S.L. 65.31 Art. 5Vehicle access in charging zones.

(1) The owner of a chargeable vehicle which accesses a charging zone during the charging days and times established in the First Schedule shall pay a charge equivalent to the amount as prescribed in the Third Schedule, such payment to be effected as provide for in the said Schedule.

(2) The Third Schedule may be temporarily suspended or amended by the Board in order to cater for special occasions provided that the Board publishes a notice in the Gazette at least three days in advance and specifies in the said notice the period of validity of the said notice.

(3) Where the owner of a vehicle fails to pay the applicable access fees within thirty days from the date appearing on the invoice for such payment, the Authority shall, when the road licence of the said vehicle comes up for renewal, withhold from renewing that vehicle’s road licence on the expiry thereof until such time as the payment of the access fees are effected: Provided that such measure shall not be applicable if the said invoice is being contested in accordance with these regulations.

(4) Where the owner of a vehicle fails or refuses to pay the applicable access fees within a period of thirty days from the date on which he has been invoiced for such payment, the Authority shall not allow and register the transfer of that vehicle to another person and shall not allow the scrapping or garaging of that vehicle until such time as such access fees have been settled.