Law No. (16) of 2022 Concerning The Licensing of The Drivers and Vehicles in The Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Article 1 — • The Integrated Transport Centre shall assume the licensing of the drivers ¶

and vehicles as well as all related competencies and duties in the Emirate
of Abu Dhabi in accordance with the legislations in force.
• The Centre may assign some of its competencies stipulated in the previous
paragraph of this Article to any other governmental entity or to the private
sector, upon the approval of the Executive Council.
• The competencies mentioned in Paragraph 1 of this Article may be
transferred to any other entity by a resolution of the Executive Council.

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Article 2 — • Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters shall, in coordination with the ¶

Department of Municipalities and Transport, specify the following:
1. The assets, movables, properties, rights, obligations, and budgets related
to the licensing of drivers and vehicles to be transferred to the Integrated
Transport Centre; this shall be submitted to the Executive Council for
approval.
2. The members of Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters whose work is
related to the licensing of drivers and vehicles who are delegated to the
Centre in accordance with the legislations in force.
• Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters shall keep the Unified Federal
Traffic and Licensing System and its databases, and allow the concerned
persons at the Department of Municipalities and Transport and the
Integrated Transport Centre to use the said System. In all cases, the
establishment of new systems of traffic and licensing in the Emirate shall
be made in coordination between Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters
and the Department of Municipalities and Transport, following the approval
of the Executive Council.

Article 3 — Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters will continue to provide support for ¶

all operations of licensing the drivers and vehicles until full completion of the
transfer process aforesaid in Article 2 of this Law.

Article 4 — Subject to the legislations in force, and upon coordination with the relevant ¶

entities:
• The Chairman of the Department of Municipalities and Transport shall, upon
approval of the Executive Council, issue the executive and organisational
regulations related to the licensing of drivers and vehicles in the Emirate.
• The Chairman of the Department of Municipalities and Transport shall
issue the executive and operational resolutions and policies deemed
necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this Law.

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Article 5 — The regulations, resolutions, policies and circulars in force shall remain ¶

applicable in a manner that does not contradict the provisions of this Law,
until the issuance of the regulations, resolutions, policies and circulars
deemed necessary for implementation thereof.

Article 7 — This Law shall be effective from the date of its issuance and published in the ¶

Official Gazette.
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Ruler of Abu Dhabi
Issued by us in Abu Dhabi
On: 14 December 2022
Corresponding to 20 Jumada Al-Awwal 1444 Hijri

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