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Motor vehicle parking

Border Management Agency (Declaration Of Border Points) Order, para. 4 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) No driver of a motor vehicle shall– (a) on arrival at the border point managed by the Agency, park his vehicle– (i) elsewhere than in the appropriate parking place provided by the Agency for that purpose; or (ii) otherwise than in accordance with the directions of an officer authorised by the Agency to act for that purpose; (b) whilst at the border point managed by the Agency, without the permission of an officer authorised by the Agency to act for that purpose– (i) remove his vehicle from the appropriate parking area provided by the Agency for such vehicles to some other area not approved by the Agency for such (ii) leave the place on which his vehicle is parked for any period exceeding thirty minutes; (c) when picking up or setting down passengers, luggage or goods, fail to comply with any directions given to him by any officer 14 Border Management Agency Act designated by the Agency to act for that purpose; (d) drive or park his vehicle carelessly or dangerously or without due consideration to other persons using the border point; (e) fail or refuse to stop his vehicle when required to do so by the officer referred to in paragraph (c); (f) fail to comply with any direction for the regulation of traffic given by the officer referred to in paragraph (c); (g) without reasonable excuse, the proof whereof shall lie on him, fail or refuse to give his name and address and the address and name of the owner of the vehicle when requested to do so by the officer referred to in paragraph (c); (h) without the permission of the officer referred to in paragraph (c), take his motor vehicle into any area within the border point where vehicles are prohibited by the authority of the Agency; (i) without the permission of an officer designated by the Agency to act for that purpose, leave his vehicle at a border point managed by the Agency longer than is reasonably necessary for the transaction of the business for which the vehicle was brought to the border point; (j) pick up or set down any passengers, luggage or goods elsewhere than at the parking place designated by the Agency for that class of Border Management Agency Act [CAP. 144 15 (2) Every driver of a motor vehicle referred to in subsection (1)(a)(i) or (ii) shall pay a fee of $3.00 for every hour or part thereof for which his motor vehicle is parked in the appropriate parking place. (3) Where the driver of a motor vehicle contravenes sub- regulation (1), the Agency may remove such vehicle to such a place as the Agency deems fit and secure and if it appears to the Agency after giving due notice of such detention and seizure that the vehicle has been abandoned, the Agency may sell or otherwise dispose of such vehicle and its contents, if any, and these Regulations and the Border Management Agency Act shall be sufficient authority for the Agency to effect such sale. (4) A vehicle removed by the Agency in accordance with subregulation (3) shall be held by the Agency and released only after the full payment of all reasonable costs and expenses arising from the holding of such vehicle, including reimbursement of costs of advertisements, notices, or other actions consequential thereto.
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