s.18Special permit
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Section 18Part 2 — Registration and Licensing of Vehicles

Special permit

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Except as provided in this section no —
oversize vehicle; and
special vehicle, may be used on a road, and no vehicle licence may be issued in that respect.
The Commissioner may grant a special permit to the owner of an oversize vehicle to enable that vehicle to be driven on a road from one place to another, subject to —
any regulations made under section 111;
the person driving the vehicle and the vehicle complying with the Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act (2012 Revision); and
such conditions as the Commissioner may specify in that special permit, if the Commissioner is satisfied that the oversize vehicle can be so driven without material damage to the road.
The Commissioner may grant a special permit to the owner of a special vehicle to enable that vehicle to be driven on a road from one place to another, subject to —
any regulations made under section 111; and
such conditions as the Commissioner may specify in that special permit, if the Commissioner is satisfied that the special vehicle can be so driven without material damage to the road.
An application for a special permit under this section shall be made on the prescribed form and accompanied by the prescribed fee, but —
the Commissioner may, in that Commissioner's discretion, allow applications not made in the prescribed form, including applications by —
telephone; and
electronic mail, text message or other electronic means, if that Commissioner is satisfied that the case is one of genuine emergency; and
notwithstanding the issue of a permit under subsections (2) or (3), no fee is payable in respect of a road maintenance vehicle in the ownership of the Government, nor in a case in which the distance travelled along a road does not exceed half a mile.
A person who uses an oversize vehicle or special vehicle on a road without having first obtained a special permit to do so commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both.
A person to whom a special permit has been granted who fails to observe the conditions specified in that licence commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of twelve months, or to both.

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