SAMOA

ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) AMENDMENT ACT 2004

Arrangement of Provisions

1. Short title and commencement
2. Licensing of drivers
3. Amendment of First Schedule
4. Classification of vehicles

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2004, No. 12

AN ACT to amend the Road Traffic Ordinance 1960 to provide for the issuing of driving licences, the setting of fees and for related purposes.

[2nd September 2004]

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 (Driving Licences) Amendment Act 2004 and shall be read with and form part of the Road Traffic Ordinance 1960 (the Principal Act).

(2) This Act is deemed to commence on the 1st day of March 2004 and for this purpose shall apply retrospectively.

(3) Notice of commencement of this Act shall be published in Samoan and English in the Savali and one other newspaper circulating in Samoa.

2. Licensing of drivers - Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (3) and (4) and substituting the following:

"(3) Driving licences shall be in a form or forms determined by the Principal Licensing Authority by Notice from time to time.

(4) The Principal Licensing Authority:

(a) shall determine the period of validity of a driving licence by Notice from time to time; and

(b) may determine different periods of validity for each class or category of driving licence.

(4A) The Principal Licensing Authority shall publish any Notice under subsections (3) and (4) in Samoan and English in the Savali and one other newspaper circulating in Samoa."

3. Amendment of First Schedule - The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following after section 27:

"27A. Amendment of First Schedule - (1) Despite the other provisions of this Act, the First Schedule may be amended by the Minister by Notice from time to time.

(2) The Minister shall cause any Notice under subsection (1) to be published in Samoan and English in the Savali and one other newspaper circulating in Samoa."

4. Classification of vehicles - The Principal Act is amended by deleting section 31 and substituting the following:

"31. Classification of vehicles - (1) The classification of vehicles may be determined by the Principal Licensing Authority by Notice from time to time as may be necessary for the purposes of sections 27, 29 and 30 of this Ordinance.

(2) The Principal Licensing authority shall cause to be published any Notice under subsection (1) in Samoan and English in the Savali and one other newspaper circulating in Samoa."

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The Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Amendment Act 2004 is administered by the Transport Control Board