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A driver's licence is a permit which allows you to operate a motor vehicle legally. The vehicle you bring to your driver's test will determine the type of licence you will receive. There are three basic types:
- Motorcycle Licence: A person holding a motorcycle licence is allowed to (only) operate a motorcycle.
- Private Licence: Private licences come in two classifications: automatic only and automatic and standard. A person holding a private licence is allowed to drive a car, pick-up truck, van, sport-utility vehicle or any other automobile.
- General Licence - A person holding a general licence
is allowed to drive trucks, public passenger vehicles, and
commercial vehicles. However, please note that a person
cannot drive a public passenger vehicle unless such information
is stipulated on the licence.
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| Anyone who operates a motor vehicle in Jamaica needs a driver's licence. |
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Follow this link for information on how to apply for a new Driver's Licence.
Follow this link for information on how to Renew a Driver's Licence.
Follow this link for information on how to replace a lost or stolen licence.
Follow this link for information on Driver's Licence application form. |
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| An International Driver's Permit allows the holder of a valid Jamaican driver's licence to drive in a foreign country for one (1) year. |
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| A holder of a valid Jamaican driver's licence who needs to operate a motor vehicle in a foreign country will need to have an International Driver's Permit. |
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| Follow this link for information on how to apply for an International Driver's Permit. |
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| A Provisional Driver's Licence permits an unlicenced
individual to operate a motor vehicle on the public roads while
under the supervision of a licenced driver, however motor cycles
and tractors are exempted from supervision. |
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| An individual over the age of 17 years who desires to learn to operate a motor vehicle on the public roads need to have a Provisional Driver's Licence. |
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| Follow this link for information on how to apply for a Provisional Driver's Licence. |
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| A substitute (replacement) driver's licence is issued in lieu of a valid licence being suspended, lost, mutilated, stolen, defaced or amended. |
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| Any holder of a valid driver's licence that has been lost, or need to amend his or her licence will need to apply for a substitute driver's licence. This will also apply to valid driver's licence that have been suspended, mutilated defaced or stolen. |
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| Follow this link for information on how to apply for a Subsititute Driver's Licence. |
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| This licence authorises the holder to own and operate firearm and ammunition of a defined type at a specified place. |
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| Persons who fall within the criteria of the Firearm Act. |
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| The applicant makes the relevant payment to the Collector of Taxes, complete and submits an application along with the receipt to the Superintendent of Police for the area in which the applicant resides. The applicant is interviewed prior to an investigation in accordance with the Firearm Act. The applicant is then notified. |
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| A Spirit Licence is a licence under the Spirit Licence Law to person(s) for sale of spirits in quantities not exceeding those named in the licence as that in respect of which the licence is granted and for consumption on or off the licenced premises. |
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| Any person who desires to sell spirits in an establishment is required to apply for a licence. |
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Every applicant for any one of the categories of licence under the Spirit Licence Law shall make an application to the Clerk, Deputy Clerk of the Courts not less than twenty-one days before the fixed session of the Licencing Authority.
The applicant shall pay to the Collector of Taxes, prior to the issue of the licence, the amount of the licence duty and stamp duty on the licence.
The applicant shall also not less than twenty-one days before the day fixed for a session of the Licencing Authority on which the application is to be made, deliver a copy of his application to the Superintendent of Police for the area. |
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| A Trade licence is issued to retail and wholesale dealers with a designated place of business with liberty to store in and deliver out of public and other warehouses, also to specified trade such as auctioneer, commission agent, wharfinger, super-cargo, proprietor of newspaper, etc. |
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| Every person carrying on a trade or business specified in the first schedule of the Licences on Trade and Business Act. |
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| Every person carrying on a trade or business specified in the first schedule of the Licence on Trade and Business Act shall make out a return / application and submit to the Collector of Taxes of the parish. |
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| A Hotel Licence is issued to an operator of a hotel, resort cottage, villa or guesthouse that accommodates guests at a cost for sleeping and taking meals therein, and is for the general public convenience. |
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| An operator of a hotel, resort cottage, villa and guesthouse designed to accommodate guest at a cost for sleeping and taking meals therein, and that it is for the general public convenience. |
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An application is made to the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB). The property is inspected and classified and a certificate given upon approval. The applicant visit the Collector or Taxes submits the certificate, completes an application for licence (under the Tourist Accommodation (Licence Duties) Act) and pays the relevant fee. The licence is then issued to the applicant.
The Collector of Taxes reserves the right to inspect the property for validation.
NB. The taxpayer does not have to be a member of the Jamaica Tourist Board to receive a hotel licence. |
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