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Traffic Ordinance [New Version]
פקודת התעבורה [נוסח חדש]
Published: 1961-08-01Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2026-06-14 · Last amended 2026-07-28✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28
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Chapter VIII: Regulations and By-Laws
General Regulations§
70.
The Minister may make Regulations on the following matters:
(1)the regulation of traffic and the determination of rules for the use of roads by vehicles, pedestrians and others, including in respect of reducing air pollution and in respect of prohibition of parking in a private parking place, and including rules regarding the determination of uniform spelling in Hebrew, Arabic and English of names appearing on traffic signs erected on roads; Regulations in respect of prohibition of parking in a private parking place and in respect of the determination of uniform spelling as aforesaid shall be made with the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset;
(2)the lights to be fitted to vehicles;
(3)the use of horns or other warning devices on vehicles;
(4)the determination of the size, shape and type of identification marks and rules regarding their attachment to vehicles so that they shall be readily distinguishable;
(5)the registration of motor vehicles and the particulars to be registered;
(6)the obligation to maintain meters in taxis and the regulation of their use and maintenance;
(7)the manner of keeping a licence;
(8)the exemption of a motor vehicle registered abroad that has been brought into the country for a limited period, and likewise the driver of such a vehicle, from all or some of the provisions of this Ordinance in respect of registration and licensing;
(9)the giving of notice of a change in the ownership of a motor vehicle and the registration of such a change;
(10)the payment of fees for registration, a licence, renewal of a licence, a permit, an inspection, a test, or any other action under this Ordinance or the Regulations, as well as surcharges for failure to pay on time;
(11)tests and examinations for the purpose of determining the driving fitness of applicants for driving licences or of holders thereof, and the types of licences to be granted;
(12)the inspection and examination of public vehicles, the number of persons permitted to be transported in them, the obligation to transport passengers and the scope of that obligation;
(13)the obligation to display the approved number of passengers and the approved fare tariff, including the map or plan relating to that tariff;
(14)the safety and comfort of passengers in public vehicles and the conduct of their drivers;
(15)the authorisation of the traffic inspector to prohibit or restrict, by a notice displayed on a road, the driving of a vehicle or of a vehicle of a special type on that road or any part thereof, including for the purpose of reducing air pollution;
(16)the speed at which motor vehicles or any type thereof may be driven, whether generally or on a particular road or in a particular area or at a particular place;
(17)the structure and weight of vehicles and the conditions for their use; however, Regulations in respect of the emission of pollutants from a vehicle, including in respect of emission testing, shall be made by the Minister of Environmental Protection in accordance with the provisions of the Clean Air Law, 5768-2008;
(17a)installations or other means for the prevention of theft of vehicles of their various types, including in respect of the obligation to install such installations or means, the obligation to use them, and conditions and times of use;
(17b)air conditioners in a vehicle, their types, the obligation to install and operate them and the conditions for their operation;
(17c)safety belts and restraint devices in a vehicle, their types, the obligation to install and fasten them and any condition for their use;
(17d)installations or other means to be installed in a vehicle, designed to prevent traffic offences, to supervise compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance or to document their breach, for all vehicles or for specific types, as well as the manner of operating those installations or other means; Regulations under this paragraph shall be made with the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset;
(17e)the duties of persons driving a vehicle in which installations or other means have been installed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (17d); Regulations under this paragraph shall be made with the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset;
(18)the methods of regulation, restriction and supervision of the licensing of commercial vehicles and the licensing of private vehicles built to carry more than six passengers in addition to the driver, as well as the use of commercial and private vehicles as aforesaid;
(19)the supervision of driving instruction and its guidance, of instructors and driving schools and their training, in respect of the obligation to teach driving according to a prescribed curriculum, as well as in respect of the equipment and tools to be used;
(20)the granting of licences for the keeping of driving schools and for driving instruction, their period of validity, their conditions, and the authority to revoke or suspend them on account of a breach of the Regulations or of the licence conditions or on account of the commission of a traffic violation, and the granting of an exemption from the obligation to obtain a licence for driving instruction;
(21)the procedures for submitting applications, conducting examinations and tests for the purpose of granting or renewing driving licences, licences for instruction and for keeping driving schools, and vehicle licences, and the licensing office procedures connected therewith;
(22)all matters relating to road safety, its planning and regulation, including for the purpose of reducing air pollution;
(22a)the regulation of working hours, driving hours and rest periods of persons who drive a vehicle for whom driving is their occupation or is connected with their occupation, and the supervision of the implementation of such regulation; such Regulations may apply to vehicles generally or to types of vehicles;
(a)any fine to which the applicant for a licence or its renewal has been adjudged liable in respect of traffic offences or traffic violations or in respect of another offence arising from driving a vehicle, or in respect of an offence under the Keep Israel Clean Law, 5744-1984, committed from within a vehicle or in connection with the use of a vehicle, which has not been paid despite its payment date having fallen due; Regulations under this sub-paragraph require the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset;
(b)the taxes, customs duties, fees, levies and other compulsory payments applicable in respect of the vehicle for which the licence or its renewal is sought, including the additional sum as defined in section 84;
(23a)traffic safety procedures in enterprises that operate vehicles in a number prescribed in Regulations, and provisions regarding the authorisation of a person to supervise traffic safety procedures in such enterprises, the determination of that person's functions, duties, qualifications and working methods; Regulations under this subsection shall be made with the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset;
(24)the implementation of the provisions of this Ordinance generally.
Liability for parking and powers of a police officer§
70a.
(a)(Repealed).
(b)Where a vehicle is standing at a place where its standing is prohibited by law, or in circumstances constituting a breach of traffic order or safety, or where in a police officer's opinion its removal is necessary for the regulation of traffic or for its safety or for the safety of the public, a police officer may instruct the person in possession of the vehicle at that time to remove or tow it.
(c)Where the person in possession of the vehicle at that time has not complied with a police officer's instruction as aforesaid, or is not present at the place, a police officer may, either personally or through a person authorised by the head of the traffic division of the Israel Police (hereinafter – authorised tower), remove the vehicle, tow it and store it, or lock its wheels, or some of them, with wheel clamps preventing the movement of the vehicle, provided that the officer takes the reasonable precautionary measures necessary to ensure the safety of the vehicle.
(d)The fees for the removal and storage of a vehicle, or the locking of a vehicle and its release, by the Israel Police, or the payment prescribed for the removal and storage of a vehicle or the locking of a vehicle by an authorised tower, shall be imposed on the owner of the vehicle registered in the vehicle licence, unless that owner has proved that the vehicle was taken without that owner's knowledge and without that owner's consent; a vehicle in respect of which fees or a payment are imposed on its owner as aforesaid shall not be returned or released from locking unless they have been paid.
(e)A vehicle that has been locked as referred to in subsection (c) –
(1)shall be released from locking no later than 48 hours after the owner of the vehicle has requested the release and has paid the applicable fees or payments; however, if after the first 24 hours a day of rest, recess or stoppage pursuant to law (hereinafter – day of rest) begins, it shall be released before the day of rest;
(2)a police officer of a rank not lower than that of inspector may, for reasons of security, safety or removal of a hazard, order its release from locking even if the conditions referred to in this section have not been fulfilled.
(f)A person who removes a vehicle from its place of storage or releases a vehicle from locking before the fees or payment referred to in subsection (d) have been paid, is liable to one year's imprisonment.
(g)Where a court or a traffic court has determined, in proceedings against the owner of a vehicle for an offence or traffic violation under this section, on the basis of evidence adduced before it, that the vehicle was at that time in the possession of another person, the court or the traffic court, as the case may be, hearing the proceedings against the other person may rely on the factual findings established in the first proceedings, on the basis of the evidence submitted in those proceedings, without the need to resubmit it. Where the other person was not a party to the first proceedings, the court or the traffic court, as the case may be, shall afford that person an opportunity to rebut the testimony given in the first proceedings.
(h)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), a vehicle shall not be locked unless it was standing at one of the following places where the standing of the vehicle is prohibited:
(1)a parking place for a vehicle belonging to a person who is paralysed in both legs;
(2)the bounds of a bus stop, as referred to in regulation 72(12) of the Traffic Regulations;
(3)a separation area, as defined in the Traffic Regulations;
(4)a parking place designated for a diplomatic vehicle.
Parking at a bus stop on days of rest§
70a1.
(a)A local signage authority shall erect, within the bounds of a bus stop, a traffic sign prescribing that a private vehicle may be parked or stood within the bounds of the bus stop from 20:00 on the eve of a day of rest until 16:00 on the day of rest; in this section, "days of rest" – as defined in section 18a(a) of the Law and Administration Ordinance, 5708-1948.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a traffic sign as referred to in that subsection shall not be erected –
(1)on a road that is not an urban road;
(2)in a traffic lane on a road, except in a lane in which parking was permitted before and after the bounds of the bus stop;
(3)in a lane designated for public transport;
(4)in a public transport terminal;
(5)within the bounds of a bus stop serving a service line for a bus that, under the terms of its licence, operates also on a day of rest.
(c)A local authority shall remove or tow a private vehicle parked or standing in contravention of a traffic sign erected pursuant to subsection (a) to a place of storage; the provisions pursuant to section 77 shall apply to such removal or towing.
Restrictions on limiting parking hours for persons with disabilities§
70a2.
A local signage authority that erects a traffic sign designating parking at a particular place for a person with a disability who has been issued a disability tag as defined in the Parking for Persons with Disabilities Law, 5754-1993 (in this section – disability tag), shall not restrict in such a traffic sign the parking to particular hours, unless one of the following conditions is met:
(1)the parking place is allocated for a specific vehicle bearing a disability tag, adjacent to the permanent place of work of the person with a disability to whom the disability tag was issued in respect of that vehicle, and the restriction of hours was set in accordance with a report that that person submitted to the local signage authority in whose area the parking place is situated regarding that person's working hours;
(2)the parking place is allocated adjacent to a public place, provided that the restriction of hours was set taking into account the hours during which the place or part thereof is open for use by the general public or an unspecified part thereof, or the hours during which a public service is provided at that public place; in this paragraph, "public place" and "public service" – as defined in sections 19g and 19j of the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Law, 5758-1998, respectively.
Uniform national parking arrangement§
70b.
(a)Paid parking on an urban road shall be governed by a uniform national parking arrangement, unless the local authority in whose area that road is situated has established a different parking arrangement.
(b)In this section, "uniform national parking arrangement" – a national parking card on behalf of the Centre for Local Government or any other arrangement that comes in its place on behalf thereof.
(c)The Minister of the Interior and the Minister shall determine, with the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset, the price for parking pursuant to the uniform national parking arrangement.
(c1)
(1)In this subsection –
"Economic Plan Law" – the Economic Plan Law (Legislative Amendments for the Implementation of the Economic Policy for the 2021 and 2022 Budget Years), 5782-2021;
"transition period" – the period from the 28th of Tevet 5782 (1 January 2022) until the date of commencement of Regulations under subsection (c);
(2)During the transition period, the price for parking pursuant to the uniform national parking arrangement as referred to in subsection (c) shall be the maximum price as prescribed pursuant to that subsection as worded on the eve of the commencement of the Economic Plan Law; the provisions of this paragraph shall also apply in respect of the price for parking set by a local authority in a by-law, on the eve of the commencement of the Economic Plan Law, if the by-law prescribed that the price for parking within the area of that local authority is the maximum price as aforesaid;
(3)During the transition period, the price for parking pursuant to the uniform national parking arrangement as referred to in paragraph (1) shall change on 1 January of each year (hereinafter – date of change), in accordance with the rate of change of the new index compared with the base index; an amount that has changed as aforesaid shall, for the purpose of payment, be rounded to the nearest amount that is a multiple of 10 agorot, and an amount of 5 agorot shall be rounded downwards; for the purposes of this paragraph –
"the index" – the Consumer Price Index published by the Central Bureau of Statistics;
"the new index" – the index published in the month of November preceding the date of change;
"the base index" – the index published in the month of November preceding the previous date of change, and in respect of the first date of change after the 27th of Tevet 5782 (31 December 2021) – the index published in November 2020;
(4)The Director General of the Ministry of the Interior shall publish in a notice in Reshumot (Official Gazette) the price for parking pursuant to the uniform national parking arrangement, as changed pursuant to paragraph (3).
(c2)Where a local authority has established a parking arrangement under which the tariff for parking for a resident of the local authority differs from the tariff for parking for a person who is not a resident of that authority, the gap between those tariffs shall not exceed 30%; where a local authority has established a parking arrangement under which all residents of the local authority are exempt from payment for parking, at times and hours as it has prescribed, the tariff for parking for a person who is not a resident of that authority, at those times and hours, shall not exceed the price for parking pursuant to the uniform national parking arrangement or the tariff for parking pursuant to the parking arrangement established by that local authority, whichever is lower; nothing in the provisions of this subsection shall derogate from the power of a local authority to grant an exemption from payment for parking within its area in accordance with the provisions of any law, including section 77; this subsection shall come into force on the 22nd of Tevet 5787 (1 January 2027).
(d)
(1)The council of a local authority may determine, to the extent required and in accordance with traffic needs, a fixed or variable minimum payment for parking on an urban road or part thereof within the area of the local authority, if there exists on that road or in close proximity to it a light rail or any other network in which public transport services are provided, which supply, to the satisfaction of the council, a convenient substitute for the use of a private vehicle (in this section – mass transit network), and if convenient and accessible parking arrangements exist for users of the mass transit network; for this purpose, "light rail" – as defined in section 46 of the Railways Ordinance;
(2)Where the Minister and the Minister of the Interior, after consultation with the Minister of Finance, are satisfied that the council of a local authority has not set a minimum payment as referred to in paragraph (1) even though it is necessary, to their satisfaction, for the purpose of encouraging the use of the mass transit network, and the conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are met, they may, with the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset, set a minimum payment as referred to in paragraph (1) in place of the council of the local authority;
(3)Where a minimum payment has been set on an urban road pursuant to paragraphs (1) or (2), the uniform national parking arrangement or any other arrangement set pursuant to section 77 shall not apply thereto, except arrangements set in respect of parking for persons with disabilities and residents of that urban road; where a minimum payment has been set pursuant to paragraph (2), the council of the local authority shall not be entitled to change it except with the agreement of the Ministers referred to in that paragraph and with the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset.
Parking fees in a car park§
70b1.
(a)A person operating a car park, whether the car park is owned by that person or by another, shall not charge parking fees in a car park except by reference to parking time, calculated by the minute; where payment is made in cash, the parking fees shall be rounded upwards to the nearest whole amount in new shekels.
(b)Nothing in the provisions of subsection (a) shall prevent the charging of inclusive parking fees for a day, week or month, on a regular or one-time basis.
(c)The Minister of the Interior, with the consent of the Minister and with the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset, may prescribe that the provisions of this section shall not apply in respect of certain areas in which car parks are situated or in respect of types of car parks, including in respect of car parks in which the parking fees charged are lower than a certain amount to be prescribed in accordance with the area in which the car park is situated, all as prescribed in the manner aforesaid.
Erection of a Sign at a Disabled Parking Space§
70b2.
(a)A person who has allocated, pursuant to any law, a parking space for a disabled person in a public place shall notify the local signage authority of the parking space so allocated; the local signage authority shall erect a sign to mark the parking space within 30 days from the day it received such notice, or from the day it received notice from another person of the allocation of that parking space, all unless the central signage authority has directed otherwise.
(b)The Minister, with the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset, may prescribe that the provisions of this section shall apply also to a parking space allocated for a disabled person pursuant to any law in a place used for residential purposes that is not a public place.
(c)In this section, "public place" – as defined in section 19g of the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Law, 5758-1998.
Inspection Powers in Respect of a Disabled Parking Space§
70b3.
(a)For the purpose of performing his functions in respect of the parking and stopping of a vehicle, an employee of a local authority who has been duly authorised by the head of the local authority for that purpose (in this section – inspector), after having identified himself, may enter a parking space at which a sign has been erected in accordance with the provisions of section 70b2, including a parking space that is not a road, provided that he shall not enter –
(1)a place used solely for residential purposes, except pursuant to a court order;
(2)a place held by the security establishment, unless he holds an entry authorisation to the place from the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defence or the Minister of Internal Security, or from a person authorised by them for that purpose, as the case may be, and only for so long as operational activity or hostile activity is taking place at that place at the time of the inspector's entry; in this paragraph, "security establishment" means any of the following:
(a)the Ministry of Defence and its subordinate units;
(b)units and subordinate units of the Prime Minister's Office whose principal activity is in the field of state security;
(c)the Israel Defence Forces;
(d)enterprises and suppliers producing security equipment as defined in the Defence Corporations (Protection of Security Interests) Law, 5766-2005, for a body listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c), which the Minister of Defence has approved for the purposes of this section;
(e)the Israel Police;
(f)the Israel Prison Service;
(g)any other body operating for security purposes that the Prime Minister or the Minister of Defence, as the case may be, has approved for the purposes of this section.
(b)An inspector shall not exercise the power vested in him under this section except in accordance with the law by virtue of which he was authorised.
Parking Arrangements for Pupil-Transport Vehicles§
70c.
(a)A local signage authority shall erect, adjacent to a school, a sign prohibiting parking or stopping of a vehicle, and it may prescribe that the parking prohibition shall apply only on certain days and at certain hours during which the parking space serves for the boarding and alighting of pupils.
(b)The size of the space in which parking or stopping of a vehicle is prohibited as referred to in subsection (a) shall be sufficient for the parking of at least one vehicle intended to carry 30 or more pupils.
(c)Nothing in the provisions of this section shall derogate from any obligation under any law to establish parking arrangements, including the allocation of parking spaces and expropriation.
(d)In this section, "school" – an official or recognised educational institution, within the meaning thereof in the Compulsory Education Law, 5709-1949, or a school to which the Supervision of Schools Law, 5729-1969 applies, in which more than ten pupils systematically study or are educated, and in which pre-primary education, primary education and post-primary education are provided to pupils up to the age of 18, and to pupils studying in special education institutions up to the age of 21.
Safety in the Vicinity of Schools§
70d.
(a)A local signage authority, with the approval of the central signage authority, shall establish traffic arrangements on a road in the vicinity of a school.
(b)In this section, "school" – as defined in section 70c.
Safety Arrangements in Pupil-Transport Vehicles§
70e.
(a)A driver of a vehicle shall not transport pupils in a pupil-transport vehicle, and the owner of the vehicle or a person in control of it shall not permit another to transport pupils in the vehicle, unless the following have been installed in it –
(1)a visual signalling system, designed to warn, at least at the front and rear, at all times when the doors of the vehicle are open, meeting the requirements prescribed by the Minister;
(2)a clearly visible sign on which the word "children" is inscribed, in the size, location and form to be prescribed by the Minister, provided that the sign is installed in the vehicle at the front and at the rear.
(b)In this section –
"pupil-transport vehicle" – a vehicle, of a type prescribed by the Minister, which is used on a regular basis to transport pupils to or from a school;
"school" – as defined in section 70c.
Special Regulations Concerning Public Motor Vehicles§
71.
In addition to his general power under section 70, the Minister may make Regulations in connection with public motor vehicles on the following matters:
(1)the regulation and restriction of the grant of vehicle licences, supervision thereof, and their number in general and in each area, line or type of service;
(2)the regulation and restriction of the use of a vehicle and supervision thereof;
(3)the regulation and restriction of the grant of licences or permits for the carriage of passengers or for the operation of a transport service (in this section – service), including conditions of licences and permits, their cancellation and the lapse of their validity;
(4)the determination of service lines, their consolidation and separation and any other arrangement of service lines, fare rates and timetables according to which the vehicle shall be operated, including the manner of their publication and their location, the arrangement of the issue of tickets and multi-journey tickets of all kinds, including in respect of the joint use of tickets and multi-journey tickets belonging to holders of different licences for service lines and the methods of accounting between them in respect of such use, their printing and sale, as well as the number of vehicles to be operated, their types and everything connected therewith;
(5)the determination of the duties imposed on the vehicle, on the person operating it or working in it, on the person in control of it, and on the person providing a service therein, including his employees, agents and messengers and those acting by virtue of him in providing the service, and on the passenger or the person seeking to travel in it, and any arrangement connected therewith, provided that all such duties shall apply only in connection with the provision of the service or the use of the vehicle;
(6)the obligation to operate a vehicle or a service and the prohibition on discontinuing a service or part thereof;
(7)the assignment of a vehicle to a specific line, area or type of service, for the purpose of securing and efficiently planning the transport required by the public;
(7a)the prohibition on operating a public bus on days of rest on a service line; for this purpose the Minister shall take into account, as far as possible, the tradition of Israel with regard to the prohibition on the movement of vehicles on days of rest; in this paragraph, "days of rest" – as defined in section 18a(a) of the Law and Administration Ordinance, 5708-1948;
(8)any other matter connected with the arrangements for operating a service and the manner of its provision, which may improve passenger transport by vehicle or which is connected with the operation of a service for the benefit of the public.
Royalties and Other Payments§
71a.
A holder of a licence for a service line shall pay for the licence royalties and other payments at the rate or in the amount and on the conditions to be prescribed by the Minister and the Minister of Finance, or at the rate or in the amount and on the conditions prescribed in the tender conditions for the grant of a licence for the service line.
Travel by Disabled Persons in a Lane Designated for Public Transport§
71a1.
(a)A person who has been issued a disabled tag as detailed in the Ninth Schedule may drive the vehicle in respect of which that tag was issued in a lane designated for public transport, except in a lane designated, by sign, for mass-transit vehicles other than a bus.
(b)The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply also to a person accompanying the disabled person and driving the vehicle on his behalf.
(c)The Minister may, by Order, with the approval of the Economics Committee of the Knesset, alter the lanes in which a person who has been issued a disabled tag as referred to in subsection (a) may drive, provided that two years have elapsed from the commencement of this section.
Travel of a Special Vehicle in a Public Transport Lane§
71a2.
(a)A person driving a vehicle intended for saving human lives, maintaining security or public safety, identifying victims of a disaster or transporting the deceased, listed in the Sixteenth Schedule, may use a public transport lane as defined in section 27a1(o).
(b)A body operating a vehicle as referred to in subsection (a) shall transmit to the licensing authority a list of the registration numbers of such vehicles and shall update it from time to time; such data shall be available for inspection by every local authority.
National Public Transport Information Centre§
71b.
(a)The Traffic Superintendent shall establish a national public transport information centre (in this Ordinance – national information centre), for the purpose of providing the public with information on public transport services, including, inter alia, information on integration between bus service lines, all by means of telephone, including SMS messages, and the internet.
(b)For the purpose of providing information as referred to in subsection (a), the national information centre shall consolidate data transmitted to it, including, inter alia, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c), on all bus service lines and on integration between them and on taxi service lines as defined in section 14g and demand-responsive taxi service lines, and shall continuously update the data, including data concerning –
(1)the estimated travel time of a bus between one stop and another and the estimated travel time on a taxi service line between an origin stop and a destination stop;
(2)the estimated time of arrival of a bus at a stop;
(3)any unplanned change in the data referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2).
(c)
(1)A holder of a licence to operate a bus service line shall transmit to the Traffic Superintendent, for the purpose of operating the national information centre, complete and updated data on each service line that he operates, as detailed below: the route of the service line, the location of the stops serving it, the planned timetable for the provision of the service including the time of its commencement, its end and the frequency of the line, the planned travel time between stops, the fare and the accessibility of the buses operating on the service line to persons with disabilities; the licence holder shall ensure that the data transmitted by him is continuously updated;
(1a)A holder of a service line licence or a holder of a demand-responsive taxi service line licence as defined in section 14g shall transmit to the Traffic Superintendent, for the purpose of operating the national information centre, complete and updated data, as the case may be, on the number of taxis he operates, the planned timetable for the provision of taxi services and the times of commencement, end and frequency of the service; the licence holder shall ensure that the data transmitted by him is continuously updated;
(2)The Traffic Superintendent may require a holder of a licence to operate a bus service line to transmit to him additional particulars on a service line that he operates; subject to the provisions of any law, the Traffic Superintendent shall decide whether to include such particulars, in whole or in part, in the national information centre.
(d)The Traffic Superintendent shall issue instructions regarding the transmission of information from licence holders as referred to in subsection (c) to the national information centre, including regarding the manner of supervising the reliability and currency of the information, the technological systems to be used by such a licence holder to transmit the information and the manner of transmitting the information for absorption into the national information centre; where the Minister has granted a permit in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e), the Traffic Superintendent shall also issue instructions regarding the operation of the national information centre and the provision of information to the public, insofar as conditions on these matters have not been prescribed in the permit.
(e)The Minister may grant a permit to operate the national information centre; the permit shall prescribe, inter alia, conditions regarding –
(1)criteria for the provision of the service to the public by the national information centre and the manner of supervising the reliability of the information to be provided to the public;
(2)the obligation of the operator of the national information centre to receive information on service lines from all licence holders, for the purpose of operating the centre;
(3)the obligation of the operator of the national information centre to continuously maintain the technological systems used to operate the centre, including the repair of malfunctions;
(4)reporting obligations to the Traffic Superintendent, which shall apply to the operator of the national information centre;
(5)the existence of guarantees and conditions to ensure continuity of service by the operator of the national information centre.
(f)A permit granted pursuant to subsection (e) is not transferable, except with the approval of the Minister.
Signage and Information at Bus Stops and Taxi Service Line Stops§
71c.
(a)
(1)A holder of a licence to operate a bus service line shall erect at every passenger-collection stop serving a service line that he operates, a map detailing the route of the service line, as well as signage displaying the times of the provision of the service on the line, except on holidays and festival days, the frequency of the line and the means of contacting the licence holder and the national information centre;
(2)A map and signage pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) shall not be erected at a stop owned or held by a local authority or another person, except after the licence holder has notified the owner or holder of the stop, as the case may be, and given them an opportunity to express their position regarding the manner of erecting the map and signage; if agreement has not been reached between the licence holder and the person who received such notice regarding the manner of erecting the map and signage within 30 days from the date of the notice, the Traffic Superintendent shall decide on the manner of erecting them at that stop.
(b)A holder of a licence to operate a bus service line shall verify, at least once a month, that the map and signage erected in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) are in working order and are up to date.
(c)(Repealed).
(d)The Traffic Superintendent shall determine the form, dimensions and additional characteristics of the map and signage erected pursuant to this section, and shall publish notice thereof in the Reshumot (Official Gazette) and on the website of the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety.
Electronic Signage at Bus Stops§
71d.
(a)The Traffic Superintendent shall prepare, not later than 31 January of each year, an annual plan for the erection of electronic signage at bus stops, on which updated information as referred to in section 71b(b)(1) to (3) shall be displayed (in this section – electronic signage); in preparing such a plan, priority shall be given to the erection of signage, taking into account, inter alia, the following:
(1)the proximity of the stop to stops serving other public transport means;
(2)the proximity of the stop to places serving the general public, including workplaces, educational and health institutions, entertainment venues and shopping centres;
(3)the location of the stop on a road, lane or part thereof, in which priority has been given to public transport;
(4)the frequency of all service lines arriving at the stop;
(5)the size of the local authority in which the stop is located, the centrality of the authority from a transport perspective in the area in which it is located, or its being included in a metropolis as defined in section 77a.
(b)The Traffic Superintendent shall notify the local signage authorities included in the plan prepared as referred to in subsection (a), and shall publish it on the website of the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety; a local signage authority included in the plan may notify the Traffic Superintendent of its wish to erect electronic signage within its area in accordance with the plan.
(c)Where a local signage authority has notified of its wish to erect electronic signage within its area as referred to in subsection (b), the signage shall be erected within its area in accordance with the plan and the agreement reached between it and the Traffic Superintendent, subject to the following provisions:
(1)the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety shall be responsible for supplying the electronic signage to the local signage authority, erecting it and attending to its routine maintenance, all at its expense;
(2)the local signage authority shall establish the infrastructure required for the erection of the electronic signage, attend to its maintenance and arrange for a permanent electricity supply for the operation of the signage, all at its expense.
(d)Where recurring damage is caused to electronic signage erected pursuant to this section, the Traffic Superintendent may remove it or direct, with the consent of the local signage authority, another arrangement with regard to such signage.
(e)The provisions applying under this section to a local signage authority with regard to electronic signage shall apply, at stops within the area of a transportation facility, to the holder of a licence for a transportation facility, and if no such licence has been granted – to the person operating the transportation facility.
(f)The Traffic Superintendent shall determine the form, dimensions and additional characteristics of the electronic signage, and shall publish notice thereof in the Reshumot (Official Gazette) and on the website of the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety.
Provision of Information on Public Transport Services – Free of Charge§
71e.
The national information centre, a holder of a licence to operate a service line, a local signage authority, a holder of a licence for a transportation facility or a person operating a transportation facility shall not charge any payment for providing or displaying information to the public in accordance with the provisions pursuant to sections 71b to 71d.
Non-Renewal of a Licence to Operate a Service Line or for a Transportation Facility§
71f.
Where a holder of a licence to operate a service line or a holder of a licence for a transportation facility has not fulfilled his obligations under sections 71b to 71e, the Traffic Superintendent may refrain from renewing his licence, unless he is satisfied that the licence holder has done everything within his power to comply with the provisions pursuant to those sections.
Information on Public Transport Services – Savings Provisions§
71g.
Nothing in the provisions of sections 71b to 71e shall derogate from the provisions pursuant to the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Law, 5758-1998.
Instructions of the Superintendent for Regulating Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities§
71h.
Until the date of entry into force of Regulations pursuant to section 19(c3) of the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Law, 5758-1998, the Traffic Superintendent shall prescribe, in a demand-responsive service line licence for buses, both urban and inter-urban, provisions for regulating accessibility for persons with disabilities; such provisions shall be prescribed after consultation with the Commission as defined in that Law.
Regulations Concerning Insurance or a Bond§
72.
The Minister may make Regulations requiring that any person who applies, pursuant to this Ordinance or pursuant to the Regulations, to the licensing authority for a motor vehicle licence or for the renewal of such a licence or for approval to transfer it, shall produce an insurance certificate or a bond certificate or shall bring any other evidence as shall be prescribed to prove one of the following:
(1)that on the day on which the licence or its renewal comes into force, or on the day on which the approval is granted, the policy or the bond required for the use of the motor vehicle by the applicant or by others under his direction or with his permission shall be in force;
(2)that the motor vehicle is a vehicle to which section 6 of the Insurance Ordinance does not apply, as long as it is driven by the owner of the vehicle or by his employee in the course of his work, or as long as the vehicle is otherwise under the supervision of its owner.
Preservation of the Validity of Other Provisions§
73.
Regulations made pursuant to sections 70 to 72 as amended by the Defence Regulations (Amendment of Traffic Ordinance) (No. 2), 1942, and which were in force on the eve of the coming into force of the Defence Regulations (Revocation), 1945, shall be deemed to have been made pursuant to those sections as amended by the Defence Legislation (Inclusion in Certain Ordinances) Ordinance, 1945.
Power to Apply or Exempt from the Provisions§
74.
The Minister may announce in the Reshumot (Official Gazette) that the provisions of the Ordinance or the Regulations, in whole or in part, shall apply to categories of places specified in the notice to which they would not have applied but for the notice, or that they shall not apply to categories of places specified in the notice to which they would have applied but for the notice.
Giving Effect to International Conventions§
75.
The Minister may make Regulations designed to give effect to any international convention aimed at facilitating the international movement of motor vehicles and prescribing provisions for the issue and authentication of travel documents, certificates of approval or permits, which are of benefit to persons resident in Israel when they take their motor vehicles abroad on a temporary basis, or to drivers travelling abroad to drive vehicles.
Power to establish authorities§
76.
The Minister may make Regulations concerning the establishment, appointment and determination of the functions of any authority that, in his opinion, is required in connection with the implementation of this Ordinance. The Minister shall prescribe by Regulations the places in which public servants authorised as referred to in section 29(a) may operate, and the identification marks and proof of authorisation of such public servants.
Inquiry committees for the investigation of road accidents§
76a.
(a)The Minister may appoint inquiry and examination committees whose functions shall be:
(1)to investigate the causes and circumstances of a road accident in which a person was killed or seriously injured;
(2)to advise the Minister and to make recommendations to him on all matters relating to the prevention of road accidents.
(b)The Minister, with the consent of the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Justice, may make Regulations concerning the appointment, activities and powers of the committees.
(c)The provisions of sections 117 and 118 of the Penal Law, 5737-1977 shall apply to members of the committees.
Power of local authority to make by-laws§
77.
(a)A council of a municipality or of a local council may, with the consent of the Minister of the Interior and the Minister, make by-laws concerning –
(1)fare tariffs for public vehicles within the area of the municipality or local council;
(2)the regulation of vehicles standing within the area of the municipality or local council, by way of prohibition or otherwise, provided that payment for parking shall not be made a condition unless the kerb stones on the road have been marked alternately in blue; the Minister, with the approval of the Economy Committee of the Knesset, may prescribe an obligation of marking as aforesaid or in another manner on the side of a road even where there are no kerb stones, and circumstances for exemption from the marking obligation on a road, subject to conditions or unconditionally, provided that measures are taken to ensure that drivers are aware of the existence of the payment obligation on the road;
(3)the measures to be taken with respect to a vehicle parked in a place where its stationing is prohibited under any enactment, including its removal, towing, storage or the locking of its wheels, or some of them, with wheel clamps that prevent the movement of the vehicle, provided that a vehicle shall not be clamped unless it has stood in a place as referred to in section 70a(h), and provided that a vehicle that has been clamped as aforesaid –
(a)shall be released from clamping no later than the end of 48 hours after the owner of the vehicle has requested the release and has paid the fees or charges applicable to him; however, if after the first 24 hours a rest day, recess or stoppage under any enactment begins (hereinafter – rest day) – it shall be released before the rest day;
(b)the head of the local authority or a person authorised by him may, for reasons of security, safety or the removal of a hazard, order its release from clamping even if the conditions prescribed under this section have not been fulfilled;
(4)requiring the owner of the vehicle registered in the vehicle licence to pay fees or charges for the removal, towing, storage or release from clamping of the vehicle;
(5)to authorise, for the purposes of a by-law as referred to in paragraph (3), licensed towers with the approval of the head of the traffic department of the Israel Police and inspectors with the approval of the Inspector General of the Israel Police or a person authorised by him;
(6)the fitness of vehicles drawn by animals, the number, fitness and harness of the animals drawing those vehicles and the removal of animals that are unfit;
(7)the registration of bicycles and tricycles, excluding motorcycles and three-wheeled motorcycles, and the fees to be paid for the licences, provided that they shall not exceed the amount prescribed by the Minister in consultation with the Minister of the Interior. At the time of issuing the licence, the local authority shall arrange for a safety inspection of the bicycles and tricycles.
(a1)In respect of a local authority whose number of residents registered in the population registry is 120,000 or more, a council of a municipality or of a local council shall not prescribe an exemption from payment for parking for residents of the local authority solely by reason of their being residents thereof, unless it has defined designated zones within its area in which the payment obligation referred to shall not apply to residents of the authority residing in those zones (in this section – regulated parking zones); such an exemption shall be granted only to residents residing in a zone that has been designated as a regulated parking zone, and only in respect thereof; nothing in the provisions of this subsection shall derogate from the power of the local authority to grant an exemption from payment for parking within its area in accordance with the provisions of any law.
(a2)The Minister, in consultation with the Minister of the Interior and with the approval of the Economy Committee of the Knesset, may prescribe conditions and criteria for the designation of regulated parking zones in a local authority whose number of residents registered in the population registry is 120,000 or more; Regulations under this subsection shall apply, from the date of their entry into force, to such a local authority –
(1)that has designated regulated parking zones for the first time;
(2)that has made changes to regulated parking zones that it designated within its area.
(a3)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a1), during the period from the 28th of Tevet 5782 (1 January 2022) until the 21st of Tevet 5787 (31 December 2026) (in this subsection – the transitional period), provisions prescribed by the council of the local authority, on the eve of the transitional period, exempting residents of the local authority from payment for parking solely by reason of their being residents thereof shall remain in force, unless the council of the local authority has designated regulated parking zones within its area as referred to in that subsection; the Minister shall notify local authorities, six months before the end of the transitional period, that the validity of the provisions they have prescribed in respect of the exemption from payment for parking as aforesaid is about to expire, unless regulated parking zones as aforesaid are designated.
(b)All by-laws made under subsection (a) shall be subject to any Regulations made by the Minister under sections 70 to 72.
Transport plan for the reduction of air pollution§
77a.
(a)In this section and in sections 77b to 77e –
"metropolis" – an area in which several adjacent local authorities, or neighbouring local authorities that maintain an urban nexus between them, whose boundaries the Minister and the Minister of the Interior, after consultation with the Minister for Environmental Protection, have determined by notice published in Reshumot (Official Gazette);
"the Inspector" – the National Traffic Inspector;
"police officer" – a district police commander or the head of the traffic department at the national headquarters of the Israel Police, or their representative for this purpose;
"the Head of the Department" – the head of the air quality department in the Ministry for Environmental Protection;
"clean vehicle" – a vehicle that does not directly cause air pollution during its operation, and also another type of vehicle that the Minister for Environmental Protection, after consultation with the Minister and with the approval of the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee of the Knesset, has designated for this purpose;
"local authority" – a municipality or local council whose number of residents registered in the population registry exceeds 30,000;
"public transport services" – any of the following:
(1)a public vehicle on a service line;
(2)a railway as defined in the Railways Ordinance.
(b)For the purpose of reducing air pollution caused by transport within the area of a local authority, the local authority may prepare a proposal for a multi-year plan for the management and regulation of transport within its area (in this section – a proposal for a plan).
(c)A proposal for a plan shall include, inter alia –
(1)targets for the reduction of air pollution caused by transport within the area of the local authority;
(2)measures that the local authority intends to take in order to meet the targets referred to in paragraph (1);
(3)professional opinions, prepared by an expert, on the expected impact of the implementation of the plan on the following:
(a)the reduction of air pollution caused by transport within the area of the local authority;
(b)traffic on the roads, including the effect on public transport services and on road safety within the area of the local authority and within the area of neighbouring local authorities; such an opinion shall be prepared by an expert who is a traffic engineer;
(c)accessibility by transport of different population groups to the area regulated by the plan, within it and in its surroundings.
(d)
(1)A proposal for a plan shall be prepared after consultation with the Inspector, the Head of the Department, the Director General of the Ministry of the Interior, and a police officer, in accordance with the provisions of this subsection.
(2)The local authority shall transmit to the persons referred to in paragraph (1) a draft proposal for a plan, and they may submit their recommendations in respect thereof within sixty days of the date of transmission; if any of those persons has not submitted its recommendations by the said date, that person shall be deemed to have recommended that the plan be approved as transmitted in the draft proposal for a plan.
(e)The local authority shall transmit to adjacent or neighbouring local authorities the draft proposal for a plan for their perusal, and if the plan relates to an area within a metropolis – also for the perusal of the local authorities included therein; a local authority to which a draft proposal for a plan has been transmitted may, within sixty days of the date of transmission, submit its comments on the draft in writing.
(f)After the expiry of the period referred to in subsections (d) and (e), the local authority may formulate a proposal for a plan; the proposal for a plan as well as the recommendations and comments received pursuant to the provisions of those subsections shall be published on the local authority's website and made available for public inspection at its offices.
(g)Any person may submit to the local authority reasoned written comments on the proposal for a plan within 45 days of the date of its publication.
(h)The council of the local authority shall deliberate on the proposal for a plan and on the comments submitted pursuant to subsection (g); however, the council may decide that, by reason of the number of persons who submitted comments or the nature of the comments submitted, it is appropriate to appoint a representative or representatives on its behalf to deliberate on the comments and to submit to it a summary of the comments and their recommendation in respect thereof (in this section – a representative); a representative shall be an independent person who, in the opinion of the council, has appropriate expertise to deliberate on the comments.
(i)The council or a representative may refrain from deliberating on a comment if they find that it repeats comments previously submitted, that it is unsubstantiated, or that it appears on its face to be vexatious or frivolous.
(j)At the conclusion of the deliberation, the council shall decide whether to approve the proposal for a plan or to approve it with amendments, to the extent required by comments submitted pursuant to subsection (g).
(k)Where the council of the local authority has approved the proposal for a plan, the local authority shall publish the plan on its website, and it shall remain in force for five years from the date of its approval (hereinafter – the approved plan).
(l)
(1)The Minister may prescribe the professions, education, professional training, qualifications and professional experience required of an expert for the purposes of an opinion as referred to in subsection (c)(3)(b) and (c).
(2)The Minister for Environmental Protection may prescribe provisions concerning the manner of preparation of a proposal for a plan, additional documents beyond those listed in subsection (c)(3) to be included therein, and also the professions, education, professional training, qualifications and professional experience required of an expert for the purposes of an opinion as referred to in subsection (c)(3)(a).
(3)The Minister of the Interior may prescribe provisions concerning the ways of publishing notices of a proposal for a plan and of an approved plan.
(m)(Repealed).
(n)Local authorities within a metropolis or adjacent or neighbouring local authorities may jointly prepare a proposal for a plan in accordance with the provisions of this section; a proposal for a plan as aforesaid requires the approval of each of the councils of the said local authorities; the Minister of the Interior shall prescribe provisions concerning the manner of deliberation on comments on a proposal for a plan as aforesaid.
By-laws and traffic arrangements of local authorities for the reduction of air pollution§
77b.
(a)For the purpose of reducing air pollution within its area caused by transport, a council of a local authority may, after consultation with the Inspector, with a police officer and with a representative of the Minister of Defence, make by-laws concerning –
(1)the regulation of traffic of vehicles within its area, in whole or in part, by way of prohibition or restriction of movement of motor vehicles or types of motor vehicle in a zone that it shall designate;
(2)the measures to be taken with respect to a vehicle travelling in contravention of a prohibition or restriction prescribed pursuant to paragraph (1);
(3)requiring the driver of the vehicle or its owner to pay the expenses involved in clearing the vehicle from a zone in which a prohibition or restriction has been prescribed pursuant to paragraph (1);
(4)a full or partial exemption from the application of the provisions of the by-laws for a public vehicle or types of public vehicle.
(b)Where the council of a local authority has approved a by-law as referred to in subsection (a), the head of the local authority shall sign it and the by-law shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette); however, a by-law as aforesaid shall not be published until ninety days after the day on which the head of the local authority brought the by-law to the attention of the Minister and the Minister of the Interior.
(c)A local authority, after consultation with a police officer and with a representative of the Minister of Defence, may prescribe traffic arrangements in a zone defined in the approved plan, including by way of erecting a traffic sign, and shall for this purpose have the powers of traffic sign authorities under this Ordinance.
(d)A by-law as referred to in subsection (a) or a traffic arrangement as referred to in subsection (c) shall not be prescribed unless all of the following conditions have been met:
(1)the by-law or traffic arrangement is prescribed subject to the provisions of an approved plan and for a period not exceeding the period of its validity;
(2)the approved plan includes arrangements for giving priority to public transport services and to clean vehicles on roads and lanes in the zone defined in the plan, ensuring adequate transport alternatives for the public.
(e)The recommendations of the Inspector, a police officer or a representative of the Minister of Defence, as referred to in subsections (a) and (c), as the case may be, shall be transmitted to the local authority within sixty days of the date of the local authority's approach; if any of those persons has not transmitted its recommendations by the said date, that person shall be deemed to have recommended that the by-law or the traffic arrangement, as the case may be, be approved as proposed by the local authority.
(f)
(1)The Inspector may prescribe, by Order published in Reshumot (Official Gazette), that an area, road or lane is essential for inter-urban traffic or for the orderly flow of traffic in adjacent or neighbouring local authorities, or for the movement of public transport services (hereinafter – essential road); however, the Inspector shall not make such a prescription unless, after consultation with a federation of municipalities within whose area they are located, and in the absence of such a federation of municipalities – with the local authority within whose area they are located, traffic arrangements for the purpose of reducing air pollution caused by transport have been prescribed therein; for this purpose, "federation of municipalities" – a federation of municipalities empowered by the establishment order to deal with the subject of air pollution;
(2)where the Inspector has prescribed an essential road pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), by-laws or traffic arrangements prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) or (c) shall not apply to it; however, the Inspector may prescribe that by-laws or traffic arrangements as aforesaid shall not apply only in respect of public transport services;
(3)traffic arrangements prescribed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain in force during the period of validity of the approved plan, and the Inspector may renew them provided that he examines additional measures for the reduction of air pollution caused by transport.
(g)By-laws or traffic arrangements prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) or (c) shall not apply to a security vehicle, as defined under this Ordinance, while performing its duties, to a vehicle of the Israel Defence Forces in the framework of operational activity, and also to a vehicle bearing a disabled badge, as defined in the Parking for Disabled Persons Law, 5754-1993.
(h)The powers vested in a local authority under this section are in addition to its power as a local traffic sign authority under this Ordinance.
Fund for the reduction of air pollution caused by transport§
77c.
(a)A local authority shall manage a fund whose receipts shall be the monies of fines collected in respect of the breach of by-laws and traffic arrangements prescribed pursuant to section 77b (in this section – the Fund).
(b)The monies of the Fund shall be used for the purpose of reducing air pollution caused by transport, provided that half thereof shall be used exclusively for the purpose of encouraging the use of public transport services and clean vehicles, inter alia by establishing and improving infrastructure for public transport services and for clean vehicles in the local authority, granting discounts to users of public transport services within its area, or for the purpose of repaying a loan taken by the authority to finance any of the foregoing.
(c)The Fund shall be managed by the treasurer of the local authority and its monies shall be held in a separate bank account designated exclusively for the monies of the Fund; the Fund shall be managed in a manner that enables tracking of its receipts and of the expenditures incurred for the various purposes.
(d)The monies of the Fund and the right of the local authority to receive monies as aforesaid shall not be capable of being subject to a charge (security interest); however, the monies of the Fund held in the bank account shall be capable of being subject to a charge (security interest) in favour of a person with whom the local authority has lawfully entered into an agreement for the establishment or improvement of infrastructure for public transport services and for clean vehicles within its area, or for the performance of specific work within the framework of the planning, establishment, acquisition or expansion of such infrastructure, or for the financing of any of the foregoing (in this section – an infrastructure performance engagement); in this subsection, "charge (security interest)" – including an assignment by way of charge (security interest) and set-off.
(e)The monies of the Fund and the right of the local authority to receive monies as aforesaid shall not be capable of being attached; however, the monies of the Fund held in the bank account shall be capable of being attached if the attachment was imposed by a person with whom the local authority has lawfully entered into an infrastructure performance engagement, by reason of non-payment of monies under such an engagement.
Appointment of inspectors and their powers§
77d.
(a)Notwithstanding any law, the head of a local authority may authorise inspectors, from among the employees of the local authority, for the purposes of by-laws and traffic arrangements prescribed pursuant to section 77b.
(b)A person shall not be appointed as an inspector as referred to in subsection (a) unless –
(1)the Israel Police has notified, within two months of the approach of the head of the local authority to it, that it has no objection to his appointment on grounds of public order or state security, including by reason of his criminal record or by reason of a final decision to impose a fine that has been given in respect of him, in connection with a traffic violation;
(2)he has met the eligibility conditions and has undergone appropriate training in the field of the by-laws he is to be responsible for enforcing and in the field of the powers vested in him, as the Director General of the Ministry of the Interior has directed, with the consent of the head of the traffic department at the national headquarters of the Israel Police.
(c)Notice of the appointment of inspectors under this section shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette).
(d)An authorised inspector shall not exercise the powers vested in him under this section except while performing his duties, when wearing inspector's uniform in the colour and form prescribed for this purpose by the head of the local authority, provided that such uniform shall not be liable to mislead by appearing to be a police uniform, while visibly wearing a badge identifying him and his function and while in possession of a certificate signed by the head of the local authority, attesting to his function and powers, which he shall produce on demand.
(e)A person is required to comply with instructions given by an inspector within the lawful exercise of his powers under this section.
(f)Where an inspector has reasonable grounds to believe that the movement of a vehicle is prohibited or restricted pursuant to by-laws or traffic arrangements prescribed under section 77b, he may prevent the entry of a vehicle into a zone in which such a prohibition or restriction applies, direct the driver of the vehicle to clear it from such a zone, or detain a vehicle, provided that he has notified the driver of the vehicle of the grounds on which he has acted as aforesaid.
(g)Where an inspector has detained a vehicle, he may require the driver of the vehicle to provide him with his name and address, to present to him his identity card or other official document attesting to his identity that he is required to carry under law, and also the vehicle licence.
(h)Where the driver of the vehicle has refused to comply with a lawful instruction given to him by an inspector, the inspector may cause the clearing of the vehicle.
Exclusivity of Powers and Functions§
77e.
Where a city association has been established or another public authority has been established by law, they shall have all the powers and functions of each of the local authorities within their area in matters connected to their powers and functions, and each of the said local authorities shall be released from its obligations in respect of each of the said matters and shall not be vested with the powers and functions that it held, pursuant to sections 77a to 77d, in those matters, unless expressly provided otherwise in the Order establishing the city association or pursuant to the law establishing the said public authority.
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