She noted that the Road Transport Act Cap206 states that no licence shall be granted to a person who is under the age of 18 years provided that a licence to drive a motorcycle may be granted to a person over the age of 16 years.Īs it is now a person aged 16 years can obtain a motorcycle licence. She said in her presentation that it was earlier this year, more precisely in April, that the cabinet of ministers approved to increase the minimum age for a person to possess a licence and ride a motorcycle from 16 to 18. It was the Minister for Land Transport, Pamela Charlette, who presented the Bill to amend a section of the Road Transport Act. The bill was approved as amended 22 in favour and nobody against. The approval came after a new paragraph was inserted to read as follows: “a person above the age of 16 and below the age of 18 shall be granted a licence to drive a motor cycle or scooter having the motor capacity of 100cc or less”. National Assembly Assembly approves amended Bill to increase age to ride a motorcycle from 16 to 18 |25 September 2019Ī proposed amendment to increase the age for a person to ride a motorcycle from 16 to 18 has been approved by Assembly members.
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