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PART II.
General Provisions relating to Vehicles.
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Regulations in relation to use of vehicles in public places.
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11.—(1) The Minister may make regulations in relation to the use of vehicles in public places.
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(2) Regulations under this section may, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, make provision in relation to all or any of the following matters :
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(a) the construction of vehicles;
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(b) vehicle equipment;
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(c) the use and misuse of vehicles and vehicle equipment;
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(d) the conditions subject to which vehicles and vehicle equipment may be used;
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(e) the duties of drivers of vehicles and passengers therein;
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(f) the equipment of such drivers and passengers;
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(g) the use of loudspeakers (including any equipment or devices used in connection therewith) in or on vehicles;
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(h) particulars to be affixed to or painted on vehicles.
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(3) Different regulations may be made under this section—
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(a) in respect of different classes of vehicles,
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(b) for different circumstances and for different areas.
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(4) A person shall not use in a public place a vehicle which does not comply with a regulation under this section applying in relation to the vehicle.
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(5) (a) A person who contravenes subsection (4) of this section or a regulation under this section shall be guilty of an offence and, where the contravention is of the said subsection (4) and such person is not the owner of the vehicle, such owner shall also, in such cases as may be prescribed, be guilty of an offence.
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(b) Where a person who contravenes subsection (4) of this section is not the owner of the vehicle and the owner is charged with an offence under this section, it shall be a good defence to the charge for such owner to show that the use of the vehicle on the occasion in question was unauthorised.
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(6) In this section “vehicle equipment” includes all equipment, fittings and instruments fitted to a vehicle or carried on it, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, lights, reflectors and towing gear.
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