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Motions

1st Session of the 10th Republican Parliament

Private Motion: Negative the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Mobile Devices) Regulations, 2010

WHEREAS on November 26, 2010, the Minister of Works and Transport laid the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Mobile Devices) Regulations, 2010 in the House of Representatives;

WHEREAS there is no specific provision in the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act (the Parent Act) that refers to or governs the regulation of mobile devices;

WHEREAS for the said regulations to be effective a general power to regulate mobile devices should be given to the Minister in the Parent Act;

WHEREAS the non-existence of a specific power to regulate mobile devices in the Parent Act could lead to a legal challenge of the said Regulations;

BE IT RESOLVED that the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Mobile Devices) Regulations, 2010 be negatived.

(By the Member for Diego Martin North/East)

First Debated:

28-Jan-2011

Speakers in the:

House of Representatives
28-Jan-2011	House Debate \| Hansard (279.4 kb) Mr. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin North/East] [Opposition Member] Hon. Jack Warner, MP [Chaguanas West] [Minister of Works and Transport] Mr. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin North/East] [Opposition Member]