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Legislation which prevents tractors from being driven in Sark on a Sunday could be updated following a "gradual increase" in the number of businesses operating on the day of rest.
The car-free island's Road Traffic Offences Law currently includes a section which makes it an offence to drive or attempt to drive a motor vehicle on any public roads on a Sunday without the written permission of the Constable.
Sark's Douzaine Committee is calling for the law to be updated.
It explained that, following the introduction of Sunday day trips to the island in 2007, there has been a "gradual shift from the notion of ‘keeping Sunday special’ to it becoming more ‘just another working day’".
The proposition said that "it has become a burden for the tractor owner in having to contact the Constable, in writing, on each occasion that they have legitimate need to use their tractor on a Sunday, and the Constable in dealing with such requests".
The Chief Pleas – Sark's government – directed the Douzaine Committee to instruct Law Officers to prepare an amendment to the relevant laws.
The topic will be debated at the Easter meeting of the Chief Pleas on 10 April 2024.
The full proposition can be found online.
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