Road Traffic Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · General
92. Power of local authorities to make rules
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law regulating the powers and duties of such local authority, a local authority may, with the approval of the Licensing Authority, make rules not inconsistent with this
local authority
“local authority” includes any Municipal Board set up under section 3 of the Municipal Boards Act;
Act or any regulations made thereunder to provide whether by prohibition, control or regulation for —
parking of vehicles, the use of parking places, the vehicles or class or description of vehicles which may be entitled to use any parking place, and the conditions upon which (including payment of a fee) and the times at which a parking place may be used;
places where vehicles of various kinds may or may not stop, wait or take up or set down passengers;
the routes to be followed by vehicles or any particular class or description of vehicles and the use of specified roads by any vehicles or any particular class or description of vehicle;
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pedestrian crossings, the precedence of vehicles and foot passengers respectively on or in the vicinity of any pedestrian crossing, and limiting pedestrian crossings by marks on the roadway or otherwise;
traffic lights.
Any such rules may provide that specified contraventions thereof shall constitute an offence and may provide for the punishment thereof by a fine not exceeding $2,000.
Terms defined in s 2
Licensing Authority
Defined · s 2“Licensing Authority” means the Motor Transport Licensing Authority established under section 49;
local authority
Defined · s 2“local authority” includes any Municipal Board set up under section 3 of the Municipal Boards Act;
road
Defined · s 2“road” means any highway and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;
traffic
Defined · s 2“traffic” includes vehicles of every description, pedestrians, processions, and bodies of troops and all animals being ridden, driven or led;
vehicle
Defined · s 2“vehicle” means any vehicle, including a trailer, constructed, adapted or capable of being used on roads, whether mechanically propelled or not.