Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2004

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No. 19 of 2004

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT

[Date of Assent - 6th September, 2004]

Enacted by The Parliament of The Bahamas.

This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2004.

Short title.

Subsection (1) of section 10 of the Road Traffic Act is amended as follows -

Amendment of section 10 of Ch. 220.

(a)

by the deletion of paragraph (b)(i) and the substitution therefor of the following -

"(b)

in the case of a public service vehicle (other than a self-drive vehicle), insures such person, persons or classes of persons as may he specified in the policy in respect of liability which may be incurred by him or them in respect of -

(i)

the death of or bodily injury to any person (including any passenger being carried for hire or reward) caused by or arising out of the use of the vehicle on a road for an amount, inclusive of costs and expenses incurred in relation thereto, of not less than two million five hundred thousand dollars in respect of any one claim by any one person or thirty million dollars in respect of all claims arising out of one original cause or event";

(b)

by the deletion of paragraph (c) and the substitution therefor of the following -

"(c)

in the case of any motor vehicle other than a public service vehicle, and in the case of a self-drive vehicle, insures such person, persons or classes of persons as may be specified in the policy in respect of liability which may be incurred by him or them in respect of the death of or bodily injury to any person caused by or arising out of the use of the vehicle on a road for an amount, inclusive of costs and expenses incurred in relation thereto, of not less than two million five hundred thousand dollars in respect of any one claim by any one person or thirty million dollars in respect of all claims arising out of one original cause or event:

Provided that such a policy shall not be required to cover -

(i)

except in respect of passengers who are lawfully being carried in a motor vehicle by reason of or in pursuance of a contract of employment, liability in respect of the death of or bodily injury to persons being carried in or upon or entering or getting on to or alighting from the motor vehicle at the time of the occurrence of the event out of which the claim arises; or

(ii)

any contractual liability; or

(iii)

except in the case of a self-drive vehicle, liability in respect of the first forty dollars of any claim by any person."

Bahamas Numbered Acts

Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2004