IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development has, in terms of section 81 of the Road Traffic Act [Chapter 13:11], made the following regulations:
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These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 (No. 1).
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These regulations shall come into operation on the date of publication of these regulations.
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The Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations, 2023, published in Statutory Instrument 119 of 2023, is amended in section 4 by the repeal of subsection (6)(c) and substitution of:
"(c) a class of motor vehicle which is a passenger public service vehicle of an omnibus or commuter omnibus type unless he or she has driving experience of not less than five years and age of not less than 30 years:
Provided that, drivers who are still between 25 and 30 years who were already authorised to drive an omnibus or commuter omnibus before the publication of these regulations shall continue to drive motor vehicles in that class.".
Published in the Government Gazette on 31 January 2025.