PUBLIC HEALTH
Licence Section
BUS TOLL FEES
According to The Municipal Council of Port Louis (Traffic Centre) Regulations 2011 – Government Notice 154 of 2011, every bus owner holding a Public Service Vehicle (Bus) Licence from the National Transport Authority who uses a traffic centre, shall pay to the Council a monthly fee per bus as follows and the fee shall be payable in advance and not later than the last working day of the preceding month:
| Number of traffic centres to be used within the Council Area | Monthly fee per bus (Rs) |
1 |
500 |
2 |
800 |
3 |
1000 |
4 or more |
1200 |
The Traffic Centres within the City Council area of Port Louis are:
1. Victoria Traffic Centre
2. Immigration Traffic Centre
3. La Cure Traffic Centre
4. Cité Vallijee Traffic Centre
5. Plaine Verte Traffic Centre
6. Plaine Lauzun Traffic Centre
Any bus owner who fails to pay the fee within the prescribed delay, shall be liable to pay the monthly fee together with a surcharge of 50% of the fee for each unpaid month to the Council.
The receipt, which shall be issued in respect of every monthly payment, should be affixed in a conspicuous place on the windscreen of the bus.
Any bus owner who
i. stops using a traffic centre;
ii. changes a bus or
iii. transfers his Public Service Vehicle (Bus) Licence
shall inform the Chief Executive of the Council in writing thereof within 15 days of the cessation, change or transfer.
Any driver or bus owner who fails to affix the receipt of payment for the current month shall be denied access to the traffic centre.
Any person who contravenes The Municipal Council of Port Louis (Traffic Centre) Regulations 2011 shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding Rs 10,000.
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