Road Traffic (No. 57) (Jersey) Regulations 2007
Made 28th March 2007
Coming into force 4th
April 2007
THE STATES, in pursuance of the Order in Council of 26th December 1851 and Article
92 of the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956, have made the following
Regulations –
1 Interpretation
In these Regulations, “principal Law” means the Road
Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956[1].
2 Article
1 amended
In Article 1(1) of the principal Law, after the definition
“pedestrian” there shall be inserted the following
definition –
“ ‘permanent
resident of Jersey’ means a person who –
(a) has resided in Jersey for more than 12
months; or
(b) intends to reside in Jersey for more than
12 months and who is not, under the Immigration Act 1971 of the United
Kingdom, prohibited from remaining in Jersey for more than
12 months;”.
3 Article
4 amended
In Article 4 of the principal Law –
(a) in
paragraph (2)(b) –
(i) in
clause (iii) for the words “be prescribed;” there shall be
substituted the words “be prescribed,”;
(ii) after
clause (iii) there shall be inserted the following clause –
“(iv) the
documents or information required to satisfy the identification criteria
determined for the purposes of paragraph (3);”;
(b) in
paragraph (2)(c), for the words “in the prescribed form” there
shall be substituted the words “, in a form approved by the
Minister,”;
(c) in
paragraph (2)(d) for the words “prescribed fee.” there shall
be substituted the words “prescribed fee; and”;
(d) after
paragraph (2)(d) there shall be added the following
sub-paragraph –
“(e) make a declaration in a form
approved by the Minister that the person is a permanent resident of
Jersey.”;
(e) for
paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following
paragraph –
“(3) Subject to the provisions of
this Law as to the physical fitness of applicants for licences and their
competence to drive motor vehicles, on receipt of an application in accordance
with paragraph (2), if the parochial authority is satisfied –
(a) as to the identity of the applicant, as
determined in accordance with identification criteria determined by the
Minister for Transport and Technical Services;
(b) that the applicant is a permanent resident
of Jersey; and
(c) as to compliance with any provisions
prescribed under Article 8(2),
it shall (unless the
applicant is disqualified under paragraph (12) for obtaining a licence)
grant a licence in the prescribed form authorizing the applicant to drive motor
vehicles of the class or description, or of the classes or descriptions, that
may be specified in the licence.”;
(f) in
paragraphs (4) and (5) for the words “5 years” there shall be
substituted the words “10 years”.
4 New
Article 7A inserted
After Article 7 of the
principal Law there shall be inserted the following Article –
“7A Licence applicants to be permanent
residents of Jersey
A licence shall not be granted to any applicant unless the applicant
is a permanent resident of Jersey.”.
5 Article
8 amended
In Article 8 of the
principal Law –
(a) in paragraph (7) the words “,
subject to paragraph (8),” shall be deleted;
(b) paragraph (8) shall be deleted.
6 Article
9 amended
In Article 9(1) of the Law, for the words “in the
prescribed form” there shall be substituted the words “, in a form
approved by the Minister,”.
7 Citation
and commencement
(1) These
Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (No. 57) (Jersey) Regulations
2007.
(2) These
Regulations shall come into force 7 days after they are made.
a.h. harris
Deputy Greffier of the States