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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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33. Regulations

(1) The Cabinet may make regulations for giving full force and effect to the general scope and intention of this Act and to protect roads from injury and for giving fuller and better effect to any of the provisions hereof.

(2) Without prejudice to the foregoing general power, which shall not be deemed to be limited by the following enumeration of particular powers, the Cabinet may make regulations—
1. (a) for the alteration, discontinuance, or stopping up of any road or bridge;
1. (b) for declaring or limiting the use by the public of any road or bridge, either as to the time of such public use, or as to the character of the traffic on such road or bridge, or for both purposes;
1. (c) for the erection of telegraph or telephone posts and wires;
1. (d) for laying down railways, tramways or crossings of the same respectively on any road;
1. (e) for the general regulation of the traffic on roads, and for the survey, control, use, management, construction and repair thereof and of all bridges, and for the prevention and removal of obstruction thereon, and otherwise for the general good rule and government thereof;
1. (f) for the prevention of any nuisance on any road;
1. (g) for prohibiting the use upon any road of any cart, and for regulating and declaring the manner and conditions under which the same may be used or driven over any road;
1. (h) to declare offences against this Act, and any regulations made hereunder.

(Amended by Act 20 of 1969)

33. Regulations

2. Interpretation

3. Appointment and tenure of office of Chief Engineer

4. General duties of Chief Engineer

5. Officers to have no interest in contracts

6. Contracts for Public Works

7. Contractor's claim to be certified before being paid

8. Classification of roads

9. Roads may be proclaimed to be public highways or public by-ways

10. Width of roads

11. Duties of the magistrate when making award

12. Tender of compensation

13. Authority may make temporary road

14. Authority may regulate rivers

15. Power of Authority to take material

16. Notice to be given by Authority

17. Planting near precipitous sides of road prohibited

18. Canals kept in repair by owners

19. Authority may give notice to remedy encroachments

20. Owners to provide bridges and drains

21. Offence of placing dead animal on a road

22. Offence concerning water on highway

23. Certain offences

24. Molesting Authority, etc.

25. Action by or against Saint Lucia

26. Protection of Public Officers

27. Limitation of powers of Authority

29. Penalty for offences

32. Fines to be paid into the Treasury

28. Onus of proof of ownership