المملكة: One million riyals fine and cancellation of the license .. Sanctions of violators of Saudi road code-urgent

The General Authority of Roads presented a draft “Saudi Road Code system” through the “reconnaissance” platform, calling on the concerned authorities, specialists and the general public to express their observations on the new project, which aims to upgrade road networks in the Kingdom by promoting quality and safety and improving infrastructure efficiency, in line with the targets of national development.

The project, which is a pivotal organizational step in the bandits, includes determining the scope of the application of the code, the responsibilities of the authority and the concerned authorities, in addition to detailed provisions related to licenses, violations, penalties, control and inspection mechanisms, as well as controls regulating the issuance of regulations and implementation of the system.

The authority’s tasks in applying and developing the code

According to the proposed system, the General Authority for Roads undertakes a number of basic tasks, foremost of which is studying the observations received on the code and proposing the necessary amendments or updates in coordination with the competent authorities, provided that these amendments are approved by a decision of the authority’s board of directors.

The authority’s responsibilities also include preparing scientific and technical instructions and explanations for the code, developing training curricula and qualifying plans, organizing and attending seminars, workshops and related conferences. The authority also comes within the tasks of the authority to train and qualify the technical cadres concerned from inside and outside the authority, in addition to representing the Kingdom in regional and international technical organizations and committees related to the code, in coordination with the competent authorities.

Licensing requirements and obligations of the executing authorities

According to the materials mentioned in the system, when contracting, designing, constructing, operating and maintaining roads, it is required to deal with specialists with the necessary licenses according to the applicable systems and the specific regulations.

The ninth article obliges all the relevant authorities, as well as the authorities who are licensed, with a full commitment to apply the code in all stages of implementing road projects.

The tenth Article and the contractor holds the solidarity responsibility for compensating the relevant authorities for any demolition or total collapse or partial on the road during a period of time determined by the regulations, or for any defect that threatens the safety of the road or its visitors.

As for the eleventh article, it makes the license a prerequisite for the practice of economic activities related to the application of the road code, in line with the existing systems in the Kingdom.

Code violations and implications for

The fifth chapter of the draft system is separated in violations and penalties, where Article Twelfth provides for the necessity of removing or correcting the violation within a period of time determined by the regulations, after notifying the violator that within 15 days of the date of knowledge of the violation, and in the event of non -commitment, the violation is referred to a specialized committee, according to what is stipulated in the sixteenth article of the system.

In the event that the violation is grave, the thirteenth article is obligated by the relevant authorities to notify the violator within five days of knowledge of it, and to stop the work on the road or the affected part until the treatment is done in line with the code.

Article Fourteen provides for a set of penalties for those who violate the code or the provisions of the system or its regulations, and includes the warning, or a fine that does not exceed one million riyals for each violation, or suspending the license or part of it for a period not exceeding a year, and reaching the cancellation of the license.

The article stresses that it is not permissible to combine more than two penalties from these penalties, while adhering to the principle of gradual application, taking into account the gravity of the violation, the nature of activity, mitigation or strict conditions, and market conditions, according to what is determined by the regulations. The council issues a detailed regulation that defines the violations of the code and the penalties associated with it.

Control violations and competent committees

Qualified teams from the commission or from the relevant authorities are controlling and documenting the code violations, as stipulated in Article Fifteen. These specialists are required to be called official decisions from their authorities, with the documentation of each violation in an official record that includes the necessary information, according to what the regulations are decided.

Within the framework of the implementation of the penalties, Article Sixth provides for the formation of one or more committee by the council, the number of its members is not less than three, including a legal or regular adviser and a representative of the concerned authority, so that it considers the violations and the report of the penalties stipulated in the system, based on the type of violation and its grave. The decisions of the committee are adopted by the council or his delegate, and the council issues the committee’s work rules and defines the rewards of its members.

The system gives the right to grievance from the committee’s decisions before the administrative court within 60 days from the date of reporting the decision.