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Offences in car park

Repair of vehicles.

Limitation of Jiability.

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(5) No person shall park a vehicle in a car park in such a manner that the vehicle unnecessarily projects over any line or other mark which divides the parking space in which the vehick is parked from any other parking space or from any other part of the car park.

(6) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars.

25. (1) No person other than

(a) a car park attendant or any person employed at a car

park in the course of his duties;

(b) a person driving a vehicle into a car park or a person entering a car park to remove a vehicle therefrom;

(c) a passenger in a vehicle entering a car park or a person intending to leave the car park as a passenger in a vehicle: or

(d) an authorized person,

sball enter a car park without the permission of the car park attendant on duty at the entrance to the car park.

(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable co conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars.

26. (1) No person shall carry out on any vehicle in a car park any maintenance or repair or be in any car park for the purpose of carrying out such maintenance or repair :

Provided that it shall be a good defence to any proceedings under this regulation to prove that such maintenance or repair was necessary to enable the vehicle to be removed from the car park.

(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on con- viction to a fine of five hundred dollars.

27. The Government shall not be responsible for nor shall accept any liability in respect of -

(a) any damage caused to a vehicle in a car park or caused to a vehicle which is being or which has been removed from a car park under the provisions of regulation 28; or (b) any injury or damage to any person or thing in a car

park.

PART VIL

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REMOVAL OF VEHICLES.

28. (1) The Airport Commandant or any person authorized

in writing by him may request a police officer not below the rank of inspector to remove any vehicle from the airport which has been parked or allowed to remain within the airport-

(a) in contravention of any of the provisions of sub-

paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) of regulation 4; or

(b) in a public car park for more than forty-eight consecutive

hours.

and upon receipt of such request such police officer may cause such vehicle to be removed from the airport.

(2) Any vehicle removed from a car park under paragraph (1) may be detained by the Commissioner of Police until either-

(a) there is paid to the Commissioner of Police a removal charge of fifty dollars and a storage charge of one dollar for every day after the second day during which the vehicle is detained and any parking fees incurred in respect of the period during which the vehicle was parked or allowed to remain prior to the removal therefrom; or

(6) the vehicle is released by order of a court or magistrate

in accordance with paragraph (3).

(3) Where a vehicle is detained in accordance with the provi- sions of this regulation and proceedings have been taken in respect of the offence by reason of which the vehicle was removed away. the court or magistrate in such proceedings may order that the vehicle be released and by such order may require that the appro- priate removal and storage charge be paid to the Commissioner of Police before the vehicle is released.

(4) When a vehicle is detained in accordance with the provi- sions of this regulation, the Commissioner of Police shall, if the name and address of such owner is known to him, give notice in writing to its owner of the detention, and if such vehicle is not claimed by the owner within three months of the date of its deten- tion the Commissioner of Police may sell by public auction or otherwise dispose of such vehicle and may apply the proceeds, if any, from the sale or disposal of the vehicle---

(a) in payment of any parking fees incurred in respect of the period during which the vehicle was parked or allowed to remain in a car park; and

Director's power of removal of vehicles.

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