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ROAD (VEHICLE USE) FEE ACT, 1998
(ACT 556)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Prohibition of use of Motor
Vehicle on Road without Road
Certificate.
2. Payment of Fee.
3. Issue of Certificate/Sticker.
4. Exemption from Requirement for
Certificate.
5. Payment of Fee into the Road
Fund.
6. Amendment of Schedule and
making of Regulations.
7. Offences.
8. Interpretation.
SCHEDULE
THE FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIXTH
ACT
OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC
OF GHANA
THE ROAD (VEHICLE USE) FEE ACT,
1998
AN ACT to provide for the
imposition of fees for the use of
vehicles of roads to generate
funds for the routine and periodic
maintenance of the roads and to
provide for related purposes.
DATE OF ASSENT: 18TH DECEMBER,
1998.
BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as
follows—
Section 1—Prohibition of use of
Motor Vehicle on Road without Road
Certificate.
(1) No person shall¾
(a) drive or use; or
(b) permit any other person to
drive or use any motor vehicle on
a road unless there is in force in
respect of the motor vehicle a
road use certificate provided for
under this Act.
(2) An application for a road use
certificate referred to in this
Act as "the certificate” shall be
made to the licensing authority in
such form as the licensing
authority shall determine.
Section 2—Payment of Fee.
(1) An application for the
certificate shall be accompanied
with the fee specified in the
Schedule to this Act relevant to
the type and class of vehicle.
(2) The fee specified in the
Schedule shall be paid once in
every six months in respect of
commercial vehicles and once every
year in respect of private
vehicles.
Section 3—Issue of
Certificate/Sticker.
(1) The licensing authority shall
upon payment of the fee issue a
certificate in the form of a
sticker for the vehicle to the
applicant.
(2) The sticker shall be carried
on the windscreen of the vehicle
so as to be readily identified by
a police officer or the licensing
authority.
(3) The certificate shall remain
valid for six months in the case
of commercial vehicles and twelve
months in the case of private
vehicles from the date of issue
and shall then expire.
(4) Where the licensing authority
is satisfied that a certificate
has become defaced or is lost, he
may issue a duplicate certificate
upon payment of such fee as
prescribed in the Schedule.
Section 4—Exemption from
Requirement for Certificate.
The requirement for the
certificate does not apply to¾
(a) vehicles owned by the Armed
Forces, the Police Service or the
Prisons Service;
(b) Fire Service vehicles;
(c) government and Mission
hospitals ambulances;
(d) any motor vehicle exempted by
an instrument issued by the
Minister under this Act.
Section 5—Payment of Fee into the
Road Fund.
(1) The fees collected under this
Act shall be used for periodic and
routine maintenance of roads and
facilities related to the roads.
(2) The monies collected under
this Act shall be deposited by the
licensing authority into a bank
account opened for the purpose by
the Road Fund Management Board to
the credit of the Road Fund
established under the Road Fund
Act, 1997 (Act 536).
Section 6—Amendment of Schedule
and Making of Regulations.
The Minister for Roads and
Transport may with the approval of
Cabinet by legislative instrument¾
(a) amend the Schedule to this
Act;
(b) prescribe different rates of
fees for different classes of
vehicles;
(c) exempt any class of vehicles;
and
(d) make such regulations as may
be necessary for the
implementation of this Act.
Section 7—Offences.
Any person who on a road drives
or uses a motor vehicle in respect
of which there is no valid
certificate commits an offence and
is liable on summary conviction to
a fine not exceeding ¢500,000 or
imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 3 months or to both.
Section 8—Interpretation.
In this Act unless the context
otherwise requires—
“licensing authority”, “motor
vehicle” and “road” have the same
meaning as provided in the Road
Traffic Ordinance (No. 55 of
1952).
SCHEDULE
(Section 2)
Fees—Half Yearly Rate for
Commercial Vehicles—
—Yearly Rate for Private
Vehicles Cedis
Motor cycle (section
2(1))
8,000
“Private" Motor vehicle up to
2000cc (section
2(1))
20,000
"Commercial" Motor vehicle up to
2000cc (section
2(1))
20,000
"Private" Motor vehicle above
2000cc (section
2(1))
30,000
"Commercial" Motor vehicle above
2000cc (section
2(1))
30,000
"Private" Buses and coaches
(section
2(l)) 40,000
"Commercial" Buses and coaches
(section
2(1))
35,000
Rigid cargo trucks up to 16 tons
(section 2(1))
30,000
Rigid cargo trucks above 16 and up
to 22 tons (section
2(1))
35,000
Rigid cargo trucks above 22 tons
(section
2(1))
48,000
Articulated trucks up to 24 tons
(section
2(1))
60,000
Articulated trucks above 24 tons
but less than 32 tons (section
2(1)) 100,000
Articulated trucks up to 32 tons
and above (section
2(1)) 200,000
Fee for replacement of certificate
or sticker (section
3(4)) 8,000
Date of Gazette Notification: 24th
December, 1998.
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