Gazette December 18, 2025 Part A VOL. CLX No. 135 with Bill & Acts#32, 33

Dec 18, 2025 | Acts, Bills, Part A

ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO. ) ACT, 2025
OBJECTS AND REASONS
This Bill would amend the Road Traffic Act, Cap. 295 to make better provision for the prescribing of fixed penalties for certain offences.

ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO. ) ACT, 2025
Arrangement of Sections

  1. Short title
  2. Amendment of section 79 of Cap. 295
  3. Amendment of section 121 of Cap. 295
  4. Repeal and replacement of section 122 of Cap. 295

BARBADOS
A Bill entitled
An Act to amend the Road Traffic Act, Cap. 295 to make better provision for the prescribing of fixed penalties for certain offences. ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados as follows:

Short title

  1. This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic (Amendment) (No. ) Act, 2025.

Amendment of section 79 of Cap. 295

  1. Section 79 of the Road Traffic Act, Cap. 295, in this Act referred to as the principal Act, is amended
    (a) by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following:
    “(1) Where a person
    (a)
    pays a fixed penalty in respect of an offence listed in an order made by the Minister under section 121; or

(b)
is convicted in respect of an offence listed in such an order,

the Licensing Authority shall record in respect of the person the number of demerit points set out in the order in respect of the offence.”;
(b)
in subsection (7), by deleting the word “him” and substituting the word “it”; and

(c)
in subsection (9), by deleting the word “he” and substituting the word “it”.

Amendment of section 121 of Cap. 295

  1. Section 121 of the principal Act is amended by
    (a) deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following:
    “(1) The Minister may prescribe by order subject to negative resolution the offence to which this section applies, being an offence committed in respect of a vehicle and made punishable, under any
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enactment, on summary conviction and the amount to be paid as a fixed penalty in respect of the offence.”; and
(b) deleting subsections (2), (10), (10A) and (10B).
Repeal and replacement of section 122 of Cap. 295

  1. Section 122 of the principal Act is deleted and the following substituted:

“Special regulations

  1. The Minister may by regulations, subject to negative resolution, make provision respecting any matter incidental to the operation of section 121 and in particular for prescribing
    (a)
    the form of notice given pursuant to subsection (3) of that section; and

(b)
the information to be supplied by the person on whom the penalty is imposed to the clerk of the magistrate’s court.”.

Read three times and passed the House of Assembly this day of , 2025.
Speaker
Read three times and passed the Senate this day of , 2025.
President

CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025-32
Arrangement of Sections

  1. Short title
  2. Insertion of sections 45A, 45B and 45C into the Constitution
  3. Insertion of section 53A into the Constitution
  4. Amendment of the Third Schedule

BARBADOS
I assent
J. D. BOSTIC President of Barbados 18th December, 2025.
2025-32
An Act to amend the Constitution.
[Commencement: 18th December, 2025]
ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados in accordance with the provisions of section 49 of the Constitution as follows:
Short title

  1. This Act may be cited as the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2025.
    CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025-32
    Insertion of sections 45A, 45B and 45C into the Constitution
  2. The Constitution is amended by inserting after section 45 the following:

“Speaker and Deputy Speaker
45A.(1) There shall be a Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly who shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2)
When the House of Assembly first meets after any dissolution of Parliament and before it proceeds to the despatch of any other business, it shall elect a person who is not a member of the House of Assembly or the Senate to be the Speaker; and whenever the office of Speaker becomes vacant for any reason other than a dissolution of Parliament, the House shall, as soon as practicable, elect another such person to that office.

(3)
The Speaker shall, by virtue of holding the office of Speaker, be deemed to be a member of the House of Assembly in addition to the thirty members or such greater number of members as may be prescribed by Parliament pursuant to section 41(1).

(4)
The Speaker shall, whenever on a division the votes are equal, have a casting vote.

(5)
When the House of Assembly first meets after any dissolution of Parliament and before it proceeds to the despatch of any other business, except the election of the Speaker, the House shall elect a member of the House who is not a Minister or Parliamentary Secretary to be Deputy Speaker, and if the office of Deputy Speaker becomes vacant for any reason other than a dissolution of Parliament, the House shall, as soon as practicable, elect another such person to that office.

(6)
A person shall not be elected Speaker or Deputy Speaker if

(a)
he is not a citizen of Barbados; or

(b)
he is a person disqualified for election as a member of the House of Assembly by virtue of section 44(1) or any other law enacted pursuant to section 44(2).

(7)
The Speaker shall be entitled to such conditions of service as may be prescribed by Parliament.

Vacation of office by Speaker and Deputy Speaker 45B.(1) A person shall vacate the office of
(a)
Speaker

(i)
when the House first meets after any dissolution of Parliament;

(ii)
where he ceases to be a citizen of Barbados;

(iii) where any circumstances arise that would cause him to be disqualified for election as a member of the House by virtue of section 44(1) or any law enacted pursuant to section 44(2); or
(iv) where he announces the resignation of his office to the House of Assembly or, if by writing under his hand addressed to the Clerk of the House, he resigns that office; and

(b)
Deputy Speaker where he announces the resignation of his office to the House of Assembly or if by writing under his hand addressed, to the Speaker or, if the office of Speaker is vacant or the Speaker is absent from Barbados, to the Clerk of the House, he resigns that office.

CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025-32
(2) A Speaker shall no longer be deemed to be a member of the House of Assembly pursuant to section 45A(3) if he has vacated the office of Speaker.

Removal of Speaker and Deputy Speaker
45C.(1) Standing Orders made pursuant to section 50 may provide for the removal of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker from office.
(2) A Speaker shall no longer be deemed to be a member of the House pursuant to section 45A(3) if he is removed from the office of Speaker.”.
Insertion of section 53A into the Constitution

  1. The Constitution is amended by inserting after section 53 the following:

“Attendance of Ministers in either House
53A.(1) A Minister who is a Member of the House of Assembly and a Minister who is a Senator
(a)
may attend any sitting of the Senate or the House of Assembly, respectively; and

(b)
may be required at the instance of the President of the Senate or the Speaker to attend any sitting of the Senate or the House of Assembly, respectively.

(2)
A Minister may not be required to attend any sitting of either House under subsection (1)(b) except on the adoption by that House of a motion for the purpose.

(3)
A Minister attending any sitting of the Senate or the House of Assembly under subsection (1) may take part in any debate or other

proceedings concerning matters falling within his portfolio in such House and may speak only on any motion before the House concerning his portfolio and move amendments to any such motions, save that such a Minister shall have no vote thereon.
(4) Nothing in this section shall preclude the Attorney-General from attending any sitting of the Senate or the House of Assembly, as the case may be, and taking part in debates and other proceedings and speaking on any motion before any such House, as the case may be, and moving amendments to any such motions even though the matter falls within the portfolio of some other Minister.”.
Amendment of the Third Schedule

  1. The Third Schedule to the Constitution is amended by deleting paragraph 2 and substituting the following:
    “2. The number of persons entitled to vote in any one constituency shall, so far as practicable, be not more than 120 per cent, nor less than 80 per cent, of the total number of persons entitled to vote in Barbados, divided by the total number of the constituencies.”.

PARLIAMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 2025-33
Arrangement of Sections

  1. Short title
  2. Amendments SCHEDULE

Consequential Amendments
BARBADOS
I assent
J. D. BOSTIC President of Barbados 11th December, 2025.
2025-33
An Act to make provision to amend the Retiring Allowances (Legislative Service) Act, Cap. 12A and the Senate and House of Assembly (Remuneration and Allowances of Members) Act, Cap. 13A.
[Commencement: 18th December, 2025] ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados as follows:
PARLIAMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 2025-33

Short title

  1. This Act may be cited as the Parliament (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2025.
    Amendments
  2. The enactments set out in column 1 of the Schedule are amended in the manner specified in column 2 of the Schedule.
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PARLIAMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 2025-33

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