Polling (Restriction of Access) Regulations, 2009

L.N. 161 of 2009

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

Polling (Restriction of Access) Regulations, 2009

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

Regulation Ordinance, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport

and Communications after consultation with the Malta Transport

Authority, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Polling (Restriction

of Access) Regulations, 2009, and shall come into force on the 6th

June, 2009.

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” includes 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 6th June, 2009

for the election of Members of the European Parliament;

“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 27th April, 2009;

“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 “TGĦADDIX - 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 6th

June, 2009 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, 7th June, 2009, in the case of

any polling place.

The transit of vehicles along Triq il-Markiż Scicluna, Triq

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

the 6th June, 2009 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 Restriction on

issued to 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 “TGĦADDIX - 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, 6th June, 2009 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, 7th June, 2009, 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 wherefrom after having cast their vote.

No vehicle shall be parked in the vicinity of the

approaches to the Counting Hall, Naxxar, or of any polling place

beyond a prohibitory sign with the words ‘TGĦADDIX - 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 6th June, 2009 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, 7th June, 2009, in the case of

any polling place.

Saving the provisions of sub-article (2) of article 64 of the

General Elections Act, 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 “TGĦADDIX - 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, 6th June, 2009 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, 7th June, 2009, 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.