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Traffic Act - Part 4 [Cap. 176] (Pgs S109-S300)

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Cap. 176 Rev. 1985
Subsidiary Legislation Traffic

LAWS OF FIJI

CHAPTER 176

TRAFFIC

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SECTION 86—TRAFFIC (USE OF TAXI-METERS) REGULATIONS

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

REGULATION

1. Short title
2. Provisions of Regulations to be conditions of taxi permits
3. Meters to be fitted to taxis
4. Meters to be approved, tested and sealed
5. Positioning of meters
6. Maintenance, use and operation of meters
7. Power to require inspection of and repair to meters, etc
8. Interference with meters
9. Misuse of meters
10. Operators, etc., to facilitate inspection of meters
11. Exemptions
12. Interpretation
13. Offences

Legal Notices Nos. 81 of 1974; 122 of 1974; 3 of 1975; 101 of 1975

Short title

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Traffic (Use of Taxi-Meters) Regulations.

Provisions of Regulations to be conditions of taxi permits

2. Subject to the provisions of regulation 11, it shall be a condition of every permit to use a motor vehicle as a taxi (whether inserted therein or not) that the provisions and conditions set out in these Regulations shall apply to, and be read into, the permit.

Meters to be fitted to taxis

3.—(1) No person shall operate any taxi unless there is a taxi-meter affixed thereto, which is in good order and condition and which registers correctly the charge for the hire of the taxi as it accrues in accordance with the current scale of charges prescribed.

(2) Meters must at all times be easily able to be read by the hirer.

Meters to be approved, tested and sealed

4.—(1) No taxi-meter shall be used unless it is of a type approved by the Principal Licensing Authority and until it has been tested, approved and sealed by a certifying officer.

(2) Except with the consent of a certifying officer, no person operating or owning a taxi shall cause or permit any taxi-meter to be affixed thereto other than the taxi-meter that has been tested on that taxi.

Positioning of meters

5. Meters must be installed only in a position approved by a certifying officer.

Maintenance, use and operation of meters

6. The operator or owner of any taxi shall—

(a) whenever the taxi-meter on his taxi has ceased to register or to register correctly or is in any other way out of order, or whenever the seal thereof is broken, forthwith cease plying or cause to be plied the taxi for hire, unless authorised in writing to do so by the Principal Licensing Authority and, except where so authorised, shall, before again commencing to ply or causing to be plied the taxi, repair the meter to the satisfaction of a certifying officer, who may carry out such tests of the meter as he considers to be necessary;

(b) maintain or cause to be maintained the taxi-meter in good working order and condition and have it tested, or cause to be tested by a certifying officer at least once in every 6 months;

(c) as soon as a taxi has been hired, or the hirer has been made aware of a taxi's arrival, or the journey has commenced, whichever shall be the earliest, and not sooner, set the meter affixed to the taxi in motion, except in such cases (if any) where either the charge for the hire of the taxi may be made on a purely time basis pursuant to a prescribed scale of charges or may be agreed between the hirer and the operator;

(d) throughout any period of hiring during which the taxi-meter must be used to calculate the charge for the hiring, keep the meter in motion and not stop the meter or cause or permit it to be stopped until the hiring has terminated;

(e) immediately upon the termination of any hiring or part of any hiring during which the taxi-meter must be used, stop or cause to be stopped the meter;

(f) between sunset on any day and sunrise on the following day, or during any rainy day when visibility is poor, keep or cause to be kept the face of the taxi-meter sufficiently illuminated during any period of hiring so that the meter may be easily read at all times by the hirer;

(g) following any alterations being made to the taxi or to the size or type of the tyres or other fittings, attached thereto, that may affect the correctness of the meter, forthwith and before carrying any further passengers for hire have the meter re-tested by a certifying officer.

Power to require inspection of and repair to meters, etc.

7.—(1) Whenever it appears to any police or certifying officer that a meter affixed to a taxi may be registering incorrectly or has ceased to register, or is otherwise not in accordance with these Regulations, the police officer or certifying officer may require the person operating or owning the taxi to produce it for the purpose of inspecting or testing the meter at such time and place as the officer specifies. If, on such inspection or testing, the meter is found not to be registering or to be registering incorrectly, the person shall, unless otherwise authorized in writing by the Principal Licensing Authority, immediately cause the taxi to cease plying for hire until the meter has been repaired to the satisfaction of a certifying officer.

(2) Any police officer or certifying officer shall have the right to stop any taxi for any purpose connected with these Regulations and to inspect the taxi and to inspect or test any meter or any other equipment affixed to the taxi which affects the working of the meter.

(3) Any police officer or certifying officer may, in his absolute discretion or whenever required to do so by the Principal Licensing Authority, require any person operating a taxi to proceed forthwith, or at such time as he may stipulate, to any place in order that the taxi-meter or any equipment thereon which affects the working of the meter may be inspected or tested by a certifying officer.

(4) Any police officer or certifying officer may order any person operating or owning a taxi which does not conform with any of the provisions of these Regulations to cease plying for hire the taxi and to remove it from any taxi stand on which it is until it conforms with that provision.

Interference with meters

8. No person shall cause or permit such interference with a meter affixed to any taxi, or with any part of the mechanism controlling any such meter, so as to prevent it from registering correctly.

Misuse of meters

9. If the operator or owner of a taxi uses or causes to be used a taxi-meter with intent to deceive, he shall be deemed to have committed a breach of the permit held in respect of that taxi.

Operators, etc. to facilitate inspection of meters

10. Every operator or owner of a taxi shall afford facilities to a certifying officer to inspect any taxi or to inspect or test any taxi-meter or any other equipment affixed to the taxi which affects the working of the meter.

Exemptions

11. The Principal Licensing Authority may exempt either separately in writing or on any permit to use a taxi, any operator or owner from having to comply with all or any of the provisions of these Regulations.

Interpretation

12. For the avoidance of doubt, and unless the context otherwise requires, for the purpose of these Regulations—

"certifying officer" means an officer appointed by the Principal Licensing Authority under section 61 of the Act;

"operator" includes the driver or any other person in charge or ostensibly in charge for the time being of a taxi;

"Principal Licensing Authority" means the Principal Licensing Authority appointed under section 5 of the Act or any other licensing authority appointed by the Principal Licensing Authority under subsection (2) of section 5 of the Act.

Offences

13. Any person contravening or wilfully failing to comply with any of the provisions of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months. (Inserted by Legal Notice 101 of 1975.)

SECTION 87—TRAFFIC (FEES) REGULATIONS

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

REGULATION

1. Short title
2. Fees
3. Time for payment of fees
4. Reduction, waiver and refund of fees

Schedule—Fees

Legal Notices Nos. 244 of 1974; 127 of 1975; 11 of 1976; 21 of 1976;
166 of 1978; 49 of 1979; 76 of 1981; 103 of 1985

Short title

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Traffic (Fees) Regulations.

Fees

2. The fees set out in the Schedule shall be payable in respect of the several matters specified therein.

Time for payment of fees

3. Every fee (or first annual or periodic fee where fees are to be paid annually or periodically) set out in the Schedule, shall, except in those cases or matters in respect of which a separate application fee is first charged, be payable at the time of making of the application for the permit, exemption, certificate, licence or other document or authority to which it relates and where fees are payable annually or periodically, each further annual or periodic fee shall be made on the anniversary or other renewal date of the permit, exemption, certificate, licence or other document or authority to which it relates.

Reduction, waiver and refund of fees

4. Subject to any conditions which the Authority may see fit to impose, the Principal Licensing Authority may reduce, waive or refund, in whole or in part, any fee paid or payable in respect any exemption granted by the Principal Licensing Authority under paragraph (2) of regulation 124 of the Traffic Regulations.

(Inserted by Legal Notice 76 of 1981.)

SCHEDULE
(Regulation 2)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 166 of 1978 amended by 103 of 1985.)

SECTION 87—TRAFFIC (TAXIS and RENTAL CARS) REGULATIONS

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART I—PRELIMINARY

REGULATION

1. Short title
2. Interpretation

PART II—PROVISIONS RELATING TO GRANT OF PERMITS

3. Grant of taxi and rental car permits
4. Applications for permits
5. Power of the Authority to grant or to refuse permits
6. Conditions may be attached to permits
7. Statutory conditions of permits
8. Duration of permits

PART III—PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONTROL OF TAXIS
AND RENTAL CARS

9. Power to revoke or suspend permits
10. Appeals
11. Procedure on appeals and rights of a permit holder pending appeal
12. Transfer of permits prohibited
13. Permits to be kept in vehicles
14. Other transport interests to be disclosed
15. Records to be maintained and produced on demand
16. Change of address
17. Production of permits for examination
18. Issue of duplicate permits
19. Return of permits to the Authority
20. Change of ownership of motor vehicle
21. (Revoked)
22. (Revoked)
23. Prohibition of use of unauthorised vehicles as taxis or rental cars
24. Offences and penalties

PART IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

25. Cleanliness of vehicles
26. Application for replacement vehicles
27. Grant or refusal of application for replacement vehicles
28. Fees
29. Taxi meters
30. Removal of number plates, etc., in case of suspension or revocation

First Schedule—Forms of Application

Second Schedule—Forms of Permit

Third Schedule—Fees

Legal Notices Nos. 62 of 1967; 62 of 1974; 5 of 1975;
128 of 1975; 35 of 1979; 49 of 1979; 114 of 1984

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Traffic (Taxis and Rental Cars) Regulations.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

"Authority" means the Principal Licensing Authority;

"base" means the area, specified in a permit granted in respect of a motor vehicle, from or within which such motor vehicle is authorised to operate;

"Board" means the Transport Control Board;

"owner", in relation to a motor vehicle, means the person registered as such under section 16, or under section 20, of the Act;

"passenger" means a person travelling in or on a motor vehicle other than a driver engaged in driving the vehicle;

"permit" means a permit granted under these Regulations;

"rental car" and "taxi" have the same meaning as in the Act.

(Amended by Legal Notice 35 of 1979; 114 of 1984.)

PART II—PROVISIONS RELATING TO GRANT OF PERMITS

Grant of taxi and rental car permits

3.—(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the Authority may grant to any person applying therefor in the prescribed manner—

(a) a permit to use a motor vehicle as a taxi;

(b) a permit to use a motor vehicle as a rental car.

(2) A permit granted under paragraph (1) may specify the base or bases within which or the route or routes along which the vehicle specified in the permit shall be operated.

(3) A person may be the holder of 2 or more permits whether in relation to the same base or in relation to different bases.

(4) The Authority shall not grant a permit under these Regulations unless there shall first have been produced to him a certificate of fitness in relation to the motor vehicle issued under the provisions of section 60 of the Act.

(Amended by Legal Notice 35 of 1979; 114 of 1984.)

Applications for permits

4.—(1) Every application for a taxi or a rental car permit shall be made to the Authority on the appropriate form in the First Schedule and shall reach the Authority not less than 4 weeks before the date on which it is desired that the permit shall take effect.

(2) Every such application shall be completed and signed by the person making it, or if made by a company or firm shall be signed by a director, partner, or other officer of the company or firm who is duly authorised to act on its behalf.

Power of the Authority to grant or to refuse permits

5.—(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the Authority may—

(a) grant or refuse an application for a permit; or

(b) grant, with the applicant's consent, a permit in respect of a base or route different from that specified in the application.

(Substituted by Legal Notice 114 of 1984.)

(2) The Authority, in exercising his discretion under this regulation, shall have regard primarily to the interests of the public generally, including those of persons requiring and of persons providing facilities for transport whether by road, water or air, and, in so doing, shall have particular regard to the following matters:

(a) the needs of the area, in which the applicant proposes to base his vehicle, as a whole in relation to traffic;

(b) the financial ability of the applicant to provide the proposed service;

(c) the conduct of the applicant in any position he may hold or have held as a provider of a commercial transport service.

(3) A permit shall be in the appropriate form specified in the Second Schedule.

Conditions may be attached to permits

6. Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the Authority may attach to
any permit such conditions as he may think fit with respect to the matters to which he is required to have regard under regulation 5 and, in particular; for ensuring that passengers in excess of the specified number shall not be carried.

(Substituted by Legal Notice 5 of 1975.)

Statutory conditions of permits

7.—(1) It shall be a condition of every permit that—

(a) the authorised vehicle is maintained in a fit and serviceable condition; and

(b) the provisions of these Regulations relating to the keeping of records are complied with.

(2) The holder of any such permit, or any person using or causing or permitting the use of a vehicle in respect of which such permit has been granted, who fails to comply with any condition attached to such permit under the provisions of this regulation or regulation 6 shall be guilty of an offence.

Duration of permits

8. A taxi or a rental car permit shall not be granted for any period less than 3 years nor any period exceeding 10 years from the date on which it is expressed to take effect.

PART III—PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONTROL OF
TAXIS AND RENTAL CARS

Power to revoke or suspend permits

9.—(1) Any permit may be revoked, suspended or varied by the Authority on the ground that any condition subject to which the permit was granted has not been complied with:

Provided that the Authority shall, before revoking, suspending or varying such permit, give the holder of the permit a due opportunity to be heard.

(2) Where such permit has been suspended it shall, during the period of suspension, be of no effect.

(3) The Authority may, in lieu of revoking, suspending or varying a permit, issue a written warning to the holder of such permit setting out briefly the matters in relation to which it had been proposed to revoke, suspend or vary the permit, and the Authority may take cognizance of any such warning when considering any application by the holder of such permit for its renewal.

Appeals

10. Any person who—

(a) being an applicant for a taxi or a rental car permit, is aggrieved by the decision of the Authority or by any condition attached by the Authority to such permit;

(b) being the holder of a permit, is aggrieved by the decision of the Authority to suspend, revoke or vary such permit, may, on payment of the fees prescribed in the Third Schedule, appeal against such decision to the Board.

Procedure on appeals and rights of a permit holder pending appeal

11.—(1) An appeal under the provisions of regulation 10 shall be made in writing and lodged with the Authority within 21 days of the date on which the decision appealed against was made and the Board shall not consider any ground other than those set out in such appeal.

(2) At the hearing of an appeal, the appellant and the Authority may be represented by counsel.

(3)

(a) All sittings of the Board to hear appeals under this regulation shall be in public but otherwise the Board may determine its own procedure.

(b) In its determination of an appeal, the Board may confirm, reverse or modify the decision appealed against, and its decision shall be final.

(4) Pending the determination of any appeal to the Board against a decision of the Authority, the holder of the permit may carry on the taxi or the rental car service to which the appeal relates—

(a) in the manner in which and to the extent to which he was lawfully carrying it on at the time of the decision made by the Authority; or

(b) in the case of a decision granting a new permit or varying the terms of an existing permit, in accordance with the terms of that decision.

Transfer of permits prohibited

12.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, a permit shall be personal to the holder thereof and shall not be transferred or assigned.

(2) Except with the prior consent of the Authority, the holder of a permit shall not appoint an agent or an attorney for the purpose of exercising any of the rights conferred by the permit nor shall the holder cause or permit any such agent or attorney to exercise any such right.

(3) The Authority, may, in the event of death, incapacity, insolvency, bankruptcy or liquidation or where a receiver or manager is appointed in relation to the business of the holder of a permit, authorize the transfer of such permit on such terms and conditions as he may think fit, or may cancel the permit.

(4) If the holder of any permit purports, in contravention of the provisions of this regulation, to transfer or assign the permit to any other person, or causes or permits any other person to provide the service authorized in the permit, both the holder of the permit and the other person shall be guilty of an offence.

Permits to be kept in vehicles

13. A permit shall be carried at all times in the vehicle in respect of which it is issued and shall be protected from the weather and from wear and tear.

Other transport interests to be disclosed

14.—(1) The Authority may, at any time, require the holder of or any applicant for a permit to supply in writing such particulars as the Authority may require in respect of the following—

(a) any agreement affecting in any material respect the provision of facilities for the transport of passengers or goods for hire and reward made by him with any other person by whom such facilities are provided, whether within or without Fiji;

(b) any financial interest whatsoever which any person has in the business of the applicant or the holder of the permit, or of the right of any person to control or influence in any way the conduct of the service authorized or to be authorized by the permit or, in the case of an applicant or holder of the permit being a company, of any right which any person has in nominating any director of the company;

(c) any such interest or right which the applicant or the holder of the permit has in the business of any other person who provides facilities for the transport for hire and reward of passengers or goods in Fiji.

(2) If any person refuses or fails to supply any such information as aforesaid, or supplies any information which is false or misleading in any material respect, he shall be guilty of an offence.

Records to be maintained and produced on demand

15.—(1) The holder of a taxi permit shall maintain a register of employees showing the name, address, the driving licence number, of each employee and date of commencement and termination of his employment.

(2) The holder of a rental car permit shall maintain a register showing—

(a) the name, address, driving licence number, and, in the case of a driving licence not issued in Fiji, the place and date of issue of the licence, of the person hiring the vehicle and of any other person who under the terms of the hiring may drive the vehicle while it is hired;

(b) the date of the hiring of the vehicle;

(c) the time of departure of the vehicle;

(d) the date and time of return of the vehicle; and

(e) the total number of kilometres travelled by the vehicle.

(Amended by Legal Notice 49 of 1979.)

(3) The records required to be kept under this regulation shall be produced by or on behalf of the holder of a permit on demand being made by a police officer or a certifying officer of the Department of Road Transport.

(4) Any person being the holder of a permit who contravenes or wilfully fails to comply with the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.

Change of address

16. The holder of a permit shall notify the Authority of any change in his address within 21 days of such change and send or deliver to him the permit to be amended.

Production of permits for examination

17. The holder of a permit shall produce it for examination, if required to do so by any police officer or a certifying officer of the Department of Road Transport and, if it is not in his possession or available at the time of such request, he shall produce it within 5 days of the date of such request.

Issue of duplicate permits

18.—(1) If a permit has, during the currency thereof, been lost, destroyed, defaced or particulars thereof have become illegible the holder thereof shall forthwith notify the Authority and the Authority, if satisfied that it has been so lost, destroyed or defaced, shall on payment of the fee specified in the Third Schedule issue a duplicate, so marked, in place of the original:

Provided that, where the Authority is satisfied that the permit has become defaced or the particulars thereof have become illegible without any act of neglect on the part of the holder, he shall, after the original permit has been surrendered, issue the duplicate free of charge.

(2) Where a permit which has been lost and replaced is recovered, the original permit shall be returned forthwith to the Authority.

Return of permits to the Authority

19.—(1) If a permit ceases to have effect otherwise than by effluxion of time or is suspended or revoked, the holder thereof shall, within 14 days after a notice to that effect has been delivered to him personally or sent to him by registered post at the address shown in his application or last notified in accordance with regulation 16 send or deliver such permit to the Authority for retention during the time of suspension or for cancellation or alteration, as the case may be.

(2) In the case of suspension, the Authority shall, when the period of suspension ends, return the permit to the holder unless it has ceased to have effect by effluxion of time.

Change of ownership of motor vehicle

20. If, during the currency of any permit, the holder thereof ceases to be the owner of the vehicle specified therein, he shall, within 7 days, notify the Authority and return the permit to him for amendment, and any variation required by such change of ownership shall have no effect until the permit, has been amended.

Base plates

21. A motor vehicle in relation to which a taxi permit has been granted shall display a plate indicating the base from and within which such taxi is authorised to operate. Such plate shall have the name of the base in white letters against a red background and shall be of such size and so affixed, both in front and at the rear, as to be readily visible from a distance of 45 metres.

Taxis to be operated from specified bases

22.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, a motor vehicle in relation to which a taxi permit has been granted shall not operate from or within any base other than the base specified therein.

(2) Such motor vehicle, while travelling from such specified base to any other base or area, or returning from such other base or area, may pick up and set down passengers along the route at taxi stands in areas where such stands are provided or at any other place in other areas.

(3) Upon arrival with passengers at a base other than its own, such motor vehicle may carry such passengers within such base for such time and for such purposes as the passengers may require, but shall, when the passengers are finally set down, proceed to the taxi stand provided for taxis other than those authorised to operate within such base and shall not ply for hire except at such stand and for the purpose only of picking up passengers for the return journey or for onward journey to another base.

(4) Any person being the owner or driver of such motor vehicle, who contravenes or wilfully fails to comply with any of the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.

(Substituted by Legal Notice 114 of 1984.)

Prohibition of use of unauthorized vehicles as taxis or rental cars

23. Any person who uses a motor vehicle, or causes or permits a motor vehicle to be used, as a taxi or a rental car, except in accordance with the terms of a permit granted in respect of such vehicle authorizing such use, shall be guilty of an offence.

Offences and penalties

24. Any person contravening or wilfully failing to comply with any of the provisions of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, in the case of first conviction, to a fine not exceeding $100 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $200 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(Substituted by Legal Notice 5 of 1975.)

PART IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Cleanliness of vehicles

25. The bodywork, both internal and external, all windows and fittings and all seats for passengers of every vehicle authorized to be used under a permit shall be maintained in a clean and good condition.

Application for replacement vehicles

26. Any application to replace a vehicle authorised for use under any permit shall be made to the Authority on the appropriate form prescribed in the First Schedule and shall be accompanied by a letter explaining the circumstances under which the application is being made.

Grant or refusal of application for replacement vehicles

27. The Authority may in his discretion refuse any application made under regulation 26 if the replacing vehicle is not of a type suitable for use under the conditions of the permit.

Fees

28. Fees shall be payable as prescribed in the Third Schedule in respect of the matters specified therein.

Taxi meters

29. The Central Traffic Authority may require any motor vehicle in relation to which a taxi permit has been granted, to be fitted with a taxi meter of a type approved by the Authority.

Removal of number plates, etc., in case of suspension or revocation

30. Where any permit granted under these Regulations has been suspended or revoked by the Authority under the provisions of regulation 9, any certifying or vehicle examining officer of the Department of Road Transport authorized by the Authority in writing in that behalf may, after the expiry of 21 days from such suspension or revocation or, where an appeal is lodged under the provisions of regulation 10, after and in accordance with the terms of the determination of such appeal, remove from the vehicle the registration number plates, any other identifying plate, licence, or permit granted under the Act or Regulations made thereunder and retain the same. Where such suspension is later removed or, in case of revocation, where another permit is granted, the number plates, identifying plate, licence or permit shall be returned to the owner or to the person in charge of the motor vehicle.

FIRST SCHEDULE
(Regulations 4 and 26)

(Amended by Legal Notice 35 of 1979; 114 of 1984.)

FORM I

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI

TRAFFIC ACT

TRAFFIC (TAXIS AND RENTAL CARS) REGULATIONS
(Regulation 4)

APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT FOR A TAXI

NOTE:—

1. This application and all attachments must be submitted in duplicate.

2. If space provided in the form for answers is not sufficient attach the answer written on a separate sheet of paper signed and dated.

3. State the base, i.e. city, town, township or country area from or within which you proposed to operate the vehicle(s).

4. Telephone number, if any, at operating base.

5. This application shall be signed by the applicant himself. If the applicant is a company or firm it shall be signed by a director, partner or other officer of the company or firm authorized to act on its behalf.

To: The Principal Licensing Authority, Suva

Name of Applicant

(in BLOCK letters)

Trade Licence No.________________ Trading name

Address

Application is hereby made for a permit to use the vehicle(s) specified below as taxi(s)

____________

FORM 2

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI

TRAFFIC ACT

TRAFFIC (TAXIS AND RENTAL CARS) REGULATIONS
(Regulation 4)

APPLICATION FOR A RENTAL CAR PERMIT

NOTE:—

1. This application and all attachments, must be submitted in duplicate.

2. If space provided in the form for answers is not sufficient attach the answer written on a separate sheet of paper signed and dated.

3. Delete items not applicable.

4. If a vehicle has not yet been acquired or registered give what particulars you can.

5. This application shall be signed by the applicant himself. If the applicant is a company or firm it shall be signed by a director, partner or other officer of the company or firm authorised to act on its behalf.

To: The Principal Licensing Authority, Suva.

Name of Applicant

(in BLOCK letters)

Trade Licence No. ________________________ Trading Name

Address

Application is hereby made for a permit to use the vehicle(s) specified below for the purpose of—

(a) being driven by a hirer or his nominee; or

(b) hired with driver.

_____________

FORM 3

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI

TRAFFIC ACT

TRAFFIC (TAXIS AND RENTAL CARS) REGULATIONS
(Regulation 26)

APPLICATION FOR A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE
(To be submitted in triplicate)

To the Principal Licensing Authority, Suva
Name of Applicant

(in BLOCK letters)
Address

Application is hereby made to replace vehicle No. __________ operated under Permit No. ________ and used as a—

Particulars of the replacement vehicle(s):—

(a) Make ________ and year manufactured

(b) Class, type or model

(c) Passenger vehicles—seating capacity

A letter explaining the circumstances under which the application is being made is attached.

FOR OFFICIAL USE

Authority for replacement

Replacement vehicle inspected on

Replacement vehicle certificate of fitness issued on

Permit amended on

______________

SECOND SCHEDULE
(Regulation 5)

(Amended by Legal Notice 35 of 1979; 49 of 1979)

FORM 1

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI

TRAFFIC ACT

TRAFFIC (TAXIS AND RENTAL CARS) REGULATIONS
(Regulation 5)

TAXI PERMIT

The Principal Licensing Authority has authorized __________________ (hereinafter called the permit holder) of ___________ to use motor vehicle Registration No. ___________ (hereinafter called the vehicle) as a taxi for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward, subject to the provisions of the Traffic Act and regulations made thereunder and the conditions attached hereto.

The base from or within which the vehicles shall be operated shall be

This permit is valid from the __________ day of _______________ 19 ____ and expires on the ___________ of __________ 19_____

CONDITIONS (GENERAL)

1. This permit does not confer on the permit holder any right to operate any service or to use any vehicle on any road in contravention of any prohibition or restriction applicable thereto.

2. The vehicle shall be used for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward in consideration either of separate payments made by such passengers or of payment made for hire of the vehicle as a whole.

3. The fares to be charged for the hire of the vehicle shall be those set out in the Table of Fares in the Schedule to the Traffic (Taxi Fares) Regulations and shall be displayed at all times in the vehicle in a prominent position.

4. The driver of the vehicle shall, in the absence of reasonable cause, to the contrary proceed to the destination of the hirer by the shortest and most direct route and shall, on request of a hirer, permit him to read the figures shown on the odometer of the vehicle and, for such purpose, shall, if necessary, illuminate the figures.

5. The maximum number of persons, in addition to the driver, carried on the vehicle shall not exceed:

Provided that-

(i) 3 children under 120 cm in height shall be counted as 2 persons;

(ii) children, not exceeding 4 in number, under the apparent age of 5 years, shall not be considered to be passengers for the purpose of this condition.

6. The vehicle shall not be stopped for the purpose of picking up passengers or setting down passengers at any bus stop or in any bus stand located within any municipal or other urban boundaries or at any such stop or in any such stand located outside any municipal or other urban boundaries, save where there is an authorized taxi stand located within such limits.

7. Neither the permit holder nor a driver of the vehicle shall at any time solicit for passengers, whether the vehicle be stationary or plying for hire, or employ, use or avail himself of the services of any person in the capacity of a tout, or permit any person to tout for him.

8. The permit holder shall maintain the records of operation of the vehicle as prescribed for a taxi in regulation 15 of the Traffic (Taxis and Rental Cars) Regulations.

9. The vehicle, when plying for hire, shall be driven only by the permit holder or by a driver in his employment.

10. The permit is not transferable.

11. The driver of the vehicle shall not accept for conveyance therein any article of any description which projects beyond the roof or sides of the vehicle or which from its nature appears likely to soil or render noisome the vehicle.

12. Whilst the vehicle is being driven on a road the lid of the luggage boot of the vehicle shall be closed and securely fastened.

13. Immediately after the conclusion of a hiring, the driver of the vehicle shall search for any article left in the vehicle and, if he is unable to return any such article found to the owner-thereof without delay, shall forthwith deposit it at the nearest Police Station.

14. On being so required by the Medical, Veterinary or Agricultural Authorities, the vehicle shall be disinfected or cleaned in accordance with such requirement and shall not be used until such requirement has been satisfied.

15. The permit holder shall ensure that markings for a taxi are at all times correctly displayed on the vehicle in accordance with the provisions of the Traffic (Taxis and Rental Cars) Regulations, together with any plates and markings contained in the Traffic Regulations, as well as any additional requirement shown in this permit.

16. Failure to comply with any of the conditions under which this permit is issued shall render the permit liable to be suspended or revoked under regulation 9 of the Traffic (Taxis and Rental Cars) Regulations.

CONDITIONS (SPECIAL)

FORM 2

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI

TRAFFIC ACT

TRAFFIC (TAXIS AND RENTAL CARS) REGULATIONS
(Regulation 5)

RENTAL CAR PERMIT

The Principal Licensing Authority has authorized ____________ (hereinafter called the permit holder) of ____________ to use motor vehicle Registered No. ______ (hereinafter called the vehicle) for the purpose of—

subject to the provisions of the Traffic Act and regulations made thereunder and the conditions attached hereto.

The address from which the vehicle shall be used or operated shall be

This permit is valid from the _________ day of __________ 19 _____ and expires on the _________ day of _______ 19____

CONDITIONS (GENERAL)

1. This permit does not authorize the use of any vehicle on any road in contravention of any prohibition or restriction applicable thereto.

2. The maximum number of persons including the driver which may be carried in the vehicle shall not exceed

Provided that—

(i) 3 children under 120 cm in height shall be counted as 2 persons;

(ii) children, not exceeding 4 in number, under the apparent age of 5 years shall not be considered to be passengers for the purpose of this condition.

3. The vehicle shall normally be kept at ________ and business shall only be accepted at this address.

4. The permit holder shall not hire out the vehicle(s) unless he has first satisfied himself that it is in roadworthy condition in all respects and that it is covered by insurance for the purpose for which it is to be used by the hirer.

5. The permit is not transferable.

6. The permit holder shall ensure that registration plates and markings for a rental car vehicle are at all times correctly displayed on the vehicle together with any plates and markings specified in this permit.

7. Failure to comply with any of the conditions under which this permit is issued shall render the permit liable to be suspended or revoked under regulation 9 of the Traffic (Taxis and Rental Cars) Regulations.

CONDITIONS (SPECIAL)

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THIRD SCHEDULE
(Regulation 28)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 128 of 1975)

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SECTION 88—PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS (ESTABLISHMENT) ORDER

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PARAGRAPH

1. Short title
2. Establishment of crossings
3. Application of Traffic Regulations

Schedule—Pedestrian Crossings

Legal Notice Nos. 114 of 1980; 4 of 1985; 46 of 1985

Short title

1. This Order may be cited as the Pedestrian Crossings (Establishment) Order.

Establishment of crossings

2. The location specified and described in the Schedule are established as crossings for pedestrians.

Application of Traffic Regulations

3. The crossings established by this Order shall be pedestrian crossings for the purpose of Part VII of the Traffic Regulations.

SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 2)

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SECTION 88—ROAD SPEED LIMITS ORDER

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PARAGRAPH

1. Short title
2. Speed limits affecting Queens Road
3. Speed limits affecting Kings Road
4. Speed limits affecting Princes Road
5. Speed limits affecting Tailevu
6. Speed limits in Serua
7. Speed limits affecting Naitasiri and Rewa
8. Speed limits affecting Ra
9. Speed limits affecting Ba
10. Speed limits affecting Vanua Levu
11. Speed limits affecting Rotuma and other islands
12. Maximum general speed limit

Schedule—Areas to Which Paragraph 7 Relates

Legal Notices Nos. 154 of 1978; 58 of 1979; 128 of 1979; 62 of 1981; 60 of 1982;
21 of 1983; 67 of 1984; 75 of 1984; 38 of 1985

Short title

1. This Order may be cited as the Road Speed Limits Order.

Speed limits affecting Queens Road

2. Those sections of the Queens Road, including the Suva-Nadi Highway, at the places mentioned in column 1 hereunder for the distances described in column 2 hereunder shall be subject to restricted speeds for motor or other vehicles as stated in column 3:—

Speed limits affecting Kings Road

3. Those sections of the Kings Road at the places mentioned in column 1 hereunder for the distances described in column 2 hereunder shall be subject to restricted speeds for motor or other vehicles as stated in column 3:—

(Amended by Legal Notice 128 of 1979; 62 of 1981; 60 of 1982; 67 of 1984.)

Speed limits affecting Princes Road

4. Those sections of the Princes Road at the places mentioned in column 1 hereunder for the distances described in column 2 hereunder shall be subject to restricted speeds for motor or other vehicles as stated in column 3:—

Speed limits affecting Tailevu

5. Those sections of road in the Province of Tailevu at the places mentioned in column 1 hereunder for the distances described in column 2 hereunder shall be subject to restricted speeds for motor or other vehicles as stated in column 3:—

(Amended by Legal Notice 58 of 1979.)

Speed limits in Serua

6. Those sections of road in the Province of Serua at the places mentioned in column 1 hereunder for the distances described in column 2 hereunder shall be subject to restricted speeds for motor or other vehicles as stated in column 3:—

(Amended by Legal Notice 60 of 1982.)

Speed limits affecting Naitasiri and Rewa

7.—(1) The maximum speed at which a vehicle may be driven on any road within the area described in Part A of the Schedule shall be 60 km/h.

(2) The maximum speed at which a vehicle may be driven on any road within the area described in Part B of the Schedule shall be 50 km/h.

(Substituted by Legal Notice 60 of 1982.)

Speed limits affecting Ra

8. Those sections of road in the Province of Ra mentioned in column 1 hereunder for the distances described in column 2 hereunder shall be subject to restricted speeds for motor or other vehicles as stated in column 3:—

Speed limits affecting Ba

9. Those sections of road in the Province of Ba at the places mentioned in column 1 hereunder for the distances described in column 2 hereunder shall be subject to restricted speeds for motor or other vehicles as stated in column 3:—

(Amended by Legal Notice 58 of 1979; 60 of 1982; 21 of 1983.)

Speed limits affecting Vanua Levu

10. Those sections of road in Vanua Levu at the places mentioned in column 1 hereunder for the distances described in column 2 hereunder shall be subject to restricted speeds for motor or other vehicles as stated in column 3:—

(Amended by Legal Notice 60 of 1982; 38 of 1985.)

Speed limits affecting Rotuma and other islands

11. The maximum speed at which a vehicle may be driven on any road in Kadavu, Koro, Lakeba, Gau, Ovalau, Vanuabalavu, Rotuma and Taveuni and any other islands excluding Viti Levu and Vanua Levu shall be 50 km/h.

(Amended by Legal Notice 60 of 1982.)

Maximum general speed limit

12. Subject to the provisions of regulation 44 of the Traffic Regulations, the maximum speed at which a motor or other vehicle may be driven on any road other than those places described in paragraphs 2 to 11, shall be 100 km/h.

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SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 7)

Inserted by Legal Notice 60 of 1982

PART A

The area on the island of Viti Levu bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the boundary of the City of Suva and the side of the Princes Road that is nearer to Laucala Bay; thence generally northerly, easterly and southerly following that side of that road to its intersection with the boundary of the Town of Nausori; thence generally westerly, southerly and easterly following that boundary to the point on that boundary at which a straight line bearing north of east and forming part of that boundary intersects the right bank of the Toga River; thence by a prolongation of that straight line to its intersection with the left bank of that river; thence following that bank of that river upstream to its intersection with the right bank of the Rewa River; thence following that bank of that river downstream to its intersection with the right bank of the Vunidawa River; thence following that bank of that river downstream to the high water mark on Laucala Bay; thence generally westerly following that high water mark to the point on the boundary of the City of Suva constituted by the intersection of the high water mark of Laucala Bay with the high water mark of the right bank of the Samabula River; thence following the right bank of that river and of the Savuibotu Creek upstream to the first point of intersection of the right bank of that creek with the boundary of the City of Suva; thence generally northerly and westerly following that boundary to the point of commencement.

PART B

The area on the island of Viti Levu bounded on the west and south by the City of Suva and on the north and east by the area described in Part A.

CHAPTER 176

TRAFFIC

LEGISLATION OF LOCAL APPLICATION

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SECTION 88—BA TRAFFIC ORDER

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART I—PRELIMINARY

PARAGRAPH

1. Short title
2. Interpretation

PART II—STOPPING AND PARKING VEHICLES

3. Prohibition on stopping of vehicles
4. Complete prohibition on parking in certain places
5. Restrictions on parking

PART III—GOODS VEHICLES

6. Parking and location of public stands for goods vehicles

PART IV—TAXIS

7. Location of taxi stands
8. Prohibition on parking of other vehicles on taxi stands
9. Restriction on the stopping of taxis
10. Restrictions on taxi drivers at taxi stands
11. Taxi to move into vacated positions

PART V—BUSES

12. Appointment of bus stops
13. Restriction on stopping of buses
14. Bus stands
15. Restriction on parking of buses at bus stands
16. Only buses on the bus stand
17. Speed limit for buses on the bus stand

PART VI—STANDS AND PARKING PLACES

18. Provision for temporary stands
19. Attendance upon vehicles

PART VII—ONE-WAY STREETS

20. One-way streets

PART VIII—MAXIMUM SPEED

21. Speed limit

PART IX—EXEMPTIONS

22. Medical practitioners
23. Exemptions
24. General

First Schedule – Prohibited Stopping Places

Second Schedule – Prohibited Parking Places

Third Schedule – Restricted Stopping Places

Fourth Schedule – Restricted Parking Places

Fifth Schedule – Goods Vehicle Stands

Sixth Schedule – Taxi Stands

Seventh Schedule – Bus Stand

Eighth Schedule – One-way Streets

Legal Notices Nos. 69 of 1972, 113 of 1974,
Local Government Notice No. 5 of 1976, Legal Notice No. 125 of 1978

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Order may be cited as the Ba Traffic Order, and shall apply to the area within the boundaries of the town of Ba.

Interpretation

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

"bus" means a public service vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 6 passengers excluding the driver;

"footpath" means that area between the kerb lines or lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines improved by the laying or formation of concrete, gravel, grass or other material for the use of pedestrians;

"loading zone" means an area established and set aside by the council and marked out on the surface of a street or road and designated by signs including the words "LOADING ZONE" as a place for a commercial vehicle or commercial vehicles to stand whilst being loaded or unloaded;

"one-way street" means a roadway or any part of a roadway specified in the Eighth Schedule;

"pedestrian" means any person on foot upon a road, and includes any person in an invalid chair not propelled by mechanical power and any person travelling in or on a vehicle, tricycle, or scooter designed principally for use by children for the purpose of play;

"roadway" means that portion of a street improved, designed or actually used or reasonably usable for the time being, by vehicles.

PART II—STOPPING AND PARKING VEHICLES

Prohibition on stopping of vehicles

3. No person shall stop any vehicle on any road or part thereof specified in the First Schedule at any time indicated on a traffic sign as a time at which stopping is prohibited in such road or part thereof.

Complete prohibition on parking in certain places

4. No person shall park any vehicle at any time of the day or night on any road or part thereof specified in the Second Schedule.

Restrictions on parking

5. No person shall park any vehicle between such times and on such roads as are specified in the Third and Fourth Schedules.

PART III—GOODS VEHICLES

Parking and location of public stands for goods vehicles

6.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order relating to goods vehicles, no person shall park any goods vehicle exceeding 35 cwt. net weight on any road except for the purpose of loading or unloading such vehicle:

Provided that the restrictions contained in this sub-paragraph shall not apply to the roads or parts thereof specified in the Fifth Schedule appointed as public stands for goods vehicles.

(2) The driver of a goods vehicle shall not permit the vehicle to stand on a public stand if such stand is already occupied by a number of vehicles indicated on the traffic sign relating to such stand.

PART IV—TAXIS

Location of taxi stands

7. The roads or parts thereof or places specified in the Sixth Schedule shall be taxi stands.

Prohibition on parking of other vehicles on taxi stands

8. No person shall stop or park any vehicle, other than a taxi, on any taxi stand.

Restriction on the stopping of taxis

9. Subject to the other provisions of this Order, the driver of a taxi shall not permit the taxi to stop or park on any road or part thereof other than a taxi stand except—

(a) for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers and their baggage, or while waiting for passengers who shall have engaged such taxi, or while the driver is otherwise attending to the requirement of the hirer of the taxi and, in any such case, for a period of no longer than 15 minutes, or

(b) while the driver of a taxi is obtaining a meal.

Restrictions on taxi drivers at taxi stands

10. The driver of a taxi shall not permit the taxi to stand on any taxi stand if such stand is occupied by the number of vehicles indicated on the traffic sign in relation to that stand.

Taxi to move into vacated positions

11. When a taxi vacates any position on a taxi stand where taxis stand front to rear, the driver of the taxi behind the taxi vacating the position shall move his taxi into it without delay.

PART V—BUSES

Appointment of bus stops

12. No bus operating routes specified in a road service licence shall stop to put down or pick up passengers except at places marked or indicated by the appropriate traffic signs unless authorised so to do by its road service licence.

Restriction on stopping of buses

13. Subject to the other provisions of this Order, no driver of any bus shall stop or park the bus on any road except at a bus stop for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers and luggage, or at a stand or area appointed for the assembly of buses and, if the use of any such stand or area shall have been restricted to certain times, then only during those times:

Provided that a contract carriage which is also a bus may stop and pick up and set down passengers in accordance with any other provisions of this Order in the discretion of the driver.

Bus stands

14. The areas specified in the Seventh Schedule shall be stands for buses.

Restriction on parking of buses at bus stands

15. No person shall park any bus on a bus stand except for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers and their luggage and, in any such case, for not longer than—

(a) 15 minutes immediately prior to the scheduled time of departure from the said stand of a bus on a journey terminating within a radius of 30 miles therefrom; or

(b) 30 minutes immediately prior to the scheduled time of departure from the said stand of a bus on a journey terminating beyond a radius of 30 miles therefrom; or

(c) as is reasonably necessary for the purpose of setting down passengers and their luggage.

Only buses on the bus stand

16. No person shall drive a vehicle other than a bus on to any bus stand.

Speed limit for buses on the bus stand

17. No person shall drive a bus upon or within bus stand at a speed greater than 5 miles per hour.

PART VI—STANDS AND PARKING PLACES

Provision for temporary stands

18. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Order, at any place where vehicles are assembled, any uniformed member of the Royal Fiji Police Force may appoint a temporary stand for such vehicles or any class thereof and every person shall work such stand as directed by such member of the Royal Fiji Police Force.

Attendance upon vehicles

19. The driver of—

(a) a bus shall be constantly in attendance upon the same while the bus is on any bus stand;

(b) a goods vehicle shall be constantly in attendance upon the same while the vehicle is on any goods vehicle stand between the hours of 6.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. on Monday to Saturday of any week;

(c) a taxi shall be constantly in attendance upon the same while the taxi is on any taxi stand.

PART VII—ONE-WAY STREETS

One-way streets

20.—(1) The roadways or parts thereof specified in the Eighth Schedule shall be one-way streets.

(2) A vehicle shall move up or down a one-way street only in the direction specified in that Schedule.

PART VIII—MAXIMUM SPEED

Speed limit

21. The maximum speed at which a vehicle shall be driven in the town of Ba shall be 30 miles per hour.

PART IX—EXEMPTIONS

Medical practitioners

22. The provisions of paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 21 shall not apply to a registered medical practitioner in the course of rendering his professional services to any person at any place other than his normal place of practice:

Provided that the exemption hereby conferred shall only apply in the case of a vehicle to the windscreen of which is affixed a sticker supplied by the Ba Town Council identifying such vehicle as that of a registered medical practitioner.

Exemptions

23. The provisions of this Order shall not apply to drivers—

(a) conveying members of the Royal Fiji Police Force on urgent police duty;

(b) of vehicles of a fire brigade proceeding to any fire or alarm of fire;

(c) of ambulances answering an urgent call or proceeding to hospital with any sick or injured person requiring emergency treatment.

General

24. With the exception of the provisions of paragraph 21, the provisions of this Order shall not apply to drivers—

(a) operating vehicles on the site of road maintenance or construction or maintenance work on power or telegraph lines or equipment while engaged on such work;

(b) operating vehicles in accordance with directions given to them by any uniformed member of the Royal Fiji Police Force;

(c) operating vehicles engaged in garbage collection or in connection with the installation or maintenance of water services.

FIRST SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 3)
(Substituted by Legal Notice 125 of 1978.)

PROHIBITED STOPPING PLACES

Stopping prohibited at all times on the following streets or parts thereof:—

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SECOND SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 4)
(Substituted by Legal Notice 125 of 1978.)

PROHIBITED PARKING PLACES

Parking is prohibited at all times in front of cinemas and public halls. Parking prohibited at all times in the following streets or parts thereon-

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THIRD SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 5)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 125 of 1978.)

RESTRICTED STOPPING PLACES

Parking prohibited on Mondays to Fridays inclusive between 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. and on Saturdays between 8.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. in the following streets or parts thereof:—

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FOURTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 5)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 125 of 1978.)

RESTRICTED PARKING PLACES

Parking limited on Mondays to Fridays inclusive between 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. and on Saturdays between 8.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. in the following streets or parts thereof to the periods set out below:—

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FIFTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 6)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 125 of 1978.)

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SIXTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 7)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 125 of 1978.)

TAXI STANDS

SEVENTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 14)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 125 of 1978.)

BUS STAND

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EIGHTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 20)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 125 of 1978.)

ONE-WAY STREETS

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LABASA

SECTION 88—DELEGATION BY CENTRAL TRAFFIC AUTHORITY

Legal Notice No. 52 of 1981^[1]

The Central Traffic Authority has delegated to the Labasa Town Council the following powers conferred upon the Central Traffic Authority by subsection (1) of section 88 of the Traffic Act, that is to say, the power by notice in the Gazette to make traffic orders for the purposes of-

(i) constituting one-way streets;

(ii) appointing public stands, parking places and bus stops and prescribing rules to be obeyed and fees to be paid by the drivers of motor vehicles and other persons using the same;

(iii) controlling the plying for hire of public service vehicles and directing in what places such vehicles shall or shall not stop to put down or pick up passengers and on what routes or streets such vehicles may or may not ply for hire;

(iv) prescribing the times during which and the places at which goods vehicles may be parked for the purpose of loading or unloading goods;

(v) prohibiting touting;

(vi) prohibiting the use of sound signals on any specified road between specified hours;

(vii) regulating the flow of traffic by making of traffic lanes, the establishment of traffic islands and the control of turning in streets;

(viii) establishing traffic lights at crossings and providing for the observance of the signals given thereby by vehicles and pedestrians;

(ix) regulating or restricting the parking of vehicles or classes of vehicles.

SECTION 88—LABASA TRAFFIC ORDER

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART I—PRELIMINARY

PARAGRAPH

1. Short title
2. Interpretation

PART II—STOPPING AND PARKING VEHICLES

3. Prohibition on stopping of vehicles
4. Complete prohibition on parking in certain places
5. Restriction on parking

PART III—GOODS VEHICLES

5A. Loading zones
6. Parking and location of public stands for goods vehicles

PART IV—TAXIS

7. Location of taxi stands
8. Prohibition on parking of other vehicles on taxi stands
9. Restriction on the stopping of taxis
10. Restrictions on taxi drivers at taxi stands
11. Taxi to move into vacated positions

PART V—BUSES

12. Appointment of bus stops
13. Restriction on stopping of buses
14. Bus stands
15. Restriction on parking of buses at bus stands
16. Only buses on the bus stand
17. Speed limit for buses on the bus stand

PART VI—STANDS AND PARKING PLACES

18. Provision for temporary stands
19. Attendance upon vehicles

PART VII—ONE-WAY STREETS

20. One-way streets

PART VIII—MAXIMUM SPEED

21. Speed limit

PART IX—EXEMPTIONS

22. Medical practitioners
23. Exemptions
24. General
First Schedule – Prohibited Stopping Places
Second Schedule – Prohibited Parking Places
Third Schedule – Restricted Parking Places
Fourth Schedule – Permitted Parking Limits
Fifth Schedule – Goods Vehicle Stands
Sixth Schedule – Taxi Stands
Seventh Schedule – Bus Stands
Eighth Schedule – One-way Streets
Ninth Schedule – Loading zones
Tenth Schedule – Bus Stops

Local Government Notice No. 15 of 1973, Legal Notice 44 of 1984

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Order may be cited as the Labasa Traffic Order, and shall apply to the area within the boundaries of the town of Labasa.

Interpretation

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

"bus" means a public service vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 6 passengers excluding the driver;

"footpath" means that area between the kerb lines or lateral lines of a road way and the adjacent property lines improved by the laying or formation of concrete, gravel, grass or other material for the use of pedestrians;

"one-way street" means a roadway or any part of a roadway specified in the Eighth Schedule;

"pedestrian" means any person on foot upon a road, and includes any person in an invalid chair not propelled by mechanical power and any person travelling in or on a vehicle, tricycle, or scooter designed principally for use by children for the purpose of play;

"roadway" means that portion of a street improved, designed or actually used or reasonably usable for the time being, by vehicles.

PART II—STOPPING AND PARKING VEHICLES

Prohibition on stopping of vehicles

3. No person shall stop a vehicle on any road or part thereof specified in the First Schedule at any time indicated on a traffic sign as a time at which stopping is prohibited in such road or part thereof.

Complete prohibition on parking in certain places

4. No person shall park any vehicle at any time of the day or night on any road or part thereof specified in the Second Schedule.

Restriction on parking

5.—(1) A person shall not park a vehicle on a road specified in the Third Schedule at a time specified in that Schedule.

(2) A person shall not park a vehicle on a road specified in the Fourth Schedule at a time specified in that Schedule for a period of time longer than the period specified in that Schedule.

(Substituted by Legal Notice 44 of 1984.)

PART III—GOODS VEHICLES

Loading zones

5A.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a person shall not park or stop a vehicle in a loading zone specified in the Ninth Schedule.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply in respect of a goods vehicle parked or stopped in a loading zone for the purpose of loading or unloading goods.

(Inserted by Legal Notice 44 of 1984.)

Parking and location of public stands for goods vehicles

6.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order relating to goods vehicles, no person shall park any goods vehicles exceeding 1,788 kg net weight on any road except for the purpose of loading or unloading such vehicle:

Provided that the restrictions contained in this sub-paragraph shall not apply to the roads or parts thereof specified in the Fifth Schedule appointed as public stands for goods vehicles.

(2) The driver of a goods vehicle shall not permit the vehicle to stand on a public stand if such stand is already occupied by the number of vehicles indicated on the traffic sign relating to such stand.

(Amended by Legal Notice 44 of 1984.)

PART IV—TAXIS

Location of taxi stands

7. The roads or parts thereof or places specified in the Sixth Schedule shall be taxi stands.

Prohibition on parking of other vehicles on taxi stands

8. No person shall stop or park any vehicle, other than a taxi, on any taxi stand.

Restriction on the stopping of taxis

9. Subject to the other provisions of this Order, the driver of a taxi shall not permit the taxi to stop or park on any road or part thereof other than a taxi stand except—

(a) for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers and their baggage, or while waiting for passengers who shall have engaged such taxi, or while the driver is otherwise attending to the requirements of the hirer of the taxi and, in any such case, for a period of no longer than 15 minutes; or

(b) while the driver of a taxi is obtaining a meal.

Restrictions on taxi drivers at taxi stands

10. The driver of a taxi shall not permit the taxi to stand on any taxi stand if such stand is occupied by the number of vehicles indicated on the traffic sign in relation to that stand and specified in the Sixth Schedule.

(Amended by Legal Notice 44 of 1984.)

Taxi to move into vacated positions

11. When a taxi vacates any position on a taxi stand where taxis stand front to rear, the driver of the taxi behind the taxi vacating the position shall move his taxi into it without delay.

PART V—BUSES

Appointment of bus stops

12. No bus operating routes specified in a road service licence shall stop to put down or pick up passengers except at places marked or indicated by the appropriate traffic signs and specified in the Tenth Schedule unless authorised so to do by its road service licence.

(Amended by Legal Notice 44 of 1984.)

Restriction on stopping of buses

13. Subject to the other provisions of this Order, no driver of any bus shall stop or park the bus on any road except at a bus stop for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers and luggage, or at a stand or area appointed for the assembly of buses and, if the use of any such stand or area shall have been restricted to certain times, then only during those times:

Provided that a contract carriage which is also a bus may stop and pick up and set down passengers in accordance with any other provisions of this Order in the discretion of the driver.

Bus stands

14. The areas specified in the Seventh Schedule shall be stands for buses for the buses specified in that Schedule.

Restriction on parking of buses at bus stands

15. No person shall park any bus on a bus stand except for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers and their luggage and, in any such case, for not longer than—

(a) 15 minutes immediately prior to the scheduled time of departure from the said stand of a bus on a journey terminating within a radius of 50 kilometres therefrom; or

(b) 30 minutes immediately prior to the scheduled time of departure from the said stand of a bus on a journey terminating beyond a radius of 50 kilometres therefrom; or

(c) as is reasonably necessary for the purpose of setting down passengers and their luggage.

Only buses on the bus stand

16. No person shall drive a vehicle other than a bus on to any bus stand.

Speed limit for buses on the bus stand

17. No person shall drive a bus upon or within a bus stand at a speed greater than 8 kilometres an hour.

PART VI—STANDS AND PARKING PLACES

Provision for temporary stands

18. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Order, at any place where vehicles are assembled, any uniformed member of the Royal Fiji Police Force may appoint a temporary stand for such vehicles or any class thereof and every person shall work such stand as directed by such member of the Royal Fiji Police Force.

Attendance upon vehicles

19. The driver of—

(a) a bus shall be constantly in attendance upon the same while the bus is on any bus stand;.

(b) a goods vehicle shall be constantly in attendance upon the same while the vehicle is on any goods vehicle stand between the hours of 6.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. on Monday to Saturday of any week;

(b) a taxi shall be constantly in attendance upon the same while the taxi is on any taxi stand.

PART VII—ONE-WAY STREETS

One-way streets

20.—(1) The roadways and parts thereof specified in the Eighth Schedule shall be one-way streets.

(2) A vehicle shall move up or down a one-way street only in the direction specified in the Schedule.

PART VIII—MAXIMUM SPEED

Speed limit

21. The maximum speed at which a vehicle shall be driven in the town of Labasa shall be 30 miles per hour.

PART IX—EXEMPTIONS

Medical practitioners

22. The provisions of paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 and 21 shall not apply to a registered medical practitioner in the course of rendering his professional services to any person at any place other than his normal place of practice:

Provided that the exemption hereby conferred shall only apply in the case of a vehicle to the windscreen of which is affixed a sticker supplied by the Labasa Town Council identifying such vehicle as that of a registered medical practitioner.

Exemptions

23. The provisions of this Order shall not apply to the drivers—

(a) conveying the members of the Royal Fiji Police Force on urgent police duty;

(b) of vehicles of a Fire Brigade proceeding to any fire or alarm of fire;

(c) of ambulances answering an urgent call or proceeding to hospital with any sick or injured person requiring emergency treatment.

General

24. With the exception of the provision of paragraph 21, the provisions of this Order shall not apply to drivers—

(a) operating vehicles on the site of road maintenance or construction or maintenance work on power or telegraph lines or equipment while engaged on such work;

(b) operating vehicles in accordance with directions given to them by any uniformed member of the Royal Fiji Police Force;

(c) operating vehicles engaged in garbage collection or in connection with the installation or maintenance of water services.

FIRST SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 5)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 44 of 1984)

PROHIBITED STOPPING PLACES

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SECOND SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 4)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 44 of 1984.)

PROHIBITED PARKING PLACES

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THIRD SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 5)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 44 of 1984.)

Times during which parking is prohibited

Any time on—

(a) a weekday between 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m.; and

(b) a Saturday between 8.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m.

Area in which parking is prohibited during prescribed time

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FOURTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 5)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 44 of 1984)

PERMITTED PARKING LIMITS

Times during which parking is limited to the specified period of time

Any time on—

(a) a weekday between 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m.; and

(b) a Saturday between 8.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m.

Area in which parking is limited to the specified period of time

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FIFTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 6)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 44 of 1984.)

GOODS VEHICLE STANDS

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SIXTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 7)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 44 of 1984.)

Areas appointed as taxi stands and maximum number of taxis allowed on each stand

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SEVENTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 14)
(Substituted by Legal Notice 44 of 1984.)

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EIGHTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 20)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 44 of 1984.)

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NINTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 5A)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 44 of 1984.)

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TENTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 12)

(Substituted by Legal Notice 44 of 1984.)

Areas appointed to be bus stops

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LAMI

SECTION 88—LAMI TRAFFIC ORDER

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART I—PRELIMINARY

PARAGRAPH

1. Short title
2. Interpretation

PART II—PARKING VEHICLES

3. Prohibition of parking
4. Limited parking

PART III—GOODS VEHICLE

5. Public stands for goods vehicles

PART IV—TAXIS

6. Taxi stands
7. Use of taxi stands
8. Restrictions on stopping taxis
9. Restrictions on drivers at taxi stands
10. Vacated positions

PART V—BUSES

11. Appointment of bus stops
12. Restrictions on stopping buses

PART VI—STANDS AND PARKING PLACES

13. Temporary stands
14. Attendance upon vehicles

PART VII—DIRECTION ON TRAFFIC

15. One-way streets

PART VIII—MAXIMUM SPEED

16. Speed limits

PART IX—GENERAL

17. Touting
18. Drivers not to drive on footpaths
19. Medical practitioners
20. Exemptions

First Schedule — Prohibited Parking Places

Second Schedule — Restricted Parking Places

Third Schedule — Goods Vehicle Stand

Fourth Schedule — Taxi Stands

Fifth Schedule — One-way Streets

Sixth Schedule — Speed Limit

Legal Notice No. 88 of 1982

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Order may be cited as the Lami Traffic Order, and shall apply to the area within the boundaries of the town of Lami.

Interpretation

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

"bus" means a public service vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 6 passengers excluding the driver;

"footpath" means that area between the kerb lines or lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines improved by the laying or formation of concrete, gravel, grass or other material for the use of pedestrians;

"intersection", in relation to 2 or more intersecting or meeting roadways, means that area contained within the prolongation or connection of the lateral boundary lines of each roadway;

"one-way street" means a roadway or any part of a roadway specified in the Fifth Schedule upon which a vehicle shall be required to move in the direction specified in that Schedule to such roadway;

"park" or "parking" means the standing of a vehicle whether attended, occupied or otherwise upon a roadway, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of, or while actually engaged in, loading or unloading merchandise or taking on or discharging passengers;

"pedestrian" means any person on foot upon a road, and includes any person in an invalid chair not propelled by mechanical power and any person travelling on a vehicle, tricycle, or scooter designed principally for use by children for the purpose of play;

"road" means that portion of a street improved, designed or actually used or reasonably usable, for the time being by vehicles, and "roadway" has a corresponding meaning;

"stop" or "stopping" means the coming to rest of a vehicle except when necessary to avoid a collision or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or traffic sign.

PART II—PARKING VEHICLES

Prohibition of parking

3. No person shall park any vehicle at any time of the day or night on any road or part thereof specified in the First Schedule.

Limited parking

4. No person shall park any vehicle between such times and on such roads as are specified in the Second Schedule.

PART III—GOODS VEHICLES

Parking stands for goods vehicles

5.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order relating to goods vehicles, no person shall park any goods vehicle in any road except for the purpose of loading or unloading such vehicle:

Provided that the restrictions contained in this sub-paragraph shall not apply to the roads or parts thereof specified in the Third Schedule appointed as public stands for goods vehicles.

(2) The driver of a goods vehicle shall not permit the vehicle to stand on a public stand if such stand is already occupied by the number of vehicles indicated on the traffic sign relating to such stand.

PART IV—TAXIS

Taxi stands

6. The roads or parts thereof or places specified in the Fourth Schedule shall be taxi stands.

Use of taxi stands

7. No person shall stop or park any vehicle, other than a taxi, on any taxi stand.

Restriction on stopping taxis

8. Subject to the other provisions of this Order, the driver of a taxi shall not permit the taxi to stop or park on any road or part thereof other than a taxi stand except—

(a) for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers and their baggage, or while waiting for passengers who shall have engaged such taxi, or while the driver is otherwise attending to the requirements of the hirer of the taxi and, in any such case for a period of no longer than 15 minutes; or

(b) while the driver of a taxi is obtaining a meal, and then only between the hours of 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. and 6.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m.

Restrictions on drivers at taxi stands

9. The driver of a taxi shall not permit the taxi to stand on any taxi stand if such stand is occupied by the number of vehicles indicated on a traffic sign in relation to that stand.

Vacated positions

10. When a taxi vacates any positions on a taxi stand where taxis stand front to rear, the driver of the taxi behind the taxi vacating the position shall move his taxi into it without delay.

PART V—BUSES

Appointment of bus stops

11. A bus operating any route specified in a road service licence shall not stop to put down or pick up passengers except at places marked or indicated by the appropriate traffic signs.

Restriction on stopping of buses

12. Subject to the other provisions of this Order no driver of any bus shall stop or park the bus in any road except at a bus stop for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers and luggage, or at an area appointed for the assembly of buses and, if the use of any such area shall have been restricted to certain times, then only during those times:

Provided that a contract carriage which is also a bus may stop and pick up and set down passengers in accordance with any other provisions of this Order in the discretion of the driver.

PART VI—STANDS AND PARKING PLACES

Temporary stands

13. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Order, at any place where vehicles are assembled, any police officer may appoint a temporary stand for such vehicles or any class thereof and every person shall work such stand as directed by a police officer.

Attendance upon vehicles

14. The driver of—

(a) a bus shall be constantly in attendance upon the same while the bus is on any bus stand;

(b) a goods vehicle shall be constantly in attendance upon the same while the vehicle is on any goods vehicle stand between the hours of 6.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. on Monday to Saturday of any week;

(c) a taxi shall be constantly in attendance upon the same while the taxi is on any taxi stand.

PART VII—DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC

One-way streets

15.—(1) The roads or parts thereof specified in the Fifth Schedule shall be one-way streets.

(2) A vehicle shall move up or down a one-way street only in the direction specified in that Schedule.

PART VIII—MAXIMUM SPEED

Speed limits

16. No vehicle shall be driven at a speed in excess of 50 kilometres per hour—

(a) on the roads or parts thereof specified in the Sixth Schedule; or

(b) on that section of the Queen's Road from a point commencing at the Suva City boundary at Tamavua Bridge and continuing through Lami to end at a point 90 m on the Navua side of the junction with the road leading to the Cement Factory, a distance of approximately 5.2 kilometres.

PART IX—GENERAL

Touting

17. No person shall solicit for passengers for a public service vehicle other than by written notices, written advertisements or otherwise in writing.

Drivers not to drive on footpaths

18. No driver shall wilfully or unnecessarily drive a vehicle on a footpath.

Medical Practitioners

19. The provisions of paragraphs 3, 4, and 16 of this Order shall not apply to a registered medical practitioner in the course of rendering professional service to any person at any place other than his normal place of practice:

Provided that the exemption hereby conferred shall only apply in the case of a vehicle to the windscreen of which is affixed a sticker supplied by the Lami Town Council identifying such vehicle as that of a registered medical practitioner.

PART X—EXEMPTIONS

Exemptions

20. The provisions of this Order shall not apply to drivers—

(a) operating vehicles on the site of road maintenance or construction or maintenance work on power or telegraph lines or equipment while engaged on such work;

(b) conveying members of the Royal Fiji Police on urgent duty;

(c) of vehicles of a Fire Brigade proceeding to any fire or alarm of fire;

(d) of ambulances answering an urgent call or proceeding to hospital with any sick or injured person requiring emergency treatment;

(e) operating vehicles in accordance with directions given to them by any police officer; and

(f) operating vehicles engaged in garbage collection or in connection with the installation or maintenance of water services.

FIRST SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 3)

PROHIBITED PARKING PLACES

Parking prohibited at all times in the following streets or parts thereof:

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SECOND SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 4)

RESTRICTED PARKING PLACES

Parking limited on Mondays to Fridays inclusive between 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. and on Saturdays between 8.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. in the following streets or parts of streets, to the period set out below:

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THIRD SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 5)

GOODS VEHICLE STAND

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FOURTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 6)

TAXI STANDS

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FIFTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 15)

ONE-WAY STREETS

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SIXTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 16)

SPEED LIMIT

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LAQERE

SECTION 88—LAQERE (NO STOPPING) ORDER

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PARAGRAPH

1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Prohibition on stopping

Schedule—Prohibited Stopping Place

Legal Notice No. 128 of 1978

Short title

1. This Order may be cited as the Laqere (No Stopping) Order.

Interpretation

2. In this Order—

"stop" or "stopping" means the coming to rest of a vehicle except when necessary to avoid a collision or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or traffic sign.

Prohibition on stopping

3. No person shall at any time of the day or night stop any vehicle on that part of Kings Road at Laqere specified in the Schedule and indicated by a "No Stopping" traffic sign.

SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 3)

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LAUTOKA

SECTION 75—APPLICATION OF PART VI OF THE ACT
(PARKING METERS)

Legal Notice No. 24 of 1975

Part VI of the Act has been applied to the city of Lautoka.

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SECTION 76—LAUTOKA PARKING METERS ORDER

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PARAGRAPH

1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Metered zone schedule
4. Fees
5. Parking
6. Multiple Parking
7. Direction of vehicles
9. Operation of meters
10. Excess charge
11. Payment of excess charge
12. Disfiguring meters
13. Meters to be installed
14. Exemptions
15. Offences

Schedule—Metered Zones

Legal Notice 33 of 1985

Short title, commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Lautoka Parking Meters Order and shall come into force on a date to be notified by the council in the Gazette.

Interpretation

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

"commercial vehicle" means any vehicle used principally for the carriage of goods or in the course of trade;

"council" means the Lautoka City Council;

"exempt period" means any of the following periods:—

(a) Sunday;

(b) a public holiday;

(c) Saturday before 8.00 a.m. or after 1.00 p.m.;

(d) any other day before 8.00 a.m. or after 5.00 p.m.

"loading zone" means an area established and set aside by the council and marked out on the surface of a street or road and designated by signs including the words "loading zone" as a place for a commercial vehicle or commercial vehicles to stand whilst being loaded or unloaded.

"metered space" means a space in a metered zone marked out pursuant to the provisions of this Order by painted lines for the accommodation of a vehicle and at which a parking meter has been installed;

"metered zone" means any street or portion of a street or any piece of land prescribed under the provisions of this Order as a place where vehicles may park and at which parking meters may be established and maintained;

"parking meter" means a mechanical appliance designed for the purpose of measuring and indicating the time within which a vehicle is or may be parked at a metered space and installed thereat pursuant to the provisions of this Order and includes the standard to which the meter is affixed;

"prescribed coin" means a coin of Fiji prescribed as the fee payable for parking at a metered space;

"prescribed indication" means the red flag or other device contained in a parking meter, which shows that the time for which a motor vehicle may be parked in a metered space has expired or that no payment for its parking has been made;

"town clerk" means the town clerk for the time being of the council and includes a deputy town clerk or any person duly authorised to act as town clerk;

"traffic attendant" means an officer of the council holding the office of traffic attendant.

Metered zone schedule

3. Each of the areas specified in the Schedule hereto is hereby appointed a metered zone for motor vehicles.

Fees

4. The fee for the occupation by a motor vehicle of a metered space shall be ten cents (10 cents) in respect of every 15 minutes in a high density traffic area specified in Part B of the Schedule and ten cents (10 cents) in respect of every 30 minutes in a low density area specified in Part A of the Schedule;

Provided that notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Order any person may, without payment of any fee—

(a) park a commercial vehicle in a loading zone for the purpose of delivering goods from such zone or for loading goods on to such vehicle and in such case only for so long as is reasonably necessary for such purpose;

(b) park a motor vehicle in a metered space during any exempt period, subject to such parking time limits and restrictions as are prescribed by a traffic order or by-law of the council for the time being in force.

Parking

5.—(1) No driver of a motor vehicle shall park such vehicle in a metered space in such a position that such vehicle shall not be entirely within such metered space, unless by reason of its size such vehicle cannot be completely contained therein.

(2) Should a parked vehicle by reason of its size occupy or encroach on more than one metered space the driver of such vehicle shall be liable for a parking fee in respect of each metered space so occupied or encroached on.

Multiple parking

6. No driver of a motor vehicle shall park such vehicle in a metered space already occupied by another vehicle:

Provided that—

(a) it shall be lawful for any number of motor cycles to occupy any metered space at the same time without payment of more than one parking fee;

(b) if the metered space is parallel to the kerb or footpath no such motor-cycle shall be parked in such a manner that any part thereof lies within 120 centimetres of the rear extremity of the metered space;

(c) where more than one motor-cycle occupies a metered space no such motor-cycle shall remain therein when the time for which payment has been made has expired.

Direction of vehicles

7. The driver of any vehicle occupying a metered space shall park such vehicle so that it shall be headed substantially in the general direction of the movement of traffic on the side of the street on which the vehicle is parked.

Operation of meters

8.—(1) The driver of any vehicle parked in a metered space shall forthwith deposit or cause to be deposited in the parking meter at such space the prescribed coin as indicated on the parking meter. Thereupon the metered space may be lawfully occupied by the vehicle only during the period indicated on the parking meter:

Provided that the driver of such vehicle may without any payment park the same during any time indicated on the parking meter as being unexpired from its previous use.

(2) Unless the total period allowed for the parking of a vehicle in any metered space has been exceeded, the driver of such vehicle may immediately upon the expiration of any authorised period of parking again deposit or cause to be deposited the prescribed coin in the parking meter to set the parking meter in operation and thereafter the said vehicle may lawfully occupy the metered space for the further period indicated on the parking meter.

(3) No driver of any vehicle shall cause, allow, permit or suffer such vehicle to remain parked in a metered space while the prescribed indication at such metered space shows that the time has expired.

Excess charge

9.—(1) If a motor vehicle is parked in a metered space during the prescribed hours whilst the parking meter for that metered space is displaying the prescribed indication, an excess charge (hereinafter referred to as the "excess charge") of two dollars shall be payable.

(2) In the case of a motor vehicle in respect of which an excess charge may have been incurred, a traffic attendant shall attach to the vehicle in a conspicuous position a notice which shall include the following particulars:—

(a) the registration number of the vehicle;

(b) the date and the time at which he first noticed that the parking meter displayed the prescribed indication;

(c) a statement that an excess charge of two dollars is payable;

(d) a statement as to where and by what date such excess charge is payable;

(e) a statement that it is an offence under the Traffic Act for the driver of a motor vehicle who has parked the vehicle in a metered space to fail duly to pay any excess charge incurred;

(f) the number of the parking meter and that of the stand on which it is for the time being mounted.

(3) Where a notice has been attached to a vehicle in accordance with the provisions of sub-paragraph (2) it shall be an offence for any person, not being the driver of the vehicle or a traffic attendant, to remove the notice unless authorised to do so by the driver.

(4) Where a traffic attendant has taken the action prescribed by sub-paragraph (2) the vehicle may remain parked in the metered space for a period of two hours from the time specified in the notice attached under sub-paragraph (b) of such sub-paragraph without becoming liable to pay a further excess charge.

Payment of excess charge

10.—(1) The excess charge shall be delivered or sent by post so as to reach the town clerk's office at the civic centre, Lautoka no later than 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the seventh day after the day on which the excess charge was incurred.
(2) In the event of the excess charge not being paid in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), the council shall serve on the registered owner of the vehicle a demand in writing requiring payment of the charge within a period of fourteen days after the service of such demand.

(3) If a registered owner upon whom a demand has been served under sub-paragraph (2) fails to pay within the period therein specified the sum of money demanded, the council may institute proceedings against such registered owner in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

Disfiguring meters

11. No person shall without due authority affix or attempt to affix any placard, advertisement, notice, list, document, board or thing on or paint, write upon or disfigure any parking meter.

Meters to be installed schedule

12. This Order shall be of no force or effect in relation to any street or road specified in the Schedule unless parking meters have been installed therein and shall be of no force or effect in relation any space if the parking meter installed thereat is out of order.

Exemptions

13. The provisions of this Order shall not apply to drivers—

(a) operating vehicles on the site of road maintenance or construction or maintenance work on power or telegraph lines or equipment while engaged on such work;

(b) conveying members of the police force on urgent police duty;

(c) of vehicles of a fire brigade at the scene of any fire or alarm of fire;

(d) of ambulances answering an urgent call;

(e) operating vehicles in accordance with directions given to them by a police officer;

(f) operating vehicles engaged in garbage collection or in connection with the installation or maintenance of water supplies.

Offences

14.—(1) The driver of any vehicle who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Order shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) Any person, whether or not the driver of a vehicle, who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 9 or paragraph 11 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50.

SCHEDULE

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SECTION 88—DELEGATION BY CENTRAL TRAFFIC AUTHORITY

Legal Notice No. 52 of 1981^[2]

The Central Traffic Authority has delegated to the Lautoka City Council the following powers conferred upon the Central Traffic Authority by subsection (1) of section 88 of the Traffic Act, that is to say, the power by notice in the Gazette to make traffic orders for the purposes of—

(i) constituting one-way streets;

(ii) appointing public stands, parking places and bus stops and prescribing rules to be obeyed and fees to be paid by the drivers of motor vehicles and other persons using the same;

(iii) controlling the plying for hire of public service vehicles and directing in what places such vehicles shall or shall not stop to put down or pick up passengers and on what routes or streets such vehicles may or may not ply for hire;

(iv) prescribing the times during which and the places at which goods vehicles may be parked for the purpose of loading or unloading goods;

(v) prohibiting touting;

(vi) prohibiting the use of sound signals on any specified road between specified hours;

(vii) regulating the flow of traffic by the making of traffic lanes, the establishment of traffic islands and the control of turning in streets;

(viii) establishing traffic lights at crossings and providing for the observance of the signals given thereby by vehicles and pedestrians;

(ix) regulating or restricting the parking of vehicles or classes of vehicles.

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SECTION 88—LAUTOKA TRAFFIC ORDER

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART I—PRELIMINARY

PARAGRAPH

1. Short title
2. Interpretation

PART II—STOPPING AND PARKING VEHICLES

3. Prohibition on stopping of vehicles
4. Complete prohibition on parking in certain places
5. Limited parking

PART III—GOODS VEHICLES

6. Parking and location of public stands for goods vehicles
7. Cane laden trucks prohibited

PART IV—TAXIS

8. Location of taxi stands
9. Prohibition on parking of other vehicles on taxi stands
10. Restriction on the stopping of taxis
11. Restrictions on taxi drivers at taxi stands
12. Taxi to move into vacated positions

PART V—BUSES

13. Appointment of bus stops
14. Restriction on stopping of buses
15. Bus stands
16. Restrictions on parking of buses at bus stands
17. Only buses on the bus stand
18. Speed limit for buses on the bus stand
18A. Driver to stop bus engine while on stand.

PART VI—STANDS AND PARKING PLACES

19. Provisions for temporary stands
20. Attendance upon vehicles

PART VII—ONE-WAY STREETS

21. One-way streets

PART VIII—MAXIMUM SPEED

22. Speed limits

PART IX—EXEMPTIONS

23. Medical Practitioners
24. General

First Schedule – Prohibited Stopping Places

Second Schedule – Prohibited Parking Places

Third Schedule – Restricted Parking Places

Fourth Schedule – Goods Vehicle Stands

Fifth Schedule – Taxi Stands

Sixth Schedule – Bus Stands

Seventh Schedule – One-way Streets

Eighth Schedule – Prohibited Road—Cane Laden Trucks

Legal Notices Nos. 163 of 1968, 123 of 1969,
Local Government Notices Nos. 9 of 1972, 31 of 1973, 3 of 1974,
Legal Notice No. 205 of 1974, Local Government Notices Nos. 10 of 1975,
1 of 1976, Legal Notice 34 of 1976, Local Government Notices Nos. 4 of 1976,
6 of 1976, 10 of 1977, 13 of 1977, Legal Notices Nos. 55 of 1978, 149 of 1978,
129 of 1979, 50 of 1980, 90 of 1980, 129 of 1980, 165 of 1980, 105 of 1982,
39 of 1984, 76 of 1984.

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Order may be cited as the Lautoka Traffic Order, and shall apply to the area within the boundaries of the city of Lautoka.

Interpretation

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

"bus" means a public service vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 6 passengers excluding the driver;

"one-way street" means a roadway or any part of a roadway specified in the Seventh Schedule;

"park" or "parking" shall mean the standing of a vehicle whether attended, occupied or otherwise upon a roadway, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of or while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or taking on or discharging passengers;

"roadway" means that portion of a street improved, designed or actually used or reasonably usable, for the time being, by vehicles;

"stop" or "stopping" means the coming to rest of a vehicle except when necessary to avoid a collision or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or traffic sign;

"taxi" means a public service vehicle constructed or adapted to carry not more than 6 passengers excluding the driver.

(Amended by Legal Notice 123 of 1969.)

PART II—STOPPING AND PARKING VEHICLES

Prohibition on stopping of vehicles

3. No person shall stop a vehicle on any road or part thereof specified in the First Schedule at any time indicated on a traffic sign as a time at which stopping is prohibited in such road or part thereof.

Complete prohibition on parking in certain places

4. No person shall park any vehicle at any time of the day or night on any road or part thereof specified in the Second Schedule.

Limited parking

5. No person shall park any vehicle between such times and on such roads as are specified in the Third Schedule.

PART III—GOODS VEHICLES

Parking and location of public stands for goods vehicles

6.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order relating to goods vehicles, no person shall park any goods vehicle in any road except for the purpose of loading or unloading such vehicle:

Provided that the restrictions contained in this sub-paragraph shall not apply to the roads or parts thereof specified in the Fourth Schedule appointed as public stands for goods vehicles.

(2) The driver of a goods vehicle shall not permit the vehicle to stand on a public stand if such stand is already occupied by the number of vehicles indicated on the traffic signs relating to such stand.

Cane laden trucks prohibited

7. No person shall drive any cane laden truck at any time on any road, or part thereof, specified in the Eighth Schedule.

(Inserted by Local Government Notice 3 of 1974.)

PART IV—TAXIS

Location of taxi stands

8. The roads or parts thereof or places specified in the Fifth Schedule shall be taxi stands.

Prohibition on parking of other vehicles on taxi stands

9. No person shall stop or park any vehicle, other than a taxi, on any taxi stand.

Restriction on the stopping of taxis

10. Subject to the other provisions of this Order, the driver of a taxi shall not permit the taxi to stop or park on any road or part thereof other than a taxi stand except—

(a) for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers and their baggage, or while waiting for passengers who shall have engaged such taxi, or while the driver is otherwise attending to the requirements of the hirer of the taxi and, in any such case, for a period of no longer than 15 minutes; or

(b) while the driver of a taxi is obtaining a meal, and then only between the hours of 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. and between the hours of 6.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m.

Restrictions on taxi drivers at taxi stands

11. The driver of a taxi shall not permit the taxi to stand on any taxi stand if such stand is occupied by the number of vehicles indicated on a traffic sign in relation to that stand.

Taxi to move into vacated positions

12. When a taxi vacates any positions on a taxi stand where taxis stand front to rear, the driver of the taxi behind the taxi vacating the position shall move his taxi into it without delay.

PART V—BUSES

Appointment of bus stops

13. All buses operating routes specified in a road service licence shall not stop to put down or pick up passengers except at places marked or indicated by the appropriate traffic signs.

Restriction on stopping of buses

14. Subject to the other provisions of this Order, no driver of any bus shall stop or park the bus in any road except at a bus stop for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers and luggage, or at a stand or area appointed for the assembly of buses and, if the use of any such stand or area shall have been restricted to certain times, then only during those times:

Provided that a contract carriage which is also a bus may stop and pick up and set down passengers in accordance with any other provisions of this Order in the discretion of the driver.

Bus stands

15. The area specified in the Sixth Schedule shall be stands for buses.

Restrictions on parking of buses at bus stands

16. No person shall park any bus on a bus stand except for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers and their luggage and, in any such case, for not longer than—

(a) 15 minutes immediately prior to the scheduled time of departure from the said stand of a bus on a journey terminating within a radius of 30 miles therefrom; or

(b) 30 minutes immediately prior to the scheduled time of departure from the said stand of a bus on a journey terminating beyond a radius of 30 miles therefrom; or

(c) as is reasonably necessary for the purpose of setting down passengers and their luggage.

Only buses on the bus stand

17. No person shall drive a vehicle other than a bus on to any bus stand.

Speed limit for buses on the bus stand

18. No person shall drive a bus upon or within a bus stand at a speed greater than 5 miles per hour.

Driver to stop bus engine while on stand

18A. The driver of a bus shall—

(a) stop the engine of his bus immediately after stopping the bus on a bus stand; and

(b) not restart the engine until immediately before the departure of the bus from that stand.

(Inserted by Legal Notice 39 of 1984.)

PART VI—STANDS AND PARKING PLACES

Provisions for temporary stands

19. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Order, at any place where vehicles are assembled, any police officer may appoint a temporary stand for such vehicles or any class thereof and every person shall work such stand as directed by a police officer.

Attendance upon vehicles

20. The driver of—

(a) a bus shall be constantly in attendance upon the same while the bus is on any bus stand;

(b) a goods vehicle shall be constantly in attendance upon the same while the vehicle is on any goods vehicle stand between the hours of 6.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. on Monday to Saturday of any week;

(c) a taxi shall be constantly in attendance upon the same while the taxi is on any taxi stand.

PART VII—ONE-WAY STREETS

One-way streets

21.—(1) The roadways or parts thereof specified in the Seventh Schedule shall be one-way streets for all vehicles.

(2) The roadways or parts thereof specified in Part II of the said Schedule shall be one-way streets for buses only.

(3) A vehicle shall proceed along a one-way street only in the direction specified in the said Schedule.

(Substituted by Legal Notice 50 of 1980.)

PART VIII—MAXIMUM SPEED

Speed limits

22. The maximum speed at which a vehicle shall be driven in the city of Lautoka shall be 30 miles per hour.

PART IX—EXEMPTIONS

Medical Practitioners

23. The provisions of paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 22 shall not apply to a registered medical practitioner in the course of rendering his professional service to any person at any place other than his normal place of practice:

Provided that the exemption hereby conferred shall only apply in the case of a vehicle to the windscreen of which is affixed a sticker supplied by the Lautoka City Council identifying such vehicle as that of a registered medical practitioner.

General

24. The provision of this Order shall not apply to drivers—

(a) operating vehicles on the site of road maintenance or construction or maintenance work on power or telegraph lines or equipment while engaged on such work;

(b) conveying members of the Police Force on urgent police duty;

(c) of vehicles of a Fire Brigade proceeding to any fire or alarm of fire;

(d) of ambulances answering an urgent call or proceeding to hospital with any sick or injured person requiring emergency treatment;

(e) operating vehicles in accordance with directions given to them by any police officer.

FIRST SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 3)

(Amended by Legal Notices 39 of 1984; 76 of 1984.)

PROHIBITED STOPPING PLACES

SECOND SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 4)

(Amended by Legal Notice 123 of 1969; Local Government Notice 31 of 1973; 6 of 1976;
Legal Notices 55 of 1978; 149 of 1978; 50 of 1980; 90 of 1980; 165 of 1980; 105 of 1982;
39 of 1984.)

PROHIBITED PARKING PLACES

Parking prohibited at all times in the following streets or parts of streets:—

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THIRD SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 5)

(Substituted by Local Government Notice 8 of 1972; amended by Local Government
Notice 31 of 1973; 10 of 1975; 4 of 1976; 10 of 1977; 13 of 1977;
Legal Notices 55 of 1978; 105 of 1982; 39 of 1984.)

RESTRICTED PARKING PLACES

FIRST PART

Parking prohibited on Mondays to Fridays inclusive between 7.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. and on Saturdays between 7.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. in the following streets or parts of streets:—

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SECOND PART

Parking Limited on Mondays to Fridays inclusive between 7.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. and on Saturdays between 7.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. in the following streets or parts of streets to the periods set out below:—

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THIRD PART

Parking prohibited on Mondays to Fridays, inclusive between 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. in the following streets or parts of streets:—

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FOURTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 6)

(Amended by Local Government Notice 6 of 1976; 39 of 1984.)

GOODS VEHICLE STANDS

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FIFTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 7)

(Amended by Legal Notice 205 of 1974; Local Government Notice 1 of 1976; 6 of 1976; Legal Notice 34 of 1976; 129 of 1979; 90 of 1980; 129 of 1980; 39 of 1984.)

TAXI STANDS

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SIXTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 14)

BUS STANDS

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SEVENTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 21)
(Amended by Legal Notice 205 of 1974; Local Government Notice 6 of 1976;
Legal Notice 50 of 1980; 90 of 1980.)

PART I

ONE-WAY STREET FOR ALL VEHICLES

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PART II

ONE-WAY STREETS FOR BUSES

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EIGHTH SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 7)
(Inserted by Local Government Notice 3 of 1974.)

PROHIBITED ROAD—CANE LADEN TRUCKS

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SECTION 88—TRAFFIC LIGHTS (ESTABLISHMENT)
(LAUTOKA) ORDER

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PARAGRAPH

1. Short title
2. Establishment of traffic lights
3. Obeying of signals

Schedule—Location

Legal Notice No.32 of 1981

Short title

1. This Order may be cited as the Traffic Lights (Establishment) (Lautoka) Order.

Establishment of traffic lights

2. The traffic lights and related road markings situated at the location in the City of Lautoka described in the Schedule are established as traffic lights for the crossing of the roads of Vitogo Parade and Namoli Avenue at that location.

Obeying of signals

3. Every driver of a vehicle, pedestrian or other person using the road mentioned in paragraph 2, or either of them in the aforesaid location, shall obey the signals conveyed by the traffic lights established by this Order as signified in regulation 19 of the Traffic (Signs) Regulations.

SCHEDULE
(Paragraph)

LOCATION

At the intersection of Vitogo Parade and Namoli Avenue in the City of Lautoka.

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LEVUKA

SECTION 88—LEVUKA TRAFFIC ORDER

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART I—PRELIMINARY

PARAGRAPH

1. Short title
2. Interpretation

PART II—STOPPING AND PARKING VEHICLES

3. Prohibition on stopping of vehicles
4. Complete prohibition on parking in certain places
5. Limited parking

PART III—GOODS VEHICLES

6. Parking and location of public stands for goods vehicles

PART IV—TAXIS

7. Location of taxi stands
8. Prohibition on parking of other vehicles on taxi stands
9. Restriction on the stopping of taxis
10. Restrictions on taxi drivers at taxi stands
11. Taxi to move into vacant position

PART V—BUSES

12. Appointment of bus stops
13. Restriction on stopping of buses
14. Bus stands
15. Restriction on parking buses at bus stands
16. Only buses on the bus stand
17. Speed limit for buses on the bus stand

PART VI—STANDS AND PARKING PLACES

18. Provision for temporary stands
19. Attendance upon vehicles

PART VII—ONE-WAY STREETS

20. One-way streets

PART VIII—EXEMPTIONS

21. Medical practitioners
22. General

First Schedule – Prohibited Stopping Places

Second Schedule – Prohibited Parking Places

Third Schedule – Restricted Parking Places

Fourth Schedule – Permitted Parking Limits

Fifth Schedule – Goods Vehicle Stands