Law
No. (22) of 2006
Concerning
the
Traffic
Toll in the Emirate of Dubai[1]
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We, Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai,
After
perusal of:
Federal Law No. (21) of 1995 Concerning Road Traffic
and its Implementing Bylaw;
Law
No. (17) of 2005 Establishing the Roads and Transport Authority;
Law
No. (18) of 2006 Concerning Management and Realisation of the Public Funds of
the Government of Dubai; and
Executive
Council Resolution No. (8) of 2006 Establishing the Agencies Affiliated to the
Roads and Transport Authority and Approving their Corporate and Organisational
Structure,
Do hereby issue this Law.
This
Law will be cited as “Law No. (22) of 2006 Concerning the Traffic Toll in the
Emirate of Dubai”.
The
following words and expressions, wherever mentioned in this Law, will have the
meaning indicated opposite each of them unless the context implies otherwise:
Emirate: |
The
Emirate of Dubai. |
Executive Council: |
The
Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai. |
RTA: |
The
Roads and Transport Authority. |
Board of Directors: |
The
board of directors of the RTA. |
Executive Director: |
The executive
director of the RTA. |
Agency: |
The
Traffic and Roads Agency of the RTA. |
Vehicle Owner: |
A person
in whose name a Vehicle is registered, including the person who drives it. |
Peak Hours: |
The hours
during which Road traffic is at its heaviest, and which are determined in
accordance with the technical standards and guidelines adopted by the RTA. |
Traffic
Toll: |
The amount
paid by a Road User upon passing through a Traffic Toll Gate. |
Traffic
Toll Gates: |
The
locations where special technical equipment is installed, allowing the
approved Traffic Toll to be deducted from the Tag of any Vehicle passing
through these locations without the need to stop the Vehicle. |
Tag: |
A card
on which all Vehicle information is stored, which is affixed to a Vehicle and
enables Traffic Toll Gate equipment to deduct the Traffic Toll approved for
Traffic Toll Gates without the need to stop the Vehicle. |
Article (3)
The
RTA will charge motor Vehicle Owners whose Vehicles use the Road network of the
Emirate and pass through a Traffic Toll Gate in one direction a “Traffic Toll
Fee”, whether or not the Vehicle is registered in the Emirate.
Article (4)
For
the purposes of this Law, motor Vehicles are categorised into:
1. motorcycles;
2. light Vehicles (private/public)
3. heavy Vehicles;
4. light buses;
5. heavy buses;
6. light motorised machines; and
7. heavy motorised machines.
Vehicle
Owners must ensure that the motor Vehicles mentioned in Article (4) above do not
pass through Traffic Toll Gates without first having the Tag affixed to their
Vehicles in accordance with the rules and conditions stipulated in this Law.
Vehicle Owners
whose motor Vehicles pass through Traffic Toll Gates in the Emirate must obtain
Tags and affix them to their designated places on the Vehicles.
For the
purposes of this Law, the RTA will be solely responsible for setting and
adopting the technical requirements, standards, and guidelines for determining
the locations of Traffic Toll Gates on the streets and Roads in the Emirate,
and for determining the Peak Hours, and Traffic Toll Gate operation timings.
The
Traffic Toll Gate site plans (1), (2), and (3) attached to this Law are hereby
approved. The Executive Director may remove or relocate any of the approved
Traffic Toll Gates or add any other Traffic Toll Gate in line with the traffic
flow and the safety of Road Users in the Emirate.
The Agency
will determine the types of motor Vehicles which are permitted, and those that
are not permitted, to pass through Traffic Toll Gates. Relevant information
signs must be placed at the entrance of Traffic Toll Gates.
This Law
will not apply to the following motor Vehicles:
1.
Vehicles registered with the Armed Forces carrying its number
plates and logos;
2.
Vehicles of the Police and Civil Defence carrying their number plates
and logos;
3.
Vehicles dedicated to transporting students of schools, institutes, or
universities;
4.
public transport buses of the RTA; and
5.
Vehicles that are exempted by a resolution of the Executive Director.
Employees
and inspectors of the RTA nominated by a resolution issued by the Executive
Director will have the capacity of law enforcement officers to record the acts
committed in breach of the provisions of this Law, its implementing bylaw, and
the resolutions issued in pursuance hereof. For this purpose, they may issue
the necessary violation reports and fines.
The Agency
may estimate the value of compensation for any damage to Traffic Toll Gate
operating systems, including the administrative costs.
Without
prejudice to any stricter penalty stipulated in any other legislation, a person
who violates the provisions of this Law or its implementing bylaw will be punished
by a fine of not less than five hundred Dirhams (AED 500.00) and not more than
ten thousand Dirhams (AED 10,000.00). Upon repetition of the same violation
within one (1) year, the amount of the fine will be doubled.
For the purpose of implementing this Law and
its implementing bylaw, the Agency may seek the assistance
of Government departments, authorities, and public corporation, including
police personnel.
1. The Executive Council will approve the fees and fines related to the
implementation of this Law by issuing a resolution upon the approval of the
Department of Finance and the RTA of these fees and fines.
2. The Board of Directors may
increase the Traffic Toll fee provided that it does not exceed the approved
fee.
All the
fees and fines referred to in Article (15) will be paid to the RTA.
The Executive
Director will issue the implementing bylaw and the resolutions required for the
implementation of this Law.
Any provision
in any other legislation will be repealed to the extent that it contradicts the
provisions of this Law.
This
Law will be published in the Official Gazette and will come into force on 1
July 2007.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Ruler
of Dubai
Issued in Dubai on 16 October 2006
Corresponding to 24 Ramadan 1427 A.H.
© 2015 The Supreme Legislation Committee in the
Emirate of Dubai
[1]Every effort has been made to produce an
accurate and complete English version of this legislation. However, for the
purpose of its interpretation and application, reference must be made to the
original Arabic text. In case of conflict the Arabic text will prevail.