General Elections Polling

L.N. 90 of 2008

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

General Elections Polling

(Restriction of Access) Regulations, 2008

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

Regulation Ordinance, the Minister for Urban Development and Roads,

after consultation with the Malta Transport Authority, has made the

following regulations>-

The title of these regulations is the Polling General Elections

(Restriction of Access) Regulations, 2008, and shall come into force on

the 8th March, 2008.

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 8th March, 2008 for the

election of members of the House of Representatives<

“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 4th March, 2008<

“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, Naxxar, 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, 2008 until -

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

of the Counting Hall, Naxxar, and

(b) 2.00 a.m. on Sunday, 9th March, 2008, in the case of

any polling place.

The transit of vehicles along Triq il-Markiz Scicluna, Triq Temporary

prohibition of

Torri Gauci and Triq Torri tal-Kaptan, Naxxar, will be suspended on transit.

the 8th March, 2008 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 Commissioners 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, Naxxar, or of any polling

place as from 5.00 a.m. on Saturday, 8th March, 2008 until –

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

of the Counting Hall, Naxxar, and

(b) 2.00 a.m. on Sunday, 9th March, 2008, 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 to Prohibition of

the Counting Hall, Naxxar, or of any polling place beyond a prohibitory parking of vehicles.

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, 2008 until –

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

of the Counting Hall, Naxxar, and

(b) 2.00 a.m. on Sunday, 9th March, 2008, in the case of

any polling place.

Saving the provisions of subarticle (2) of article 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, Naxxar, 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, 2008 until –

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

of the Counting Hall, Naxxar, and

(b) 2.00 a.m. on Sunday, 9th March, 2008, 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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