (3) An offence under subsection (1) is triable only on indictment and upon conviction the offender is liable to a fine of ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of seven years or, to both, and, in addition \u2014 (a) shall, without an order by a court, automatically be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence for at least three years, the period of disqualification to run from the expiration of a sentence of imprisonment, as the court may order; and (b) the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_80\", \"num\": \"80.\", \"text\": \"Causing death by driving: unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers 80. (1) A person commits an offence under this section if that person causes the death of another person by driving a vehicle on a road and, at the time when that person is driving, the circumstances are such that that person is committing \u2014 (a) an offence relating to driving other than in accordance with a licence issued under this Act; (b) an offence relating to driving while disqualified by or under this Act; or (c) an offence relating to driving a vehicle while uninsured or unsecured against third party risks as may be required by this or any other Law. (2) A constable may arrest without warrant a person whom that constable has reasonable grounds to believe has committed an offence under subsection (1). (3) An offence under subsection (1) is triable only on indictment and upon conviction the offender is liable to a fine of ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for seven years, or to both, and, in addition \u2014 (a) shall, without an order by a court, be automatically disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence for at least three years, the period Traffic Act (2026 Revision) of disqualification to run from the expiration of a sentence of imprisonment, as the court may order; and (b) the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_81\", \"num\": \"81.\", \"text\": \"Person charged with certain offences may be convicted of a lesser offence 81. A person who is, before any court, indicted or charged with \u2014 (a) manslaughter in connection with the use of a vehicle, may be convicted of an offence under section 75, 76 or 79; (b) an offence under section 75, may be convicted of an offence under section 76; or (c) an offence under section 76, may be convicted of an offence under section 77.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_82\", \"num\": \"82.\", \"text\": \"Driving or supervising under the influence of alcohol or drugs 82. (1) A person who \u2014 (a) drives or attempts to drive a vehicle on a road; or (b) is in charge of a vehicle on a road, while that person \u2014 (i) is under the influence of alcohol or drugs to such an extent that that person\u2019s efficiency as a driver is impaired; (ii) has consumed alcohol in such a quantity that the proportion of it in that person\u2019s breath, blood or urine exceeds the prescribed limit; or (iii) has consumed illegal drugs so that when tested drugs are shown in that person\u2019s blood, commits an offence. (2) A person who is supervising a learner driver and who, had that person been the driver, would have contravened subsection (1) also commits an offence. (3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on summary conviction \u2014 (a) on a first offence, to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both; (b) on a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months, or to both; and (c) in addition, on a first or any subsequent offence, to disqualification from driving for a period of twelve months or such longer period as the court may order. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (4) A constable may arrest a person without warrant if that person has reasonable cause to suspect that that person is or has been committing an offence under this section. (5) The particulars of a conviction under this section shall be endorsed on the driving record of the convicted person.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_83\", \"num\": \"83.\", \"text\": \"Driving or being in charge of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and causing death 83. (1) A person who \u2014 (a) has consumed alcohol in such a quantity that the proportion of alcohol in that person\u2019s breath, blood or urine exceeds the prescribed limit; or (b) is unfit to drive through the consumption of alcohol or drugs, whether or not that person has consumed alcohol in excess of the prescribed limit, and who drives or attempts to drive a vehicle on a road, or is in charge of a vehicle on a road, and by so doing causes the death of another person, commits an offence. (2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term of ten years and shall be disqualified from driving for a period of five years or such longer period as the court may order or to a fine of five thousand dollars or both. (3) Where a constable has reasonable cause to suspect that a person is or has been committing an offence under this section, that constable may arrest that person without warrant. (4) The particulars of a conviction under this section shall be endorsed on the driving record of the convicted person.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_84\", \"num\": \"84.\", \"text\": \"Breath tests 84. (1) Where a constable has reasonable cause to suspect \u2014 (a) that a person who is supervising a learner driver of a vehicle on a road has consumed alcohol and the learner driver, while under that person\u2019s supervision, committed a traffic offence while the vehicle was in motion; (b) that a person driving or attempting to drive or who is in charge of a vehicle on a road has consumed alcohol and committed a traffic offence while the vehicle was in motion; (c) that a person has been driving or attempting to drive or has been in charge of a vehicle on a road or has been supervising a learner driver of a vehicle on a road after consuming alcohol; (d) that a person has been driving or attempting to drive or has been in charge of a vehicle on a road and committed a traffic offence while the vehicle was in motion; or Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (e) that a person is supervising a learner driver of a vehicle on a road and that the learner driver, while under that person\u2019s supervision, committed a traffic offence while the vehicle was in motion, that constable may, subject to section 86, request that person to provide a specimen of breath for a breath test by a portable alcohol-in-breath measuring device. (2) Where an accident occurs owing to the presence of a vehicle on a road, a constable may, subject to section 86, request a person whom that constable has reasonable cause to believe \u2014 (a) was driving; (b) was in charge of the vehicle; or (c) was supervising a learner driver of the vehicle, at the time of the accident, to provide a specimen of breath for a breath test by a portable alcohol-in-breath measuring device. (3) A person may be requested under subsection (1) or (2) to provide a specimen either at or near the place where the request is made. (4) A constable shall, on requiring a person to provide a breath test under this section, warn that person that a failure to provide the breath test may render that person liable to prosecution. (5) A person who, without reasonable cause, fails to provide a specimen of breath when requested to do so under this section, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction \u2014 (a) on a first offence, to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of six months, or to both; (b) on a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both; and (c) in addition, on a first or subsequent offence, to disqualification from driving for a period of twelve months or such longer period as the court may order. (6) A constable may arrest without a warrant a person whom that constable has reasonable cause to believe has committed an offence under subsection (5). (7) A constable may arrest a person without a warrant if, as a result of a breath test taken under this section, that constable has reasonable cause to suspect that the proportion of alcohol in that person\u2019s breath or blood exceeds the prescribed limit. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_85\", \"num\": \"85.\", \"text\": \"Provision of specimens for analysis 85. (1) A person who has been arrested for an offence under section 82, 83 or 84 shall, while at a police station, be requested to \u2014 (a) provide a specimen of breath for analysis by means of an alcohol-in-breath measuring device; or (b) a specimen of blood, or one or more specimens of urine, for a laboratory test. (2) If a constable has reasonable cause to suspect that a person\u2019s ability to drive properly was, or might have been, impaired through drugs that constable may, with the consent of the officer in charge of the police station, request that person to provide a specimen of blood or urine under subsection (1)(b) notwithstanding that that person has, in respect of the same arrest, been requested to and has provided a specimen of breath under that subsection. (3) A request under this section to provide a specimen of blood or urine can only be made at a police station or a hospital, but in the case of a hospital it can be made there only if \u2014 (a) the constable considering whether to make the request has reasonable cause to believe that, for medical reasons, a specimen of breath cannot be provided or should not be requested at the police station; (b) at the time the constable is considering making the request, a device or a reliable alcohol-in-breath device either is not available at the police station or it is at that time for any other reason not practicable to use such a device there; or (c) the constable considering to make the request has been advised by a medical practitioner that the condition of the person requested to provide the specimen might be due to some drug. (4) A request under subsection (3) may be made notwithstanding that the person requested to provide the specimen has already provided or been requested to provide two specimens of breath. (5) If the provision of a specimen other than a specimen of breath is requested under this section, the question whether it is to be a specimen of blood or a specimen of urine shall be decided by the constable making the request. (6) The constable operating an alcohol-in-breath measuring device shall do so in the presence of another constable. (7) A certificate signed by the constable operating the alcohol-in-breath measuring device as to the result of the breath test and countersigned by the constable in whose presence it was made shall be received in evidence in a court and be evidence of the proportion of alcohol in the breath. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (8) A constable, on requesting a person to provide a specimen under this section shall warn that person that a failure to provide the specimen shall render that person liable to prosecution. (9) A person who, without reasonable cause, fails to provide a specimen when requested to do so under this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction \u2014 (a) on a first offence, to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of six months, or to both; (b) on a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both; and (c) in addition, on a first or subsequent offence, to disqualification from driving for a period of twelve months or such longer period as the court may order, and the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on the driving record of the convicted person. (10) The constable requiring a person to provide a specimen of blood or urine under subsection (1)(b) for a laboratory test shall, if requested by that person, supply to that person in a clean and suitable container, part of the specimen, or, in the case of a specimen of blood which it is not practicable to divide, another specimen which that person may consent to being taken. (11) The laboratory test referred to in subsection (1)(b) shall be carried out by or under the supervision of a government medical officer or such other person as may be authorised by the Chief Medical Officer, and a certificate signed by such officer shall be received in evidence in any court and shall be evidence of the proportion of alcohol in the blood. (12) A specimen of urine shall be provided within one hour of the request that it be provided is made and after a previous specimen of urine has been provided.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_86\", \"num\": \"86.\", \"text\": \"Protection for hospital patients 86. (1) While a person is a patient at a hospital that person shall not be requested to provide a specimen of breath for a breath test or to provide a specimen for a laboratory test unless the medical practitioner in immediate charge of that person has been notified of the proposal to make the request and \u2014 (a) if the request is then made, it shall be for the provision of a specimen at the hospital; but (b) if the medical practitioner objects on the ground specified in subsection (2), the request shall not be made. (2) The ground on which the medical practitioner may object is that the request or the provision of a specimen, or in the case of a specimen of blood or urine, the Traffic Act (2026 Revision) request under section 84, would be prejudicial to the proper care and treatment of the patient.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_87\", \"num\": \"87.\", \"text\": \"Retention of vehicles 87. Where a person has been charged with an offence under section 82 or 83, the Commissioner may retain at a vehicle pound or police station a vehicle used in the commission of the offence for \u2014 (a) eighteen hours; (b) until it appears to a constable that, were the person at the time driving or attempting to drive a vehicle on a road, that person would not be committing an offence under section 82; or (c) for such period as the Commissioner may, in the Commissioner\u2019s discretion, direct, whichever period is the longest.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_88\", \"num\": \"88.\", \"text\": \"Interpretation of sections 82 to 87 88. (1) In sections 82 to 87 \u2014 \u201cbreath test\u201d means a test for the purpose of obtaining measurement of the proportion of alcohol in a person\u2019s breath by means of an alcohol-in-breath measuring device or by a portable alcohol-in-breath measuring device; \u201cfail\u201d includes refuse; \u201chospital\u201d means an institution which provides medical or surgical treatment for in-patients or out-patients; \u201cmedical practitioner\u201d means a medical doctor registered under Schedule 4 of the Health Practice Act (2026 Revision);84 and \u201ctest\u201d means the analysis of a specimen provided for the purpose. (2) A person does not provide a specimen of urine or blood for analysis unless the specimen \u2014 (a) is sufficient to enable the test or the analysis to be carried out; and (b) is provided in such a way as to enable the objective of the test of analysis to be satisfactorily achieved. (3) A person provides a specimen of blood only if that person consents to it being taken by a medical practitioner and it is so taken.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_89\", \"num\": \"89.\", \"text\": \"Obtaining licence, or driving while disqualified 89. (1) A person who drives or attempts to drive or obtains or attempts to obtain a licence while under a period of disqualification commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of one year, and \u2014 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (a) shall be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence for a period of twenty-four months or such longer period as the court may order, the period to run from the date of conviction or the expiration of any sentence of imprisonment, as the court may order; and (b) the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record. (2) A constable may arrest, without warrant, a person driving or attempting to drive a vehicle on a road whom that constable has reasonable cause to suspect of being disqualified.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_90\", \"num\": \"90.\", \"text\": \"Unlawful use of vehicles 90. (1) A person who takes and drives away a vehicle without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority commits an offence unless that person can show, the onus being upon that person, that that person acted in the reasonable belief that the owner would, in the circumstances of the case, have given their consent if the owner had been asked and, if convicted, in addition to any other penalty ordered by the court, the particulars of the conviction shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record. (2) A person who or knowingly travels in or on a vehicle taken and driven in contravention of subsection (1) also commits an offence and is liable to the same penalty unless that person can show, the onus being upon that person, that that person acted in the reasonable belief that the owner would, in the circumstances of the case, have given that owner\u2019s consent to the driver if the owner had been asked, but, even if convicted, the particulars of the conviction shall not be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record even if that person happens to be a licensed driver. (3) A constable may arrest without warrant a person that constable reasonably suspects of having committed or attempted to commit an offence under subsection (1).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_91\", \"num\": \"91.\", \"text\": \"Motor racing on roads 91. (1) A person who promotes or takes part in a race or trial of speed between vehicles on a road commits an offence and a person convicted of such offence shall, in addition to any other penalty imposed under this Act, have the particulars of the offence endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and section 92, the Commissioner may authorise the holding of meetings for the racing, testing and competing of drivers and vehicles in sporting and other events within such areas and under such conditions and such safeguards as the Commissioner may order in writing.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_92\", \"num\": \"92.\", \"text\": \"Speed limit offences 92. (1) A person who drives on a road a vehicle other than an emergency vehicle \u2014 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (a) at a speed in excess of the maximum speed prescribed for the Islands generally or for the place where such vehicle is driven; (b) at a speed in excess of the maximum speed prescribed for the class to which the vehicle belongs; or (c) at a speed in excess of the maximum speed posted for that road works, school zone, road block or barrier as it relates to section 116, 117 or 118, commits an offence and is punishable under section 94 but where a person is convicted of an offence and was, at the time of commission of the offence, driving a vehicle at a speed in excess of twice the maximum speed prescribed that person shall, in addition \u2014 (i) without an order by a court, be automatically disqualified from driving for six months, or such longer period as the court may order, the period to run from the date of conviction or the expiration of a sentence of imprisonment, as the court may order; and (ii) have the particulars of the offence endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record. (2) Without prohibiting the use by any other method by which the speed of a vehicle may be measured or assessed for the purpose of providing evidence of speed, a court may reach a conclusion as to the speed at which a vehicle was travelling at a particular time and place from the evidence of a constable as to facts ascertained from the reading of a speedometer over a distance of at least three hundred yards or a single radar speed meter reading made by a constable. (3) A person who keeps or carries in a vehicle a device or thing, not being part of the normal equipment of that vehicle, which is capable of \u2014 (a) detecting the presence of a radar speed meter; or (b) impeding, balking or frustrating the purpose of the radar meter or the mechanical or efficient running of any police equipment or vehicle, commits an offence and on conviction shall, in addition to any other penalty imposed under this Act, have the particulars of that offence endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record. (4) For the purpose of subsections (2) and (3), a radar speed meter includes any automated electronic or other speed measuring device approved by the Commissioner in writing and published by notification in the Gazette. (5) No person may drive a vehicle other than an emergency vehicle anywhere in the Islands at a speed in excess of fifty miles per hour, irrespective of whether or not a traffic speed limit sign is displayed at the place where such vehicle is being driven. (6) The maximum speed at which an invalid carriage, oversize vehicle, school vehicle or special vehicle may be driven shall be fixed by the Commissioner in Traffic Act (2026 Revision) each case and such speed limit shall be displayed on each such vehicle in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_93\", \"num\": \"93.\", \"text\": \"Ticket offences 93. A person who does any of the following commits an offence and is punishable under section 138 \u2014 (a) uses, without its prescribed registration plates, a vehicle for which registration is required under this Act; (b) holds on to a vehicle on a road for the purpose of being towed by it; (c) throws an object at a vehicle or a person in a vehicle; (d) throws an object from a vehicle while the vehicle is in motion on a road; (e) uses a vehicle designed to be used with a silencer, without a silencer or with a silencer that is in an unsound condition; (f) uses a vehicle with its engine in such a condition that it gives out excessive or obnoxious smoke, fumes, noise or odour; (g) uses a horn or other audible warning device on a vehicle excessively or in such a way as to cause unnecessary discomfort to another person; (h) uses a spotlight or flashing headlights in such away as to endanger or dazzle another person; (i) obstructs or fails to give way to an emergency vehicle; (j) fails to give ample clearance to a school vehicle or overtakes such vehicle while it is engaged in setting down or picking up passengers; (k) leaves a vehicle unattended with the engine running; (l) brings or drives a vehicle, other than an invalid carriage, on to a beach or other place intended for the exclusive use of pedestrians unless specially authorised by the Commissioner; (m) parks a vehicle other than a pedal cycle at night on the carriageway of a road unless that vehicle has its rear lights and, in the case of a vehicle other than a motorcycle, its side lights illuminated; (n) being the owner or person in control of a vehicle, causes or permits it to stand or lie on a road or footpath so as to cause unnecessary obstruction or danger to persons using the road or footpath; (o) uses or keeps on a road a vehicle required to be licensed under this Act; (p) is in breach of construction and use regulations; (q) is in breach of that person\u2019s duties as a driver under section 68; (r) parks a vehicle other than a taxi or omnibus in a taxi rank; (s) fails to give way to a pedestrian making use of a pedestrian crossing; (t) parks or loads a vehicle on a road in contravention of section 108; or Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (u) parks a vehicle within forty-five feet of the approach to a pedestrian crossing designated under section 110; (v) parks or loads a vehicle where there is a yellow line on the roadside or at the road centre; (w) carries an unauthorised pillion passenger on a motor cycle for which the driver has only a provisional licence or on a pedal cycle; (x) drives a vehicle with a load which overhangs the vehicle or which is carried on the vehicle in a manner which is likely to cause danger to other road users; (y) tows a vehicle in a manner which is likely to cause danger to other road users; (z) fails to wear a seat belt contrary to regulations made under Part 7; (aa) drives or parks a vehicle or causes an obstruction or uses a badge contrary to section 119; (bb) rides a motor cycle without a crash helmet; (cc) uses or keeps a vehicle without displaying on the vehicle in the prescribed manner a valid vehicle licence; (cca) fails to display a registration plate on the front and back of the exterior part of the vehicle in the prescribed manner;85 (ccb) have at the same time two or more different registration plates on the same prescribed place of a vehicle;86 (ccc) displays different registration plates on the front and back of a vehicle;87 (ccd) fails to display a vehicle licence or coupon on a vehicle;88 (cce) uses or operates a compression release engine brake, compression brake, decompression brake or such other type of braking device for any purpose other than as an emergency braking device for a vehicle or for a purpose that is not part of the safe operation of a vehicle;89 or (dd) contravenes section 78.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_94\", \"num\": \"94.\", \"text\": \"Ticket procedure 94. (1) When an offence appears to have been committed contrary to section  53(2), 70(3), 72, 92(1), 93 or such other sections as may be prescribed by the Cabinet by regulations, a constable or a person authorised by the Commissioner may serve on the alleged offender a traffic ticket in the form determined by the Commissioner.90 (2) If the offender wants to plead guilty that person shall pay such ticket in accordance with the prescribed procedure.91 (3) Where a constable or person authorised by the Commissioner has reason to believe in the case of a stationary vehicle that an offence under section 93 is Traffic Act (2026 Revision) being or has on that occasion been committed in respect of it, that constable may affix a traffic ticket in respect of the offence to the vehicle. (4) A person who removes or interferes with a ticket fixed to a vehicle under subsection (1) commits an offence, unless that person does so by or under the authority of the driver or person in charge of the vehicle or the person liable for the offence in question.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_95\", \"num\": \"95.\", \"text\": \"Service of notice if fine is not paid 95. (1) This section applies where a traffic ticket relating to an offence has been fixed to a vehicle under section 94. (2) Subject to subsection (3), if, at the end of the suspended period of enforcement with respect to a ticketing offence, the prescribed fine has not been paid in accordance with this Act or the regulations, a notice under this section may be served by the Commissioner on a person who appears to that Commissioner to be the owner of the vehicle. (3) A \u201cnotice to owner\u201d, shall \u2014 (a) give particulars of the alleged offence and of the prescribed fine concerned; (b) state the period allowed for response to the notice, which shall not be less than twenty-one days from the date on which the notice is served; and (c) indicate that, if the prescribed fine is not paid before the end of that period, the person on whom the notice is served is asked to provide before the end of that period to the Commissioner a statement of ownership in the prescribed form. (4) A person on whom a notice to owner is served may, before the end of the period allowed for response to the notice, either \u2014 (a) give notice requesting a hearing in respect of the offence; or (b) if \u2014 (i) that person was not the driver of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offence; and (ii) a person purporting to be the driver wishes to give notice requesting a hearing in respect of the offence, provide, together with the statement of ownership requested in that notice, a statement of facts in the prescribed form, which shall operate as a notice given by the driver requesting a hearing in respect of the offence. (5) A person who, in response to a notice to owner, provides a statement which is false in a material particular and does so recklessly or knowing it to be false in that particular commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term of three months, or to both. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_96\", \"num\": \"96.\", \"text\": \"Enforcement of proceedings against owner 96. (1) This section applies where \u2014 (a) a traffic ticket relating to an offence has been fixed to a vehicle under section 94; (b) a notice to owner relating to the offence has been served on a person; and (c) the prescribed fine has not been paid in accordance with this Act before the end of the period allowed for response to the notice to owner. (2) Subject to subsection (4), proceedings may be brought in respect of the offence against the person on whom the notice to owner was served. (3) If the person on whom the notice to owner was served \u2014 (a) was not the owner of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offence; and (b) provides a statement of ownership in the prescribed form to that effect in response to the notice before the end of the period allowed for response to the notice, that person is not liable in respect of an offence under this section. (4) Subject to subsection (5) \u2014 (a) for the purposes of the instituting of proceedings under subsection (2) against a person on whom a notice to owner has been served; and (b) in proceedings brought under that subsection against any such person, it shall be conclusively presumed, notwithstanding that that person may not be an individual, that that person was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offence and, accordingly, that acts or omissions of the driver of the vehicle at that time were that person\u2019s acts or omissions. (5) The presumption in subsection (4) does not apply in proceedings brought against a person under subsection (3) if, in those proceedings, it is proved that at the time of the alleged offence the vehicle was in the possession of some other person without the consent of the accused.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_97\", \"num\": \"97.\", \"text\": \"Rental vehicles 97. (1) This section applies where \u2014 (a) a notice to owner has been served on a vehicle-hire entity; (b) at the time of the alleged offence the vehicle in respect of which the notice to owner was served was let to another person by the vehicle-hire firm under a hiring agreement; and (c) within the period allowed for response to the notice to owner the vehiclehire firm provides the Commissioner with the documents mentioned in subsection (2). Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (2) The documents referred to in subsection (1) are a statement in the prescribed form stating that at the time of the alleged offence the vehicle concerned was hired under a hiring agreement, together with \u2014 (a) a copy of that hiring agreement; and (b) a copy of a statement of liability signed by the hirer under that hiring agreement. (3) Where this section applies, sections 95 and 96 have effect as if \u2014 (a) a reference to the owner of the vehicle were a reference to the hirer under the hiring agreement; and (b) a reference to a prescribed statement of ownership were a reference to a prescribed statement of hiring, and accordingly references in this Part to a notice to owner include references to a notice served under section 95 as it applies by virtue of this section. (4) In this section \u201cstatement of liability\u201d means a statement made by the hirer under a hiring agreement to the effect that the hirer acknowledges that that person will be liable, as the owner of the vehicle \u2014 (a) in respect of an offence which may be committed with respect to the vehicle during the currency of the hiring agreement; and (b) to give such information as may be prescribed.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_98\", \"num\": \"98.\", \"text\": \"Miscellaneous offences 98. A person who \u2014 (a) without the permission of the owner, interferes with a vehicle or any of the controls or equipment, or an animal while saddled or in harness; (b) while using a road is in breach of that person\u2019s duty under section 67; or (c) uses, in or on or in connection with a vehicle other than an emergency vehicle, a loud hailer, megaphone, loudspeaker, broadcasting apparatus or similar device otherwise than in conformity with a written licence issued and signed by the Commissioner, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for a period of six months, or to both.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_99\", \"num\": \"99.\", \"text\": \"Trial of offences 99. (1) An offence under this Act for which no mode of trial is specifically prescribed shall be tried summarily, but no summary court other than a court presided over by a magistrate may \u2014 (a) endorse a driving record or disqualify a person from driving unless such endorsement or disqualification is mandatory; or Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (b) impose a sentence otherwise lawful under this Act which is in excess of the general jurisdiction of such court. (2) A constable may, in any court of summary jurisdiction, exhibit informations and conduct prosecutions in any matter arising out of this Act.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_100\", \"num\": \"100.\", \"text\": \"Driving record 100. (1) The Director shall maintain, in respect of every person holding a licence, a record of all endorsements and periods of disqualification ordered by a court in respect of offences against this Act. (2) The Clerk of the Court shall keep the Director informed of all endorsements and periods of disqualification ordered by any court under this Act. (3) For the purpose of proceedings in a court \u2014 (a) the contents of a person\u2019s driving record shall be proof of the information contained in it, unless the contrary is shown; and (b) extracts of a person\u2019s driving record purporting to be certified as such by the Director shall be proof of the contents of the record, unless the contrary is shown.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_101\", \"num\": \"101.\", \"text\": \"Effect of order of disqualification 101. (1) Where a person is disqualified from driving by an order of a court, that order prohibits that person from \u2014 (a) driving a vehicle on a road; and (b) holding a licence in respect of any group of vehicle. (2) A holder of a licence in respect of whom an order of disqualification is made shall forthwith surrender the licence to the court, and the court shall cause that licence to be forwarded to the Director for safe custody during the period of disqualification. (3) A person who fails to surrender that person\u2019s licence to the court when required to do so under subsection (2) commits an offence. (4) If the court so orders, a person disqualified from driving by an order of a court may be required, at the end of the period of disqualification, to take out a learner\u2019s licence and after that pass or re-pass a driving test before again being licensed to drive any group of vehicle. (5) Where a court has a discretion to disqualify a person from driving, it may, instead of disqualification, order that a driver\u2019s licence be in abeyance until the person concerned has taken out a learner\u2019s licence and after that passed or repassed a driving test. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_102\", \"num\": \"102.\", \"text\": \"Obligatory disqualification 102. Where a person is charged with an offence involving obligatory disqualification, the court may order that person to be disqualified from driving until the court has dealt with that person in respect of that offence, and the period of disqualification before the offence is dealt with may, at the discretion of the court, be taken into account in sentencing the offender for the offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_103\", \"num\": \"103.\", \"text\": \"Discretionary disqualification 103. (1) A court shall when required by this Act and in any other case, subject to section 99 and to subsection (2) of this section, may, in its discretion, instead of or in addition to any other punishment imposed under this Act, order that an offender under this Part be disqualified from driving vehicles for such period as the court may think fit from the date of the conviction. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to offences under sections 70, 71 and 72. 103A. Demerit points system 103A. The Cabinet may make regulations to provide for a demerit points system to apply to such offences under this Act as are determined by the Cabinet and specified in the regulations, and to provide for all matters that are necessary to be prescribed for giving effect to such system.92\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_104\", \"num\": \"104.\", \"text\": \"Power to suspend order 104. (1) A court which makes an order disqualifying a person from driving may, if it thinks fit, suspend the disqualification pending an appeal against the order. (2) Where a person appeals against an order of a court disqualifying that person from driving and the disqualification is suspended under subsection (1), the period of disqualification shall be treated as beginning on the day on which the disqualification ceases to be suspended.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_105\", \"num\": \"105.\", \"text\": \"Endorsement of driving record and effect 105. (1) A court shall, when required by this Act, and subject to section 99, may at its discretion in any other case, instead of or in addition to any other punishment imposed under this Act, where the offender is the holder of a licence, order that the offender\u2019s driving record be endorsed with the date and particulars of the offence of which such offender has been convicted. (2) Where an offender has been served with a traffic ticket under section 94 for an offence involving obligatory endorsement under this Act, the offender\u2019s driving record may be endorsed in accordance with subsection (3) without any order of a court. (3) On payment of the fine stated on the traffic ticket before the end of the suspended period of enforcement, the Clerk of the Court shall notify the Director Traffic Act (2026 Revision) of the offender\u2019s name and the date and particulars of the offence, and the Director shall cause the offender\u2019s driving record to be endorsed accordingly. (4) An endorsement made on a person\u2019s driving record under subsection (3) shall be treated as if it had been made pursuant to an order of the court. (5) A holder of a licence whose driving record has been endorsed on more than two occasions with offences committed during a consecutive period of three years from the first endorsement \u2014 (a) shall be disqualified from driving vehicles as from the date of the third endorsement for such period as the court may order; and (b) the court causing the third endorsement to be entered shall cause the Clerk of the Court to forward the offender\u2019s driver\u2019s licence to the Director who shall retain it until the owner ceases to be disqualified from driving by virtue of this section.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_106\", \"num\": \"106.\", \"text\": \"Regulations under this Part 106. (1) The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted to be prescribed by this Part, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Part and, in particular, may make regulations prescribing \u2014 (a) a road code, setting out a code of conduct to be adhered to by drivers of vehicles and by road users in general; (aa) the removal, retention, release and disposal of motorcycles or mopeds seized under section 77A;93 (b) the form of traffic tickets to be served under section 94, and the fines payable; (c) the forms of notice to owner, statement of ownership and statement of facts required under section 95; (d) the form of statement of hiring required under section 97(2); (e) the form and manner of an application for a copy of a person\u2019s driving record, and the fee payable upon such application; and (f) the maximum amount by way of fines which may be imposed upon offenders who are in breach of regulations. (2)94 Regulations made under paragraph (1)(aa) \u2014 (a) may in particular provide, in respect of a motorcycle or moped seized under section 77A \u2014 (i) for the giving of notice of the seizure to a person who is the owner of that motorcycle or moped or who appears to be its owner; (ii) for the procedure by which a person who claims to be the owner of the motorcycle or moped may seek to have it released; Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (iii) for requiring the production of documents, including documents proving registration of the motorcycle or moped and insurance coverage, by a person who claims to be the owner; (iv) for requiring the payment of fees, charges or costs in relation to the removal and retention of the motorcycle or moped and to any application for its release; (v) as to the circumstances in which the motorcycle or moped may be disposed of; (vi) as to the destination of any fees or charges payable in accordance with the Regulations and of the proceeds (if any) arising from the disposal of the motorcycle or moped; and (vii) for the delivery of the motorcycle or moped to an authority designated by the Commissioner in circumstances prescribed by or determined in accordance with the Regulations; and (b) shall provide that a person who would otherwise be liable to pay any fee or charge under the Regulations shall not be liable to pay it if \u2014 (i) the use by reference to which the motorcycle or moped was seized was not a use by that person; and (ii) the person did not know of the use of the motorcycle or moped in the manner which led to its seizure, had not consented to its use in that manner and could not, by taking reasonable steps, have prevented its use in that manner. PART 8 - Control of Traffic\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_107\", \"num\": \"107.\", \"text\": \"Traffic Management Panel 107. (1) There is by this provision established, for the purpose of advising the Cabinet on road traffic matters, the Traffic Management Panel, which shall have the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Law. (2) The Panel shall consist of \u2014 (a) the Director of Licensing; (b) the Commissioner; (c) the Managing Director of the National Roads Authority appointed under section 11 of the National Roads Authority Act (2016 Revision); (d) the Chief Officer of the Ministry responsible for roads; and (e) one member selected from among persons living on Cayman Brac or Little Cayman, such person to be appointed by the Cabinet and to hold office on such terms and conditions as the Cabinet may determine. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (3) Where a member referred to in subsection (2)(a) to (d) is unable to attend a meeting, that member may nominate a person from that member\u2019s institution to attend and that person shall, subject to the specific or general directions of the substantive member, be a member for the purpose of that meeting. (4) The Panel established under subsection (1) is a continuation of, and is the same as, the Traffic Management Panel established under the repealed Law. (5) A question or matter to be determined by the Panel shall be decided by the majority vote of all the members. (6) The Cabinet may make regulations governing the procedure of the Panel. (7) Where a procedural matter is not regulated by this section or regulations made under subsection (6), the Panel shall regulate its own procedure. (8) Without limiting the general power conferred by or under subsection (1), the Panel shall, in particular, advise the Cabinet of the matters specified in sections 108, 109, 110 and 111.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_108\", \"num\": \"108.\", \"text\": \"Parking at yellow lines 108. (1) To prevent congestion of traffic in certain areas, the Commissioner may provide for the painting of yellow lines along the edge of the carriageway, parallel to the kerb, and subject to subsection (2), a person who parks a vehicle on such lines or between the road edge and the road centre where such lines are painted commits an offence. (2) A person may park a goods vehicle along yellow lines for a period of up to fifteen minutes for the purpose of loading or unloading the vehicle, except in an area set aside for disabled parking or where there is a sign prohibiting the loading and unloading of a vehicle. (3) The Minister with the responsibility for roads may provide for the painting of the carriageway, parallel to the kerb, and for the erection (adjacent to the carriageway) of a plate of the prescribed form and design, giving details of the waiting and loading restrictions applicable to that area, and a person who parks a vehicle between the edge of the road and the road centre in contravention of waiting or loading restrictions shown on a plate commits an offence. (4) A person who parks a vehicle in contravention of indications given under this section commits an offence. (5) The Minister with the responsibility for roads may, by Notice published in the Gazette, designate parking places on roads for vehicles driven by, or used for the carriage of, disabled persons, and such parking places shall be demarcated by lines of a prescribed colour and measurement painted on the carriageway and by traffic signs of a prescribed form and design erected adjacent to the designated parking place. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (6) A person who parks a vehicle in contravention of indications given under this section commits an offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_109\", \"num\": \"109.\", \"text\": \"Taxi ranks 109. (1) The Minister with the responsibility for roads may, after consultation with the Ministry with the responsibility for public transport, designate certain places for the exclusive parking of taxis and certain places for the parking of omnibuses and cause such places to be marked as taxi ranks. (2) No person may park a vehicle in contravention of any indications given under subsection (1) and a person who does commits an offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_110\", \"num\": \"110.\", \"text\": \"Pedestrian crossings 110. (1) The Minister charged with the responsibility for roads may designate road crossings for use by pedestrians in priority to other road users. (2) Drivers of vehicles shall give way to pedestrians making use of pedestrian crossings and no vehicle shall be parked within forty-five feet of either side of any such pedestrian crossings. (3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_111\", \"num\": \"111.\", \"text\": \"Regulations under this Part 111. The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing \u2014 (a) speed limits relating to particular roads and portions of roads; (b) the prohibition of the use of vehicles in more than one direction on specified roads; (c) the installation of traffic signals; (d) roads or parts of roads on which vehicles are prohibited from parking, waiting or being driven; (e) special conditions for the use on the road of emergency vehicles and invalid carriages, including rules for their driving and management of such vehicles; (f) special conditions for the use on the road of oversize vehicles, special purpose vehicles and special vehicles, including restrictions as to the routes and times of use of such vehicles;95 (g) the size, colour and type of traffic signs and traffic signals to be used in the Islands; and (h) any other matters required to be prescribed under this Part. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_112\", \"num\": \"112.\", \"text\": \"School-crossing wardens 112. (1) A person who is eighteen years of age or above may apply to the Commissioner to be a warden for the purpose of this section and the Commissioner may, if that Commissioner thinks fit, grant the application. (2) A warden shall be issued with a prescribed uniform which that warden shall wear when on duty. (3) A warden shall, in school zones, display a prescribed sign to require drivers of all vehicles to come to and remain at a halt and so provide a clear path for pedestrians crossing or about to cross a road.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_113\", \"num\": \"113.\", \"text\": \"Removal of vehicles to pound, etc 113. (1) Where it appears to a constable that a vehicle has been \u2014 (a) abandoned; (b) parked in an unlawful or unsafe manner; (c) left in such a condition as to constitute a danger; (d) involved in an accident; or (e) seized under section 77A,96 the constable may take charge of that vehicle and drive , remove or tow it off or cause it to be driven, removed or towed to a place authorised by the Commissioner to be used as a vehicle pound (which power is by this provision conferred) or to any other place considered by the Commissioner to be appropriate. (2) The Commissioner shall, as soon as practicable, give notice to the owner or person last having control of a vehicle driven, removed or towed away under subsection (1) that it has been so driven, removed or towed away and requiring that person, where necessary or convenient, to remove that vehicle. (3) The owner or person referred to in subsection (2) shall, in respect of a vehicle detained in a vehicle pound referred to in subsection (1), pay to the Commissioner such fee as may be prescribed by regulations in respect of every day or part of a day that such vehicle remains in the vehicle pound. (4) The owner or person last having control of a vehicle driven, removed or towed away under subsection (1) shall pay to the Commissioner such fee as may be prescribed by regulations in respect of such driving removal or towing away. (5) The Commissioner may retain at a vehicle pound a vehicle which has been involved in an accident, but without charge to the owner in respect of the retention, until the conclusion of any police investigation as to the cause of the accident or until the vehicle is ordered to be released by a court. (6) No action lies against the Government or any constable for damages in any civil court in respect of \u2014 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (a) damage to a vehicle; or (b) loss or damage to property from or in such vehicle, as a result of anything done in good faith under this section. (7) Where a vehicle is parked in a manner that makes it liable to removal under this section, the owner or person in charge of the premises concerned may request a constable to exercise that constable\u2019s powers under this section and, if the constable is satisfied that the vehicle is liable to removal, that constable shall remove it.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_114\", \"num\": \"114.\", \"text\": \"Traffic signs 114. (1) Subject to sections 108, 109, 110, 111 and 117(2), the Panel may cause or permit traffic signs to be placed, erected or otherwise marked on or near any road. (2) The size, colour and type of any traffic sign shall be prescribed in the road code, and all traffic signs shall be of the prescribed type and substantially of the prescribed size and colour. (3) A traffic sign erected, placed, marked or retained on or near a road shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed \u2014 (a) to have been lawfully erected, placed, marked or retained; and (b) to be of the prescribed type and substantially of the prescribed size and colour. (4) Subject to sections 108, 109, 110, 111 and 117(2), and notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (3), no person other than the Panel or a person acting under its directions may, except with the general or special permission in writing of the Panel \u2014 (a) erect, place or mark a traffic sign on or near any road; or (b) retain a traffic sign erected, placed or marked, or caused to be erected, placed or marked by that person on or near any road, but nothing in this subsection applies to a traffic sign \u2014 (i) which the owner of land erects, places, marks or retains, or causes to be erected, placed, marked or retained, on or near any private road which is situated on the land; or (ii) which any person erects, places, marks or retains, or causes to be erected, placed, marked or retained, on or near any road in pursuance of authority conferred upon that person by or under any other Law. (5) In subsection (4) \u2014 \u201cowner\u201d, in relation to land, includes a person in lawful occupation of the land; and \u201cprivate road\u201d means a privately owned road or open space to which the public are granted access conditionally. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (6) The Panel may, by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier of land on which there is a traffic sign, or an object which so closely resembles a traffic sign that it might reasonably be taken to be such a sign, to remove it. (7) If the person referred to in subsection (6) fails to comply with a notice, the Panel may authorise the removal, doing as little damage as possible, and may, except where the sign was erected, placed, marked or retained by the Panel, recover, in a court as a civil debt from the person in default, the expenses incurred by it in doing so. (8) The Panel may, after giving three days\u2019 written notice personally to an occupier of land adjoining a road or by posting the notice conspicuously on the land, authorise \u2014 (a) the cutting of plant life; or (b) the removal of any other thing which obscures or is likely to cause damage to a traffic sign. (9) The Panel or any person authorised by it may enter land near to or adjoining a road \u2014 (a) for the purpose of exercising a power conferred on the Panel by this section; or (b) for the purpose of replacing, removing or maintaining traffic signs. (10) The Panel shall do as little damage as possible in executing work authorised by this section. (11) No action lies against the Panel or a person authorised by the Panel for any loss or damage to any property as a result of anything done in good faith under this section. (12) A person who \u2014 (a) unlawfully places, erects, marks or retains, or causes to be placed, erected, marked or retained, any traffic sign on or near any road; or (b) removes, defaces, damages, alters or obscures, or in any way interferes with, a traffic sign lawfully placed, erected, marked or retained on or near a road, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_115\", \"num\": \"115.\", \"text\": \"Ban on clamping of vehicles 115. A person who \u2014 (a) operates as an agent for the clamping of vehicles in public places; or (b) clamps or tows away a vehicle in a public place, commits an offence. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_116\", \"num\": \"116.\", \"text\": \"Erection of road blocks or barriers 116. (1) For the purpose of enforcing this Act or regulations, a constable may erect on a road, whether during the day or night a road block or barrier, at which all vehicles shall be required to stop. (2) The approach to a road block shall be identified \u2014 (a) during the daytime, by not less than two police notices or signposts erected at a suitable distance from the road block or barrier, facing on coming traffic; and (b) during the night, by not less than three warning lights, of prescribed design, in conjunction with police notices or signposts erected at a suitable distance from the road block or barrier, facing oncoming traffic. (3) A driver shall, on approaching a road block or barrier, slow the vehicle down to walking pace and stop, and after that obey all direction signals and signs, whether verbal or manual, given to that driver by a constable manning such road block or barrier. (4) A driver who, at a road block or barrier, fails \u2014 (a) to slow down; (b) to bring that person\u2019s vehicle to a halt; or (c) to comply with a signal or direction given by a constable, commits an offence. (5) On the conviction of a person under subsection (4), the court may, in addition to any punishment imposed, order the person convicted to pay a reasonable sum as compensation for damage caused to equipment used in conjunction with or in setting up a road block or barrier, and the sum may be recovered as a fine under this Act and when recovered shall be paid to the Commissioner to form part of the general revenues of the Islands. (6) No action lies against the Government or any member of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service for damages in any civil court in respect of personal injury or damage to property caused as a result of anything done in good faith under this section.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_117\", \"num\": \"117.\", \"text\": \"Roads works 117. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Roads Act (2005 Revision), no person may carry out works under, in, over, along or across a road which may affect the normal circulation of traffic on that road, without having first given the Commissioner two days\u2019 notice in writing but the Commissioner may accept \u2014 (a) such lesser period of notice as that Commissioner thinks fit; (b) verbal notice, including notice by telephone; and Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (c) electronic means of communication such as electronic mail and text messaging, if that Commissioner is satisfied that the case is an emergency. (2) The Commissioner may require a person carrying out works under, in, over, along or across any road to cause those works to be signed and indicated with such traffic signs and signals in such positions as that Commissioner thinks fit. (3) A person who, on approaching road works referred to in subsection (2), does not obey all directional signals and signs, whether verbal, manual or automated, given to that person by \u2014 (a) a person authorised to man such place; or (b) equipment placed at such road works, commits an offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_118\", \"num\": \"118.\", \"text\": \"Obstructions on road, pavement, etc. 118. (1) A constable may, at any time and without previous notice, remove from a road, footpath or pavement an object or vehicle which obstructs that road, footpath or pavement and which is likely to cause danger to a person lawfully using the road, footpath or pavement and any such object or vehicle may, at the discretion of the court, be forfeited to the Crown. (2) A person who places on a road, footpath or pavement an object or vehicle which obstructs that road, footpath or pavement and which is likely to cause danger to a person lawfully using the road, footpath or pavement contrary to subsection (1) commits an offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_119\", \"num\": \"119.\", \"text\": \"Disabled person\u2019s badge 119. (1) There shall be a badge of a prescribed form to be issued by the Director for vehicles driven by, or used for the carriage of, disabled persons, and subject to this section, the badge so issued for any vehicle may be displayed on it. (2) A badge may be issued to a disabled person for one or more vehicles driven by that person or used by that person as a passenger. (3) A badge may be issued to an institution concerned with the care of the disabled person for a vehicle, or, for each vehicle kept and used by or on behalf of the institution to carry disabled persons. (4) A badge issued under this section shall be displayed when the vehicle to which it relates is parked in a parking place designated for disabled persons and in such manner as may be prescribed. (5) A person who \u2014 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (a) drives a vehicle on a road while displaying a badge intended to lead to an impression that it is a prescribed badge issued under this section or regulations; (b) parks a vehicle in a disabled parking space when that person is not entitled to do so contrary to subsection (4); (c) parks a pedal cycle or otherwise does anything that causes an obstruction in a parking place reserved for disabled persons; or (d) uses a badge in contravention of this section, commits an offence. (6) The Director shall maintain a register showing the holders of badges issued under this section, and the vehicle for which each of the badges is held. (7) A badge issued under this section remains the property of the Crown, and shall be issued for such period as may be prescribed and be returned to the Director in such circumstances as may be prescribed. (8) Regulations made under this Act may prescribe \u2014 (a) cases in which the Director shall or may refuse to issue badges; and (b) a fee for the issue or reissue of a badge, and where the Director refuses to issue a badge, the applicant may, within thirty days of notification of the decision, appeal in writing to the Chief Officer responsible for the Department of Vehicle and Drivers\u2019 Licensing, who may conduct such investigation, seek such opinions and do such other things as that Chief Officer considers necessary or expedient to assist that person in arriving at a decision. (9) Where the prescribed conditions are not met in the case of any person \u2014 (a) if that person applies to the Director for the issue of a badge under this section, the Director may by notice refuse the application; and (b) if that person holds a badge issued under this section by the Director, the Director may by notice require the return of the badge. (10) The conditions that may be prescribed for the purposes of subsection (9) are conditions relating to the misuse of badges under this section. (12) A notice under subsection (9) may be given by post. (13) A badge which is required to be returned to the Director shall not be displayed on a vehicle, and a badge which is required to be returned by virtue of a notice under subsection (9) shall be returned within the prescribed time and may not be displayed on any vehicle after that time. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_120\", \"num\": \"120.\", \"text\": \"School zones 120. (1) The Cabinet may, by Notice published in the Gazette, designate part of a road as a school zone. (2) Regulations may prescribe \u2014 (a) the traffic signs, signals, road markings or lights which shall be required to demarcate the school zone at each of its entrances and exits; and (b) the speed limit and other conditions which shall apply in a school zone. (3) In this section \u201cschool\u201d includes an institution that provides \u2014 (a) tertiary education; (b) career and technical education; or (c) education to prepare for the award of a degree, qualification or certification. PART 9 - Driving Instructors\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_121\", \"num\": \"121.\", \"text\": \"Driving instruction for payment to be given only by registered driving instructors 121. (1) No person except a registered driving instructor may for payment instruct in the driving of a vehicle. (2) Where a registered driving instructor is instructing another person in the driving of a motor vehicle, that person shall ensure that there is fixed to and exhibited on that vehicle in the prescribed manner a certificate in such form as may be prescribed indicating that the name of the person giving the instruction is in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register. (3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), instruction is paid if payment of money or money\u2019s worth is, or is to be, made by or in respect of the person to whom the instruction is given for the giving of the instruction. (4) Where instruction is given in contravention of subsection (1) \u2014 (a) the person by whom it is given; and (b) if that person is employed by another person to give that instruction, that other person, also commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both. (5) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the giving of instruction by a police instructor under the authority of the Commissioner. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (6) Where instruction is given in contravention of subsection (2), the person by whom it is given commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both. (7) In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (4)(b), it is a defence for the accused to prove that \u2014 (a) at the time of engaging the person who was giving the instruction, that person was registered; and (b) since then took reasonable steps from time to time to ensure that the instructor continued to be registered.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_122\", \"num\": \"122.\", \"text\": \"The Driving Instructors\u2019 Register 122. (1) The Director shall establish and keep a register to be known as the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register in which shall be entered \u2014 (a) the name of every person whose application for registration under section 123 has been approved by the Director; and (b) the name of every person who immediately before the date of commencement of this Act was carrying on the business of giving paid instruction in the driving of a vehicle. (2) Each entry in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register shall contain the following particulars in relation to each person registered \u2014 (a) that person\u2019s business address; (b) the date on which that person\u2019s application was approved by the Director; and (c) such other relevant particulars as the Director may determine. (3) The Director shall \u2014 (a) make such alterations to the particulars of persons registered as are notified to that Director in writing; (b) remove from the Driving Instructors Register the name of a registered driving instructor who \u2014 (i) is deceased; (ii) otherwise ceases to be eligible for registration; or (iii) ceases to carry on the business of giving paid instruction in the driving of vehicles; and (c) where a registered driving instructor is disqualified by a court from driving, remove from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register the name of that instructor during the period of disqualification. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (4) Where the business address provided under subsection (2)(a) has changed, the registered driving instructor shall inform the Director in writing within fourteen days of the change. (5) The Director shall supply to the Commissioner a list of all persons registered in the Driving Instructors Register and any other information from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register as the Commissioner may require, and shall keep the Commissioner currently informed of all new registrations. (6) The Director shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, supply to any person applying for a copy of the entries on the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register relating to any specified person a copy of those entries. (7) In proceedings in a court \u2014 (a) the contents of the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register; or (b) extracts from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register purporting to be certified as such by the Director, shall be proof of the details concerned, unless the contrary is proved.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_123\", \"num\": \"123.\", \"text\": \"Registration of driving instructors 123. (1) An application for the entry of a person\u2019s name in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register shall be made to the Director in the prescribed form and accompanied by the prescribed registration fee. (2) Where a person applies for that person\u2019s name to be entered in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register, the Director shall approve the application if that Director is satisfied that the following conditions are fulfilled \u2014 (a) that person has passed such examination of ability to give instruction in the driving of vehicles (consisting of a written examination, a practical test of ability and fitness to drive, and a practical test of ability and fitness to instruct) as may be prescribed; (b) that person holds a current driver\u2019s licence authorising that person to drive a vehicle, not being a restricted driver\u2019s licence or learners licence, in respect of vehicles of that group; (c) during the period of two years ending with the day on which the application is made, the periods for which that person did not hold \u2014 (i) a current driving licence of the kind mentioned in paragraph (b); or (ii) an international driving permit of the kind mentioned in section 29B,97 did not amount in the aggregate to more than six years; and (d) apart from fulfilment of the other conditions in this subsection, that person is fit to have that person\u2019s name entered in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (3) The Director shall, in considering whether to grant or refuse an application made under subsection (1), take into account any offence of which the applicant has been convicted under this or any other Law if the conviction is likely to affect that person\u2019s suitability for registration including \u2014 (a) an offence under section 79 or 80; (b) an offence connected with illegal drugs; (b) an offence involving dishonesty; (c) an offence against the person; (d) an offence relating to dangerous or reckless driving, whether or not causing death; or (e) an offence under section 82 or 83, and where the applicant has pending proceedings, the Director shall delay that Director\u2019s decision until a judgment has been rendered. (4) The entry of a person\u2019s name in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register is subject to the condition that that person will, if at any time required to do so by the Director, undergo a prescribed test of continued ability and fitness to give instruction in the driving of vehicles. (5) The Director shall, on making a decision on an application under subsection (2), give notice in writing of the decision to the applicant which, in the case of a decision to refuse the application, shall state the grounds for refusal.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_124\", \"num\": \"124.\", \"text\": \"Duration of registration 124. (1) Unless previously removed under other provisions of this Part, the name of a driving instructor shall, subject to subsection (2), be removed from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register at the end of \u2014 (a) one year beginning with the first day of the month next after that in which the entry of that person\u2019s name was made; or (b) one year beginning, where that person\u2019s name has been retained in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register under section 125, the day with which the last further period for which that person\u2019s name was so retained began. (2) If an application for the retention of a driving instructor\u2019s name in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register is made under section 125 before the end of the period referred to in subsection (1), the name shall not be removed until the decision under that section takes effect. (3) Where a driving instructor\u2019s name has been removed from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register under subsection (1) and that person applies under section 123(1) for that person\u2019s name to be entered again in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register, that person shall be required again to pass the examination mentioned in section 123(2)(a). Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_125\", \"num\": \"125.\", \"text\": \"Extension of duration of registration 125. (1) A driving instructor may, before the time when that person\u2019s name is required under section 124(1) to be removed from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register, apply to the Director in the prescribed form, for the retention of that person\u2019s name in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register for a further period of one year. (2) On an application under subsection (1), a person shall be entitled, on payment of the prescribed fee, to have that person\u2019s name retained in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register for that further period, if that person satisfies the Director \u2014 (a) that that person has not refused to undergo a test mentioned in section 123(4) which that person has been required to undergo during the year ending with the time when that person\u2019s name is required under section 124(1) to be removed from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register; (b) that that person\u2019s ability and fitness to give instruction in the driving of vehicles continue to be of a satisfactory standard, having regard to a test which that person has undergone during that period; (c) that that person holds a current licence of the kind referred to in section 123(2)(b); and (d) that, in addition to fulfilling the other conditions in this subsection, that person continues to be a fit person to have that person\u2019s name entered in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register. (3) The retention of a driving instructor\u2019s name under this section is subject to the condition mentioned in section 123(3). (4) Before refusing an application under subsection (1) the Director shall give the applicant written notice stating that the Director is considering the refusal of the application and giving particulars of the grounds on which that Director is considering refusal. (5) Where the Director gives notice under subsection (4) \u2014 (a) the applicant may, within twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which the notice is given, make representations with respect to the proposed refusal; (b) the Director shall not decide to refuse the application until after the expiration of that period; and (c) before deciding whether or not to refuse the application, the Director shall take into consideration any representations made by the applicant within that period. (6) On deciding to grant or refuse an application the Director shall give notice in writing of the decision to the person concerned. (7) A decision to refuse an application shall take effect \u2014 Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (a) where no appeal under this Part is brought against the decision within the time limited for the appeal, on the expiration of that time; (b) where an appeal is brought and is withdrawn or struck out for want of prosecution, on the withdrawal or striking out of the appeal; or (c) where an appeal is brought and not withdrawn or struck out for want of prosecution, when the appeal is dismissed.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_126\", \"num\": \"126.\", \"text\": \"Removal of names from Driving Instructors\u2019 Register 126. (1) The Director may remove the name of a person from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register if that Director is satisfied that \u2014 (a) where that person\u2019s name has not been retained in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register under section 125, at any time since the entry of that person\u2019s name was made; and (b) where that person\u2019s name has been retained under that section, at any time since it was last retained, any of the following has happened \u2014 (i) that that person did not hold the kind of current driving licence mentioned in section 123(2)(b); (ii) that that person refused to undergo a test referred to in section 123(4); (iii) that that person failed to pass that test; or (iv) that that person ceased to be a fit person to have that person\u2019s name included in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register. (2) The Director may remove the name of a person from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register if the entry or retention of that person\u2019s name there was made by mistake or procured by fraud. (3) Before removing the name of a driving instructor from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register under this section, the Director shall give that person written notice stating that that Director is considering the removal and giving particulars of the grounds on which that Director is considering removal. (4) Where the Director gives notice to a person under subsection (3) \u2014 (a) that person may, within the period of twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which the notice is given, make representations with respect to the proposed removal; (b) the Director shall not decide to remove that person\u2019s name from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register until after the expiration of that period; and (c) before deciding whether or not to remove that person\u2019s name from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register, the Director shall take into consideration any representations made by that person within that period. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (5) The Director shall, on making a decision to remove a name from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register, give notice in writing of the decision to the person concerned. (6) A decision to remove a name from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register shall take effect \u2014 (a) where no appeal under this Part is brought against the decision within the time limited for the appeal, on the expiration of that time; (b) where an appeal is brought and is withdrawn or struck out for want of prosecution, on the withdrawal or striking out of the appeal; or (c) where an appeal is brought and not withdrawn or struck out for want of prosecution, when the appeal is dismissed.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_127\", \"num\": \"127.\", \"text\": \"Appeals 127. (1) A person who is dissatisfied by a decision of the Director \u2014 (a) to refuse an application for the entry of that person\u2019s name in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register; (b) to refuse an application for the retention of that person\u2019s name in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register; or (c) to remove that person\u2019s name from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register, may by notice in writing appeal to a court of summary jurisdiction in accordance with rules of court and where no rules of court have been prescribed, the appeal shall be made in such manner as the court of summary jurisdiction may direct. (2) On the appeal the summary court may \u2014 (a) order that the application be granted or refused; (b) order that the name be removed or be retained in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register; or (c) make such other order as it thinks fit. (3) An order for refusal, removal or revocation may direct that an application by the appellant for that person\u2019s name to be entered in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register shall not be entertained before the expiration of such period, not exceeding one year, beginning with the day on which the order is made, as may be specified in the order.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_128\", \"num\": \"128.\", \"text\": \"Examinations and tests of ability to give driving instruction 128. (1) The Cabinet may, by regulations, make provision \u2014 (a) with respect to the nature of examinations on the ability of persons to give instruction in the driving of motor vehicles and tests of continued ability and fitness to give such instruction; (b) with respect to evidence of the results of such tests and examinations; Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (c) for requiring a person to submit themselves to any part of such an examination, or to such a test of continued ability and fitness, to provide a vehicle for the purposes of the test, being a vehicle in respect of which such conditions as may be specified in regulations are complied with; (d) for requiring a person applying to submit themselves for any part of such an examination to pay to the Director such fee as may be specified in the regulations in relation to that part; (e) for requiring a person who desires to submit themselves for any part of such an examination to supply the Director with such particulars as the Director may determine; and (c) generally with respect to such tests and examinations.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_129\", \"num\": \"129.\", \"text\": \"Power to prescribe form of certificate of registration, etc. 129. (1) Regulations may prescribe \u2014 (a) a form of certificate for issue to persons whose names are in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register as evidence of their names\u2019 being in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register; and (b) a form of badge for use by such persons. (2) A person whose name is not in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register and who \u2014 (a) takes or uses a title prescribed under this section; (b) wears or displays a badge or certificate so prescribed; or (c) takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that that person\u2019s name is in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both, unless that person proves that that person did not know, and had no reasonable cause to believe, that that person\u2019s name was not in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register at the material time. (3) A person who carries on business providing instruction in the driving of vehicles who \u2014 (a) uses a title or description so prescribed in relation to any person employed by that person whose name is not in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register; or (b) issues any advertisement or invitation calculated to mislead with respect to the extent to which persons whose names are in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register are employed by that person, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both, unless that person proves that that person did not know, and had no reasonable cause to Traffic Act (2026 Revision) believe, that the name or names in question were not in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register at the material time.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_130\", \"num\": \"130.\", \"text\": \"Surrender of certificates 130. Where the name of a person to whom a certificate prescribed under section 129 has been issued is removed from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register under this Part, that person shall, if so required by the Director by notice in writing, surrender the certificate to the Director within fourteen days beginning with that on which the notice is given and, if that person fails to do so, that person commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_131\", \"num\": \"131.\", \"text\": \"Production of certificates and licences to constables and authorised persons 131. (1) A person to whom a certificate prescribed under section 130 is issued shall, on being required by a constable or the Director, produce the certificate for examination. (2) Where the name of a person is removed from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register and that person fails to satisfy an obligation imposed on that person by or under section 130, a constable may require that person to produce any certificate issued to that person, and upon it being produced may seize it and deliver it to the Director. (3) A person who is required under subsection (1) or (2) to produce a document and fails to do so commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_132\", \"num\": \"132.\", \"text\": \"Service of notices 132. (1) A notice authorised or required to be given by this Part to a person may be given by delivering it to that person, or by leaving it at that person\u2019s proper address, or by sending it to that person by post. (2) For the purposes of this section, the proper address of a person shall be, in the case of a person whose name is included in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register, that person\u2019s address on the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register, and in any other case, that person\u2019s usual or last known address. 132A. Transitional provision98 132A.(1) Where a vehicle\u2019s registration is terminated by the Director before the coming into force of section 7 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of 2018], or within six months after the coming into force of that section, the following fees shall be waived \u2014 (a) all arrears of fees that the vehicle would have been liable for, had its registration not been terminated; and Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (b) the application fee to have the vehicle restored to the register. (2)  All proceedings in respect of offences committed or alleged to have been committed against or under section 82, 83 or 84 of this Act and which commenced prior to the 19th October, 2022, the commencement date of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2022 [Act 7 of 2022] shall be continued as if this amending Act had not come into force. PART 10 - Miscellaneous and General\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_133\", \"num\": \"133.\", \"text\": \"Offences and penalties relating to documents 133. (1) A person who, with intent to deceive another person \u2014 (a) alters, uses, lends or allows to be used; (b) makes or has in that person\u2019s possession anything resembling; (c) makes a false statement or withholds information in order to obtain; or (d) issues without belief in its authenticity or veracity, a document relating to anything under this Act or regulations, or purporting to be such document, commits an offence. (2) A person responsible for the issue of a driver\u2019s licence, learner\u2019s licence or certificate of vehicle registration shall endorse on that licence or certificate the time and date at which it is issued, but before the date of expiry of a driver\u2019s licence, a learner\u2019s licence or certificate of vehicle registration the person responsible for issuing these documents may renew these documents. (3) A person who uses or connives at the use of a document for a purpose other than that for which it is issued commits an offence. (4) A person who makes a false declaration in an application made under this Act commits an offence. (5) A person who is convicted of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_134\", \"num\": \"134.\", \"text\": \"Powers of constables and Director 134. If a constable or the Director has reasonable cause to believe that a document produced to that person under this Act is a document \u2014 (a) in relation to which an offence has been committed under section 133; or (b) which has expired or appears to have been unlawfully written or marked upon,\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_135\", \"num\": \"135.\", \"text\": \"that person may take possession of that document. Traffic Act (2026 Revision) 135. Obstruction of police 135. (1) A person who obstructs or hinders a constable in the course of doing that constable\u2019s duty in enforcing this Act or the regulations commits an offence. (2) If in the commission of an offence under subsection (1) or an attempt to commit such an offence, involves \u2014 (a) the use of a vehicle; or (b) the attachment to or carriage in a vehicle of a device or other thing, not being part of the normal equipment of that vehicle, which is capable of impeding, balking or frustrating \u2014 (i) the purpose of a radar speed meter as defined by section 92(4); or (ii) the mechanical or efficient running of any police equipment or vehicle, then the vehicle to which that device or thing is attached or in which it is carried may, at the discretion of any court, be forfeited to the Crown.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_136\", \"num\": \"136.\", \"text\": \"Offences by corporations 136. (1) Where a body corporate commits an offence under this Act and the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to neglect on the part of, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person, as well as the body corporate, commits that offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. (2) In subsection (1), \u201cdirector\u201d, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_137\", \"num\": \"137.\", \"text\": \"Power to require vehicle to be weighed 137. (1) The Director or a constable may require the driver of a vehicle licensed according to its maximum gross weight to drive that person with the vehicle to the nearest weighbridge or other device approved by the Director or Commissioner in writing and published by notification in the Gazette. (2) A person who, upon being requested under subsection (1) to proceed to the nearest weighbridge or other approved device fails to do so, commits an offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_138\", \"num\": \"138.\", \"text\": \"General penalty 138. A person who commits an offence under this Act or a regulation for which no penalty is prescribed is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both. Traffic Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_139\", \"num\": \"139.\", \"text\": \"General power of arrest 139. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a constable may arrest without warrant a person who within that constable\u2019s view commits an offence under this Act or regulations. (2) The power of arrest conferred by subsection (1) may be exercised only \u2014 (a) where the maximum punishment by way of imprisonment for that offence is three months or more; (b) where a person, upon request, refuses to give that person\u2019s name, address or date of birth; (c) where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person has given a false name, address or date of birth; or (d) where a constable has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has committed an offence under section 135.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_140\", \"num\": \"140.\", \"text\": \"Application to the Crown 140. This Act applies to vehicles and people in the service of the Crown.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_141\", \"num\": \"141.\", \"text\": \"Fees to be paid into general revenues 141. All fees paid under this Act shall, unless otherwise expressly stated, form part of the general revenues of the Islands.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_142\", \"num\": \"142.\", \"text\": \"Regulations-general power 142. (1) The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Act, including for \u2014 (a) regulating the removal by the Commissioner or any person authorised by the Commissioner of vehicles illegally parked in private or public places; (b) the licensing of categories of vehicles that are not provided for in this Act; and (c) electronic ticketing. (2) Regulations made under this Act may create offences punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars. 142A. Cabinet\u2019s power to grant extension or exemption99 142A.(1) If at any time there has been an earthquake, or there has been or there is an immediate threat of a hurricane, flood, fire, outbreak of pestilence, outbreak of infectious disease or other calamity, whether similar to the aforementioned or not, the Cabinet may, by Order published in the Gazette \u2014 (a) grant an extension of the period for compliance with, or an exemption from, any provision of this Act or regulations made under this Act; Traffic Act (2026 Revision) (b) give the Director the power to issue temporary certificates relating to the extension or exemption; and (c) impose conditions and establish procedures for the grant of the extension or exemption. (2) An Order made under subsection (1) may \u2014 (a) make different provisions in relation to different cases or circumstances; (b) apply in respect of particular persons or particular cases or particular classes of persons or particular classes of cases, and define a class by reference to any circumstances; and (c) contain such savings, transitional, consequential, incidental or supplementary provisions as appear to the Cabinet to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the Order. (3) An Order made under subsection (1) may be given retrospective effect. 142B. Transitional provision 142B.Section 11 does not apply to a person who uses a vehicle which does not conform to standards as specified under that section and which was registered on, or prior to, the 14th February, 2025, the date of commencement of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].100 PART 11 - Repeal\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_143\", \"num\": \"143.\", \"text\": \"Repealed 143. The Traffic Law (2003 Revision) is repealed by section 143 of the Traffic Act, 2011 [Law 26 of 2011]. Publication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Cabinet this 28th day of January, 2026. Kim Bullings Clerk of the Cabinet Traffic Act (2026 Revision) ENDNOTES ENDNOTES Table of Legislation history: SL# Act\/Law # Legislation Commencement Gazette 4\/2025 Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 (Commencement) Order, 5-Feb-2025 LG9\/2025\/s1 25\/2024 Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 14-Feb-2025 LG2\/2025\/s2 Traffic Act (2023 Revision) 26-Jan-2023 LG6\/2023\/s7 7\/2022 Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2022 19-Oct-2022 LG41\/2022\/s1 Traffic Act (2021 Revision) 26-Feb-2021 LG19\/2021\/s1 56\/2020 Citation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020 3-Dec-2020 LG89\/2020\/s1 9\/2020 Traffic (Amendment) Law, 2020 28-Apr-2020 LG30\/2020\/s1 18\/2019 Traffic (Amendment) Law, 2018 Commencement) Order, 25-Apr-2019 LG11\/2019\/s1 38\/2018 Traffic (Amendment) Law, 2018 Commencement) Order, 31-Oct-2018 GE83\/2018\/s1 7\/2018 Traffic (Amendment) Law, 2018 29-Mar-2020 G17\/2018\/s6 E2\/2011 Erratum: Traffic Law, 2011 20-Sep-2012 GE15\/2012\/p1 32\/2012 Traffic Law, 2011 (Commencement) Order, 2012 12-Sep-2012 GE87\/2012\/s1 26\/2011 Traffic Law, 2011 20-Sep-2012 GE108\/2011\/s1 ENDNOTES Traffic Act (2026 Revision) Table of Legislation references: 1 S.2 inserted by s.2(a) of Law 7 of 2018 2 S.2 inserted by s.2(a) of Law 7 of 2018 3 S.2 inserted by s.2(b) of Act 25 of 2024 4 S.2 amended by s.2(c) of Act 25 of 2024 5 S.2 inserted by s.2(a) of Law 7 of 2018 6 S.2 inserted by s.2(a) of Law 7 of 2018 7 S.2 amended by s.2(d) of Act 25 of 2024 8 S.2 amended by s.2(f) of Act 25 of 2024 9 S.2 amended by s.2(j) of Act 25 of 2024 10 S.2 inserted by s.2(a) of Law 7 of 2018 11 S.2 inserted by s.2(e) of Act 25 of 2024 12 S.2 amended by s.2(b) of Law 7 of 2018 13 S.2 amended by s.2(g) of Act 25 of 2024 14 S.2 replaced by s.2 of Act 7 of 2022 15 S.2 inserted by s.2(h) of Act 25 of 2024 16 S.2 substituted by s.2(c) of Law 7 of 2018 17 S.2 amended by s.2(k) of Act 25 of 2024 18 S.2 amended by s.2(i) of Act 25 of 2024 19 S.2 substituted by s.2(d) of Law 7 of 2018 20 S.6(4A) inserted by s.4 of Law 7 of 2018 21 S.8(4) amended by s.4 of Law 7 of 2018 22 S.9(1A) inserted by s.6 of Law 7 of 2018 23 S.9(1B) inserted by s.6 of Law 7 of 2018 24 S.10(a) amended by s.7(a) of Law 7 of 2018 25 S.10(b) amended by s.7(b) of Law 7 of 2018 26 S.10(c) inserted by s.7(c) of Law 7 of 2018 27 S.11 substituted by s.3 of Act 25 of 2024 28 S.13 substituted by s.9 of Law 7 of 2018 29 S.14(1) amended by s.10(a) of Law 7 of 2018 30 S.14(2)(a) amended by s.4(a) of Act 25 of 2024 31 S.14(2) substituted by s.10(b) of Law 7 of 2018 32 S.14(5) amended by s.10(c) of Law 7 of 2018 33 S.14(5A) inserted by s.4(b) of Act 25 of 2024 34 S.14(6) inserted by s.10(d) of Law 7 of 2018 35 S.14(7) inserted by s.10(d) of Law 7 of 2018 36 S.15 substituted by s.11(a) of Law 7 of 2018 37 S.15(3) amended by s.11(c) of Law 7 of 2018 38 S.15(8) inserted by s.11(f) of Law 7 of 2018 39 S.15(9) inserted by s.11(f) of Law 7 of 2018 40 S.15(10) inserted by s.11(f) of Law 7 of 2018 41 S.18(2)(a) amended by s.12 of Law 7 of 2018 Traffic Act (2026 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(w\/o renumbering) 63 S.41(3) inserted by s.21(c) of Law 7 of 2018 64 S.41(4) inserted by s.21(c) of Law 7 of 2018 65 S.41(5) inserted by s.21(c) of Law 7 of 2018 66 Part 4 repealed by s.8 of Act 25 of 2024 67 Part 5 amended by s.24 of Law 7 of 2018 68 S.53 amended by s.9 of Act 25 of 2024 69 S.53(1) amended by s.9(b) of Act 25 of 2024 70 S.53(1A) amended by s.9(c) of Act 25 of 2024 71 S.53(2) amended by s.9(d) of Act 25 of 2024 72 S.54 amended by s.26 of Law 7 of 2018 73 S.55 amended by s.27 of Law 7 of 2018 74 S.55(1)(b) amended by s.10(a) of Act 25 of 2024 75 S.55(1)(h) amended by s.10(b) of Act 25 of 2024 76 S.55(1)(i) amended by s.10(b) of Act 25 of 2024 77 S.55(1)(j) amended by s.10(b) of Act 25 of 2024 78 S.55A inserted by s.11 of Act 25 of 2024 79 S.62(1A) inserted by s.26 of Law 7 of 2018 80 S.63 amended by s.29 of Law 7 of 2018 81 S.63(1) amended by s.29 of Law 7 of 2018 82 S.77A inserted by s.30 of Law 7 of 2018 83 S.78 replaced by s.12 of Act 25 of 2024 84 S.88 inserted by 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7 of 2022-10th October 2022\nAct 25 of 2024-16th December, 2024.\n\nConsolidated and revised this 31st day of December, 2025.\n\nNote (not forming part of this Act): This revision replaces the 2023 Revision which\nshould now be discarded.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 3\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nTRAFFIC ACT\n(2026 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\nSection\nPage\nPART 1 - Introductory\n1.\nShort title ...................................................................................................................................9\n2.\nInterpretation .............................................................................................................................9\nPART 2 - Registration and Licensing of Vehicles\n3.\nLicensing Authority .................................................................................................................. 18\n4.\nFunctions of the Director .......................................................................................................... 18\n5.\nThe register ............................................................................................................................. 18\n6.\nRegistration of vehicles, and third party risks ........................................................................... 19\n7.\nCertain new vehicles exempt from registration ......................................................................... 20\n8.\nRegistration plates ................................................................................................................... 20\n9.\nAlteration of particulars to be recorded in the register and certificate of registration ................. 20\n10.\nTermination of vehicle registration ........................................................................................... 21\n11.\nImportation and use of certain vehicles restricted..................................................................... 22\n12.\nLicensing of vehicles ................................................................................................................ 22\n13.\nLiability to pay fees and exemption from payment .................................................................... 23\n14.\nCommencement and duration of licences: rate of fees ............................................................. 23\n15.\nSuspension of vehicle licence .................................................................................................. 24\n16.\nIssue of licences ...................................................................................................................... 25\n17.\nDuplicate licences .................................................................................................................... 26\n18.\nSpecial permit .......................................................................................................................... 26\n19.\nExhibition registration plates .................................................................................................... 27\n20.\nPersonalised plates ................................................................................................................. 27\n\nArrangement of Sections\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 4\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n21.\nTrade plates ............................................................................................................................ 27\n22.\nRegulations under this Part ...................................................................................................... 28\nPART 2A \u2013 Electronic Vehicle Registration\n22A. Electronic tag ........................................................................................................................... 29\n22B. Installation of cameras and electronic reading devices ............................................................ 29\n22C. Gathering evidence and recording data ................................................................................... 29\n22D. Evidence of offence ................................................................................................................. 30\n22E. Certificate in electronic format.................................................................................................. 30\n22F. Presumption ............................................................................................................................ 31\n22G. Regulations ............................................................................................................................. 31\n22H. Offences .................................................................................................................................. 31\nPART 3 - Licensing of Drivers of Vehicles\n23.\nUnqualified persons not to drive ............................................................................................... 32\n24.\nPersons not to drive vehicle unless licensed or authorised ...................................................... 32\n25.\nQualification to drive ................................................................................................................ 32\n26.\nPersons who are not licensed or authorised to drive ................................................................ 33\n27.\nPersons who may be licensed ................................................................................................. 33\n27A. Exchange of licences ............................................................................................................... 33\n28.\nNew residents and certain visitors may be authorised to drive: international driver\u2019s\nlicence ..................................................................................................................................... 33\n29.\nSpecial provision for holders of licence from certain Convention countries ............................... 34\n29A. Authorisation to drive: persons from non-Convention countries ................................................ 34\n29B. International driver\u2019s permits .................................................................................................... 35\n30.\nSaving of licences and tests under the repealed Law ............................................................... 35\n31.\nRequirements as to physical fitness of drivers ......................................................................... 36\n32.\nRevocation of licence because of disability .............................................................................. 36\n33.\nProvision of information, etc., relating to disabilities ................................................................. 37\n34.\nDriving with uncorrected defective eyesight ............................................................................. 38\n35.\nLearners\u2019 licences .................................................................................................................... 39\n36.\nConditions under which learners may drive and penalty for offences ....................................... 39\n37.\nApplying for a driver\u2019s licence for the first time ......................................................................... 40\n38.\nGrant of licences ...................................................................................................................... 40\n39.\nForm of licences ...................................................................................................................... 40\n40.\nVerification of entries in the register ......................................................................................... 40\n41.\nDuration of driver\u2019s licence ....................................................................................................... 41\n42.\nDuplicate driver\u2019s licence ......................................................................................................... 41\n43.\nPowers of arrest ...................................................................................................................... 41\n44.\nRegulations under this Part ...................................................................................................... 42\nPART 4 - Repealed\n45.\nRepealed ................................................................................................................................. 43\n46.\nRepealed ................................................................................................................................. 43\n47.\nRepealed ................................................................................................................................. 43\n48.\nRepealed ................................................................................................................................. 43\n49.\nRepealed ................................................................................................................................. 43\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 5\n\n50.\nRepealed ................................................................................................................................. 43\n51.\nRepealed ................................................................................................................................. 43\n52.\nRepealed ................................................................................................................................. 43\nPart 5 - Special Purpose Vehicles\n53.\nRestrictions on use of special purpose vehicles ....................................................................... 43\n54.\nSpecial permit for use of special purpose vehicles ................................................................... 44\n55.\nRequirements for registration of special purpose vehicles ........................................................ 44\n55A. Exhibition vehicles which are unregistered ............................................................................... 45\n56.\nRegulations under this Part ...................................................................................................... 45\nPART 6 - Construction and Use of Vehicles and Equipment\n57.\nRegulation of construction, weight, equipment and use of vehicles .......................................... 45\n58.\nOffence where regulations are contravened ............................................................................. 47\n59.\nAuthorisation of use on roads of vehicles not complying with regulations under section 57 ...... 47\n60.\nAppointment of vehicle inspectors............................................................................................ 47\n61.\nImported vehicles to be inspected before use on the road ....................................................... 47\n62.\nIssue of certificate of roadworthiness ....................................................................................... 48\n63.\nInspection of vehicles .............................................................................................................. 48\n64.\nPowers of vehicle inspectors and constables ........................................................................... 48\n65.\nUsing uninspected vehicle ....................................................................................................... 49\n66.\nRegulations as to inspection and testing .................................................................................. 49\nPART 7 - Control of Road Users\n67.\nGeneral duty of road users ...................................................................................................... 49\n68.\nDuties of drivers ....................................................................................................................... 50\n69.\nDuty to give name and address, and penalty for contravention ................................................ 51\n70.\nSeat belts ................................................................................................................................ 52\n71.\nSeatbelts for children under fourteen years of age ................................................................... 52\n72.\nWearing of protective headgear and penalty for contravention ................................................. 52\n73.\nDuty to stop and furnish particulars in case of accident ............................................................ 53\n74.\nPolice evidence in case of accident ......................................................................................... 54\n75.\nCausing death by dangerous or reckless driving ...................................................................... 54\n76.\nDangerous or reckless driving .................................................................................................. 55\n77.\nCareless or inconsiderate driving ............................................................................................. 55\n77A. Dangerous, careless, reckless or anti-social, driving of motorcycles or mopeds ....................... 56\n78.\nRestriction on use of mobile telephones and other hand-held devices ..................................... 56\n79.\nCausing death by careless driving or inconsiderate driving ...................................................... 58\n80.\nCausing death by driving: unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers ................................... 58\n81.\nPerson charged with certain offences may be convicted of a lesser offence ............................ 59\n82.\nDriving or supervising under the influence of alcohol or drugs .................................................. 59\n83.\nDriving or being in charge of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and\ncausing death .......................................................................................................................... 60\n84.\nBreath tests ............................................................................................................................. 60\n85.\nProvision of specimens for analysis ......................................................................................... 62\n86.\nProtection for hospital patients ................................................................................................. 63\n\nArrangement of Sections\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 6\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n87.\nRetention of vehicles ............................................................................................................... 64\n88.\nInterpretation of sections 82 to 87 ............................................................................................ 64\n89.\nObtaining licence, or driving while disqualified ......................................................................... 64\n90.\nUnlawful use of vehicles .......................................................................................................... 65\n91.\nMotor racing on roads .............................................................................................................. 65\n92.\nSpeed limit offences ................................................................................................................ 65\n93.\nTicket offences ........................................................................................................................ 67\n94.\nTicket procedure ...................................................................................................................... 68\n95.\nService of notice if fine is not paid ............................................................................................ 69\n96.\nEnforcement of proceedings against owner ............................................................................. 70\n97.\nRental vehicles ........................................................................................................................ 70\n98.\nMiscellaneous offences ........................................................................................................... 71\n99.\nTrial of offences ....................................................................................................................... 71\n100. Driving record .......................................................................................................................... 72\n101. Effect of order of disqualification .............................................................................................. 72\n102. Obligatory disqualification ........................................................................................................ 73\n103. Discretionary disqualification ................................................................................................... 73\n103A. Demerit points system ............................................................................................................. 73\n104. Power to suspend order ........................................................................................................... 73\n105. Endorsement of driving record and effect................................................................................. 73\n106. Regulations under this Part ...................................................................................................... 74\nPART 8 - Control of Traffic\n107. Traffic Management Panel ....................................................................................................... 75\n108. Parking at yellow lines ............................................................................................................. 76\n109. Taxi ranks ................................................................................................................................ 77\n110. Pedestrian crossings ............................................................................................................... 77\n111. Regulations under this Part ...................................................................................................... 77\n112. School-crossing wardens ......................................................................................................... 78\n113. Removal of vehicles to pound, etc ........................................................................................... 78\n114. Traffic signs ............................................................................................................................. 79\n115. Ban on clamping of vehicles .................................................................................................... 80\n116. Erection of road blocks or barriers ........................................................................................... 81\n117. Roads works ............................................................................................................................ 81\n118. Obstructions on road, pavement, etc. ...................................................................................... 82\n119. Disabled person\u2019s badge ......................................................................................................... 82\n120. School zones ........................................................................................................................... 84\nPART 9 - Driving Instructors\n121. Driving instruction for payment to be given only by registered driving instructors ..................... 84\n122. The Driving Instructors\u2019 Register .............................................................................................. 85\n123. Registration of driving instructors ............................................................................................. 86\n124. Duration of registration ............................................................................................................ 87\n125. Extension of duration of registration ......................................................................................... 88\n126. Removal of names from Driving Instructors\u2019 Register ............................................................... 89\n127. Appeals ................................................................................................................................... 90\n128. Examinations and tests of ability to give driving instruction ...................................................... 90\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 7\n\n129. Power to prescribe form of certificate of registration, etc. ......................................................... 91\n130. Surrender of certificates ........................................................................................................... 92\n131. Production of certificates and licences to constables and authorised persons .......................... 92\n132. Service of notices .................................................................................................................... 92\n132A. Transitional provision ............................................................................................................... 92\nPART 10 - Miscellaneous and General\n133. Offences and penalties relating to documents .......................................................................... 93\n134. Powers of constables and Director ........................................................................................... 93\n135. Obstruction of police ................................................................................................................ 94\n136. Offences by corporations ......................................................................................................... 94\n137. Power to require vehicle to be weighed.................................................................................... 94\n138. General penalty ....................................................................................................................... 94\n139. General power of arrest ........................................................................................................... 95\n140. Application to the Crown .......................................................................................................... 95\n141. Fees to be paid into general revenues ..................................................................................... 95\n142. Regulations-general power ...................................................................................................... 95\n142A. Cabinet\u2019s power to grant extension or exemption ..................................................................... 95\n142B. Transitional provision ............................................................................................................... 96\nPART 11 - Repeal\n143. Repealed ................................................................................................................................. 96\nENDNOTES\n97\nTable of Legislation history: ............................................................................................................... 97\nTable of Legislation references:......................................................................................................... 98\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 9\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nTRAFFIC ACT\n(2026 Revision)\n\nPART 1 - Introductory\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Act may be cited as the Traffic Act (2026 Revision).\n2.\nInterpretation\n2.\nIn this Act \u2014\n\u201calcohol-in-breath measuring device\u201d means a device approved in writing by\nthe Commissioner for measuring the amount of alcohol in a person\u2019s breath or\nblood;\n\u201camphibious ATV\u201d means an all-terrain vehicle \u2014\n(a)\nwhich travels under its own power on land or water; and\n(b) the use of which is restricted on land to the speed and routes set out in\nsection 53(1A);1\n\u201canimal\u201d means horse, cattle, ass, mule, sheep, pig, goat or dog;\n\u201ccamera\u201d means a camera of a prescribed type that can be linked to an\nelectronic reading device;2\n\u201ccareless driving\u201d includes \u2014\n(a)\novertaking on the inside;\n(b) driving inappropriately close to another vehicle;\n\nSection 2\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 10\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(c)\ndriving through a red light;\n(d) emerging from a side road into the path of another vehicle without\nappropriate regard to matters such as distance and lawful speed of that\nvehicle;\n(e)\ntuning a car radio;\n(f)\nusing a mobile telephone in a manner that is contrary to section 78; and\n(g) selecting or lighting a cigarette;\n\u201ccarriageway\u201d means the part of a road which is designed for the passage of\nvehicles;\n\u201ccertificate of registration\u201d means a certificate issued by the Director under\nsection 6;\n\u201ccertificate of roadworthiness\u201d means a certificate issued under section 62;\n\u201cchurch vehicle\u201d means a vehicle used for the carriage of more than nine\npersons, excluding the driver, while it is actually being used for or in connection\nwith usual activities of a church;\n\u201cClerk of the Court\u201d has the meaning assigned in section 2 of the Grand Court\nAct (2026 Revision);\n\u201cCommissioner\u201d means the Commissioner of Police;\n\u201ccycle lane\u201d means a part of a road designed and set aside for the exclusive use\nor passage of pedal cycles;\n\u201cdemerit points system\u201d means a penalty system under which a person's\ndriver\u2019s licence is revoked or suspended based on the number of points the\nperson has accumulated over a specific period of time;3\n\u201cdesignated place\u201d means a place designated under section 60(2) for the\npurpose of vehicle inspection;\n\u201cDirector\u201d means the Director of Licensing appointed under section 3;\n\u201cdisability\u201d includes disease;\n\u201cdisabled person\u201d means a person who has a relevant disability;\n\u201cdocument\u201d includes a certificate, licence, plate, tag or other document or thing\nprescribed for the purpose of this Act or regulations;\n\u201cdriver\u201d includes a person driving a vehicle or riding an animal;\n\u201cdriving examiner\u201d means a person appointed as such under section 3;\n\u201cDriving Instructors\u2019 Register\u201d means the register of driving instructors\nestablished pursuant to section 122;\n\u201cdriving record\u201d means the record referred to in section 100(1);\n\u201cdriver\u2019s licence\u201d means a licence to drive a vehicle, but not a learner\u2019s licence;\n\u201cdriving test\u201d means a test conducted under section 37;\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 2\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 11\n\n\u201cdrug\u201d means a drug, whether illegal or not, that impairs the ability to drive or\noperate a vehicle;\n\u201celectrically powered vehicle\u201d means a four-wheeled self-propelled vehicle\nand such other vehicle as is manufactured or designed to \u2014\n(a)\nbe powered by an electric motor that draws power from rechargeable\nstorage batteries, fuel cells or other sources of portable electrical power;\n(b) be capable of carrying one or more persons; or\n(c)\nbe capable, in the opinion of the Director, of travelling safely under its own\npower,\nand includes low-speed vehicles, neighbourhood electric vehicles, e-scooters\nand mopeds;4\n\u201celectronic reading device\u201d means an electronic reading device of a prescribed\ntype that is capable of reading an electronic tag;5\n\u201celectronic tag\u201d means an electronic tag of a prescribed type that is affixed to\na vehicle and \u2014\n(a)\nis unique to that vehicle;\n(b) provides a link to the information in the register pertaining to that vehicle;\nand\n(c)\nis capable of producing an electronic record of the information in the\nregister pertaining to that vehicle when the electronic tag is read by an\nelectronic reading device;6\n\u201cemergency vehicle\u201d means \u2014\n(a)  a fire engine;\n(b)  an ambulance, regiment or police vehicle engaged upon its duties as such;\nand\n(c)  a vehicle or vessel of the Coast Guard engaged upon its duties as such;7\n\u201cexhibition vehicle\u201d means \u2014\n(a)\na classic, vintage, antique, replica or kit car; or\n(b) any other vehicle,\nwhich is at least thirty years old and used for exhibitions, club activities, parades\nand other functions of public interest but not for general transportation;\n\u201cfootpath\u201d has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 2 of the\nRoads Act (2005 Revision);\n\u201cgolf cart\u201d means a vehicle designed for operation on a golf course for sporting\nor recreational purposes;\n\u201cgoods\u201d, in relation to a truck, includes other vehicles, whether or not\noperational, but does not include \u2014\n\nSection 2\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 12\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(a)\na minivan of up to four thousand pounds maximum gross weight or a\nminivan that carries up to nine passengers, where such minivan is not used\nfor commercial purposes; and\n(b) a public bus approved for use as public transport in accordance with the\nPublic Transport Act, 2024 [Act 26 of 2024];8\n\u201cgoods vehicle\u201d means \u2014\n(a)\na vehicle; or\n(b) a trailer,\ndesigned or adapted for use for the carriage of goods;\n\u201cinconsiderate driving\u201d includes \u2014\n(a)\nflashing of lights to pressure other drivers in front to give way;\n(b) misusing of a lane to avoid queuing or to gain some other advantage over\nother drivers;\n(c)\nunnecessarily remaining in an overtaking lane;\n(d) driving slowly or braking, without good cause;\n(e)\ndriving with un-dipped lights, dazzling oncoming drivers;\n(f)\ndriving through a puddle causing pedestrians to be splashed; and\n(g) driving a bus in such a way as to alarm passengers.\n\u201cinvalid carriage\u201d means a mechanically or electrically propelled vehicle\ndesigned exclusively for personal use on a road by a person under physical\ndisability;\n\u201clearner driver\u201d means a person to whom a learner\u2019s licence is issued under\nsection 35;\n\u201clearner\u2019s licence\u201d means a licence issued under section 35;\n\u201clicence\u201d means a driver\u2019s licence or a learner\u2019s licence;\n\u201clicensed\u201d means licensed under this Act;\n\u201clow speed electric vehicle\u201d means an electrically powered vehicle which, in\nthe opinion of the Director, is capable of travelling under its own power at a\nmaximum speed of thirty miles per hour or less;9\n\u201cmaximum gross weight\u201d means the weight of a vehicle laden with the heaviest\nload which it is constructed or adapted to carry;\n\u201cmobile telephone\u201d includes a portable electronic device that also functions as\na mobile telephone, but does not include \u2014\n(a)\na two-way radio; or\n(b) a separate earpiece or a separate mouthpiece, that is temporarily attached\nto the mobile telephone for the purpose of allowing the mobile telephone\nto be used without being hand-held or manipulated;\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 2\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 13\n\n\u201cmoped\u201d means a vehicle having two road wheels and equipped with a power\nunit of a cylinder capacity of fifty cubic centimetres or less and capable of being\npropelled by the power unit or by human energy, or a combination of both;\n\u201cmotor car\u201d means a vehicle propelled mechanically, electrically or a\ncombination of the two, but not a motor cycle, which is constructed solely for\nthe carriage of passengers and their effects, and is adapted to carry not more\nthan nine passengers exclusive of the driver;\n\u201cmotor vehicle\u201d means a mechanically propelled vehicle manufactured,\nintended or adapted for use on roads and includes an electrically powered\nvehicle;\n\u201cmotorcycle\u201d means a vehicle, but not an invalid carriage, with three wheels or\nless, which is used for the transportation of people, and includes a motor scooter\nand moped, but does not include an all-terrain cycle;\n\u201cnew resident\u201d means a person who has been granted permission to stay in the\nIslands for a period exceeding six months and is still in the person\u2019s initial six\nmonth period of residence;10\n\u201cnew vehicle\u201d means a vehicle which, at the date of registration has less than\nfour thousand miles on its odometer and is of a model year at the date of\nregistration of no more than one year;11\n\u201cnight\u201d means the period from thirty minutes after sunset until thirty minutes\nbefore sunrise on the following day;\n\u201cnotice to owner\u201d means a notice referred to in section 95(3);\n\u201comnibus\u201d means a vehicle constructed or capable of being used for the\ncarriage of more than nine persons, excluding the driver, which is licensed to\ncarry passengers on a fare-paying basis or by private arrangement on a\ndesignated route approved by the Public Transport Board;\n\u201coverall travelling height\u201d means not less than, and not more than, one inch\nmore than \u2014\n(a)\nfor a vehicle which is not drawing a trailer, the distance between the\nground and the point on the vehicle, or a load which is being carried by or\nequipment which is fitted to the said vehicle, which is farthest from the\nground; and\n(b) for a vehicle which is drawing a trailer, the distance between the ground\nand the point on the vehicle or a trailer which it is drawing, or the load\nwhich is being carried on or equipment which is fitted to a part of that\ncombination of vehicles, which is farthest from the ground,\nand for the purpose of determining the overall travelling height \u2014\n(i)\nthe condition of the tyres of the vehicle and of a trailer which it is\ndrawing shall be such as to comply with the requirements specified\nin regulations made under Part 6;\n\nSection 2\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 14\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(ii) the surface under the vehicle and a trailer which it is drawing and the\nload which is being carried on and equipment which is fitted to any\npart of the combination of vehicles and which projects beyond a part\nof the combination of vehicles shall be reasonably flat; and\n(iii) equipment which is fitted to the vehicle or a trailer which it is\ndrawing shall be stowed in the position in which it is to proceed on\nthe road;\n\u201coverall width\u201d means the width of a vehicle measured between vertical planes\nparallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and passing through the extreme\nprojecting points of the vehicle exclusive of \u2014\n(a)\na driving mirror;\n(b) a direction indicator; and\n(c)\nthe distortion of a tyre caused by the weight of the vehicle;\n\u201coversize vehicle\u201d means a vehicle in any of the following categories \u2014\n(a)\nhaving an overall width in excess of eight feet and six inches;\n(b) having an overall travelling height in excess of fourteen feet;\n(c)\nhaving a maximum gross weight in excess of sixty-six thousand\npounds; and\n(d) towing a trailer the length of which exceeds forty-five feet;\n\u201cowner\u201d, in relation to a vehicle, means the person \u2014\n(a)\nby whom the vehicle is kept; or\n(b) having the right of immediate disposition of the vehicle whether or not that\nright is to be exercised subject to \u2014\n(i)\na lien over the vehicle;\n(ii) a balance of payment on the vehicle; or\n(iii) the right of a mortgagee or holder of a bill of sale;\n\u201cPanel\u201d means the Traffic Management Panel established by section 107;\n\u201cpark\u201d, with respect to a vehicle, means to voluntarily bring the vehicle to rest\nor, while in control of it, permitting it to remain at rest for a purpose\nother than \u2014\n(a)\nconforming with the flow of traffic;\n(b) obedience to a traffic sign;\n(c)\ncompliance with a police signal;\n(d) compliance with this Act; or\n(e)\navoiding an accident;\n\u201cpavement\u201d means a part of a road designed and set aside for the exclusive\npassage of pedestrians;\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 2\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 15\n\n\u201cpedal cycle\u201d means \u2014\n(a)\na vehicle constructed of any number of wheels which is propelled by\nhuman power by means of pedals, including pedals that are electrically\nassisted, the electric motor being incapable of solely propelling the cycle;\n(b) a bicycle; and\n(c)\na motorised bicycle or cycle propelled by means of pedals capable of being\ndriven in excess of 15 miles per hour;12\n\u201cpolice instructor\u201d means a person who is \u2014\n(a)\na member of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service and whose duties\nconsist of or include, or have consisted of or included, the giving of\ninstruction in the driving of vehicles to persons being members of the\nPolice Force; or\n(b) a civilian from time to time employed in the Police Force for the purpose\nof giving such instruction to such persons;\n\u201cprescribed\u201d means prescribed by this Act or a regulation made under this Act;\n\u201cprescribed limit\u201d means \u2014\n(a)\nthirty-one microgrammes of alcohol in one hundred millilitres of breath or\nalternatively, point zero three one milligrams of alcohol in one hundred\nmilliters of breath;13\n(b) seventy milligrammes of alcohol in one hundred millilitres of blood; or\n(c) ninety-four milligrammes of alcohol in one hundred millilitres of urine,\nor such other proportion as may be prescribed by regulations;14\n\u201cpublic bus\u201d means a vehicle constructed or capable of being used for the\ncarriage of more than nine persons, excluding the driver, which is licensed to\ncarry passengers on a fare-paying basis or by private arrangement on a route\ndesignated in accordance with the Public Transport Act, 2024 [Act 26 of\n2024];15\n\u201cpublic passenger-vehicle\u201d means a passenger vehicle that is operated for hire\nor reward;\n\u201cpublic place\u201d means a place to which the public has access \u2014\n(a)\nas of right, without payment;\n(b) upon payment; or\n(c)\nupon invitation, express or implied,\nand includes commercial property to which persons attending for commercial\npurposes are allowed access by the owner of those premises, upon payment of\na fee or not;\n\u201cregister\u201d means the Register of Vehicles and Drivers established by section 5;\n\u201cregistered\u201d means registered under this Act;\n\nSection 2\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 16\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n\u201cregistered driving instructor\u201d means an instructor referred to in section 121;\n\u201cregistered owner\u201d means a person registered under this Act as the owner of a\nregistered vehicle;\n\u201cregistration\u201d means registration under Part 2;\n\u201cregistration plates\u201d means plates issued under section 6;\n\u201cregulation\u201d means a regulation made under this Act;\n\u201crelevant disability\u201d means \u2014\n(a)\na disability that renders a person unable to drive a vehicle safely; or\n(b) a disability for the time being listed in the Guide to the Current Medical\nStandards of Fitness to Drive issued by the Department of Driver and\nVehicle Licensing Agency of the United Kingdom;\n\u201crepealed Law\u201d means the Traffic Law (2003 Revision) repealed by\nsection 143 of the Traffic Act, 2011 [Law 26 of 2011];\n\u201cresident\u201d means a person who has permission to stay in the Islands for a period\nof six months or more;16\n\u201croad\u201d means a public place where a vehicle may be driven or parked and such\nareas adjacent to that place as may be prescribed;\n\u201croad code\u201d means the road code prescribed under this Act;\n\u201croad user\u201d means a person using a road;\n\u201cschool-crossing warden\u201d means a warden referred to in section 112;\n\u201cschool vehicle\u201d means a vehicle used for the conveyance of school children\nfor hire or reward;\n\u201cschool zone\u201d mean a place designated as such under section 120;\n\u201cspecial permit\u201d means a permit granted in respect of an oversize vehicle or a\nspecial vehicle under section 18;\n\u201cspecial purpose vehicle\u201d means an amphibious ATV, an exhibition vehicle or\na low speed electric vehicle;17\n\u201cspecial vehicle\u201d means a vehicle not constructed or adapted for use on roads,\nhaving motive power, and designed to be used, with or without accessories, for\nconstruction, road maintenance, engineering or agricultural work, and\nincludes \u2014\n(a)\na forklift;\n(b) a front-loader; or\n(c)\na track-laying or wheeled vehicle;\n\u201csuspended period of enforcement\u201d means the period referred to in\nsection 95(2);\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 2\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 17\n\n\u201ctaxi\u201d means a public passenger vehicle or horse-drawn vehicle which is\npermitted to stand or ply for hire for the purpose of transporting persons to a\ndestination on a private arrangement basis;18\n\u201ctaxi rank\u201d means a place designated as such under section 109;\n\u201ctrade plates\u201d means plates issued by the Director under section 21;\n\u201ctraffic sign\u201d means \u2014\n(a)\nan object or device, whether fixed, portable or temporary, for conveying\nto traffic and other road users, warnings, information, requirements,\nrestrictions or prohibitions; and\n(b) road markings,\nbut does not include a traffic signal;\n\u201ctraffic signal\u201d means a device, whether fixed or portable, permanent or\ntemporary, by which illuminated signals in red, green or amber, or combinations\nof any two such colours, are intermittently displayed (above a road or at the\ncentre or side of a road at an intersection, junction or other place where the\nCommissioner desires to control traffic) in conjunction with a metallic or white\nline drawn at right angles to the centreline of the road in the path of vehicles\napproaching that device;\n\u201ctrailer\u201d means a vehicle, other than a caravan designed or adapted for human\nhabitation, having no motive power, which is designed to be drawn by a vehicle;\n\u201ctruck\u201d means a vehicle constructed or adapted for the carriage or haulage of\ngoods, with or without passengers, and includes a van, pick-up and tanker;\n\u201cunlawful\u201d, in relation to parking, includes \u2014\n(a)\nparking on private property to which the public does not have access; and\n(b) parking on business premises where parking space is reserved for staff and\nmembers of the public who are visiting the premises for genuine purposes\nassociated with that business, whether or not actual business is transacted;\n\u201cvehicle\u201d means a wheeled or tracked vehicle capable of being driven or towed\non a road, and includes an electrically powered vehicle, agricultural and\nearthmoving vehicle, motor cycle, scooter and wheeled trailer, but does not\ninclude a hand cart, barrow or baby carriage;\n\u201cvehicle dealer\u201d means a business licensed under the Trade and Business\nLicensing Act (2026 Revision) for purposes referred to in section 21(1);\n\u201cvehicle inspector\u201d means a person appointed as such under section 60;\n\u201cvehicle licence\u201d means a licence issued under section 16;\n\u201cvisitor\u201d means a person who \u2014\n(a)\nhas been granted permission to stay in the Islands for a period not\nexceeding six months; or\n\nSection 3\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 18\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(b) does not reside in the Islands but has permission to stay in the Islands for\na period of more than six months;19 and\n\u201cwritten test\u201d means the prescribed written test referred to in section 25(a)(i)\nto (v).\nPART 2 - Registration and Licensing of Vehicles\n3.\nLicensing Authority\n3.\n(1) The Chief Officer responsible for the Department of Vehicle and Drivers\u2019\nLicensing shall, in exercise of that person\u2019s functions under the Public Service\nManagement Act (2018 Revision), appoint \u2014\n(a)\nthe Director of Licensing, who shall be the licensing authority for the\nIslands; and\n(b) such other officers as the Chief Officer considers necessary for the purpose\nof assisting the Director to carry out the Director\u2019s functions under this\nAct.\n(2) The Director may delegate to any other person the exercise of any power\nconferred on or the performance of any duty imposed on that Director by this\nAct.\n(3) After this Act comes into force, the Director and other employees appointed\nunder the Public Service Management Act (2018 Revision) shall continue in\noffice on the same terms and conditions.\n4.\nFunctions of the Director\n4.\nThe Director shall \u2014\n(a)\ninspect and test vehicles;\n(b) register vehicles and maintain the register;\n(c)\nissue licences in respect of vehicles and drivers;\n(d) conduct driving tests; and\n(e)\nperform other prescribed functions.\n5.\nThe register\n5.\n(1) The Director shall establish and maintain the Register of Motor Vehicles and\nDrivers.\n(2) The register maintained at the commencement of this Act shall be taken to have\nbeen established under subsection (1) and be continued under this Act.\n(3) Vehicles required to be registered under this Act shall be registered by serial,\nalphabetical or alpha-numeric numbers under prescribed registration categories.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 6\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 19\n\n(4) The Director shall \u2014\n(a)\nprovide the Commissioner with the names of registered owners of vehicles\nand the registration numbers of the vehicles they own;\n(b) provide the Commissioner with such information from the register with\nrespect to owners and vehicles as the Commissioner may require; and\n(c)\nkeep the Commissioner informed of new registrations and changes of\nownership.\n(5) The Director shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, supply (to any person who\napplies for a copy of the entries on the register relating to any specified vehicle\nor driver) a copy of those entries.\n(6) In court proceedings \u2014\n(a)\nthe contents of the register; and\n(b) extracts from the register purporting to be certified as such by the Director,\nshall be proof of the contents of the register unless the contrary is proved.\n6.\nRegistration of vehicles, and third party risks\n6.\n(1) A person who uses or keeps or, being the owner, permits any other person to\nuse or keep an unregistered vehicle which is not exempted from registration\nunder this Act commits an offence.\n(2) It is a defence to a charge under subsection (1) that \u2014\n(a)\na person took reasonable steps to register the vehicle; and\n(b) the vehicle was on its way to being registered.\n(3) An application for the registration of a vehicle shall be made to the Director in\nthe prescribed form and be accompanied by the prescribed registration fee.\n(4) The Director, on being satisfied that this Act and the Motor Vehicle Insurance\n(Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision) and regulations have been complied\nwith, shall \u2014\n(a)\nregister the vehicle by assigning it a serial, alphabetic or alpha-numeric\nregistration number;\n(b) record in the register other prescribed particulars; and\n(c)\nissue to the owner registration plates and a certificate of registration.\n(4A) For the purpose of assessing compliance with the Vehicle Insurance (Third\nParty Risks) Act (2012 Revision) and regulations, the Director may enter into an\nagreement with an \u201cinsurer\u201d, as defined in that Act, governing the updating of\nthe register for any alteration of insurance coverage of registered vehicles for\nwhich the insurer provides insurance.20\n(5) If a vehicle does not have affixed to it registration plates as provided by\nsection 8, this fact shall be regarded as evidence that the vehicle has not been\n\nSection 7\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 20\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nregistered, unless the contrary is proved, and a constable may detain that vehicle\nuntil enquiries have been made.\n(6) The onus of proving that a vehicle has been registered rests upon the owner of\nthe vehicle.\n(7) A person who is less than seventeen years of age shall not be registered as the\nowner of a vehicle.\n7.\nCertain new vehicles exempt from registration\n7.\nVehicles in the possession of persons licensed under the Trade and Business\nLicensing Act (2026 Revision) as vehicle dealers, agents, repairers or traders are\nexempt from the need for registration, but are subject to such provisions as to trade\nplates as may be prescribed.\n8.\nRegistration plates\n8.\n(1) The owner of a registered vehicle shall exhibit registration plates displayed in\nthe prescribed manner.\n(2) Where a registration plate is lost, destroyed or rendered illegible, the owner of\nthe vehicle shall obtain a new set of registration plates by making an application\nto the Director in the prescribed form and paying the prescribed fee.\n(3) The Cabinet may, by regulations, provide for the display on a trailer of the\nregistration plate of the vehicle to which that trailer is attached.\n(4) Where the Director is unable to issue permanent registration plates, that Director\nmay issue temporary registration plates of such design and dimensions as that\nDirector may determine but such plates shall be issued for a period not\nexceeding six months.21\n9.\nAlteration of particulars to be recorded in the register and certificate of\nregistration\n9.\n(1) Where there is a change of ownership or alteration in the particulars of a\nregistered vehicle, the owner shall, within fourteen days of the change or\nalteration \u2014\n(a)\ninform the Director, on the prescribed form, of the change or alteration;\n(b) pay the prescribed fee; and\n(c)\nsubmit to the Director the certificate of registration,\nand the Director shall record in the register the change or alteration and issue a\nnew certificate of registration to the new owner of the vehicle.\n(1A) Subject to subsection (1B), the Director shall not record the change in ownership\nor issue a new certificate of registration if the registered owner of the vehicle is\nliable for and has failed to pay arrears of fees in respect of the vehicle or a fine\nimposed for an offence under this Act.22\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 10\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 21\n\n(1B) The registered owner of a vehicle may apply to the court for an order approving\nthe change of ownership or alteration in the particulars of the vehicle,\nnotwithstanding the owner\u2019s failure to pay arrears of fees or a fine, and on\nreceiving such order from the court, the Director shall record the change and\nissue a new certificate of registration to the new owner of the vehicle.23\n(2) A registered owner of a vehicle referred to in subsection (1) who fails to inform\nthe Director of a change of ownership or alteration in the prescribed particulars\nof a registered vehicle commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction\nto a fine of four hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term of three months,\nor to both.\n(3) The Director may call upon an owner of a vehicle to furnish information for the\nverification of the entries in the register relating to that vehicle.\n(4) A registered owner of a vehicle who fails to furnish information requested under\nsubsection (3) commits an offence.\n10.\nTermination of vehicle registration\n10. (1) When a registered vehicle has been \u2014\n(a)\nexported from the Islands; or\n(b) disposed of in the Islands to the satisfaction of the department responsible\nfor environmental health,24\nthe owner shall \u2014\n(i)\nsurrender to the Director the certificate of registration, vehicle\nlicence and registration plates; and\n(ii) inform the Director, on the prescribed form, of the export or disposal\nof the vehicle.\n(iii) repealed by section 7(a)(iii) of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018\n[Law 7 of 2018].\n(2) Where the Director is satisfied that a vehicle referred to in subsection (1) has\nbeen exported or disposed of, that Director shall terminate the registration of the\nvehicle and refund to the registered owner any vehicle licence fee prepaid in\nrespect of the period from the date of the export or disposal until the expiry date\nof the vehicle licence on a pro rata basis in respect of each clear quarter\ncomprised in such period, but in the case of a vehicle licence taken out for six\nmonths, no refund of the surcharge payable under section 14(4)(b) shall be\nmade.\n(3) The owner of a registered vehicle who fails to inform the Director of the disposal\nor export of a vehicle specified in subsection (1) commits an offence.\n\nSection 11\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 22\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(4) Subject to subsection (5), the Director may terminate the registration of a\nvehicle for which a vehicle licence has not been taken out for a continuous\nperiod of three years.25\n(4A) Subject to subsection (5), the Director may, if a vehicle has not been licenced\nfor a continuous period of one year, consider the licence of that vehicle to be\nexpired as of a particular date, and licence fees shall cease to accrue as of that\ndate.26\n(5) The Director may restore to the register a vehicle whose registration has been\nterminated and in any such case all arrears of fees that the vehicle would have\nbeen liable to had its registration not been terminated shall be paid.\n11.\nImportation and use of certain vehicles restricted\n11. (1) A person who, without the written permission of the Director, imports or uses \u2014\n(a)  a beach buggy or dune buggy;\n(b)  a double decker public bus;\n(c)  the parts of a vehicle referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c); or\n(d)  a vehicle which is constructed, or capable of being used, for the carriage\nof more than fifteen persons excluding the driver,\n\ncommits an offence.\n(2)  Except as permitted by section 18, a person who, without the written permission\nof the Director, imports or uses a vehicle which does not comply with either the\nstandards specified in this Act or in regulations made under section 57 commits\nan offence.\n(3)  The Director shall not register a vehicle imported into the Islands contrary to\nsubsection (1), (2) or to paragraph 4(1) of the Customs and Border Control\n(Prohibited Goods) Order (2024 Revision).27\n12.\nLicensing of vehicles\n12. (1) No person may use or keep, or cause to be used or kept, a vehicle, other than a\nvehicle exempted under this Act, with respect to which there is no licence issued\nby the Director.\n(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable, in\naddition to any other punishment imposed on that person under this Act, to a\npenalty equal to three times the amount of the licence fee chargeable in respect\nof the vehicle since the date of expiry of the last vehicle licence.\n(3) A sum payable pursuant to an order under subsection (2) shall, for the purpose\nof an enactment relating to the recovery or application of sums ordered to be\npaid by a court, be treated as a fine, and the order as a conviction.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 13\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 23\n\n(4) The owner of a vehicle shall apply to the Director for a licence and the Director\nmay, upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue a licence.\n(5) The fee referred to in subsection (4) shall be charged by reference to the renewal\nrate prescribed for vehicles of that description.\n13.\nLiability to pay fees and exemption from payment28\n13. (1) A registered owner who for any period uses or keeps, or causes to be used or\nkept, a vehicle in respect of which a fee under this Act has at any time become\nchargeable is liable to pay the fee in respect of that vehicle for that period.\n(2) No vehicle licence fee may be charged for \u2014\n(a)\nvehicles in the possession of persons licensed under the Trade and\nBusiness Licensing Act (2026 Revision) as motor vehicle dealers, agents,\nrepairers or traders solely for the purpose of sale, repair or testing in the\ncourse of that business;\n(b) oversize vehicles, subject to provisions relating to special permits; or\n(c)\na vehicle in respect of which the Director has granted a person\u2019s\napplication under section 15 for the suspension of the vehicle licence.\n(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(c), a person who has been granted a suspension\nunder section 15 does not escape liability to pay a fee if, at any time during the\nperiod of suspension the person uses or keeps, or causes to be used or kept, the\nvehicle on a road and no vehicle licence is in force for the vehicle at that time.\n14.\nCommencement and duration of licences: rate of fees\n14. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a vehicle licence may be taken out for\nthree months, six months, twelve months, twenty-four months, thirty-six months\nor sixty months and shall come into effect \u2014\n(a)\non the first application, on the day of issue; or\n(b) on a subsequent application, on the day following the day of expiry of the\nlast licence issued, irrespective of the date of that application.29\n(2) A licence may be issued for the following maximum periods in respect of the\nfollowing vehicles \u2014\n(a)\nfive years, for a new vehicle being registered for the first time in the\nIslands;30\n(b) three years, for a vehicle that is less than ten years old, if the vehicle was\nregistered before; and\n(c)\none year, for a vehicle that is more than ten years old, whether or not the\nvehicle was registered before.31\n(3) A vehicle licence issued under subsection (1) or (2) comes into effect on the day\nfollowing the last day of the period in question.\n\nSection 15\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 24\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(4) Except as provided in subsection (5), the fee payable on a vehicle\nlicence shall \u2014\n(a)\nif the vehicle licence is taken out for a period of twelve months, twenty-\nfour months or thirty-six months, be paid at the annual rate of duty\napplying to vehicles of that description and prescribed by regulations made\nunder section 22; and\n(b) if the vehicle licence is taken out for three months or six months, be paid\nat a rate of twenty-five per cent and fifty per cent respectively of the\nprescribed annual rate, plus such surcharge as may be prescribed.\n(5) A disabled person is entitled to register and license one vehicle free of fee and\nno fee shall be payable in respect of a vehicle registered and licensed in the name\nof an institution one of whose principal aims is to render assistance to disabled\npersons.32\n(5A) A person who is the spouse, parent, legal guardian or adult child of a disabled\nperson is entitled to register and license one vehicle free of fee on behalf of the\ndisabled person but no more than one such registration is permitted at any one\ntime.33\n(6) Where the licence for a vehicle has expired, the amount of the fee for renewal\nshall be increased to take into account the period between the expiry of the\nlicence and the date of renewal.34\n(7) The fee referred to in subsection (6) may be paid over a three-month period if\nthe vehicle licence is renewed for a maximum period of three months.35\n15.\nSuspension of vehicle licence36\n15. (1) Repealed by section 11 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of 2018].\n(2) Repealed by section 11 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of 2018].\n(3) Where the registered owner does not intend to use or keep the vehicle on a road\nfor a period of more than three months, that person may lodge the vehicle licence\nand certificate of registration with the Director and make an application to the\nDirector in prescribed form accompanied by the prescribed fee for suspension\nof the vehicle licence and refund of the vehicle licence fee prepaid in respect of\nthe period of suspension.37\n(4) If the Director is satisfied that the registered owner has made proper provision\nfor the custody or storage of a vehicle referred to in subsection (3) and\nregistration plates during the period of suspension, that Director shall refund to\nthe registered owner pro rata on a quarterly basis any licence fee prepaid in\nrespect of each clear quarter of the period of suspension.\n(5) For a vehicle licence taken out for three months or six months, no refund of the\nsurcharge payable under section 14(4)(b) may be made to the registered owner.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 16\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 25\n\n(6) If the registered owner wishes to extend the period of suspension beyond the\ndate of expiry of the current vehicle licence, that person shall, during the week\nbefore that date, make a further application to the Director.\n(7) Repealed by section 11(e) of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of\n2018].\n(8) Subject to subsection (6), the maximum period for suspension of a vehicle\nlicence is ten years.38\n(9) If the registered owner wishes to extend the period beyond the date of expiry of\nthe suspension, that person shall, during the three months before that date, make\na further application to the Director.39\n(10) There is no limit on the number of applications that may be made under\nsubsection (6).40\n(11) Where the person using or keeping the vehicle is not the registered owner, the\nconsent of the owner shall be presumed unless the contrary is shown.\n16.\nIssue of licences\n16. (1) A person applying for a vehicle licence shall make such declaration and furnish\nsuch particulars with respect to the vehicle for which the vehicle licence is to be\ntaken out or otherwise as may be prescribed.\n(2) A vehicle licence shall be issued and apply only to the vehicle specified in the\napplication for the vehicle licence.\n(3) The Director shall not issue a vehicle licence unless that Director is satisfied\nthat \u2014\n(a)\nthe vehicle licence applied for is appropriate for the vehicle specified in\nthe application;\n(b) the vehicle has been registered and does not differ in any respect from the\nparticulars entered in the register in respect of that vehicle;\n(c)\na certificate of roadworthiness has been issued and is in force in respect of\nthe vehicle;\n(d) the requirements of the Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012\nRevision) have been complied with in respect of that vehicle; and\n(e)\nin the case of an application that purports to be the first, a vehicle licence\nhas not previously been issued for that vehicle.\n(4) The decision of the Director as to the registration category to which a vehicle\nconforms and as to the vehicle licence that may be issued in respect of that\nvehicle is conclusive.\n\nSection 17\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 26\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n17.\nDuplicate licences\n17. (1) Where a vehicle licence or certificate of registration is lost, destroyed or\nrendered illegible, the owner of the vehicle may obtain a duplicate vehicle\nlicence or certificate of registration from the Director by paying the\nprescribed fee.\n(2) If a vehicle licence or certificate of registration referred to in subsection (1) is\nsubsequently found, the holder of the duplicate licence or duplicate certificate\nof registration shall forthwith surrender to the Director the duplicate vehicle\nlicence or duplicate certificate of registration.\n(3) A person who knowingly retains or has in that person\u2019s possession \u2014\n(a)\nboth an original and duplicate vehicle licence; or\n(b) both an original and duplicate certificate of registration,\ncommits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of three\nhundred dollars or to imprisonment for three months, or to both.\n18.\nSpecial permit\n18. (1) Except as provided in this section no \u2014\n(a)\noversize vehicle; and\n(b) special vehicle,\nmay be used on a road, and no vehicle licence may be issued in that respect.\n(2) The Commissioner may grant a special permit to the owner of an oversize\nvehicle to enable that vehicle to be driven on a road from one place to another,\nsubject to \u2014\n(a)\nany regulations made under section 111;41\n(b) the person driving the vehicle and the vehicle complying with the Vehicle\nInsurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision); and\n(c)\nsuch conditions as the Commissioner may specify in that special permit,\nif the Commissioner is satisfied that the oversize vehicle can be so driven\nwithout material damage to the road.\n(3) The Commissioner may grant a special permit to the owner of a special vehicle\nto enable that vehicle to be driven on a road from one place to another, subject\nto \u2014\n(a)\nany regulations made under section 111; and\n(b) such conditions as the Commissioner may specify in that special permit,\nif the Commissioner is satisfied that the special vehicle can be so driven without\nmaterial damage to the road.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 19\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 27\n\n(4) An application for a special permit under this section shall be made on the\nprescribed form and accompanied by the prescribed fee, but \u2014\n(a)\nthe Commissioner may, in that Commissioner\u2019s discretion, allow\napplications not made in the prescribed form, including applications by \u2014\n(i)\ntelephone; and\n(ii) electronic mail, text message or other electronic means,\nif that Commissioner is satisfied that the case is one of genuine emergency; and\n(b) notwithstanding the issue of a permit under subsections (2) or (3), no fee\nis payable in respect of a road maintenance vehicle in the ownership of the\nGovernment, nor in a case in which the distance travelled along a road\ndoes not exceed half a mile.\n(5) A person who uses an oversize vehicle or special vehicle on a road without\nhaving first obtained a special permit to do so commits an offence and is liable\non summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for\na term of twelve months, or to both.\n(6) A person to whom a special permit has been granted who fails to observe the\nconditions specified in that licence commits an offence and is liable on summary\nconviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of\ntwelve months, or to both.\n19.\nExhibition registration plates\n19. (1) The Director may, upon application in the prescribed form by the owner of an\nexhibition vehicle and payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the owner\nexhibition registration plates.\n(2) Exhibition registration plates are valid, without renewal of registration, for the\nlife of the vehicle in the Islands.\n20.\nPersonalised plates\n20. The Director may, upon application and payment of the prescribed fee, issue\npersonalised registration plates to the owner of a vehicle.\n21.\nTrade plates\n21. (1) The Director may, on the application of a person who is licensed under the Trade\nand Business Licensing Act (2026 Revision) to carry on business as a motor\nvehicle dealer, agent, repairer or trader and payment of the prescribed fee, issue,\non such conditions as that Director may determine, trade plates of the prescribed\nnumber and design.\n(2) The trade plates issued under subsection (1) allow the business concerned to\ntake or cause to be taken on the road for the purposes of the business an\nunregistered or unlicensed vehicle where \u2014\n\nSection 22\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 28\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(a)\nthe vehicle is held by the business for the purposes stated in subsection (1);\n(b) the person driving the vehicle and the vehicle comply with the Vehicle\nInsurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision); and\n(c)\nthe vehicle otherwise complies with this Act and the regulations.\n(3) Trade plates shall be issued for a maximum of one year at a time at the\nprescribed fee.42\n(4) The Director shall ensure that at any one time a person does not hold more than\nthree pairs of trade plates.43\n(4A) The Director may request the holder of trade plates to surrender or renew them.44\n(5) A person who unlawfully uses trade plates on a vehicle or breaches any terms\nand conditions imposed under subsection (1) or does not comply with a request\nof the Director under subsection (4A) commits an offence and is liable on\nsummary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six\nmonths, or to both.45\n22.\nRegulations under this Part\n22. The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or\npermitted to be prescribed by this Part, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed\nfor giving effect to the purposes of this Part and, in particular, may make regulations\nto provide for \u2014\n(a)\ncategories of vehicles for the purpose of section 5(1);\n(b) the form of the register and the particulars to be recorded in it;\n(c)\nthe manner and form in which applications may be made for copies of\nentries in the register and the fees to be paid for applications;\n(d) the manner and form in which applications may be made for the\nregistration of vehicles, the fees to be paid and the form of certificate of\nregistration;\n(e)\nthe vehicles or categories of vehicles which may be registered and the\nconditions subject to which vehicles or categories of vehicles may be\nregistered;\n(f)\nthe form of registration plates and mode of display;\n(g) the issue of duplicates of certificates of registration or the replacement of\nregistration plates lost, destroyed or rendered illegible, and the fees to be\npaid for the issue of duplicates or replacements;\n(h) the form of applications to be made under section 9 for alteration of\nparticulars in the register and termination of vehicle registration under\nsection 10;\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 22A\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 29\n\n(i)\nthe division of vehicles in a registration category into sub-categories for\nthe purpose of licensing, and the annual rates of vehicle licence fees to be\npaid under section 12 in respect of vehicles in a sub-category;\n(j)\nRepealed by section 11 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of\n2018].\n(k) the form of vehicle licences and trade plates and the mode of display;\n(l)\nthe manner and form in which applications may be made for vehicle\nlicences and trade plates;\n(m) fees payable for trade plates and registration plates;46\n(n) the replacement of vehicle licences, registration plates and trade plates\nwhich are lost, destroyed or rendered illegible and as to the fees payable in\nconnection with their replacement;47 and\n(o) the fees to be paid for the issue of duplicate receipts.48\nPART 2A \u2013 Electronic Vehicle Registration49\n22A. Electronic tag\n22A. (1) The Director shall issue an electronic tag in respect of every registered vehicle.\n(2) The electronic tag issued in respect of a vehicle shall be affixed to the vehicle\nby the registered owner or a person authorised by the Director in a prescribed\nplace on the vehicle that is both readable by an electronic reading device and\nvisible from outside the vehicle.\n22B. Installation of cameras and electronic reading devices\n22B. (1) The Panel may install electronic reading devices of a fixed type at such locations\nas it determines necessary for the purposes of this Part.\n(2) The Commissioner may authorise a constable to carry an electronic reading\ndevice of a mobile type.\n22C. Gathering evidence and recording data\n22C. (1) Evidence that is gathered by a camera may be gathered by any method that\ncaptures the image of a vehicle, its registration or electronic tag and allows the\nimage to be reproduced by any means, including by film, printing or electronic\nmeans.\n(2) Data, which may be in an encoded form, may be electronically and\nsimultaneously recorded on the captured image under subsection (1).\n(3) The recorded image under subsection (2) may be converted from one format to\nanother, transmitted, stored or reproduced by electronic or other means that\n\nSection 22D\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 30\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nallows the recorded image to be reproduced in intelligible form, including,\nwithout limitation, electronically.\n(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), a recorded image may include an\nenlargement of the area of the recorded image depicting the registration of the\nvehicle.\n22D. Evidence of offence\n22D. (1) Evidence that is gathered through the use of an electronic reading device or\ncamera, including data and images referred to in section 22C, is admissible as\nevidence in any proceedings with respect to any offence under this Act.\n(2) Evidence of a fact relevant to the proceedings may be given by the production\nof \u2014\n(a)\na record produced by an electronic reading device or a camera; and\n(b) in the same or another document, a certificate signed by the Director as to\nthe circumstances in which the record was produced.\n(3) Unless the contrary is proved, a document purporting to be a record under\nsubsection (2)(a) or to be a certificate signed by the Director under\nsubsection (2)(b) is presumed to be such a record or to be so signed, as the case\nmay be.\n(4) Nothing in this section makes a record or a certificate admissible in any\nproceedings unless a copy of it has, not less than seven days before the trial,\nbeen served on the person charged with the offence.\n(5) The court may grant leave for a person in respect of whom a record or certificate\nunder this section is produced to require the attendance of the person who signed\nthe certificate, for the purpose of cross-examination.\n22E. Certificate in electronic format\n22E. (1) A certified extract of information from the register gathered under section 22C\nor a record or certificate under section 22D(2) may be created and completed in\nelectronic format by electronic or any other means that allows the extract or\ncertificate to be reproduced in intelligible form, including, without limitation,\nelectronically.\n(2) A certified extract or a certificate may be signed by the Director by means of an\nelectronic reproduction of the Director\u2019s signature that is capable of being\nassigned to that extract or certificate only by the Director.\n(3) The signature referred to in subsection (2) may be made by electronic or any\nother means that allows the signature to be reproduced in intelligible form\nincluding, without limitation, by electronically storing the signature by means\nof an electronic scanner or an electronic signature pad.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 22F\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 31\n\n(4) If the certified extract or certificate, including the Director\u2019s signature, is in\nelectronic format, it may be converted from electronic format to paper format\nfor all purposes and it may be received, transmitted, stored or sent electronically.\n(5) The recorded image referred to in section 22C(3) and any enlargement referred\nto in section 22C(4) may be included as part of a certificate.\n22F. Presumption\n22F. (1) Where evidence in respect of a vehicle gathered through the use of an electronic\nreading device or a camera is admitted in court and establishes that an offence\nunder this Act has been committed, the owner of the vehicle is presumed, in the\nabsence of evidence to the contrary, to have committed the offence unless the\nowner proves that \u2014\n(a)\nthe owner was not in possession of the vehicle at the time of the offence;\nand\n(b) the owner did not know that the vehicle was in the possession of another\nperson, had not consented to it being in the possession of another person\nand could not, by taking reasonable steps, have prevented it from being in\nthe possession of another person.\n(2) In this section, \u201cowner\u201d means the person in whose name the vehicle is\nregistered in the register, or if the vehicle is not registered, any other person who\nis proved to be the owner.\n22G. Regulations\n22G. The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing \u2014\n(a)\nthe types of cameras, electronic reading devices and electronic tags for the\npurposes of this Part; and\n(b) the places on vehicles where electronic tags must be affixed.\n22H. Offences\n22H. (1) A person shall not remove, destroy or interfere with an electronic tag, or its\noperation, except as authorised by the Director or the Commissioner.\n(2) A person shall not use, or cause or allow any other person to use, a vehicle that\ndoes not have the electronic tag for that vehicle affixed to it in accordance with\nsection 22A(2).\n(3) A person shall not remove, destroy or interfere with an electronic reading\ndevice, or its operation, except as authorised by the Director or the\nCommissioner.\n(4) A person, other than a constable or a vehicle inspector, shall not use an\nelectronic reading device of a mobile type.\n\nSection 23\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 32\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(5) A person shall not remove, destroy or interfere with a camera, or its operation,\nexcept as authorised by the Director or Commissioner.\n(6) A person who contravenes subsections (1) to (5) commits an offence and is\nliable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars.\nPART 3 - Licensing of Drivers of Vehicles\n23.\nUnqualified persons not to drive\n23. (1) A person who drives a vehicle on a road while not being qualified to drive that\nvehicle commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of four\nthousand dollars or imprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both.\n(2) Where a person is charged with \u2014\n(a)\na contravention of subsection (1), the burden of proving that that person\nwas licensed lies on that person; and\n(b) being an accessory to a contravention of subsection (1), the burden of\nproving that the person who was driving was licensed lies on the alleged\naccessory.\n24.\nPersons not to drive vehicle unless licensed or authorised\n24. (1) A person who drives a vehicle on a road while not being licensed or authorised\nunder this Act to drive that vehicle commits an offence and is liable on summary\nconviction to a fine of four thousand dollars or to imprisonment for twelve\nmonths, or to both.\n(2) Where a person is charged \u2014\n(a)\nwith a contravention of subsection (1), the burden of proving that that\nperson was licensed or authorised lies on that person; and\n(b) with being an accessory to a contravention of subsection (1), the burden of\nproving that the person who was driving was licensed or authorised lies on\nthe alleged accessory.\n25.\nQualification to drive\n25. No person is qualified to drive a vehicle \u2014\n(a)\nunless that person \u2014\n(i)\nis of the prescribed age to drive the group of vehicle driven;\n(ii) satisfies such conditions relating to that person\u2019s previous driving\nexperience as may be prescribed in respect of the group of vehicle\ndriven;\n(iii) is not disqualified from driving by reason of suffering from a relevant\ndisability;\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 26\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 33\n\n(iv) is not disqualified from driving, temporarily or otherwise, by the\norder of a court or the operation of any Law; and\n(v) has passed the prescribed written test and road test in respect of the\ngroup of vehicle driven; or\n(b) unless that person \u2014\n(i)\nis a new resident, visitor or Caymanian of the prescribed age, to\nwhom section 29 applies or is a person to whom the exemption under\nsection 30 applies;50 or\n(ii) is the holder of a learner\u2019s licence to drive such vehicle under the\nconditions under which it is being driven.\n26.\nPersons who are not licensed or authorised to drive\n26. No person is licensed or authorised to drive a vehicle unless \u2014\n(a)\nthat person holds a current driver\u2019s licence authorising that person to drive;\n(b) that person  holds a current learner\u2019s licence to drive such a vehicle under\nthe conditions under which that person is driving; or\n(c)\nis exempted under section 37(6) from holding a driver\u2019s licence.\n27.\nPersons who may be licensed\n27. (1) No person may be issued with a driver\u2019s licence for any group of vehicle unless\nthat person is qualified under section 25(a) to drive the relevant group of\nvehicle.\n(2) No person may be issued with a learner\u2019s licence for any group of vehicle unless\nthat person satisfies the conditions specified in section 25(a)(i) to (v).\n27A. Exchange of licences\n27A. (1) A person who resides in the Islands and who holds a domestic licence granted\nin a country specified in subsection (2) may, in exchange for such a licence be\ngranted a corresponding Cayman Islands licence.\n(2)  The countries to which subsection (1) refers are as follows \u2014\n(a)  United Kingdom;\n(b)  Gibraltar;\n(c)  Guernsey;\n(d)  Isle of Man; and\n(e)  Jersey.51\n28.\nNew residents and certain visitors may be authorised to drive: international\ndriver\u2019s licence\n28. Repealed by section 17 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of 2018].\n\nSection 29\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 34\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n29.\nSpecial provision for holders of licence from certain Convention countries52\n29. (1) In this section, \u201cConvention country\u201d means a country which is a party to \u2014\n(a)\nthe Convention on Road Traffic concluded in Paris in 1926;\n(b) the Convention on Road Traffic concluded in Geneva in 1949; or\n(c)\nthe Convention on Road Traffic concluded at Vienna in 1968.\n(2) The following persons who hold a domestic licence from a Convention country\n(not specified in section 27A) or from a prescribed country, or who hold an\ninternational driver\u2019s permit from such a country may, on the basis of that\nlicence or permit, drive in the Islands for a period not exceeding twelve\nmonths \u2014\n(a)  a Caymanian;\n(b)  a visitor; or\n(c)  a new resident.53\n(3) After the period of twelve months referred to in subsection (2), the person\nreferred to under subsection (2) may drive only after passing a prescribed\nwritten test, upon which that person shall, without the need for a road test, be\nissued with a Caymanian driver\u2019s licence.54\n(4) A person who does not hold a domestic licence from a Convention country or\nan international driver\u2019s permit from such a country shall not enjoy the\nconcession granted under subsection (2) and shall be required to pass both a\nwritten and road test before that person can drive at all in the Islands, but need\nnot hold a learner\u2019s licence in order to sit a road test.55\n(5)  Cabinet may by Order amend this section.56\n29A. Authorisation to drive: persons from non-Convention countries57\n29A. A person lawfully visiting the Islands or a new resident from a country that is not a\n\u201cConvention country\u201d as defined in section 29(1) who \u2014\n(a) is qualified to drive a group of vehicles for the purposes of section 25(a)(i)\nto (v); and\n(b) is the holder of a current driver\u2019s licence issued in the person\u2019s country of\nresidence in respect of that group of vehicles,\n\nmay drive a motor car, a truck not exceeding 8,500 pounds or a motor cycle\nunder 125cc in the Islands for a maximum period of one month.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 29B\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 35\n\n29B. International driver\u2019s permits58\n29B. (1) The holder of an international driver\u2019s permit issued outside the Islands and in\naccordance with an International Convention with respect to the international\ncirculation of vehicles to which the Islands have adhered, shall, while the\ninternational driver\u2019s permit remains valid, be exempted from a requirement to\nhold a driver\u2019s licence under this Act to drive in the Islands a vehicle of the\n\ngroup for which the person holds an authorisation to drive in the country in\nwhich the international driver\u2019s permit was issued.\n(2) Where a person who is at least twenty years old wishes to drive a vehicle in any\nother country which has adhered to an International Convention described in\nsubsection (1), the person may apply to the Director in the prescribed manner\nfor an international driver\u2019s permit.\n(3) The applicant referred to in subsection (2) shall comply with the requirements\nof the Convention referred to in that subsection and shall, in addition to any\nother particulars as may be required by the Director, satisfy the Director that the\napplicant holds a valid driver\u2019s licence issued in the Islands and that the\napplicant is ordinarily resident in the Islands.\n(4) Where the Director is satisfied as to the requirements of subsection (3) the\nDirector shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue an international\ndriver\u2019s permit in accordance with the International Convention concerned.\n(5) An international driver\u2019s permit shall, unless suspended by a court, remain in\neffect for twelve months from the date of issue.\n(6) The Director shall keep a register of \u2014\n(a)\nholders of valid international driver\u2019s permits issued outside the Islands\nwho are exempted from holding a driver\u2019s licence under subsection (1);\nand\n(b) holders of international driver\u2019s permits issued by the Director.\n(7) Except as otherwise specifically stated or contradicted in this Act, this Act does\nnot derogate from any privilege or obligation accorded to any person by virtue\nof a Convention referred to in section 29.\n30.\nSaving of licences and tests under the repealed Law\n30. (1) A person who holds a driver\u2019s licence \u2014\n(a)\nthat is about to expire;59\n(b) that has expired but who has within the preceding five years held a\nlicence;60 or\n(c)\nthat has expired but who has \u2014\n(i)\nwithin the preceding ten years held a licence; and\n\nSection 31\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 36\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(ii) since the period beginning five years after the expiry of the licence\ncontinuously held a licence from a Convention country, as defined in\nsection 29(1),61\ndoes not need to take the tests referred to in section 37 but may apply for a\nrenewal.\n(2) An application for renewal shall be made to the Director in the prescribed form\nand paying the prescribed fee.\n(3) For purposes of renewal, a licence issued under the repealed Law is as good as\na licence issued under this Act.\n(4) A person who at the coming into force of this Act has taken the written test may\nproceed to do the road test.\n31.\nRequirements as to physical fitness of drivers\n31. (1) An application for the grant of a licence shall include a declaration by the\napplicant in the prescribed form stating whether that person is suffering or has\nat any time suffered from a relevant disability.\n(2) The Director may require a person applying for a licence to provide a medical\ncertificate in the prescribed form showing that that person is not suffering from\na relevant disability.\n(3) If it appears from the applicant\u2019s declaration or medical certificate, or if, on\ninquiry, the Director is satisfied from other information that the applicant is\nsuffering from a relevant disability, the Director shall, subject to subsection (4),\nrefuse to grant the licence.\n(4) The Director shall not, under subsection (3), refuse to grant a licence on account\nof a relevant disability if the applicant satisfies such conditions as may be\nprescribed with a view to authorising the grant of a licence to a person in whose\ncase the disability is appropriately controlled.\n(5) Where the Director, under subsection (3) refuses to grant a licence, the applicant\nmay, within thirty days of notification of the decision, appeal in writing to the\nChief Officer responsible for the Department of Vehicle and Drivers\u2019 Licensing,\nwho may conduct such investigation, seek such opinions and do such other\nthings as that Chief Officer considers necessary or expedient to assist that person\nin arriving at a decision.\n32.\nRevocation of licence because of disability\n32. (1) If the Director is, at any time, satisfied on inquiry that \u2014\n(a)\nthe holder of a licence is suffering from a relevant disability; and\n(b) the Director would be required under section 31(3) to refuse an application\nfor the licence made by that person,\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 33\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 37\n\nthe Director may serve notice in writing on that licence holder revoking the\nlicence with effect from such date as may be specified in the notice, not being\nearlier than the date of service of the notice.\n(2) A person whose licence is revoked under subsection (1) shall deliver the licence\nto the Director within seven days after the revocation date.\n(3) A person who fails without reasonable excuse to deliver a licence to the Director\nunder subsection (2) commits an offence.\n(4) Where the Director, under subsection (1), revokes a licence, the person\nconcerned may, within thirty days of notification of the decision, appeal in\nwriting to the Chief Officer responsible for the Department of Vehicle and\nDrivers\u2019 Licensing, who may conduct such investigation, seek such opinions\nand do such other things as that Chief Officer considers necessary or expedient\nto assist that person in arriving at a decision.\n33.\nProvision of information, etc., relating to disabilities\n33. (1) If, at any time during the validity period of the licence, the holder of a licence\nbecomes aware that \u2014\n(a)\nthat person is suffering from a relevant disability which that person has not\npreviously disclosed to the Director; or\n(b) a relevant disability from which that person has at any time suffered, and\nwhich has been previously disclosed, has become more acute since the\nlicence was granted,\nthat licence holder shall forthwith notify the Director in writing of the nature\nand extent of that person\u2019s disability.\n(2) A person who fails without reasonable excuse to notify the Director under\nsubsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine\nof two hundred dollars.\n(3) If the Director has reasonable grounds for believing that an applicant for, or\nholder of, a licence may be suffering from a relevant disability, subsection (4)\napplies for the purpose of enabling the Director to satisfy themselves whether\nor not that is the case.\n(4) The Director may, by notice in writing served on the applicant or holder \u2014\n(a)\nrequire that person, as soon as practicable, to arrange to submit themselves\nfor examination by such medical practitioner or practitioners as may be\nnominated by the Director for the purpose of determining whether or not\nthat person suffers or has at any time suffered from a relevant disability;\nor\n(b) require that person to submit themselves for a driving test, being a test\nauthorising the grant of a licence in respect of vehicles \u2014\n\nSection 34\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 38\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(i)\nof all or any of the groups to which the application relates; or\n(ii) which that person is authorised to drive by the licence which that\nperson holds.\n(5) If the Director considers it appropriate to do so in the case of any applicant for,\nor holder of, a licence, the Director may \u2014\n(a)\ninclude in a single notice under subsection (4) requirements under more\nthan one paragraph of that subsection; and\n(b) at any time after the service of a notice under that subsection, serve a\nfurther notice or notices under that subsection.\n(6) If a person on whom a notice is served under subsection (4) fails \u2014\n(a)\nwithout reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement contained in the\nnotice; or\n(b) a driving test which that person is required to take under paragraph (b) of\nthat subsection,\nthe Director may exercise that Director\u2019s powers under sections 31 and 32 as if\nthat Director was satisfied that the applicant or licence holder concerned is\nsuffering from a relevant disability.\n(7) Where the Director exercises the powers referred to in subsection (6), the\napplicant or licence holder may, within thirty days of notification of the\ndecision, appeal in writing to the Chief Officer responsible for the Department\nof Vehicle and Drivers\u2019 Licensing, who may conduct such investigation, seek\nsuch opinions and do such other things as that Chief Officer considers necessary\nor expedient to assist that person in arriving at a decision.\n34.\nDriving with uncorrected defective eyesight\n34. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who drives a vehicle on a road while that\nperson\u2019s eyesight is such that that person cannot comply with a requirement as\nto eyesight prescribed under this Part for the purpose of tests of competence to\ndrive commits an offence.\n(2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the defect is one which cannot be, or\nwhich is not for the time being, sufficiently corrected.\n(3) The Director or a constable having reason to suspect that a person driving a\nvehicle may have committed an offence under this section may require that\nperson to submit to a test for the purpose of ascertaining whether, using no other\nmeans of correction than that person used at the time of driving, that person can\ncomply with the requirement concerned, and if that person refuses to submit to\nthe test that person commits an offence.\n(4) A person who is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on\nsummary conviction to a fine of six hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 35\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 39\n\nterm of six months, or to both, and, in addition, the particulars of the conviction\nshall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record.\n35.\nLearners\u2019 licences\n35. (1) A person who is qualified under section 25(a)(i) to (iv) to drive a group of\nvehicles may, subject to subsection (3) and any regulations made under\nsection 44, on making an application in the prescribed form and paying to the\nDirector the prescribed fee, be granted a learner\u2019s licence in the prescribed form\nto drive that group of vehicles.\n(2) A learner\u2019s licence is valid for six months and may, on payment of the\nprescribed fee, be renewed for a further period of six months and, after that, no\nrenewals will be permitted unless the applicant has taken at least one driving\ntest under section 37 since the last renewal.\n(3) No person may be granted a learner\u2019s licence for any group of vehicles unless\nthat person has first passed the prescribed written examination for that group.\n36.\nConditions under which learners may drive and penalty for offences\n36. (1) A learner driver in respect of any group of vehicles may drive any vehicle of\nthat group on any road where vehicles may lawfully be driven, subject to such\nconditions as may be prescribed in regulations, and if \u2014\n(a)\nthere are displayed in the prescribed manner on the vehicle being driven\nplates of the prescribed design bearing the letter \u201cL\u201d;\n(b) the learner driver of a vehicle other than an invalid carriage or motorcycle\nis, at all times when driving, accompanied and supervised by a person who\nhas been fully licensed and qualified to drive vehicles of the group being\ndriven for a period of at least two years, and who is seated next to the\nlearner driver,\nand the holder of a learner\u2019s licence in respect of a motorcycle or moped shall\nnot carry a passenger unless that passenger holds a driver\u2019s licence in respect of\nvehicles of that group.\n(2) A person who \u2014\n(a)\nbreaches a condition of  that person\u2019s learner\u2019s licence; or\n(b) supervises or attempts to supervise a learner driver when that person is not\nqualified to do so,\ncommits an offence.\n(3) A person who is convicted of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on\nsummary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for\ntwelve months, or to both, and the particulars of the conviction shall be endorsed\non that person\u2019s driving record.\n\nSection 37\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 40\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n37.\nApplying for a driver\u2019s licence for the first time\n37. (1) No person may be granted a driver\u2019s licence unless that person has first passed\nthe prescribed written test and prescribed road test, in that order, for vehicles of\nthat group.\n(2) The content of driving tests and the requirements for passing them shall be\nprescribed in regulations.\n(3) Driving tests shall be carried out by a driving examiner appointed under\nsection 3.\n(4) A person who wishes to obtain a driver\u2019s licence may apply in the prescribed\nform to the Director to undergo a written test and road test, but no person shall\ntake the road test without first holding a learner\u2019s licence.\n(5) A learner driver who has been declared by a driving examiner to have passed\nthe written test and road test shall surrender to the Director that person\u2019s\nlearner\u2019s licence and receive in exchange a certificate of competence, in the\nprescribed form, pending issue of the driver\u2019s licence.\n(6) The certificate of competence, for the day when it is issued and three days\nfollowing its issue, exempts the person to whom it is issued from holding a\ndriver\u2019s licence for the purpose of section 26(c).\n38.\nGrant of licences\n38. (1) Upon \u2014\n(a)\nproof of exemption under section 30 from the need to take any test; or\n(b) production of a certificate of competence issued under section 37\nfollowing the passing of relevant tests,\nand applying in the prescribed form and paying the prescribed fee, an applicant\nfor a driver\u2019s licence shall be issued with a licence.\n(2) A driver\u2019s licence issued under subsection (1) is not valid unless it is signed by\nthe applicant prior to issue.\n39.\nForm of licences\n39. A driver\u2019s licence shall be in the form prescribed in regulations and shall specify the\ngroup or groups of vehicles which the holder is authorised to drive.\n40.\nVerification of entries in the register\n40. (1) The Director may at any time require the holder of a driver\u2019s licence to furnish\ninformation for the verification of the entries in the register relating to that\ndriver\u2019s licence.\n(2) A holder of a driver\u2019s licence who fails or neglects to furnish information\nrequired by the Director under subsection (1) commits an offence.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 41\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 41\n\n41.\nDuration of driver\u2019s licence\n41. (1) A driver\u2019s licence shall, unless previously revoked or surrendered, remain in\nforce for three, five or ten years after the issue of the driver\u2019s licence according\nto the period for which the prescribed fee is paid and may be renewed for\nconsecutive periods of three, five or ten years at a time.62\n(2) Where an applicant is suffering from a relevant disability but the disability is\nappropriately controlled, the Director may, subject to section 31, issue a driver\u2019s\nlicence to that person to be valid for a stated period of not more than one year.\n(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a driver\u2019s licence shall not be issued to a visitor\nor renewed in respect of a visitor for a period longer than six months.63\n(4) A driver\u2019s licence may be renewed at any time during the six months before the\ndate of expiration of the licence, but the renewal only takes effect on the date of\nexpiry of the licence.64\n(5) If an applicant elects to have the applicant\u2019s renewed driver\u2019s licence expire on\nthe anniversary of the applicant\u2019s birth immediately preceding the expiry of the\nthree, five or ten year period for which the prescribed fee is paid, the fee shall\nbe reduced on a pro rata basis, taking into account the number of days between\nthe applicant\u2019s birthday and the expiry of the period for which the prescribed\nfee is paid.65\n42.\nDuplicate driver\u2019s licence\n42. (1) Where a driver\u2019s licence is lost, destroyed, stolen or rendered illegible, the\nholder of the driver\u2019s licence may apply and obtain from the Director a duplicate\ndriver\u2019s licence by paying the prescribed fee.\n(2) If a driver\u2019s licence which has been replaced under subsection (1) is\nsubsequently found, the holder of the duplicate driver\u2019s licence shall surrender\nto the Director the duplicate driver\u2019s licence.\n(3) A person who knowingly retains or has in that person\u2019s possession both an\noriginal and a duplicate driver\u2019s licence commits an offence and is liable on\nsummary conviction to a fine of three hundred dollars or to imprisonment for\nthree months, or to both.\n43.\nPowers of arrest\n43. A constable may, without warrant, arrest \u2014\n(a)\na person who, in the opinion of that constable, is driving or attempting to\ndrive a vehicle when not qualified to do so;\n(b) a learner driver who, in the opinion of that constable, is driving or\nattempting to drive in contravention of the conditions imposed on that\nperson\u2019s learner\u2019s licence; and\n\nSection 44\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 42\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(c)\na person who, in the opinion of that constable, is supervising or attempting\nto supervise a learner driver when not licensed or qualified to do so.\n44.\nRegulations under this Part\n44. The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or\npermitted to be prescribed by this Part, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed\nfor giving effect to the purposes of this Part and, in particular, may make regulations\nto provide for \u2014\n(a)\nage qualifications for the purpose of section 25(a)(i), and different ages\nmay be prescribed for different groups of vehicles;\n(b) requirements as to the previous driving experience of applicants for\nlicences in respect of any group of vehicles;\n(c)\ndisabilities for the purpose of section 25(a)(iii);\n(d) conditions on which licences may be granted to persons suffering from\ncertain relevant disabilities which are appropriately controlled;\n(e)\nrequirements as to eyesight for the purpose of driving tests;\n(f)\nthe form of declaration as to physical fitness and form of medical\ncertificate for the purpose of section 31;\n(g) the driving of vehicles under international driving permits;\n(h) the form of driver\u2019s licences and learner\u2019s licences;\n(i)\nthe conditions subject to which learner drivers may drive;\n(j)\nthe manner and form in which applications may be made for a learner\u2019s\nlicence under section 35, the fees to be paid on such applications, and the\ncontent of the written examination for any group of vehicles under\nsection 35;\n(k) the content of driving tests for the purposes of section 37(1), the\nqualifications, selection and appointment of persons by whom they may\nbe conducted and the revocation of any appointment, evidence of the\nresults of such tests, and generally with respect to such tests, and different\nregulations may be made in respect of driving tests for different groups of\nvehicles;\n(l)\nthe manner and form in which applications may be made for driving tests\nand the fee to be paid on an application;\n(m) the manner and form in which applications may be made for the grant and\nrenewal of driver\u2019s licences and the fee to be paid upon an application; and\n(n) the manner and form in which applications may be made for an\ninternational driver\u2019s permit and the fee to be paid upon an application.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 45\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 43\n\nPART 4 - Repealed66\n45.\nRepealed\n45. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\n46.\nRepealed\n46. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\n47.\nRepealed\n47. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\n48.\nRepealed\n48. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\n49.\nRepealed\n49. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\n50.\nRepealed\n50. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\n51.\nRepealed\n51. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\n52.\nRepealed\n52. Repealed by section 8 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 [Act 25 of 2024].\nPart 5 - Special Purpose Vehicles67\n53.\nRestrictions on use of special purpose vehicles68\n53. (1) Low Speed electric vehicles may only be used on a road or public place where\nthe designated speed is thirty miles per hour or less.69\n(1A) An ATV may only be used on a route designated by the Director and driven,\nwhile on land, at a speed of thirty-five miles per hour or less.70\n(2) A person who uses a special purpose vehicle in a manner that contravenes\nsubsection (1) or (1A) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of five hundred\ndollars or imprisonment for six months, or to both.71\n(3) Repealed by section 25(d) of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of\n2018].\n\nSection 54\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 44\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n54.\nSpecial permit for use of special purpose vehicles72\n54. (1) Before using a special purpose vehicle on a road or in a public place, the owner\nshall apply to the Director for a permit by submitting an application in the\nprescribed form and paying the prescribed fee.\n(2) Where the Director is satisfied that a special purpose vehicle is equipped as\nrequired by section 55, that Director may, subject to such terms and conditions\nas that person thinks fit, issue a permit for the operation of that vehicle.\n(3) Where a permit is lost, destroyed or rendered illegible, the owner of the special\npurpose vehicle shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, apply for a duplicate\npermit.\n(4) Where, upon application, the Director is satisfied that a permit is lost, destroyed\nor rendered illegible, that Director may, upon the applicant paying the\nprescribed fee, issue a duplicate permit marked in accordance with the reason\nfor its replacement.\n(5) A special purpose vehicle permit \u2014\n(a)\nshall be carried in the vehicle when the vehicle is operating;\n(b) shall, unless previously revoked or suspended, remain in force for one year\nfrom the date of issue; and\n(c)\nshall, upon a subsequent application for renewal of the permit, be renewed\nby the Director if that Director is satisfied that it meets the requirements\nunder section 55, for consecutive periods of one month, three months, six\nmonths or one year at a time.\n(6) The Director may revoke or suspend a permit issued under this section if that\nDirector is satisfied that a special purpose vehicle to which the permit relates \u2014\n(a)\nis no longer equipped as required by or under section 55; or\n(b) is otherwise being used contrary to the conditions under which the permit\nwas issued.\n55.\nRequirements for registration of special purpose vehicles73\n55. (1) A special purpose vehicle shall be equipped with the following original\nmanufactured items \u2014\n(a)\nhead lights;\n(b) where applicable, rear lights, reflectors, traffic indicators and stop lights;74\n(c)\nan interior rear view mirror;\n(d) brakes;\n(e)\nhorn;\n(f)\nat least one driving mirror;\n(g) speedometer;\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 55A\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 45\n\n(h) where applicable, seat belts complying with regulations made under this\nAct;75\n(i)\nwhere applicable, windscreen;76\n(j)\nwhere applicable, wipers;77\n(k) tyres; and\n(l)\nsuch other items as the Director may determine by notification in the\nGazette.\n(2) The provisions of the Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision)\nrelating to minimum insurance coverage apply to a special purpose vehicle in\nthe same way they apply to a \u201cvehicle\u201d as defined in section 2 of that Act.\n55A. Exhibition vehicles which are unregistered\n55A. Notwithstanding that an exhibition vehicle does not meet the requirements under\nsection 55 and a permit cannot be issued to the owner under section 54, the\nCommissioner may grant a special permit for a period not exceeding forty-eight hours\nto the owner of an exhibition vehicle to enable that vehicle to be driven on a road\nfrom one place to another, subject to \u2014\n(a)  any regulations made under section 111;\n(b)  the person driving the vehicle and the vehicle complying with the Vehicle\nInsurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision); and\n(c)  such conditions as the Commissioner may specify in that special permit,\n\nif the Commissioner is satisfied that the exhibition vehicle can be so driven\nwithout material damage to the road.78\n56.\nRegulations under this Part\n56. The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or\npermitted to be prescribed by this Part, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed\nfor giving effect to the purposes of this Part and, in particular, may make regulations\nto provide for fees and forms.\nPART 6 - Construction and Use of Vehicles and Equipment\n57.\nRegulation of construction, weight, equipment and use of vehicles\n57. (1) The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or\npermitted to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, as\nto the use of vehicles, trailers and pedal cycles on roads, their construction and\nequipment, and the conditions under which they may be used and, in particular,\nregulations may provide for \u2014\n\nSection 57\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 46\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(a)\nthe width, height and length of vehicles and trailers, the condition and\ndiameter of wheels, and the width, nature and condition of tyres of vehicles\nand trailers;\n(b) the emission or consumption of smoke, fumes or vapour;\n(c)\nnoise;\n(d) the maximum laden weight of vehicles and trailers, and the maximum\nweight to be transmitted to the road or any specified area of the road by a\nvehicle or trailer, or by any part of such a vehicle or trailer in contact with\nthe road, and the conditions under which the weight may be required to be\ntested;\n(e)\nthe loading of vehicles and trailers, and the securing of loads carried\nby them;\n(f)\nthe particulars to be marked on vehicles and trailers;\n(g) the towing or drawing of vehicles by vehicles;\n(h) the number and nature of brakes, and for securing that brakes, silencers,\nand steering and transmission systems, are efficient and kept in proper\nworking order;\n(i)\nbody work and bumpers;\n(j)\nwindows, window glass and windscreen wipers;\n(k) lighting equipment and reflectors;\n(l)\nthe power unit and how to ensure that it is in good repair, properly enclosed\nand properly secured;\n(m) the appliances to be fitted for \u2014\n(i)\nsignalling the approach of a vehicle;\n(ii) enabling the driver of a vehicle to become aware of the approach of\nanother vehicle from the rear; or\n(iii) intimating any intended change of speed or direction of a vehicle,\nand the use of any such appliance, and for securing that any such appliance\nis efficient and kept in proper working order;\n(n) the prohibiting of the use of any appliances fitted to vehicles, at any times,\nor on or in any roads or localities, specified in the regulations; and\n(o) safety standards.\n(2) Regulations with respect to lighting equipment and reflectors may \u2014\n(a)\nrequire that lamps be kept lit at such times and in such circumstances as\nmay be specified in the regulations; and\n(b) extend to vehicles of any description used on roads, whether or not they\nare motor vehicles.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 58\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 47\n\n(3) Different regulations may be made \u2014\n(a)\nfor different categories of vehicles;\n(b) for the same category of vehicles in different circumstances;\n(c)\nfor different times for day or night, or different times for different times of\nday or night; or\n(d) for roads in different localities.\n58.\nOffence where regulations are contravened\n58. Subject to section 59, a person who \u2014\n(a)\ncontravenes or fails to comply with any regulations made under section 57;\nor\n(b) uses on a road a vehicle, trailer or pedal cycle which does not comply with\nany such regulations or causes or permits a vehicle to be so used,\ncommits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one\nthousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both, and\nthe particulars of the conviction shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving\nrecord.\n59.\nAuthorisation of use on roads of vehicles not complying with regulations\nunder section 57\n59. The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing special conditions for the use on the\nroad of emergency vehicles, special vehicles, oversize vehicles and invalid carriages.\n60.\nAppointment of vehicle inspectors\n60. (1) The Chief Officer in the Ministry responsible for the Department of Vehicle and\nDrivers\u2019 Licensing shall, in exercise of that Chief Officer\u2019s powers under the\nPublic Service Management Act (2018 Revision) appoint suitable persons to be\nvehicle inspectors who shall carry out their duties under the Director\u2019s\nsupervision.\n(2) The Director shall in writing designate a place at which vehicle inspections shall\ntake place for the purpose of this Act.\n(3) Neither the government nor any inspector appointed under subsection (1) shall\nbe liable in damages for anything done or omitted in the discharge of the\nfunctions under this Act unless it is shown that the act or omission was in bad\nfaith, but the government shall not be liable for anything done in bad faith by an\ninspector who is not a civil servant.\n61.\nImported vehicles to be inspected before use on the road\n61. A vehicle or trailer imported into the Islands shall, before being used on a road, be\ntaken from the point of import direct to \u2014\n\nSection 62\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 48\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(a)\na vehicle inspector;\n(b) a public garage;\n(c)\na licensed vehicle dealer; or\n(d) the residence of the owner and then direct to a vehicle inspector,\nfor examination, and no such vehicle shall be used further on the road, except\nby a vehicle inspector for testing purposes, until a vehicle inspector has certified\nthe vehicle to be fit for use on the road.\n62.\nIssue of certificate of roadworthiness\n62. (1) If a vehicle inspector is satisfied that a vehicle that that person has examined\nunder section 61 is roadworthy and complies with requirements of this Act and\nregulations, that person shall issue a signed certificate of roadworthiness in the\nprescribed form.\n(1A) The certificate of roadworthiness may be issued for such period as the inspector\nbelieves appropriate, up to a maximum of \u2014\n(a)\nsixty-two months, for a new vehicle that has not been registered anywhere\nbefore;\n(b) thirty-eight months, for a vehicle that is less than ten years old; and\n(c)\nfourteen months, for a vehicle that is more than ten years old.79\n(2) A vehicle found by a vehicle inspector not to be roadworthy or that does not\ncomply with this Act or regulations may not be used on a road except for the\npurpose of being removed to a convenient place off the road at the direction of\na vehicle inspector given in the prescribed form.\n63.\nInspection of vehicles80\n63. (1) An owner of a vehicle or trailer shall, in the month before the due date of\nrenewal of the licence, submit the vehicle to a vehicle inspector at a place and\nwithin the times prescribed, for inspection for roadworthiness and general\ncompliance with this Act and regulations.81\n(2) A vehicle shall not be used on the road after inspection until the vehicle\ninspector has issued a certificate of roadworthiness in respect of that vehicle.\n(3) A vehicle in respect of which the certificate of roadworthiness has expired shall\nnot be used on a road except for the purpose of being driven to a pre-arranged\nappointment or a designated place for an inspection.\n64.\nPowers of vehicle inspectors and constables\n64. (1) If a vehicle inspector has reason to believe that a vehicle being driven or being\npresent on a road is not in roadworthy condition or fails to comply with this Act\nand regulations that person \u2014\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 65\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 49\n\n(a)\nmay, at a reasonable time, enter a public place where that vehicle is to be\nfound and there inspect it; or\n(b) may stop that vehicle on the road and carry out such inspection or tests as\nappear to that person to be desirable.\n(2) In the absence of a vehicle inspector, a constable who has reason to believe that\na vehicle being driven or being present on a road is not in roadworthy condition\nor fails to comply with this Act or regulations shall order that vehicle to be taken\noff the road and may exercise the powers conferred on a vehicle inspector under\nsection 62(2).\n65.\nUsing uninspected vehicle\n65. A person who uses a vehicle, or being the owner of a vehicle permits the vehicle to\nbe used on a road contrary to section 61, 62 or 63 commits an offence and is liable on\nsummary conviction to a fine of six hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term of\nsix months, or to both, and the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on that\nperson\u2019s driving record.\n66.\nRegulations as to inspection and testing\n66. The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or\npermitted to be prescribed by this Part, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed\nfor giving effect to the purposes of this Part and, in particular, may make regulations\nto provide for \u2014\n(a)\nthe qualifications and training of vehicle inspectors;\n(b) the manner in which applications may be made for the inspection of\nvehicles under sections 61 and 63, the fees to be paid on such applications,\nand the places and times at which inspections shall be carried out;\n(c)\nthe form of, and particulars to be contained in, certificates of\nroadworthiness, notifications of the refusal of such certificates, and terms\nordering the removal of vehicles from the road under section 62(2); and\n(d) the issue of duplicates of certificates of roadworthiness lost, destroyed or\nrendered illegible, and the fee to be paid for the issue of such duplicates.\nPART 7 - Control of Road Users\n67.\nGeneral duty of road users\n67. A road user shall exercise care and attention when using the road and have due regard\nto \u2014\n(a)\nthe safety and comfort of other road users; and\n(b) the preservation and protection of public and private property.\n\nSection 68\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 50\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n68.\nDuties of drivers\n68. A driver shall \u2014\n(a)\ndrive in such a manner as to have full control of the vehicle at all times;\n(b) keep to the left half of the road except when travelling in a one-way street\nor overtaking, or when otherwise directed by a traffic sign or signal, a\npolice signal or signal by other authorised person;\n(c)\nbefore making a right hand turn, give the right of way to all approaching\nvehicles;\n(d) except where driving an emergency vehicle, comply with all traffic signs\nand signals;\n(e)\ncomply with all signals and other lawful directions given by constables or\nwardens;\n(f)\ndrive at a speed and in a manner and at a distance from other vehicles as\nto be able to stop in an emergency without being involved in a collision;\n(g) keep a watch on the road behind and in front of the vehicle being driven;\n(h) give prior warning of any intended manoeuvre by means of the prescribed\nhand or traffic indicator signals;\n(i)\navoid obstructing other vehicles whether the vehicle under control is\nmoving or stationary;\n(j)\nmanage the vehicle so as to be able to stop within the limit of vision\navailable at any given time;\n(k) where an intersection or road junction is without a traffic sign or signal\ngiving priority to a road, drive in a way so as to avoid the possibility of\ncollision with any other road user, irrespective of the relative size or\ncondition of the intersection or adjoining roads;\n(l)\nnot park a vehicle in a place or in a way that obscures \u2014\n(i)\nthe view of the road;\n(ii) a road sign; or\n(iii) a road intersection or junction,\nfrom any other road user or to deny to any other road user free passage\nalong any road;\n(m) give right of way to emergency vehicles and other vehicles used by\nofficials prescribed in regulations made under this Act;\n(n) keep illuminated at night \u2014\n(i)\nthe rear light or lights;\n(ii) the front head light or lights; and\n(iii) the registration plate light,\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 69\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 51\n\nas prescribed for the class of vehicle driven; and\n(o) comply with the road code.\n69.\nDuty to give name and address, and penalty for contravention\n69. (1) A constable may require a person whom that constable has seen committing an\noffence under this Act or regulations, or whom that constable suspects of\ncommitting or having committed an offence, to give that person\u2019s name, address\nand date of birth, and any such person who refuses to give their name, address\nand date of birth or gives a false name, address or date of birth commits an\noffence.\n(2) The owner of a vehicle shall, if so required by a constable \u2014\n(a)\ngive all information which it is in that owner\u2019s power to give as to the\nname, antecedents and whereabouts of any person who has committed or\nis alleged or believed to have committed an offence in respect of, or with\nor by the use of, that vehicle; and\n(b) give similar information regarding any persons who are alleged or believed\nto have been occupants of that vehicle at the time of commission or alleged\nor believed commission of the offence,\nand an owner who refuses or fails to give such information, or knowingly gives\nfalse information, commits an offence.\n(3) A constable may arrest without warrant a person who, having been required by\nthat constable under subsection (1) or (2) to give that person\u2019s name, address\nand date of birth fails or refuses to do so or gives a name, address or date of birth\nwhich the constable believes on reasonable grounds to be false.\n(4) A person driving a vehicle on the road who fails, when required by a constable\nto produce \u2014\n(a)\nthat person\u2019s driver\u2019s licence or learner\u2019s licence;\n(b) the relevant certificate of insurance or other evidence that the vehicle is\nnot or was not being driven in contravention of the Vehicle Insurance\n(Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision);\n(c)\na current certificate of roadworthiness in respect of that vehicle, or\n(d) a certificate of registration in respect of that vehicle,\ncommits an offence, but for the certificates or other evidence referred to in\nparagraphs (b), (c) and (d), that person shall not be prosecuted if that person\nproduces such certificates or other evidence at a police station within three days.\n(5) A person who is convicted of an offence under this section is liable on summary\nconviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and the court may order that the\nperson be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence for such\nperiod not exceeding twelve months as the court thinks fit.\n\nSection 70\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 52\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n70.\nSeat belts\n70. (1) The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or\npermitted to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, in\nrelation to the need for persons who are driving or riding in vehicles on a road\nto wear seat belts and, in particular, regulations may provide for \u2014\n(a)\ndifferent provisions in relation to different categories of vehicles, different\ndescriptions of persons and different circumstances;\n(b) exceptions for \u2014\n(i)\nthe users of vehicles constructed or adapted for the delivery of goods\nor mail to consumers or addresses while engaged in making local\nrounds of deliveries;\n(ii) the drivers of vehicles while performing a manoeuvre which includes\nreversing; and\n(iii) persons holding a valid certificate signed by a medical practitioner to\nthe effect that it is inadvisable on medical grounds for that person to\nwear a seat belt;\n(c)\nexceptions subject to conditions; and\n(d) cases in which a fee may be charged on an application for any certificate\nrequired as a condition of an exception.\n(2) A person who drives or rides in a vehicle in contravention of regulations made\nunder subsection (1) commits an offence, but notwithstanding any enactment or\nrule of law, no person other than the person actually committing the\ncontravention commits an offence by reason of the contravention.\n(3) If the holder of a certificate referred to in subsection (1)(b)(iii) is informed by a\nconstable that that person may be prosecuted for an offence under\nsubsection (2), that person is not, in proceedings for that offence, entitled to rely\non the exception afforded to that person by the certificate unless it is produced\nto the constable at the time that person is so informed.\n71.\nSeatbelts for children under fourteen years of age\n71. The Cabinet may make regulations relating to the wearing of seatbelts by children\nunder the age of fourteen years.\n72.\nWearing of protective headgear and penalty for contravention\n72. (1) The Cabinet may make regulations requiring, subject to such exemptions as may\nbe specified in the regulations, persons driving or riding on motor cycles,\nmopeds, motor scooters of any group specified in the regulations to wear\nprotective headgear of such description as may be so specified.\n(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may make different provisions in relation to\ndifferent circumstances.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 73\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 53\n\n(3) A person who contravenes regulations made under this section commits an\noffence and is liable upon summary conviction to a fine of eight hundred dollars\nor to imprisonment for a term of eight months, or to both.\n73.\nDuty to stop and furnish particulars in case of accident\n73. (1) Subsections (2), (3) and (4) apply where, owing to the presence of a vehicle on\na road, an accident occurs by which \u2014\n(a)\npersonal injury is caused to a person other than the driver of that vehicle; or\n(b) damage is caused \u2014\n(i)\nto a vehicle other than the vehicle or a trailer drawn by that vehicle;\n(ii) to an animal other than an animal in or on that vehicle or a trailer\ndrawn by that vehicle; or\n(iii) to any other property constructed on, fixed to, growing in, or\notherwise forming part of, the land on which the road in question is\nsituated or land adjacent to such land.\n(2) The driver of the vehicle referred to in subsection (1) shall stop and, if required\nto do so by any person having reasonable grounds for so requiring, give that\nperson\u2019s name, address and date of birth, the registration number of the vehicle,\nthe name and address of the owner and the name of the insurance company with\nwhich the owner of the vehicle is insured.\n(3) If the driver of the vehicle does not give the particulars referred to in\nsubsection (2), that driver shall report the accident at a police station or to a\nconstable as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case within twenty-four\nhours of the occurrence of the accident.\n(4) A person who fails to comply with subsection (2) or (3) commits an offence and\nis liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to\nimprisonment for twelve months, or to both, and the court may order that such\nperson be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence for such\nperiod as the court thinks fit but in any event the court shall order that the\nparticulars of the offence be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record.\n(5) Subsections (6) and (7) apply in a case where, owing to the presence of a vehicle\non a road, an accident occurs \u2014\n(a)\nby which personal injury is caused to a person other than the driver of that\nvehicle;\n(b) which involves no other vehicle;\n(c)\nin respect of which a party involved in the accident \u2014\n(i)\nalleges that an offence has or might have been committed; or\n(ii) expresses a desire to have a police report; or\n\nSection 74\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 54\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(d) in which damage is caused to a vehicle rendering it unusable or not\nroadworthy.\n(6) The vehicle shall not be moved from the position where it first stopped unless\nby the direction of a constable, other than a constable involved in the accident,\nor in the case of an emergency.\n(7) The driver of the vehicle shall remain at the scene of the accident until released\nby a constable, unless in the case of an emergency, including a need for\nimmediate medical attention or if the site is not safe.\n(8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, where there has been an\naccident but there is no injury to a person, all parties may agree not to call the\npolice or remain at the scene of the accident but each party shall report the\naccident to the police within twenty-four hours.\n74.\nPolice evidence in case of accident\n74. (1) A sketch made by a constable of the scene of an accident shall be received as\nevidence in criminal or civil proceedings relating to that accident.\n(2) The Cabinet may make regulations providing for \u2014\n(a)\nthe form and contents of a sketch referred to in subsection (1); and\n(b) the supply, upon payment of the prescribed fee, of copies of the sketch to\na person having an interest in the outcome of criminal or civil proceedings\nlikely to arise out of the accident.\n75.\nCausing death by dangerous or reckless driving\n75. (1) A person who drives a vehicle on a road dangerously or recklessly, having\nregard to the manner of driving or to the defective condition of the vehicle, and\nby so doing causes the death of another person commits an offence.\n(2) A constable may arrest without warrant a person whom that constable has\nreasonable grounds to believe has committed an offence under subsection (1).\n(3) An offence under subsection (1) is triable on indictment, and upon conviction\nthe offender is liable to imprisonment for ten years and, in addition, shall,\nwithout an order by the court, automatically be disqualified from holding or\nobtaining a driver\u2019s licence for a term of five years or such longer period as the\ncourt may order.\n(4) The period of disqualification runs from the date of conviction or the expiration\nof a sentence of imprisonment, as the court may direct, and the particulars of the\noffence shall be endorsed on the driver\u2019s driving record.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 76\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 55\n\n76.\nDangerous or reckless driving\n76. A person who drives a vehicle or animal on a road dangerously or recklessly, or at a\nspeed or in a manner or in a condition which is dangerous to the public, having regard\nto all the circumstances of the case, including the nature, condition and use of the\nroad or place and the amount of traffic which is actually at the time, or which might\nreasonably be expected to be, on the road or place commits an offence and is liable \u2014\n(a)\non summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to\nimprisonment for one year, or to both, and in addition \u2014\n(i)\nshall, without an order by the court, automatically be disqualified\nfrom holding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence for twelve months or\nsuch longer period as the court may order, the period of\ndisqualification to run from the date of conviction or the expiration\nof the sentence of imprisonment, as the court may order; and\n(ii) the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s\ndriving record; and\n(b) upon conviction on indictment, to a fine of three thousand dollars or to\nimprisonment for a term of two years, or to both, and in addition \u2014\n(i)\nshall, without an order by a court, automatically be disqualified for\ntwo years or such longer period as the court may order, from holding\nor obtaining a driver\u2019s licence or driving a vehicle on the road, the\nperiod of disqualification to run from the date of conviction or the\nexpiration of the sentence of imprisonment, as the court may order;\nand\n(ii) the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s\ndriving record.\n77.\nCareless or inconsiderate driving\n77. (1) A person who drives a vehicle or animal on a road without care and attention,\nor without reasonable consideration for other persons, commits an offence and\nis liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to\nimprisonment for a term of six months, or to both.\n(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1), the court may\norder that that person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver\u2019s\nlicence for such period not exceeding twelve months as the court may order and\nthe particulars of the conviction shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving\nrecord.\n\nSection 77A\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 56\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n77A. Dangerous, careless, reckless or anti-social, driving of motorcycles or\nmopeds82\n77A. (1) A constable shall have the powers set out in subsection (2) where the constable\nhas reasonable grounds for believing that a motorcycle or moped is being used,\nor was on any occasion used, in a manner that \u2014\n(a)\ncontravenes section 76 or 77; or\n(b) causes or is likely to cause alarm, distress or annoyance to members of the\npublic.\n(2) The constable\u2019s powers are \u2014\n(a)\npower, if the motorcycle or moped is moving, to order the person driving\nit to stop the motorcycle or moped;\n(b) if the constable is satisfied that it is reasonably necessary to do so in order\nto prevent the motorcycle or moped from being used again in a manner\ndescribed in subsection (1)(a) or (b), power to seize the motorcycle or\nmoped; and\n(c)\nif the constable has reasonable grounds to believe that the motorcycle or\nmoped is located on any premises (other than a private dwelling house),\npower to enter those premises for the purpose of exercising a power in\nparagraph (a) or (b).\n(3) In the circumstances described in subsection (2)(c), a constable may enter land\nappurtenant to a private dwelling house or a garage or other structure attached\nto a private dwelling house for the purposes set out in subsection (2).\n(4) A constable may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of the powers\nin subsection (2).\n(5) A person who does not comply with an order under subsection (2)(a) to stop a\nmotorcycle or moped, commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction,\nto a fine of two thousand five hundred dollars.\n(6) A constable may, without warrant, arrest a person whom the constable has\nreasonable grounds to believe has committed an offence under subsection (5).\n78.\nRestriction on use of mobile telephones and other hand-held devices83\n78. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) a driver shall not hold or use a mobile\ntelephone or other hand-held device while that driver is operating a vehicle.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to \u2014\n(a)  a constable on duty;\n(b)  a driver using a mobile telephone or other hand-held device to make a 911\ncall in an emergency when it is unsafe or impractical to stop and park the\nvehicle in order to make the emergency call;\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 78\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 57\n\n(c)  a driver who holds or uses a mobile telephone or other handheld device\nthat \u2014\n(i)  is secured in a mounting affixed to the vehicle while the mobile\ntelephone or other hand-held device is being used; and\n(ii)  does not require the pressing of more than one button on the mobile\ntelephone or other hand-held device to make, receive or terminate a\ntelephone call;\n(d)  a driver who holds or uses a mobile telephone or other handheld device\nthat \u2014\n(i)  is not secured in a mounting affixed to the vehicle; but\n(ii)  does not require the driver to hold, or to manipulate, the mobile\ntelephone or other hand-held device in order to make, receive or\nterminate a telephone call; or\n(e)  a driver who holds or uses a mobile telephone or other handheld device\nwhen the vehicle that the driver is operating has stopped, having been\nremoved from the normal flow of traffic.\n(3)  For the purposes of subsection (2)(e), a vehicle that has stopped in obedience to\na traffic sign or traffic signal while awaiting circumstances to develop which\nwould allow it to proceed or while awaiting the traffic signal to change shall not\nbe considered to have been removed from the normal flow of traffic.\n(4)  A hand-held device referred to in this section is a device, other than a two-way\nradio, which is capable of transmitting and receiving data, whether or not those\ncapabilities are enabled.\n(5)  In this section \u2014\n(a)  using a mobile telephone or other hand-held device includes the\nfollowing \u2014\n(i)  illuminating the screen;\n(ii)  checking the time;\n(iii)  checking notifications;\n(iv)  unlocking the device;\n(v)  making, receiving, or rejecting a telephone or internetbased call;\n(vi)  sending, receiving or uploading oral or written content;\n(vii)  sending, receiving or uploading a photo or video;\n(viii) utilising camera, video, or sound recording functionality;\n(ix)  drafting any text;\n(x) accessing any stored data such as documents, books, audio files,\nphotos, videos, films, playlists, notes or messages;\n(xi)  accessing an application; and\n\nSection 79\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 58\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(xii)  accessing the internet; and\n(b)  \u201can application\u201d means a software programme that runs through a web\nbrowser or offline on a mobile telephone or other device.\n(6)  A person who contravenes this section commits an offence.\n79.\nCausing death by careless driving or inconsiderate driving\n79. (1) A person who drives a vehicle or animal on a road without care and attention,\nor without reasonable consideration for other persons, and by so doing causes\nthe death of another person commits an offence.\n(2) A constable may arrest without warrant a person whom that constable has\nreasonable grounds to believe has committed an offence under subsection (1).\n(3) An offence under subsection (1) is triable only on indictment and upon\nconviction the offender is liable to a fine of ten thousand dollars or to\nimprisonment for a term of seven years or, to both, and, in addition \u2014\n(a)\nshall, without an order by a court, automatically be disqualified from\nholding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence for at least three years, the period\nof disqualification to run from the expiration of a sentence of\nimprisonment, as the court may order; and\n(b) the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving\nrecord.\n80.\nCausing death by driving: unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers\n80. (1) A person commits an offence under this section if that person causes the death\nof another person by driving a vehicle on a road and, at the time when that\nperson is driving, the circumstances are such that that person is committing \u2014\n(a)\nan offence relating to driving other than in accordance with a licence issued\nunder this Act;\n(b) an offence relating to driving while disqualified by or under this Act; or\n(c)\nan offence relating to driving a vehicle while uninsured or unsecured\nagainst third party risks as may be required by this or any other Law.\n(2) A constable may arrest without warrant a person whom that constable has\nreasonable grounds to believe has committed an offence under subsection (1).\n(3) An offence under subsection (1) is triable only on indictment and upon\nconviction the offender is liable to a fine of ten thousand dollars or to\nimprisonment for seven years, or to both, and, in addition \u2014\n(a)\nshall, without an order by a court, be automatically disqualified from\nholding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence for at least three years, the period\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 81\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 59\n\nof disqualification to run from the expiration of a sentence of\nimprisonment, as the court may order; and\n(b) the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving\nrecord.\n81.\nPerson charged with certain offences may be convicted of a lesser offence\n81. A person who is, before any court, indicted or charged with \u2014\n(a)\nmanslaughter in connection with the use of a vehicle, may be convicted of\nan offence under section 75, 76 or 79;\n(b) an offence under section 75, may be convicted of an offence under\nsection 76; or\n(c)\nan offence under section 76, may be convicted of an offence under\nsection 77.\n82.\nDriving or supervising under the influence of alcohol or drugs\n82. (1) A person who \u2014\n(a)\ndrives or attempts to drive a vehicle on a road; or\n(b) is in charge of a vehicle on a road,\nwhile that person \u2014\n(i)\nis under the influence of alcohol or drugs to such an extent that that\nperson\u2019s efficiency as a driver is impaired;\n(ii) has consumed alcohol in such a quantity that the proportion of it in\nthat person\u2019s breath, blood or urine exceeds the prescribed limit; or\n(iii) has consumed illegal drugs so that when tested drugs are shown in\nthat person\u2019s blood,\ncommits an offence.\n(2) A person who is supervising a learner driver and who, had that person been the\ndriver, would have contravened subsection (1) also commits an offence.\n(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on\nsummary conviction \u2014\n(a)\non a first offence, to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for\nsix months, or to both;\n(b) on a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of two thousand dollars and\nto imprisonment for twelve months, or to both; and\n(c)\nin addition, on a first or any subsequent offence, to disqualification from\ndriving for a period of twelve months or such longer period as the court\nmay order.\n\nSection 83\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 60\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(4) A constable may arrest a person without warrant if that person has reasonable\ncause to suspect that that person is or has been committing an offence under this\nsection.\n(5) The particulars of a conviction under this section shall be endorsed on the\ndriving record of the convicted person.\n83.\nDriving or being in charge of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol\nor drugs and causing death\n83. (1) A person who \u2014\n(a)\nhas consumed alcohol in such a quantity that the proportion of alcohol in\nthat person\u2019s breath, blood or urine exceeds the prescribed limit; or\n(b) is unfit to drive through the consumption of alcohol or drugs, whether or\nnot that person has consumed alcohol in excess of the prescribed limit,\nand who drives or attempts to drive a vehicle on a road, or is in charge of a\nvehicle on a road, and by so doing causes the death of another person, commits\nan offence.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on conviction\non indictment to imprisonment for a term of ten years and shall be disqualified\nfrom driving for a period of five years or such longer period as the court may\norder or to a fine of five thousand dollars or both.\n(3) Where a constable has reasonable cause to suspect that a person is or has been\ncommitting an offence under this section, that constable may arrest that person\nwithout warrant.\n(4) The particulars of a conviction under this section shall be endorsed on the\ndriving record of the convicted person.\n84.\nBreath tests\n84. (1) Where a constable has reasonable cause to suspect \u2014\n(a)\nthat a person who is supervising a learner driver of a vehicle on a road has\nconsumed alcohol and the learner driver, while under that person\u2019s\nsupervision, committed a traffic offence while the vehicle was in motion;\n(b) that a person driving or attempting to drive or who is in charge of a vehicle\non a road has consumed alcohol and committed a traffic offence while the\nvehicle was in motion;\n(c)\nthat a person has been driving or attempting to drive or has been in charge\nof a vehicle on a road or has been supervising a learner driver of a vehicle\non a road after consuming alcohol;\n(d) that a person has been driving or attempting to drive or has been in charge\nof a vehicle on a road and committed a traffic offence while the vehicle\nwas in motion; or\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 84\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 61\n\n(e)\nthat a person is supervising a learner driver of a vehicle on a road and that\nthe learner driver, while under that person\u2019s supervision, committed a\ntraffic offence while the vehicle was in motion,\nthat constable may, subject to section 86, request that person to provide a\nspecimen of breath for a breath test by a portable alcohol-in-breath measuring\ndevice.\n(2) Where an accident occurs owing to the presence of a vehicle on a road, a\nconstable may, subject to section 86, request a person whom that constable has\nreasonable cause to believe \u2014\n(a)\nwas driving;\n(b) was in charge of the vehicle; or\n(c)\nwas supervising a learner driver of the vehicle,\nat the time of the accident, to provide a specimen of breath for a breath test by\na portable alcohol-in-breath measuring device.\n(3) A person may be requested under subsection (1) or (2) to provide a specimen\neither at or near the place where the request is made.\n(4) A constable shall, on requiring a person to provide a breath test under this\nsection, warn that person that a failure to provide the breath test may render that\nperson liable to prosecution.\n(5) A person who, without reasonable cause, fails to provide a specimen of breath\nwhen requested to do so under this section, commits an offence and is liable on\nsummary conviction \u2014\n(a)\non a first offence, to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for\na term of six months, or to both;\n(b) on a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of two thousand dollars or to\nimprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both; and\n(c)\nin addition, on a first or subsequent offence, to disqualification from\ndriving for a period of twelve months or such longer period as the court\nmay order.\n(6) A constable may arrest without a warrant a person whom that constable has\nreasonable cause to believe has committed an offence under subsection (5).\n(7) A constable may arrest a person without a warrant if, as a result of a breath test\ntaken under this section, that constable has reasonable cause to suspect that the\nproportion of alcohol in that person\u2019s breath or blood exceeds the prescribed\nlimit.\n\nSection 85\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 62\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n85.\nProvision of specimens for analysis\n85. (1) A person who has been arrested for an offence under section 82, 83 or 84 shall,\nwhile at a police station, be requested to \u2014\n(a)\nprovide a specimen of breath for analysis by means of an alcohol-in-breath\nmeasuring device; or\n(b) a specimen of blood, or one or more specimens of urine, for a\nlaboratory test.\n(2) If a constable has reasonable cause to suspect that a person\u2019s ability to drive\nproperly was, or might have been, impaired through drugs that constable may,\nwith the consent of the officer in charge of the police station, request that person\nto provide a specimen of blood or urine under subsection (1)(b) notwithstanding\nthat that person has, in respect of the same arrest, been requested to and has\nprovided a specimen of breath under that subsection.\n(3) A request under this section to provide a specimen of blood or urine can only be\nmade at a police station or a hospital, but in the case of a hospital it can be made\nthere only if \u2014\n(a)\nthe constable considering whether to make the request has reasonable\ncause to believe that, for medical reasons, a specimen of breath cannot be\nprovided or should not be requested at the police station;\n(b) at the time the constable is considering making the request, a device or a\nreliable alcohol-in-breath device either is not available at the police station\nor it is at that time for any other reason not practicable to use such a device\nthere; or\n(c)\nthe constable considering to make the request has been advised by a\nmedical practitioner that the condition of the person requested to provide\nthe specimen might be due to some drug.\n(4) A request under subsection (3) may be made notwithstanding that the person\nrequested to provide the specimen has already provided or been requested to\nprovide two specimens of breath.\n(5) If the provision of a specimen other than a specimen of breath is requested under\nthis section, the question whether it is to be a specimen of blood or a specimen\nof urine shall be decided by the constable making the request.\n(6) The constable operating an alcohol-in-breath measuring device shall do so in\nthe presence of another constable.\n(7) A certificate signed by the constable operating the alcohol-in-breath measuring\ndevice as to the result of the breath test and countersigned by the constable in\nwhose presence it was made shall be received in evidence in a court and be\nevidence of the proportion of alcohol in the breath.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 86\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 63\n\n(8) A constable, on requesting a person to provide a specimen under this section\nshall warn that person that a failure to provide the specimen shall render that\nperson liable to prosecution.\n(9) A person who, without reasonable cause, fails to provide a specimen when\nrequested to do so under this section commits an offence and is liable on\nsummary conviction \u2014\n(a)\non a first offence, to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for\na term of six months, or to both;\n(b) on a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of two thousand dollars or to\nimprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both; and\n(c)\nin addition, on a first or subsequent offence, to disqualification from\ndriving for a period of twelve months or such longer period as the court\nmay order,\nand the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on the driving record of the\nconvicted person.\n(10) The constable requiring a person to provide a specimen of blood or urine under\nsubsection (1)(b) for a laboratory test shall, if requested by that person, supply\nto that person in a clean and suitable container, part of the specimen, or, in the\ncase of a specimen of blood which it is not practicable to divide, another\nspecimen which that person may consent to being taken.\n(11) The laboratory test referred to in subsection (1)(b) shall be carried out by or\nunder the supervision of a government medical officer or such other person as\nmay be authorised by the Chief Medical Officer, and a certificate signed by such\nofficer shall be received in evidence in any court and shall be evidence of the\nproportion of alcohol in the blood.\n(12) A specimen of urine shall be provided within one hour of the request that it be\nprovided is made and after a previous specimen of urine has been provided.\n86.\nProtection for hospital patients\n86. (1) While a person is a patient at a hospital that person shall not be requested to\nprovide a specimen of breath for a breath test or to provide a specimen for a\nlaboratory test unless the medical practitioner in immediate charge of that\nperson has been notified of the proposal to make the request and \u2014\n(a)\nif the request is then made, it shall be for the provision of a specimen at\nthe hospital; but\n(b) if the medical practitioner objects on the ground specified in\nsubsection (2), the request shall not be made.\n(2) The ground on which the medical practitioner may object is that the request or\nthe provision of a specimen, or in the case of a specimen of blood or urine, the\n\nSection 87\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 64\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nrequest under section 84, would be prejudicial to the proper care and treatment\nof the patient.\n87.\nRetention of vehicles\n87. Where a person has been charged with an offence under section 82 or 83, the\nCommissioner may retain at a vehicle pound or police station a vehicle used in the\ncommission of the offence for \u2014\n(a)\neighteen hours;\n(b) until it appears to a constable that, were the person at the time driving or\nattempting to drive a vehicle on a road, that person would not be\ncommitting an offence under section 82; or\n(c)\nfor such period as the Commissioner may, in the Commissioner\u2019s\ndiscretion, direct,\nwhichever period is the longest.\n88.\nInterpretation of sections 82 to 87\n88. (1) In sections 82 to 87 \u2014\n\u201cbreath test\u201d means a test for the purpose of obtaining measurement of the\nproportion of alcohol in a person\u2019s breath by means of an alcohol-in-breath\nmeasuring device or by a portable alcohol-in-breath measuring device;\n\u201cfail\u201d includes refuse;\n\u201chospital\u201d means an institution which provides medical or surgical treatment\nfor in-patients or out-patients;\n\u201cmedical practitioner\u201d means a medical doctor registered under Schedule 4 of\nthe Health Practice Act (2026 Revision);84 and\n\u201ctest\u201d means the analysis of a specimen provided for the purpose.\n(2) A person does not provide a specimen of urine or blood for analysis unless the\nspecimen \u2014\n(a)\nis sufficient to enable the test or the analysis to be carried out; and\n(b) is provided in such a way as to enable the objective of the test of analysis\nto be satisfactorily achieved.\n(3) A person provides a specimen of blood only if that person consents to it being\ntaken by a medical practitioner and it is so taken.\n89.\nObtaining licence, or driving while disqualified\n89. (1) A person who drives or attempts to drive or obtains or attempts to obtain a\nlicence while under a period of disqualification commits an offence and is liable\non summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for\na term of one year, and \u2014\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 90\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 65\n\n(a)\nshall be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver\u2019s licence for a\nperiod of twenty-four months or such longer period as the court may order,\nthe period to run from the date of conviction or the expiration of any\nsentence of imprisonment, as the court may order; and\n(b) the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on that person\u2019s driving\nrecord.\n(2) A constable may arrest, without warrant, a person driving or attempting to drive\na vehicle on a road whom that constable has reasonable cause to suspect of being\ndisqualified.\n90.\nUnlawful use of vehicles\n90. (1) A person who takes and drives away a vehicle without having the consent of the\nowner or other lawful authority commits an offence unless that person can show,\nthe onus being upon that person, that that person acted in the reasonable belief\nthat the owner would, in the circumstances of the case, have given their consent\nif the owner had been asked and, if convicted, in addition to any other penalty\nordered by the court, the particulars of the conviction shall be endorsed on that\nperson\u2019s driving record.\n(2) A person who or knowingly travels in or on a vehicle taken and driven in\ncontravention of subsection (1) also commits an offence and is liable to the same\npenalty unless that person can show, the onus being upon that person, that that\nperson acted in the reasonable belief that the owner would, in the circumstances\nof the case, have given that owner\u2019s consent to the driver if the owner had been\nasked, but, even if convicted, the particulars of the conviction shall not be\nendorsed on that person\u2019s driving record even if that person happens to be a\nlicensed driver.\n(3) A constable may arrest without warrant a person that constable reasonably\nsuspects of having committed or attempted to commit an offence under\nsubsection (1).\n91.\nMotor racing on roads\n91. (1) A person who promotes or takes part in a race or trial of speed between vehicles\non a road commits an offence and a person convicted of such offence shall, in\naddition to any other penalty imposed under this Act, have the particulars of the\noffence endorsed on that person\u2019s driving record.\n(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and section 92, the Commissioner may\nauthorise the holding of meetings for the racing, testing and competing of\ndrivers and vehicles in sporting and other events within such areas and under\nsuch conditions and such safeguards as the Commissioner may order in writing.\n92.\nSpeed limit offences\n92. (1) A person who drives on a road a vehicle other than an emergency vehicle \u2014\n\nSection 92\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 66\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(a)\nat a speed in excess of the maximum speed prescribed for the Islands\ngenerally or for the place where such vehicle is driven;\n(b) at a speed in excess of the maximum speed prescribed for the class to\nwhich the vehicle belongs; or\n(c)\nat a speed in excess of the maximum speed posted for that road works,\nschool zone, road block or barrier as it relates to section 116, 117 or 118,\ncommits an offence and is punishable under section 94 but where a person is\nconvicted of an offence and was, at the time of commission of the offence,\ndriving a vehicle at a speed in excess of twice the maximum speed prescribed\nthat person shall, in addition \u2014\n(i)\nwithout an order by a court, be automatically disqualified from\ndriving for six months, or such longer period as the court may order,\nthe period to run from the date of conviction or the expiration of a\nsentence of imprisonment, as the court may order; and\n(ii) have the particulars of the offence endorsed on that person\u2019s driving\nrecord.\n(2) Without prohibiting the use by any other method by which the speed of a vehicle\nmay be measured or assessed for the purpose of providing evidence of speed, a\ncourt may reach a conclusion as to the speed at which a vehicle was travelling\nat a particular time and place from the evidence of a constable as to facts\nascertained from the reading of a speedometer over a distance of at least three\nhundred yards or a single radar speed meter reading made by a constable.\n(3) A person who keeps or carries in a vehicle a device or thing, not being part of\nthe normal equipment of that vehicle, which is capable of \u2014\n(a)\ndetecting the presence of a radar speed meter; or\n(b) impeding, balking or frustrating the purpose of the radar meter or the\nmechanical or efficient running of any police equipment or vehicle,\ncommits an offence and on conviction shall, in addition to any other penalty\nimposed under this Act, have the particulars of that offence endorsed on that\nperson\u2019s driving record.\n(4) For the purpose of subsections (2) and (3), a radar speed meter includes any\nautomated electronic or other speed measuring device approved by the\nCommissioner in writing and published by notification in the Gazette.\n(5) No person may drive a vehicle other than an emergency vehicle anywhere in the\nIslands at a speed in excess of fifty miles per hour, irrespective of whether or\nnot a traffic speed limit sign is displayed at the place where such vehicle is being\ndriven.\n(6) The maximum speed at which an invalid carriage, oversize vehicle, school\nvehicle or special vehicle may be driven shall be fixed by the Commissioner in\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 93\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 67\n\neach case and such speed limit shall be displayed on each such vehicle in such\nmanner as may be prescribed by regulations.\n93.\nTicket offences\n93. A person who does any of the following commits an offence and is punishable under\nsection 138 \u2014\n(a)\nuses, without its prescribed registration plates, a vehicle for which\nregistration is required under this Act;\n(b) holds on to a vehicle on a road for the purpose of being towed by it;\n(c)\nthrows an object at a vehicle or a person in a vehicle;\n(d) throws an object from a vehicle while the vehicle is in motion on a road;\n(e)\nuses a vehicle designed to be used with a silencer, without a silencer or\nwith a silencer that is in an unsound condition;\n(f)\nuses a vehicle with its engine in such a condition that it gives out excessive\nor obnoxious smoke, fumes, noise or odour;\n(g) uses a horn or other audible warning device on a vehicle excessively or in\nsuch a way as to cause unnecessary discomfort to another person;\n(h) uses a spotlight or flashing headlights in such away as to endanger or\ndazzle another person;\n(i)\nobstructs or fails to give way to an emergency vehicle;\n(j)\nfails to give ample clearance to a school vehicle or overtakes such vehicle\nwhile it is engaged in setting down or picking up passengers;\n(k) leaves a vehicle unattended with the engine running;\n(l)\nbrings or drives a vehicle, other than an invalid carriage, on to a beach or\nother place intended for the exclusive use of pedestrians unless specially\nauthorised by the Commissioner;\n(m) parks a vehicle other than a pedal cycle at night on the carriageway of a\nroad unless that vehicle has its rear lights and, in the case of a vehicle other\nthan a motorcycle, its side lights illuminated;\n(n) being the owner or person in control of a vehicle, causes or permits it to\nstand or lie on a road or footpath so as to cause unnecessary obstruction or\ndanger to persons using the road or footpath;\n(o) uses or keeps on a road a vehicle required to be licensed under this Act;\n(p) is in breach of construction and use regulations;\n(q) is in breach of that person\u2019s duties as a driver under section 68;\n(r)\nparks a vehicle other than a taxi or omnibus in a taxi rank;\n(s)\nfails to give way to a pedestrian making use of a pedestrian crossing;\n(t)\nparks or loads a vehicle on a road in contravention of section 108; or\n\nSection 94\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 68\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(u) parks a vehicle within forty-five feet of the approach to a pedestrian\ncrossing designated under section 110;\n(v) parks or loads a vehicle where there is a yellow line on the roadside or at\nthe road centre;\n(w) carries an unauthorised pillion passenger on a motor cycle for which the\ndriver has only a provisional licence or on a pedal cycle;\n(x) drives a vehicle with a load which overhangs the vehicle or which is\ncarried on the vehicle in a manner which is likely to cause danger to other\nroad users;\n(y) tows a vehicle in a manner which is likely to cause danger to other road\nusers;\n(z)\nfails to wear a seat belt contrary to regulations made under Part 7;\n(aa) drives or parks a vehicle or causes an obstruction or uses a badge contrary\nto section 119;\n(bb) rides a motor cycle without a crash helmet;\n(cc) uses or keeps a vehicle without displaying on the vehicle in the prescribed\nmanner a valid vehicle licence;\n(cca) fails to display a registration plate on the front and back of the exterior part\nof the vehicle in the prescribed manner;85\n(ccb) have at the same time two or more different registration plates on the same\nprescribed place of a vehicle;86\n(ccc) displays different registration plates on the front and back of a vehicle;87\n(ccd) fails to display a vehicle licence or coupon on a vehicle;88\n(cce) uses or operates a compression release engine brake, compression brake,\ndecompression brake or such other type of braking device for any purpose\nother than as an emergency braking device for a vehicle or for a purpose\nthat is not part of the safe operation of a vehicle;89 or\n(dd) contravenes section 78.\n94.\nTicket procedure\n94. (1) When an offence appears to have been committed contrary to section  53(2),\n70(3), 72, 92(1), 93 or such other sections as may be prescribed by the Cabinet\nby regulations, a constable or a person authorised by the Commissioner may\nserve on the alleged offender a traffic ticket in the form determined by the\nCommissioner.90\n(2) If the offender wants to plead guilty that person shall pay such ticket in\naccordance with the prescribed procedure.91\n(3) Where a constable or person authorised by the Commissioner has reason to\nbelieve in the case of a stationary vehicle that an offence under section 93 is\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 95\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 69\n\nbeing or has on that occasion been committed in respect of it, that constable may\naffix a traffic ticket in respect of the offence to the vehicle.\n(4) A person who removes or interferes with a ticket fixed to a vehicle under\nsubsection (1) commits an offence, unless that person does so by or under the\nauthority of the driver or person in charge of the vehicle or the person liable for\nthe offence in question.\n95.\nService of notice if fine is not paid\n95. (1) This section applies where a traffic ticket relating to an offence has been fixed\nto a vehicle under section 94.\n(2) Subject to subsection (3), if, at the end of the suspended period of enforcement\nwith respect to a ticketing offence, the prescribed fine has not been paid in\naccordance with this Act or the regulations, a notice under this section may be\nserved by the Commissioner on a person who appears to that Commissioner to\nbe the owner of the vehicle.\n(3) A \u201cnotice to owner\u201d, shall \u2014\n(a)\ngive particulars of the alleged offence and of the prescribed fine\nconcerned;\n(b) state the period allowed for response to the notice, which shall not be less\nthan twenty-one days from the date on which the notice is served; and\n(c)\nindicate that, if the prescribed fine is not paid before the end of that period,\nthe person on whom the notice is served is asked to provide before the end\nof that period to the Commissioner a statement of ownership in the\nprescribed form.\n(4) A person on whom a notice to owner is served may, before the end of the period\nallowed for response to the notice, either \u2014\n(a)\ngive notice requesting a hearing in respect of the offence; or\n(b) if \u2014\n(i)\nthat person was not the driver of the vehicle at the time of the alleged\noffence; and\n(ii) a person purporting to be the driver wishes to give notice requesting\na hearing in respect of the offence,\nprovide, together with the statement of ownership requested in that notice, a\nstatement of facts in the prescribed form, which shall operate as a notice given\nby the driver requesting a hearing in respect of the offence.\n(5) A person who, in response to a notice to owner, provides a statement which is\nfalse in a material particular and does so recklessly or knowing it to be false in\nthat particular commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine\nof five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term of three months, or to both.\n\nSection 96\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 70\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n96.\nEnforcement of proceedings against owner\n96. (1) This section applies where \u2014\n(a)\na traffic ticket relating to an offence has been fixed to a vehicle under\nsection 94;\n(b) a notice to owner relating to the offence has been served on a person; and\n(c)\nthe prescribed fine has not been paid in accordance with this Act before\nthe end of the period allowed for response to the notice to owner.\n(2) Subject to subsection (4), proceedings may be brought in respect of the offence\nagainst the person on whom the notice to owner was served.\n(3) If the person on whom the notice to owner was served \u2014\n(a)\nwas not the owner of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offence; and\n(b) provides a statement of ownership in the prescribed form to that effect in\nresponse to the notice before the end of the period allowed for response to\nthe notice,\nthat person is not liable in respect of an offence under this section.\n(4) Subject to subsection (5) \u2014\n(a)\nfor the purposes of the instituting of proceedings under subsection (2)\nagainst a person on whom a notice to owner has been served; and\n(b) in proceedings brought under that subsection against any such person,\nit shall be conclusively presumed, notwithstanding that that person may not be\nan individual, that that person was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the\nalleged offence and, accordingly, that acts or omissions of the driver of the\nvehicle at that time were that person\u2019s acts or omissions.\n(5) The presumption in subsection (4) does not apply in proceedings brought\nagainst a person under subsection (3) if, in those proceedings, it is proved that\nat the time of the alleged offence the vehicle was in the possession of some other\nperson without the consent of the accused.\n97.\nRental vehicles\n97. (1) This section applies where \u2014\n(a)\na notice to owner has been served on a vehicle-hire entity;\n(b) at the time of the alleged offence the vehicle in respect of which the notice\nto owner was served was let to another person by the vehicle-hire firm\nunder a hiring agreement; and\n(c)\nwithin the period allowed for response to the notice to owner the vehiclehire firm provides the Commissioner with the documents mentioned in\nsubsection (2).\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 98\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 71\n\n(2) The documents referred to in subsection (1) are a statement in the prescribed\nform stating that at the time of the alleged offence the vehicle concerned was\nhired under a hiring agreement, together with \u2014\n(a)\na copy of that hiring agreement; and\n(b) a copy of a statement of liability signed by the hirer under that hiring\nagreement.\n(3) Where this section applies, sections 95 and 96 have effect as if \u2014\n(a)\na reference to the owner of the vehicle were a reference to the hirer under\nthe hiring agreement; and\n(b) a reference to a prescribed statement of ownership were a reference to a\nprescribed statement of hiring,\nand accordingly references in this Part to a notice to owner include references\nto a notice served under section 95 as it applies by virtue of this section.\n(4) In this section \u201cstatement of liability\u201d means a statement made by the hirer\nunder a hiring agreement to the effect that the hirer acknowledges that that\nperson will be liable, as the owner of the vehicle \u2014\n(a)\nin respect of an offence which may be committed with respect to the\nvehicle during the currency of the hiring agreement; and\n(b) to give such information as may be prescribed.\n98.\nMiscellaneous offences\n98. A person who \u2014\n(a)\nwithout the permission of the owner, interferes with a vehicle or any of the\ncontrols or equipment, or an animal while saddled or in harness;\n(b) while using a road is in breach of that person\u2019s duty under section 67; or\n(c)\nuses, in or on or in connection with a vehicle other than an emergency\nvehicle, a loud hailer, megaphone, loudspeaker, broadcasting apparatus or\nsimilar device otherwise than in conformity with a written licence issued\nand signed by the Commissioner,\ncommits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one\nthousand dollars and to imprisonment for a period of six months, or to both.\n99.\nTrial of offences\n99. (1) An offence under this Act for which no mode of trial is specifically prescribed\nshall be tried summarily, but no summary court other than a court presided over\nby a magistrate may \u2014\n(a)\nendorse a driving record or disqualify a person from driving unless such\nendorsement or disqualification is mandatory; or\n\nSection 100\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 72\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(b) impose a sentence otherwise lawful under this Act which is in excess of\nthe general jurisdiction of such court.\n(2) A constable may, in any court of summary jurisdiction, exhibit informations and\nconduct prosecutions in any matter arising out of this Act.\n100. Driving record\n100. (1) The Director shall maintain, in respect of every person holding a licence, a\nrecord of all endorsements and periods of disqualification ordered by a court in\nrespect of offences against this Act.\n(2) The Clerk of the Court shall keep the Director informed of all endorsements and\nperiods of disqualification ordered by any court under this Act.\n(3) For the purpose of proceedings in a court \u2014\n(a)\nthe contents of a person\u2019s driving record shall be proof of the information\ncontained in it, unless the contrary is shown; and\n(b) extracts of a person\u2019s driving record purporting to be certified as such by\nthe Director shall be proof of the contents of the record, unless the contrary\nis shown.\n101. Effect of order of disqualification\n101. (1) Where a person is disqualified from driving by an order of a court, that order\nprohibits that person from \u2014\n(a)\ndriving a vehicle on a road; and\n(b) holding a licence in respect of any group of vehicle.\n(2) A holder of a licence in respect of whom an order of disqualification is made\nshall forthwith surrender the licence to the court, and the court shall cause that\nlicence to be forwarded to the Director for safe custody during the period of\ndisqualification.\n(3) A person who fails to surrender that person\u2019s licence to the court when required\nto do so under subsection (2) commits an offence.\n(4) If the court so orders, a person disqualified from driving by an order of a court\nmay be required, at the end of the period of disqualification, to take out a\nlearner\u2019s licence and after that pass or re-pass a driving test before again being\nlicensed to drive any group of vehicle.\n(5) Where a court has a discretion to disqualify a person from driving, it may,\ninstead of disqualification, order that a driver\u2019s licence be in abeyance until the\nperson concerned has taken out a learner\u2019s licence and after that passed or repassed a driving test.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 102\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 73\n\n102. Obligatory disqualification\n102. Where a person is charged with an offence involving obligatory disqualification, the\ncourt may order that person to be disqualified from driving until the court has dealt\nwith that person in respect of that offence, and the period of disqualification before\nthe offence is dealt with may, at the discretion of the court, be taken into account in\nsentencing the offender for the offence.\n103. Discretionary disqualification\n103. (1) A court shall when required by this Act and in any other case, subject to\nsection 99 and to subsection (2) of this section, may, in its discretion, instead of\nor in addition to any other punishment imposed under this Act, order that an\noffender under this Part be disqualified from driving vehicles for such period as\nthe court may think fit from the date of the conviction.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to offences under sections 70, 71 and 72.\n103A. Demerit points system\n103A.\nThe Cabinet may make regulations to provide for a demerit points system to\napply to such offences under this Act as are determined by the Cabinet and specified\nin the regulations, and to provide for all matters that are necessary to be prescribed\nfor giving effect to such system.92\n104. Power to suspend order\n104. (1) A court which makes an order disqualifying a person from driving may, if it\nthinks fit, suspend the disqualification pending an appeal against the order.\n(2) Where a person appeals against an order of a court disqualifying that person\nfrom driving and the disqualification is suspended under subsection (1), the\nperiod of disqualification shall be treated as beginning on the day on which the\ndisqualification ceases to be suspended.\n105. Endorsement of driving record and effect\n105. (1) A court shall, when required by this Act, and subject to section 99, may at its\ndiscretion in any other case, instead of or in addition to any other punishment\nimposed under this Act, where the offender is the holder of a licence, order that\nthe offender\u2019s driving record be endorsed with the date and particulars of the\noffence of which such offender has been convicted.\n(2) Where an offender has been served with a traffic ticket under section 94 for an\noffence involving obligatory endorsement under this Act, the offender\u2019s driving\nrecord may be endorsed in accordance with subsection (3) without any order of\na court.\n(3) On payment of the fine stated on the traffic ticket before the end of the\nsuspended period of enforcement, the Clerk of the Court shall notify the Director\n\nSection 106\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 74\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nof the offender\u2019s name and the date and particulars of the offence, and the\nDirector shall cause the offender\u2019s driving record to be endorsed accordingly.\n(4) An endorsement made on a person\u2019s driving record under subsection (3) shall\nbe treated as if it had been made pursuant to an order of the court.\n(5) A holder of a licence whose driving record has been endorsed on more than two\noccasions with offences committed during a consecutive period of three years\nfrom the first endorsement \u2014\n(a)\nshall be disqualified from driving vehicles as from the date of the third\nendorsement for such period as the court may order; and\n(b) the court causing the third endorsement to be entered shall cause the Clerk\nof the Court to forward the offender\u2019s driver\u2019s licence to the Director who\nshall retain it until the owner ceases to be disqualified from driving by\nvirtue of this section.\n106. Regulations under this Part\n106. (1) The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or\npermitted to be prescribed by this Part, or are necessary or convenient to be\nprescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Part and, in particular, may\nmake regulations prescribing \u2014\n(a)\na road code, setting out a code of conduct to be adhered to by drivers of\nvehicles and by road users in general;\n(aa) the removal, retention, release and disposal of motorcycles or mopeds\nseized under section 77A;93\n(b) the form of traffic tickets to be served under section 94, and the fines\npayable;\n(c)\nthe forms of notice to owner, statement of ownership and statement of facts\nrequired under section 95;\n(d) the form of statement of hiring required under section 97(2);\n(e)\nthe form and manner of an application for a copy of a person\u2019s driving\nrecord, and the fee payable upon such application; and\n(f)\nthe maximum amount by way of fines which may be imposed upon\noffenders who are in breach of regulations.\n(2)94 Regulations made under paragraph (1)(aa) \u2014\n(a)\nmay in particular provide, in respect of a motorcycle or moped seized\nunder section 77A \u2014\n(i)\nfor the giving of notice of the seizure to a person who is the owner of\nthat motorcycle or moped or who appears to be its owner;\n(ii) for the procedure by which a person who claims to be the owner of\nthe motorcycle or moped may seek to have it released;\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 107\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 75\n\n(iii) for requiring the production of documents, including documents\nproving registration of the motorcycle or moped and insurance\ncoverage, by a person who claims to be the owner;\n(iv) for requiring the payment of fees, charges or costs in relation to the\nremoval and retention of the motorcycle or moped and to any\napplication for its release;\n(v) as to the circumstances in which the motorcycle or moped may be\ndisposed of;\n(vi) as to the destination of any fees or charges payable in accordance\nwith the Regulations and of the proceeds (if any) arising from the\ndisposal of the motorcycle or moped; and\n(vii) for the delivery of the motorcycle or moped to an authority\ndesignated by the Commissioner in circumstances prescribed by or\ndetermined in accordance with the Regulations; and\n(b) shall provide that a person who would otherwise be liable to pay any fee\nor charge under the Regulations shall not be liable to pay it if \u2014\n(i)\nthe use by reference to which the motorcycle or moped was seized\nwas not a use by that person; and\n(ii) the person did not know of the use of the motorcycle or moped in the\nmanner which led to its seizure, had not consented to its use in that\nmanner and could not, by taking reasonable steps, have prevented its\nuse in that manner.\nPART 8 - Control of Traffic\n107. Traffic Management Panel\n107. (1) There is by this provision established, for the purpose of advising the Cabinet\non road traffic matters, the Traffic Management Panel, which shall have the\npowers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on it by or under this or\nany other Law.\n(2) The Panel shall consist of \u2014\n(a)\nthe Director of Licensing;\n(b) the Commissioner;\n(c)\nthe Managing Director of the National Roads Authority appointed under\nsection 11 of the National Roads Authority Act (2016 Revision);\n(d) the Chief Officer of the Ministry responsible for roads; and\n(e)\none member selected from among persons living on Cayman Brac or Little\nCayman, such person to be appointed by the Cabinet and to hold office on\nsuch terms and conditions as the Cabinet may determine.\n\nSection 108\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 76\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(3) Where a member referred to in subsection (2)(a) to (d) is unable to attend a\nmeeting, that member may nominate a person from that member\u2019s institution to\nattend and that person shall, subject to the specific or general directions of the\nsubstantive member, be a member for the purpose of that meeting.\n(4) The Panel established under subsection (1) is a continuation of, and is the same\nas, the Traffic Management Panel established under the repealed Law.\n(5) A question or matter to be determined by the Panel shall be decided by the\nmajority vote of all the members.\n(6) The Cabinet may make regulations governing the procedure of the Panel.\n(7) Where a procedural matter is not regulated by this section or regulations made\nunder subsection (6), the Panel shall regulate its own procedure.\n(8) Without limiting the general power conferred by or under subsection (1), the\nPanel shall, in particular, advise the Cabinet of the matters specified in\nsections 108, 109, 110 and 111.\n108. Parking at yellow lines\n108. (1) To prevent congestion of traffic in certain areas, the Commissioner may provide\nfor the painting of yellow lines along the edge of the carriageway, parallel to the\nkerb, and subject to subsection (2), a person who parks a vehicle on such lines\nor between the road edge and the road centre where such lines are painted\ncommits an offence.\n(2) A person may park a goods vehicle along yellow lines for a period of up to\nfifteen minutes for the purpose of loading or unloading the vehicle, except in an\narea set aside for disabled parking or where there is a sign prohibiting the\nloading and unloading of a vehicle.\n(3) The Minister with the responsibility for roads may provide for the painting of\nthe carriageway, parallel to the kerb, and for the erection (adjacent to the\ncarriageway) of a plate of the prescribed form and design, giving details of the\nwaiting and loading restrictions applicable to that area, and a person who parks\na vehicle between the edge of the road and the road centre in contravention of\nwaiting or loading restrictions shown on a plate commits an offence.\n(4) A person who parks a vehicle in contravention of indications given under this\nsection commits an offence.\n(5) The Minister with the responsibility for roads may, by Notice published in the\nGazette, designate parking places on roads for vehicles driven by, or used for\nthe carriage of, disabled persons, and such parking places shall be demarcated\nby lines of a prescribed colour and measurement painted on the carriageway and\nby traffic signs of a prescribed form and design erected adjacent to the\ndesignated parking place.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 109\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 77\n\n(6) A person who parks a vehicle in contravention of indications given under this\nsection commits an offence.\n109. Taxi ranks\n109. (1) The Minister with the responsibility for roads may, after consultation with the\nMinistry with the responsibility for public transport, designate certain places for\nthe exclusive parking of taxis and certain places for the parking of omnibuses\nand cause such places to be marked as taxi ranks.\n(2) No person may park a vehicle in contravention of any indications given under\nsubsection (1) and a person who does commits an offence.\n110. Pedestrian crossings\n110. (1) The Minister charged with the responsibility for roads may designate road\ncrossings for use by pedestrians in priority to other road users.\n(2) Drivers of vehicles shall give way to pedestrians making use of pedestrian\ncrossings and no vehicle shall be parked within forty-five feet of either side of\nany such pedestrian crossings.\n(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence.\n111. Regulations under this Part\n111. The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing \u2014\n(a)\nspeed limits relating to particular roads and portions of roads;\n(b) the prohibition of the use of vehicles in more than one direction on\nspecified roads;\n(c)\nthe installation of traffic signals;\n(d) roads or parts of roads on which vehicles are prohibited from parking,\nwaiting or being driven;\n(e)\nspecial conditions for the use on the road of emergency vehicles and\ninvalid carriages, including rules for their driving and management of such\nvehicles;\n(f)\nspecial conditions for the use on the road of oversize vehicles, special\npurpose vehicles and special vehicles, including restrictions as to the\nroutes and times of use of such vehicles;95\n(g) the size, colour and type of traffic signs and traffic signals to be used in\nthe Islands; and\n(h) any other matters required to be prescribed under this Part.\n\nSection 112\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 78\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n112. School-crossing wardens\n112. (1) A person who is eighteen years of age or above may apply to the Commissioner\nto be a warden for the purpose of this section and the Commissioner may, if that\nCommissioner thinks fit, grant the application.\n(2) A warden shall be issued with a prescribed uniform which that warden shall\nwear when on duty.\n(3) A warden shall, in school zones, display a prescribed sign to require drivers of\nall vehicles to come to and remain at a halt and so provide a clear path for\npedestrians crossing or about to cross a road.\n113. Removal of vehicles to pound, etc\n113. (1) Where it appears to a constable that a vehicle has been \u2014\n(a)\nabandoned;\n(b) parked in an unlawful or unsafe manner;\n(c)\nleft in such a condition as to constitute a danger;\n(d) involved in an accident; or\n(e)\nseized under section 77A,96\nthe constable may take charge of that vehicle and drive , remove or tow it off or\ncause it to be driven, removed or towed to a place authorised by the\nCommissioner to be used as a vehicle pound (which power is by this provision\nconferred) or to any other place considered by the Commissioner to be\nappropriate.\n(2) The Commissioner shall, as soon as practicable, give notice to the owner or\nperson last having control of a vehicle driven, removed or towed away under\nsubsection (1) that it has been so driven, removed or towed away and requiring\nthat person, where necessary or convenient, to remove that vehicle.\n(3) The owner or person referred to in subsection (2) shall, in respect of a vehicle\ndetained in a vehicle pound referred to in subsection (1), pay to the\nCommissioner such fee as may be prescribed by regulations in respect of every\nday or part of a day that such vehicle remains in the vehicle pound.\n(4) The owner or person last having control of a vehicle driven, removed or towed\naway under subsection (1) shall pay to the Commissioner such fee as may be\nprescribed by regulations in respect of such driving removal or towing away.\n(5) The Commissioner may retain at a vehicle pound a vehicle which has been\ninvolved in an accident, but without charge to the owner in respect of the\nretention, until the conclusion of any police investigation as to the cause of the\naccident or until the vehicle is ordered to be released by a court.\n(6) No action lies against the Government or any constable for damages in any civil\ncourt in respect of \u2014\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 114\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 79\n\n(a)\ndamage to a vehicle; or\n(b) loss or damage to property from or in such vehicle,\nas a result of anything done in good faith under this section.\n(7) Where a vehicle is parked in a manner that makes it liable to removal under this\nsection, the owner or person in charge of the premises concerned may request a\nconstable to exercise that constable\u2019s powers under this section and, if the\nconstable is satisfied that the vehicle is liable to removal, that constable shall\nremove it.\n114. Traffic signs\n114. (1) Subject to sections 108, 109, 110, 111 and 117(2), the Panel may cause or permit\ntraffic signs to be placed, erected or otherwise marked on or near any road.\n(2) The size, colour and type of any traffic sign shall be prescribed in the road code,\nand all traffic signs shall be of the prescribed type and substantially of the\nprescribed size and colour.\n(3) A traffic sign erected, placed, marked or retained on or near a road shall, unless\nthe contrary is proved, be deemed \u2014\n(a)\nto have been lawfully erected, placed, marked or retained; and\n(b) to be of the prescribed type and substantially of the prescribed size and\ncolour.\n(4) Subject to sections 108, 109, 110, 111 and 117(2), and notwithstanding anything\ncontained in subsection (3), no person other than the Panel or a person acting\nunder its directions may, except with the general or special permission in writing\nof the Panel \u2014\n(a)\nerect, place or mark a traffic sign on or near any road; or\n(b) retain a traffic sign erected, placed or marked, or caused to be erected,\nplaced or marked by that person on or near any road,\nbut nothing in this subsection applies to a traffic sign \u2014\n(i)\nwhich the owner of land erects, places, marks or retains, or causes to\nbe erected, placed, marked or retained, on or near any private road\nwhich is situated on the land; or\n(ii) which any person erects, places, marks or retains, or causes to be\nerected, placed, marked or retained, on or near any road in pursuance\nof authority conferred upon that person by or under any other Law.\n(5) In subsection (4) \u2014\n\u201cowner\u201d, in relation to land, includes a person in lawful occupation of the land;\nand\n\u201cprivate road\u201d means a privately owned road or open space to which the public\nare granted access conditionally.\n\nSection 115\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 80\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(6) The Panel may, by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier of land on\nwhich there is a traffic sign, or an object which so closely resembles a traffic\nsign that it might reasonably be taken to be such a sign, to remove it.\n(7) If the person referred to in subsection (6) fails to comply with a notice, the Panel\nmay authorise the removal, doing as little damage as possible, and may, except\nwhere the sign was erected, placed, marked or retained by the Panel, recover, in\na court as a civil debt from the person in default, the expenses incurred by it in\ndoing so.\n(8) The Panel may, after giving three days\u2019 written notice personally to an occupier\nof land adjoining a road or by posting the notice conspicuously on the land,\nauthorise \u2014\n(a)\nthe cutting of plant life; or\n(b) the removal of any other thing which obscures or is likely to cause damage\nto a traffic sign.\n(9) The Panel or any person authorised by it may enter land near to or adjoining\na road \u2014\n(a)\nfor the purpose of exercising a power conferred on the Panel by this\nsection; or\n(b) for the purpose of replacing, removing or maintaining traffic signs.\n(10) The Panel shall do as little damage as possible in executing work authorised by\nthis section.\n(11) No action lies against the Panel or a person authorised by the Panel for any loss\nor damage to any property as a result of anything done in good faith under this\nsection.\n(12) A person who \u2014\n(a)\nunlawfully places, erects, marks or retains, or causes to be placed, erected,\nmarked or retained, any traffic sign on or near any road; or\n(b) removes, defaces, damages, alters or obscures, or in any way interferes\nwith, a traffic sign lawfully placed, erected, marked or retained on or near\na road,\ncommits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one\nthousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both.\n115. Ban on clamping of vehicles\n115. A person who \u2014\n(a)\noperates as an agent for the clamping of vehicles in public places; or\n(b) clamps or tows away a vehicle in a public place,\ncommits an offence.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 116\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 81\n\n116. Erection of road blocks or barriers\n116. (1) For the purpose of enforcing this Act or regulations, a constable may erect on a\nroad, whether during the day or night a road block or barrier, at which all\nvehicles shall be required to stop.\n(2) The approach to a road block shall be identified \u2014\n(a)\nduring the daytime, by not less than two police notices or signposts erected\nat a suitable distance from the road block or barrier, facing on coming\ntraffic; and\n(b) during the night, by not less than three warning lights, of prescribed design,\nin conjunction with police notices or signposts erected at a suitable\ndistance from the road block or barrier, facing oncoming traffic.\n(3) A driver shall, on approaching a road block or barrier, slow the vehicle down to\nwalking pace and stop, and after that obey all direction signals and signs,\nwhether verbal or manual, given to that driver by a constable manning such road\nblock or barrier.\n(4) A driver who, at a road block or barrier, fails \u2014\n(a)\nto slow down;\n(b) to bring that person\u2019s vehicle to a halt; or\n(c)\nto comply with a signal or direction given by a constable,\ncommits an offence.\n(5) On the conviction of a person under subsection (4), the court may, in addition\nto any punishment imposed, order the person convicted to pay a reasonable sum\nas compensation for damage caused to equipment used in conjunction with or\nin setting up a road block or barrier, and the sum may be recovered as a fine\nunder this Act and when recovered shall be paid to the Commissioner to form\npart of the general revenues of the Islands.\n(6) No action lies against the Government or any member of the Royal Cayman\nIslands Police Service for damages in any civil court in respect of personal\ninjury or damage to property caused as a result of anything done in good faith\nunder this section.\n117. Roads works\n117. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Roads Act (2005 Revision), no person\nmay carry out works under, in, over, along or across a road which may affect\nthe normal circulation of traffic on that road, without having first given the\nCommissioner two days\u2019 notice in writing but the Commissioner may accept \u2014\n(a)\nsuch lesser period of notice as that Commissioner thinks fit;\n(b) verbal notice, including notice by telephone; and\n\nSection 118\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 82\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(c)\nelectronic means of communication such as electronic mail and text\nmessaging,\nif that Commissioner is satisfied that the case is an emergency.\n(2) The Commissioner may require a person carrying out works under, in, over,\nalong or across any road to cause those works to be signed and indicated with\nsuch traffic signs and signals in such positions as that Commissioner thinks fit.\n(3) A person who, on approaching road works referred to in subsection (2), does\nnot obey all directional signals and signs, whether verbal, manual or automated,\ngiven to that person by \u2014\n(a)\na person authorised to man such place; or\n(b) equipment placed at such road works,\ncommits an offence.\n118. Obstructions on road, pavement, etc.\n118. (1) A constable may, at any time and without previous notice, remove from a road,\nfootpath or pavement an object or vehicle which obstructs that road, footpath or\npavement and which is likely to cause danger to a person lawfully using the\nroad, footpath or pavement and any such object or vehicle may, at the discretion\nof the court, be forfeited to the Crown.\n(2) A person who places on a road, footpath or pavement an object or vehicle which\nobstructs that road, footpath or pavement and which is likely to cause danger to\na person lawfully using the road, footpath or pavement contrary to\nsubsection (1) commits an offence.\n119. Disabled person\u2019s badge\n119. (1) There shall be a badge of a prescribed form to be issued by the Director for\nvehicles driven by, or used for the carriage of, disabled persons, and subject to\nthis section, the badge so issued for any vehicle may be displayed on it.\n(2) A badge may be issued to a disabled person for one or more vehicles driven by\nthat person or used by that person as a passenger.\n(3) A badge may be issued to an institution concerned with the care of the disabled\nperson for a vehicle, or, for each vehicle kept and used by or on behalf of the\ninstitution to carry disabled persons.\n(4) A badge issued under this section shall be displayed when the vehicle to which\nit relates is parked in a parking place designated for disabled persons and in such\nmanner as may be prescribed.\n(5) A person who \u2014\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 119\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 83\n\n(a)\ndrives a vehicle on a road while displaying a badge intended to lead to an\nimpression that it is a prescribed badge issued under this section or\nregulations;\n(b) parks a vehicle in a disabled parking space when that person is not entitled\nto do so contrary to subsection (4);\n(c)\nparks a pedal cycle or otherwise does anything that causes an obstruction\nin a parking place reserved for disabled persons; or\n(d) uses a badge in contravention of this section,\ncommits an offence.\n(6) The Director shall maintain a register showing the holders of badges issued\nunder this section, and the vehicle for which each of the badges is held.\n(7) A badge issued under this section remains the property of the Crown, and shall\nbe issued for such period as may be prescribed and be returned to the Director\nin such circumstances as may be prescribed.\n(8) Regulations made under this Act may prescribe \u2014\n(a)\ncases in which the Director shall or may refuse to issue badges; and\n(b) a fee for the issue or reissue of a badge,\nand where the Director refuses to issue a badge, the applicant may, within thirty\ndays of notification of the decision, appeal in writing to the Chief Officer\nresponsible for the Department of Vehicle and Drivers\u2019 Licensing, who may\nconduct such investigation, seek such opinions and do such other things as that\nChief Officer considers necessary or expedient to assist that person in arriving\nat a decision.\n(9) Where the prescribed conditions are not met in the case of any person \u2014\n(a)\nif that person applies to the Director for the issue of a badge under this\nsection, the Director may by notice refuse the application; and\n(b) if that person holds a badge issued under this section by the Director, the\nDirector may by notice require the return of the badge.\n(10) The conditions that may be prescribed for the purposes of subsection (9) are\nconditions relating to the misuse of badges under this section.\n(12) A notice under subsection (9) may be given by post.\n(13) A badge which is required to be returned to the Director shall not be displayed\non a vehicle, and a badge which is required to be returned by virtue of a notice\nunder subsection (9) shall be returned within the prescribed time and may not\nbe displayed on any vehicle after that time.\n\nSection 120\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 84\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n120. School zones\n120. (1) The Cabinet may, by Notice published in the Gazette, designate part of a road\nas a school zone.\n(2) Regulations may prescribe \u2014\n(a)\nthe traffic signs, signals, road markings or lights which shall be required\nto demarcate the school zone at each of its entrances and exits; and\n(b) the speed limit and other conditions which shall apply in a school zone.\n(3) In this section \u201cschool\u201d includes an institution that provides \u2014\n(a)\ntertiary education;\n(b) career and technical education; or\n(c)\neducation to prepare for the award of a degree, qualification or\ncertification.\nPART 9 - Driving Instructors\n121. Driving instruction for payment to be given only by registered driving\ninstructors\n121. (1) No person except a registered driving instructor may for payment instruct in the\ndriving of a vehicle.\n(2) Where a registered driving instructor is instructing another person in the driving\nof a motor vehicle, that person shall ensure that there is fixed to and exhibited\non that vehicle in the prescribed manner a certificate in such form as may be\nprescribed indicating that the name of the person giving the instruction is in the\nDriving Instructors\u2019 Register.\n(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), instruction is paid if payment of\nmoney or money\u2019s worth is, or is to be, made by or in respect of the person to\nwhom the instruction is given for the giving of the instruction.\n(4) Where instruction is given in contravention of subsection (1) \u2014\n(a)\nthe person by whom it is given; and\n(b) if that person is employed by another person to give that instruction, that\nother person,\nalso commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two\nthousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both.\n(5) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the giving of instruction by a police\ninstructor under the authority of the Commissioner.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 122\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 85\n\n(6) Where instruction is given in contravention of subsection (2), the person by\nwhom it is given commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a\nfine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both.\n(7) In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (4)(b), it is a\ndefence for the accused to prove that \u2014\n(a)\nat the time of engaging the person who was giving the instruction, that\nperson was registered; and\n(b) since then took reasonable steps from time to time to ensure that the\ninstructor continued to be registered.\n122. The Driving Instructors\u2019 Register\n122. (1) The Director shall establish and keep a register to be known as the Driving\nInstructors\u2019 Register in which shall be entered \u2014\n(a)\nthe name of every person whose application for registration under\nsection 123 has been approved by the Director; and\n(b) the name of every person who immediately before the date of\ncommencement of this Act was carrying on the business of giving paid\ninstruction in the driving of a vehicle.\n(2) Each entry in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register shall contain the following\nparticulars in relation to each person registered \u2014\n(a)\nthat person\u2019s business address;\n(b) the date on which that person\u2019s application was approved by the Director;\nand\n(c)\nsuch other relevant particulars as the Director may determine.\n(3) The Director shall \u2014\n(a)\nmake such alterations to the particulars of persons registered as are notified\nto that Director in writing;\n(b) remove from the Driving Instructors Register the name of a registered\ndriving instructor who \u2014\n(i)\nis deceased;\n(ii) otherwise ceases to be eligible for registration; or\n(iii) ceases to carry on the business of giving paid instruction in the\ndriving of vehicles; and\n(c)\nwhere a registered driving instructor is disqualified by a court from\ndriving, remove from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register the name of that\ninstructor during the period of disqualification.\n\nSection 123\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 86\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(4) Where the business address provided under subsection (2)(a) has changed, the\nregistered driving instructor shall inform the Director in writing within fourteen\ndays of the change.\n(5) The Director shall supply to the Commissioner a list of all persons registered in\nthe Driving Instructors Register and any other information from the Driving\nInstructors\u2019 Register as the Commissioner may require, and shall keep the\nCommissioner currently informed of all new registrations.\n(6) The Director shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, supply to any person\napplying for a copy of the entries on the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register relating\nto any specified person a copy of those entries.\n(7) In proceedings in a court \u2014\n(a)\nthe contents of the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register; or\n(b) extracts from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register purporting to be certified\nas such by the Director,\nshall be proof of the details concerned, unless the contrary is proved.\n123. Registration of driving instructors\n123. (1) An application for the entry of a person\u2019s name in the Driving Instructors\u2019\nRegister shall be made to the Director in the prescribed form and accompanied\nby the prescribed registration fee.\n(2) Where a person applies for that person\u2019s name to be entered in the Driving\nInstructors\u2019 Register, the Director shall approve the application if that Director\nis satisfied that the following conditions are fulfilled \u2014\n(a)\nthat person has passed such examination of ability to give instruction in\nthe driving of vehicles (consisting of a written examination, a practical test\nof ability and fitness to drive, and a practical test of ability and fitness to\ninstruct) as may be prescribed;\n(b) that person holds a current driver\u2019s licence authorising that person to drive\na vehicle, not being a restricted driver\u2019s licence or learners licence, in\nrespect of vehicles of that group;\n(c)\nduring the period of two years ending with the day on which the\napplication is made, the periods for which that person did not hold \u2014\n(i)\na current driving licence of the kind mentioned in paragraph (b); or\n(ii) an international driving permit of the kind mentioned in\nsection 29B,97\ndid not amount in the aggregate to more than six years; and\n(d) apart from fulfilment of the other conditions in this subsection, that person\nis fit to have that person\u2019s name entered in the Driving Instructors\u2019\nRegister.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 124\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 87\n\n(3) The Director shall, in considering whether to grant or refuse an application made\nunder subsection (1), take into account any offence of which the applicant has\nbeen convicted under this or any other Law if the conviction is likely to affect\nthat person\u2019s suitability for registration including \u2014\n(a)\nan offence under section 79 or 80;\n(b) an offence connected with illegal drugs;\n(b) an offence involving dishonesty;\n(c)\nan offence against the person;\n(d) an offence relating to dangerous or reckless driving, whether or not\ncausing death; or\n(e)\nan offence under section 82 or 83,\nand where the applicant has pending proceedings, the Director shall delay that\nDirector\u2019s decision until a judgment has been rendered.\n(4) The entry of a person\u2019s name in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register is subject to\nthe condition that that person will, if at any time required to do so by the\nDirector, undergo a prescribed test of continued ability and fitness to give\ninstruction in the driving of vehicles.\n(5) The Director shall, on making a decision on an application under subsection (2),\ngive notice in writing of the decision to the applicant which, in the case of a\ndecision to refuse the application, shall state the grounds for refusal.\n124. Duration of registration\n124. (1) Unless previously removed under other provisions of this Part, the name of a\ndriving instructor shall, subject to subsection (2), be removed from the Driving\nInstructors\u2019 Register at the end of \u2014\n(a)\none year beginning with the first day of the month next after that in which\nthe entry of that person\u2019s name was made; or\n(b) one year beginning, where that person\u2019s name has been retained in the\nDriving Instructors\u2019 Register under section 125, the day with which the\nlast further period for which that person\u2019s name was so retained began.\n(2) If an application for the retention of a driving instructor\u2019s name in the Driving\nInstructors\u2019 Register is made under section 125 before the end of the period\nreferred to in subsection (1), the name shall not be removed until the decision\nunder that section takes effect.\n(3) Where a driving instructor\u2019s name has been removed from the Driving\nInstructors\u2019 Register under subsection (1) and that person applies under\nsection 123(1) for that person\u2019s name to be entered again in the Driving\nInstructors\u2019 Register, that person shall be required again to pass the examination\nmentioned in section 123(2)(a).\n\nSection 125\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 88\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n125. Extension of duration of registration\n125. (1) A driving instructor may, before the time when that person\u2019s name is required\nunder section 124(1) to be removed from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register,\napply to the Director in the prescribed form, for the retention of that person\u2019s\nname in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register for a further period of one year.\n(2) On an application under subsection (1), a person shall be entitled, on payment\nof the prescribed fee, to have that person\u2019s name retained in the Driving\nInstructors\u2019 Register for that further period, if that person satisfies the\nDirector \u2014\n(a)\nthat that person has not refused to undergo a test mentioned in\nsection 123(4) which that person has been required to undergo during the\nyear ending with the time when that person\u2019s name is required under\nsection 124(1) to be removed from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register;\n(b) that that person\u2019s ability and fitness to give instruction in the driving of\nvehicles continue to be of a satisfactory standard, having regard to a test\nwhich that person has undergone during that period;\n(c)\nthat that person holds a current licence of the kind referred to in\nsection 123(2)(b); and\n(d) that, in addition to fulfilling the other conditions in this subsection, that\nperson continues to be a fit person to have that person\u2019s name entered in\nthe Driving Instructors\u2019 Register.\n(3) The retention of a driving instructor\u2019s name under this section is subject to the\ncondition mentioned in section 123(3).\n(4) Before refusing an application under subsection (1) the Director shall give the\napplicant written notice stating that the Director is considering the refusal of the\napplication and giving particulars of the grounds on which that Director is\nconsidering refusal.\n(5) Where the Director gives notice under subsection (4) \u2014\n(a)\nthe applicant may, within twenty-eight days beginning with the day on\nwhich the notice is given, make representations with respect to the\nproposed refusal;\n(b) the Director shall not decide to refuse the application until after the\nexpiration of that period; and\n(c)\nbefore deciding whether or not to refuse the application, the Director shall\ntake into consideration any representations made by the applicant within\nthat period.\n(6) On deciding to grant or refuse an application the Director shall give notice in\nwriting of the decision to the person concerned.\n(7) A decision to refuse an application shall take effect \u2014\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 126\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 89\n\n(a)\nwhere no appeal under this Part is brought against the decision within the\ntime limited for the appeal, on the expiration of that time;\n(b) where an appeal is brought and is withdrawn or struck out for want of\nprosecution, on the withdrawal or striking out of the appeal; or\n(c)\nwhere an appeal is brought and not withdrawn or struck out for want of\nprosecution, when the appeal is dismissed.\n126. Removal of names from Driving Instructors\u2019 Register\n126. (1) The Director may remove the name of a person from the Driving Instructors\u2019\nRegister if that Director is satisfied that \u2014\n(a)\nwhere that person\u2019s name has not been retained in the Driving Instructors\u2019\nRegister under section 125, at any time since the entry of that person\u2019s\nname was made; and\n(b) where that person\u2019s name has been retained under that section, at any time\nsince it was last retained,\nany of the following has happened \u2014\n(i)\nthat that person did not hold the kind of current driving licence\nmentioned in section 123(2)(b);\n(ii) that that person refused to undergo a test referred to in section 123(4);\n(iii) that that person failed to pass that test; or\n(iv) that that person ceased to be a fit person to have that person\u2019s name\nincluded in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register.\n(2) The Director may remove the name of a person from the Driving Instructors\u2019\nRegister if the entry or retention of that person\u2019s name there was made by\nmistake or procured by fraud.\n(3) Before removing the name of a driving instructor from the Driving Instructors\u2019\nRegister under this section, the Director shall give that person written notice\nstating that that Director is considering the removal and giving particulars of the\ngrounds on which that Director is considering removal.\n(4) Where the Director gives notice to a person under subsection (3) \u2014\n(a)\nthat person may, within the period of twenty-eight days beginning with the\nday on which the notice is given, make representations with respect to the\nproposed removal;\n(b) the Director shall not decide to remove that person\u2019s name from the\nDriving Instructors\u2019 Register until after the expiration of that period; and\n(c)\nbefore deciding whether or not to remove that person\u2019s name from the\nDriving Instructors\u2019 Register, the Director shall take into consideration any\nrepresentations made by that person within that period.\n\nSection 127\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 90\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(5) The Director shall, on making a decision to remove a name from the Driving\nInstructors\u2019 Register, give notice in writing of the decision to the person\nconcerned.\n(6) A decision to remove a name from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register shall take\neffect \u2014\n(a)\nwhere no appeal under this Part is brought against the decision within the\ntime limited for the appeal, on the expiration of that time;\n(b) where an appeal is brought and is withdrawn or struck out for want of\nprosecution, on the withdrawal or striking out of the appeal; or\n(c)\nwhere an appeal is brought and not withdrawn or struck out for want of\nprosecution, when the appeal is dismissed.\n127. Appeals\n127. (1) A person who is dissatisfied by a decision of the Director \u2014\n(a)\nto refuse an application for the entry of that person\u2019s name in the Driving\nInstructors\u2019 Register;\n(b) to refuse an application for the retention of that person\u2019s name in the\nDriving Instructors\u2019 Register; or\n(c)\nto remove that person\u2019s name from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register,\nmay by notice in writing appeal to a court of summary jurisdiction in accordance\nwith rules of court and where no rules of court have been prescribed, the appeal\nshall be made in such manner as the court of summary jurisdiction may direct.\n(2) On the appeal the summary court may \u2014\n(a)\norder that the application be granted or refused;\n(b) order that the name be removed or be retained in the Driving Instructors\u2019\nRegister; or\n(c)\nmake such other order as it thinks fit.\n(3) An order for refusal, removal or revocation may direct that an application by the\nappellant for that person\u2019s name to be entered in the Driving Instructors\u2019\nRegister shall not be entertained before the expiration of such period, not\nexceeding one year, beginning with the day on which the order is made, as may\nbe specified in the order.\n128. Examinations and tests of ability to give driving instruction\n128. (1) The Cabinet may, by regulations, make provision \u2014\n(a)\nwith respect to the nature of examinations on the ability of persons to give\ninstruction in the driving of motor vehicles and tests of continued ability\nand fitness to give such instruction;\n(b) with respect to evidence of the results of such tests and examinations;\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 129\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 91\n\n(c)\nfor requiring a person to submit themselves to any part of such an\nexamination, or to such a test of continued ability and fitness, to provide a\nvehicle for the purposes of the test, being a vehicle in respect of which\nsuch conditions as may be specified in regulations are complied with;\n(d) for requiring a person applying to submit themselves for any part of such\nan examination to pay to the Director such fee as may be specified in the\nregulations in relation to that part;\n(e)\nfor requiring a person who desires to submit themselves for any part of\nsuch an examination to supply the Director with such particulars as the\nDirector may determine; and\n(c)\ngenerally with respect to such tests and examinations.\n129. Power to prescribe form of certificate of registration, etc.\n129. (1) Regulations may prescribe \u2014\n(a)\na form of certificate for issue to persons whose names are in the Driving\nInstructors\u2019 Register as evidence of their names\u2019 being in the Driving\nInstructors\u2019 Register; and\n(b) a form of badge for use by such persons.\n(2) A person whose name is not in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register and who \u2014\n(a)\ntakes or uses a title prescribed under this section;\n(b) wears or displays a badge or certificate so prescribed; or\n(c)\ntakes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that that\nperson\u2019s name is in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register,\ncommits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two\nthousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both, unless that\nperson proves that that person did not know, and had no reasonable cause to\nbelieve, that that person\u2019s name was not in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register at\nthe material time.\n(3) A person who carries on business providing instruction in the driving of vehicles\nwho \u2014\n(a)\nuses a title or description so prescribed in relation to any person employed\nby that person whose name is not in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register; or\n(b) issues any advertisement or invitation calculated to mislead with respect\nto the extent to which persons whose names are in the Driving Instructors\u2019\nRegister are employed by that person,\ncommits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two\nthousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both, unless that\nperson proves that that person did not know, and had no reasonable cause to\n\nSection 130\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 92\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nbelieve, that the name or names in question were not in the Driving Instructors\u2019\nRegister at the material time.\n130. Surrender of certificates\n130. Where the name of a person to whom a certificate prescribed under section 129 has\nbeen issued is removed from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register under this Part, that\nperson shall, if so required by the Director by notice in writing, surrender the\ncertificate to the Director within fourteen days beginning with that on which the\nnotice is given and, if that person fails to do so, that person commits an offence and\nis liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment\nfor six months, or to both.\n131. Production of certificates and licences to constables and authorised\npersons\n131. (1) A person to whom a certificate prescribed under section 130 is issued shall, on\nbeing required by a constable or the Director, produce the certificate for\nexamination.\n(2) Where the name of a person is removed from the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register\nand that person fails to satisfy an obligation imposed on that person by or under\nsection 130, a constable may require that person to produce any certificate\nissued to that person, and upon it being produced may seize it and deliver it to\nthe Director.\n(3) A person who is required under subsection (1) or (2) to produce a document and\nfails to do so commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine\nof two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both.\n132. Service of notices\n132. (1) A notice authorised or required to be given by this Part to a person may be given\nby delivering it to that person, or by leaving it at that person\u2019s proper address,\nor by sending it to that person by post.\n(2) For the purposes of this section, the proper address of a person shall be, in the\ncase of a person whose name is included in the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register,\nthat person\u2019s address on the Driving Instructors\u2019 Register, and in any other case,\nthat person\u2019s usual or last known address.\n132A. Transitional provision98\n132A.(1) Where a vehicle\u2019s registration is terminated by the Director before the coming\ninto force of section 7 of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of 2018],\nor within six months after the coming into force of that section, the following\nfees shall be waived \u2014\n(a)\nall arrears of fees that the vehicle would have been liable for, had its\nregistration not been terminated; and\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 133\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 93\n\n(b) the application fee to have the vehicle restored to the register.\n(2)  All proceedings in respect of offences committed or alleged to have been\ncommitted against or under section 82, 83 or 84 of this Act and which\ncommenced prior to the 19th October, 2022, the commencement date of the\nTraffic (Amendment) Act, 2022 [Act 7 of 2022] shall be continued as if this\namending Act had not come into force.\nPART 10 - Miscellaneous and General\n133. Offences and penalties relating to documents\n133. (1) A person who, with intent to deceive another person \u2014\n(a)\nalters, uses, lends or allows to be used;\n(b) makes or has in that person\u2019s possession anything resembling;\n(c)\nmakes a false statement or withholds information in order to obtain; or\n(d) issues without belief in its authenticity or veracity,\na document relating to anything under this Act or regulations, or purporting to\nbe such document, commits an offence.\n(2) A person responsible for the issue of a driver\u2019s licence, learner\u2019s licence or\ncertificate of vehicle registration shall endorse on that licence or certificate the\ntime and date at which it is issued, but before the date of expiry of a driver\u2019s\nlicence, a learner\u2019s licence or certificate of vehicle registration the person\nresponsible for issuing these documents may renew these documents.\n(3) A person who uses or connives at the use of a document for a purpose other than\nthat for which it is issued commits an offence.\n(4) A person who makes a false declaration in an application made under this Act\ncommits an offence.\n(5) A person who is convicted of an offence under this section is liable on summary\nconviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of\ntwelve months, or to both.\n134. Powers of constables and Director\n134. If a constable or the Director has reasonable cause to believe that a document\nproduced to that person under this Act is a document \u2014\n(a)\nin relation to which an offence has been committed under section 133; or\n(b) which has expired or appears to have been unlawfully written or\nmarked upon,\n135. that person may take possession of that document.\n\nSection 135\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 94\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n135. Obstruction of police\n135. (1) A person who obstructs or hinders a constable in the course of doing that\nconstable\u2019s duty in enforcing this Act or the regulations commits an offence.\n(2) If in the commission of an offence under subsection (1) or an attempt to commit\nsuch an offence, involves \u2014\n(a)\nthe use of a vehicle; or\n(b) the attachment to or carriage in a vehicle of a device or other thing, not\nbeing part of the normal equipment of that vehicle, which is capable of\nimpeding, balking or frustrating \u2014\n(i)\nthe purpose of a radar speed meter as defined by section 92(4); or\n(ii) the mechanical or efficient running of any police equipment or\nvehicle,\nthen the vehicle to which that device or thing is attached or in which it is carried\nmay, at the discretion of any court, be forfeited to the Crown.\n136. Offences by corporations\n136. (1) Where a body corporate commits an offence under this Act and the offence is\nproved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be\nattributable to neglect on the part of, a director, manager, secretary or other\nsimilar officer of the body corporate, or a person who was purporting to act in\nany such capacity, that person, as well as the body corporate, commits that\noffence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.\n(2) In subsection (1), \u201cdirector\u201d, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are\nmanaged by its members, means a member of the body corporate.\n137. Power to require vehicle to be weighed\n137. (1) The Director or a constable may require the driver of a vehicle licensed\naccording to its maximum gross weight to drive that person with the vehicle to\nthe nearest weighbridge or other device approved by the Director or\nCommissioner in writing and published by notification in the Gazette.\n(2) A person who, upon being requested under subsection (1) to proceed to the\nnearest weighbridge or other approved device fails to do so, commits an offence.\n138. General penalty\n138. A person who commits an offence under this Act or a regulation for which no penalty\nis prescribed is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand five hundred\ndollars or to imprisonment for six months, or to both.\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 139\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 95\n\n139. General power of arrest\n139. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a constable may arrest without warrant a person who\nwithin that constable\u2019s view commits an offence under this Act or regulations.\n(2) The power of arrest conferred by subsection (1) may be exercised only \u2014\n(a)\nwhere the maximum punishment by way of imprisonment for that offence\nis three months or more;\n(b) where a person, upon request, refuses to give that person\u2019s name, address\nor date of birth;\n(c)\nwhere there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person has given\na false name, address or date of birth; or\n(d) where a constable has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has\ncommitted an offence under section 135.\n140. Application to the Crown\n140. This Act applies to vehicles and people in the service of the Crown.\n141. Fees to be paid into general revenues\n141. All fees paid under this Act shall, unless otherwise expressly stated, form part of the\ngeneral revenues of the Islands.\n142. Regulations-general power\n142. (1) The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or\npermitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be\nprescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Act, including for \u2014\n(a)\nregulating the removal by the Commissioner or any person authorised by\nthe Commissioner of vehicles illegally parked in private or public places;\n(b) the licensing of categories of vehicles that are not provided for in this Act;\nand\n(c)\nelectronic ticketing.\n(2) Regulations made under this Act may create offences punishable by a fine not\nexceeding ten thousand dollars.\n142A. Cabinet\u2019s power to grant extension or exemption99\n142A.(1) If at any time there has been an earthquake, or there has been or there is an\nimmediate threat of a hurricane, flood, fire, outbreak of pestilence, outbreak of\ninfectious disease or other calamity, whether similar to the aforementioned or\nnot, the Cabinet may, by Order published in the Gazette \u2014\n(a)\ngrant an extension of the period for compliance with, or an exemption\nfrom, any provision of this Act or regulations made under this Act;\n\nSection 142B\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 96\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(b) give the Director the power to issue temporary certificates relating to the\nextension or exemption; and\n(c)\nimpose conditions and establish procedures for the grant of the extension\nor exemption.\n(2) An Order made under subsection (1) may \u2014\n(a)\nmake different provisions in relation to different cases or circumstances;\n(b) apply in respect of particular persons or particular cases or particular\nclasses of persons or particular classes of cases, and define a class by\nreference to any circumstances; and\n(c)\ncontain such savings, transitional, consequential, incidental or\nsupplementary provisions as appear to the Cabinet to be necessary or\nexpedient for the purposes of the Order.\n(3) An Order made under subsection (1) may be given retrospective effect.\n142B. Transitional provision\n142B.Section 11 does not apply to a person who uses a vehicle which does not conform to\nstandards as specified under that section and which was registered on, or prior to, the\n14th February, 2025, the date of commencement of the Traffic (Amendment) Act,\n2024 [Act 25 of 2024].100\n\nPART 11 - Repeal\n143. Repealed\n143. The Traffic Law (2003 Revision) is repealed by section 143 of the Traffic Act, 2011\n[Law 26 of 2011].\nPublication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Cabinet this 28th\nday of January, 2026.\nKim Bullings\nClerk of the Cabinet\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nENDNOTES\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 97\n\nENDNOTES\nTable of Legislation history:\n\nSL#\nAct\/Law #\nLegislation\nCommencement\nGazette\n4\/2025\nTraffic (Amendment) Act, 2024 (Commencement) Order,\n2025\n5-Feb-2025\nLG9\/2025\/s1\n 25\/2024\nTraffic (Amendment) Act, 2024\n14-Feb-2025\nLG2\/2025\/s2\n\nTraffic Act (2023 Revision)\n26-Jan-2023\nLG6\/2023\/s7\n 7\/2022\nTraffic (Amendment) Act, 2022\n19-Oct-2022\nLG41\/2022\/s1\n\nTraffic Act (2021 Revision)\n26-Feb-2021\nLG19\/2021\/s1\n 56\/2020\nCitation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020\n3-Dec-2020\nLG89\/2020\/s1\n 9\/2020\nTraffic (Amendment) Law, 2020\n28-Apr-2020\nLG30\/2020\/s1\n18\/2019\nTraffic (Amendment) Law, 2018 Commencement) Order,\n2019\n25-Apr-2019\nLG11\/2019\/s1\n38\/2018\nTraffic (Amendment) Law, 2018 Commencement) Order,\n2018\n31-Oct-2018\nGE83\/2018\/s1\n 7\/2018\nTraffic (Amendment) Law, 2018\n29-Mar-2020\nG17\/2018\/s6\nE2\/2011\nErratum: Traffic Law, 2011\n20-Sep-2012\nGE15\/2012\/p1\n32\/2012\nTraffic Law, 2011 (Commencement) Order, 2012\n12-Sep-2012\nGE87\/2012\/s1\n 26\/2011\nTraffic Law, 2011\n20-Sep-2012 GE108\/2011\/s1\n\nENDNOTES\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 98\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nTable of Legislation references:\n1 S.2\n\ninserted by s.2(a) of Law 7 of 2018\n2 S.2\n\ninserted by s.2(a) of Law 7 of 2018\n3 S.2\n\ninserted by s.2(b) of Act 25 of 2024\n4 S.2\n\namended by s.2(c) of Act 25 of 2024\n5 S.2\n\ninserted by s.2(a) of Law 7 of 2018\n6 S.2\n\ninserted by s.2(a) of Law 7 of 2018\n7 S.2\n\namended by s.2(d) of Act 25 of 2024\n8 S.2\n\namended by s.2(f) of Act 25 of 2024\n9 S.2\n\namended by s.2(j) of Act 25 of 2024\n10 S.2\n\ninserted by s.2(a) of Law 7 of 2018\n11 S.2\n\ninserted by s.2(e) of Act 25 of 2024\n12 S.2\n\namended by s.2(b) of Law 7 of 2018\n13 S.2\n\namended by s.2(g) of Act 25 of 2024\n14 S.2\n\nreplaced by s.2 of Act 7 of 2022\n15 S.2\n\ninserted by s.2(h) of Act 25 of 2024\n16 S.2\n\nsubstituted by s.2(c) of Law 7 of 2018\n17 S.2\n\namended by s.2(k) of Act 25 of 2024\n18 S.2\n\namended by s.2(i) of Act 25 of 2024\n19 S.2\n\nsubstituted by s.2(d) of Law 7 of 2018\n20 S.6(4A)\n\ninserted by s.4 of Law 7 of 2018\n21 S.8(4)\n\namended by s.4 of Law 7 of 2018\n22 S.9(1A)\n\ninserted by s.6 of Law 7 of 2018\n23 S.9(1B)\n\ninserted by s.6 of Law 7 of 2018\n24 S.10(a)\n\namended by s.7(a) of Law 7 of 2018\n25 S.10(b)\n\namended by s.7(b) of Law 7 of 2018\n26 S.10(c)\n\ninserted by s.7(c) of Law 7 of 2018\n27 S.11\n\nsubstituted by s.3 of Act 25 of 2024\n28 S.13\n\nsubstituted by s.9 of Law 7 of 2018\n29 S.14(1)\n\namended by s.10(a) of Law 7 of 2018\n30 S.14(2)(a)\n\namended by s.4(a) of Act 25 of 2024\n31 S.14(2)\n\nsubstituted by s.10(b) of Law 7 of 2018\n32 S.14(5)\n\namended by s.10(c) of Law 7 of 2018\n33 S.14(5A)\n\ninserted by s.4(b) of Act 25 of 2024\n34 S.14(6)\n\ninserted by s.10(d) of Law 7 of 2018\n35 S.14(7)\n\ninserted by s.10(d) of Law 7 of 2018\n36 S.15\n\nsubstituted by s.11(a) of Law 7 of 2018\n37 S.15(3)\n\namended by s.11(c) of Law 7 of 2018\n38 S.15(8)\n\ninserted by s.11(f) of Law 7 of 2018\n39 S.15(9)\n\ninserted by s.11(f) of Law 7 of 2018\n40 S.15(10)\n\ninserted by s.11(f) of Law 7 of 2018\n41 S.18(2)(a)\n\namended by s.12 of Law 7 of 2018\n\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nENDNOTES\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 99\n\n42 S.21(3)\n\namended by s.13(a) of Law 7 of 2018\n43 S.21(4)\n\namended by s.13(b) of Law 7 of 2018\n44 S.21(4)\n\namended by s.13(b) of Law 7 of 2018\n45 S.21(4)\n\namended by s.13(b) of Law 7 of 2018\n46 S.21(4)\n\namended by s.13(b) of Law 7 of 2018\n47 S.22(n)\n\namended by s.14(c) of Law 7 of 2018\n48 S.22(n)\n\namended by s.14(c) of Law 7 of 2018\n49 Part 2A\n\ninserted by s.15 of Law 7 of 2018\n50 S.25(b)(i)\n\namended by s.5 of Act 25 of 2024\n51 S.27A\n\ninserted by s.6 of Act 25 of 2024\n52 S.29\n\namended by s.7(a) of Act 25 of 2024\n53 S.29(2)\n\namended by s.7(b) of Act 25 of 2024\n54 S.29(3)\n\namended by s.7(c) of Act 25 of 2024\n55 S.29(4)\n\namended by s.18(3) of Law 7 of 2018\n56 S.29(5)\n\ninserted by s.7(d) of Act 25 of 2024\n57 S.29A\n\namended by s.19 of Law 7 of 2018\n58 S.29B\n\ninserted by s.19 of Law 7 of 2018\n59 S.30(1)(a)\n\namended by s.20(a) of Law 7 of 2018\n60 S.30(1)(b)\n\namended by s.20(b) of Law 7 of 2018\n61 S.30(1)(c)\n\ninserted by s.20(c) of Law 7 of 2018\n62 S.41(1)\n\namended by s.21(b) of Law 7 of 2018 (w\/o renumbering)\n63 S.41(3)\n\ninserted by s.21(c) of Law 7 of 2018\n64 S.41(4)\n\ninserted by s.21(c) of Law 7 of 2018\n65 S.41(5)\n\ninserted by s.21(c) of Law 7 of 2018\n66 Part 4\n\nrepealed by s.8 of Act 25 of 2024\n67 Part 5\n\namended by s.24 of Law 7 of 2018\n68 S.53\n\namended by s.9 of Act 25 of 2024\n69 S.53(1)\n\namended by s.9(b) of Act 25 of 2024\n70 S.53(1A)\n\namended by s.9(c) of Act 25 of 2024\n71 S.53(2)\n\namended by s.9(d) of Act 25 of 2024\n72 S.54\n\namended by s.26 of Law 7 of 2018\n73 S.55\n\namended by s.27 of Law 7 of 2018\n74 S.55(1)(b)\n\namended by s.10(a) of Act 25 of 2024\n75 S.55(1)(h)\n\namended by s.10(b) of Act 25 of 2024\n76 S.55(1)(i)\n\namended by s.10(b) of Act 25 of 2024\n77 S.55(1)(j)\n\namended by s.10(b) of Act 25 of 2024\n78 S.55A\n\ninserted by s.11 of Act 25 of 2024\n79 S.62(1A)\n\ninserted by s.26 of Law 7 of 2018\n80 S.63\n\namended by s.29 of Law 7 of 2018\n81 S.63(1)\n\namended by s.29 of Law 7 of 2018\n82 S.77A\n\ninserted by s.30 of Law 7 of 2018\n83 S.78\n\nreplaced by s.12 of Act 25 of 2024\n84 S.88\n\ninserted by s.13 of Act 25 of 2024\n\nENDNOTES\nTraffic Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 100\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n85 S.93(cca)\n\ninserted by s.14(c) of Act 25 of 2024\n86 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