SAMOA

ROAD TRAFFIC AMENDMENT ACT 2008

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Arrangement of Provisions

1. Short title and commencement
2. Definition of the "Board" 
3. Definition of "prescribed licences fee" 
4. Amendments to references to licences fees 
5. Fees for endorsement of international licences
6. Period of validity of vehicle
7. Period of validity of driving
8. Repeal of the First Schedule

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2008, No. 30

AN ACT to amend the Road Traffic Ordinance 1960.
[23rd September 2008] 

BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in Parliament assembled as follows: 

1. Short title and commencement-(1) This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic Amendment Act 2008. 

(2) This Act comes into force on the date of assent of the Head of State. 

(3) This Act shall be read with and form part of the Road Traffic Ordinance 1960 (referred to in this Act as the "Principal Act"). 

2. Definition of the "Board" – Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting the definition of "Board" and replacing it with the following – 

"Board" means the Land Transport Authority established under the Land Transport Authority Act 2007." 

3. Definition of "prescribed fee" – Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following definition in the correct alphabetical order – 

"Prescribed fee" means the appropriate fee prescribed by regulations made under the Land Transport Authority Act 2007." 

4. Amendments to references to fees – The Principal Act is amended by: 

(a) deleting the words "fee set out in the First Schedule to this Ordinance" from sections 12(2), 28(1), 29(1), 32(2), 35(5), and replacing them with the words - "prescribed fee" in each case; and 

(b) deleting the words "fee prescribed in the First Schedule to this Ordinance" from sections 17(6), 19(1), 32(1) and 68, and replacing them with the words - "prescribed fee" in each case; and 

(c) deleting the words "appropriate fee set out in the First Schedule to this Ordinance" from sections 60(2), 66(2), and replacing them with the words - "prescribed fee" in each case; and 

(d) deleting the words "such fee not exceeding $6 as may be prescribed" from section 30(1) (b), and replacing them with the words "the prescribed fee"; and 

(e) deleting the words "prescribed cost" from section 13(1), and replacing them with the words "prescribed fee"; and 

(f) deleting the words "set out in the First Schedule to this Ordinance" from section 13(4), and replacing them with the words "prescribed under the Land Transport Authority Act 2007"; and 

(g) deleting the words "at the appropriate rate chargeable under the First Schedule" from section 19(1), and replacing them with the words "at the prescribed fee for each vehicle"; and 

(h) deleting the words "appropriate fee set out in the First Schedule hereto" from section 59(d), and replacing them with the words "prescribed fee". 

5. Fees for endorsement of international licences – Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting subsection (2A) as follows – 

"(2A) The holder of an international driving permit (including any licence to drive a motor vehicle issued by an authority in an overseas country) shall pay the prescribed fee for an endorsement to drive in Samoa." 

6. Period of validity of vehicle licences – Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended by: 

(a) deleting the words "so that it shall expire on the 31st day of March next after the issue thereof"; and 

(b) inserting subsection (2) as follows – 

"(2) In accordance with a resolution of the Board, and in accordance with regulations made under the Land Transport Authority Act 2007, the period of validity of a vehicle licence may be for the 12 months next following the date of issue of the licence." 

7. Period of validity of driving licences–(1) Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting the words "until the 31st day of March next ensuing after the date of issue" from subsection (4), and replacing them with the words "for such period as is determined by the Board". 

(2) Section 32 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting subsection (3) as follows – 

"(3) The period of any licence renewed under this section shall be that which is determined by the Board under section 27(4)." 

8. Repeal of the First Schedule – The Principal Act is amended by inserting section 80 as follows – 

"80. Repeal of the First Schedule - The First Schedule shall be deemed to be repealed upon the commencement of regulations made under the Land Transport Authority Act 2007 which prescribe fees and charges to replace those prescribed in the First Schedule." 

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The Road Traffic Amendment Act 2008 is administered by the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure.