Government proposes legislation to regulate vehicle window tinting

Government is seeking to have legislation brought before Parliament to regulate the tinting of motor vehicle windows and windscreens in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG).

This, according to Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves who, speaking on WE FM’s Issue at Hand program on Sunday October 8, said there are three important pieces of legislation that are already in the draft stages, one of them relating to the tinting of motor vehicles.

“One to regulate the tint on vehicles because criminals or persons suspected of criminal activities have been using tinted vehicles to make the detection more difficult.

“I know some persons are going to object, but the point is this, we have to be reasonable and we have to think of the entire country,” the Prime Minister told listeners on Sunday.

Gonsalves said he knows that persons enjoy the privacy that tinted windows give but comparative evidence across the region and from various advisors indicates that this is an area that we need to address.

“I want it to be done quite quickly, but there is a draft on it already and I have given my okay as minister of legal affairs and chair of the Cabinet sub-committee on legislation,” Gonsalves said.