TONGA

TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) ACT 2021 

Act 12 of 2021

Arrangement of Sections 
Section 
1 Short Title 
2 Section 39 amended 
3 Section 54 amended 
4 The Schedule amended

AN ACT TO AMEND THE TRAFFIC ACT
I assent, 
TUPOU VI, 
28th October 2021. 
 
BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows: 
1	Short Title 
(1) This Act may be cited as the Traffic (Amendment) Act 2021 . 
(2) In this Act, the Traffic Act, as amended, shall be referred to as "the Principal Act".  
2	Section 39 amended  
Section 39(5) of the Principal Act is amended by deleting "$500" and replacing it with  "$200." 
3	Section 54 amended
Section 54(6) of the Principal Act is amended, by deleting "500" the fixed penalty for the offence of Failure to wear adult seatbelts under section 39 and replacing it with "200". 
4	The Schedule amended 
Form 4 in the Schedule of the Principal Act is amended, by deleting "500" the fixed penalty for the offence of Failure to wear adult seatbelts under section 39, and replacing it with "200". 

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 25th day of August 2021.