Polling (Restriction of Access) Regulations, 2003

L.N. 81 of 2003

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

Polling (Restriction of Access) Regulations, 2003

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 54 of the Traffic

Regulation Ordinance, the Minister for Transport and Communications,

after consultation with the Malta Transport Authority, has made the

following regulations>-

These regulations may be cited as the Polling (Restriction of

Access) Regulations, 2003, and shall come into force on the 8th March,

2003. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires>-

“Chief Electoral Commissioner” includes any officer of the

Electoral Commissioner’s Office duly authorised by the Chief

Electoral Commissioner to act on his behalf<

“Commissioner of Police” include any officer of the Malta

Police Force duly authorised by the Commissioner of Police to act

on his behalf<

“poll” means the poll to be held on the 8th March, 2003 in

connection with the Referendum and the Elections of Councillors<

“polling place” means a place where the poll is to be held and

which is listed in the Schedule published by the Chief Electoral

Commissioner in the Government Gazette on the 31st January and

21st January 2003<

“vehicle” means any vehicle, whether propelled by

mechanical power or otherwise, and any animal-drawn vehicle.

Unless authorised by the Commissioner of Police or by the

Chief Electoral Commissioner, no vehicle shall have access to any street

leading to the Counting Hall, Ta’ Qali, or to any polling place and no

vehicle shall go beyond a prohibitory sign with the words “TG{ADDIX

- NO ENTRY” or bypass any barrier or road block wherever put up by

the Police at any spot in the vicinity of the said Counting Hall or places

as from 5.00 a.m. on Saturday 8th March, 2003 until -

(a) the publication of the final result of the poll, in the case

of the Counting Hall, Ta’ Qali, and

(b) 2.00 a.m. on Sunday, 9th March, 2003, in the case of

any polling place.

The transit of vehicles along Notabile Road between Mount Temporary

prohibition of

Carmel Hospital and the roundabout leading to Zebbug Road and Mtarfa transit.

Road will be suspended on the 8th March, 2003 from 9.00 p.m. until

required. Vehicles carrying ballot boxes duly authorised by the Electoral

Commission, as well as other vehicles carrying Assistant Electoral

Commissioner and other officials of the Electoral Commission, as well

as persons duly authorised by the Chief Electoral Commissioner, will

be permitted to pass.

No pedestrian shall, unless in possession of a permit issued to Restriction on

pedestrians.

him by the Chief Electoral Commissioner or unless otherwise authorised

by the said Commissioner or by the Commissioner of Police, bypass or

proceed beyond a prohibitory sign with the words “TG{ADDIX - NO

ENTRY”, a barrier or a road block wherever put up by the Police at any

spot in the vicinity of the Counting Hall, Ta’ Qali, or of any polling place

as from 5.00 a.m. on Saturday, 8th March, 2003 until -

(a) the publication of the final result of the poll, in the case

of the Counting Hall, Ta’ Qali, and

(b) 2.00 a.m. on Sunday, 9th March, 2003, in the case of

any polling place,

so however that the restriction indicated in paragraph (b) shall

not apply to persons in possession of the voting document entitling

them to vote at that particular polling place and while such persons

are on their way to that polling place to cast their vote or are

returning therefrom after having cast their vote.

No vehicle shall be parked in the vicinity of the approaches Prohibition of

parking of vehicles.

to the Counting Hall, Ta’ Qali, or of any polling place beyond a

prohibitory sign with the words ‘TG{ADDIX - NO ENTRY”, a barrier

or road block wherever put up by the Police at any spot in the vicinity

of the said Counting Hall or polling places from 5.00 a.m. on Saturday

8th March, 2003 until -

(a) the publication of the final result of the poll, in the case

of the Counting Hall, Ta’ Qali, and

(b) 2.00 a.m. on Sunday, 9th March, 2003, in the case of

any polling place.

Saving the provisions of subsection (2) of section 64 of the

General Elections Act, 1991, the Commissioner of Police may prohibit

any person from loitering in the vicinity of the approaches to the

Counting Hall, Ta’ Qali, or of any polling place at any point beyond a

prohibitory sign with the words “TG{ADDIX - NO ENTRY”, a barrier

or road block wherever put up by the Police at any spot in the vicinity

of the said Counting Hall or polling places as from 5.00 a.m. on Saturday,

8th March, 2003 until -

(a) the publication of the final result of the poll, in the case

of the Counting Hall, Ta’ Qali, and

(b) 2.00 a.m. on Sunday, 9th March, 2003, in the case of

any polling place.

These regulations shall expire on the publication of the final

result of the poll, but such expiration shall not affect anything done or

omitted to be done, or any proceedings taken or to be taken thereunder.

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