LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of April 17, 2014 No. 194-V ZRK

About traffic

The preamble is excluded according to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 30.06.2025 No. 203-VIII ZRK

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law

In this Law the following basic concepts are used:

1) system of the emergency challenge in case of accidents and catastrophic crashes (further - system of the emergency challenge) - the state automated information system functioning with use of signals and these navigation satellite systems providing provision of the formalized information on the road accidents and other emergency situations on highways of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the emergency field services;

2) the highway - the road which is specially built or reconstructed according to the project for movement of vehicles which does not service roadside ownerships. Access to it is possible only from other roads through outcomes in different levels. This is dear:

has the separate carriageways for movement diversely separated from each other by the dividing strip which is not intended for movement;

has no crossings in one level with other roads, railway and tram tracks and walking paths;

it is specially designated as the highway;

3) the car - the motorized vehicle intended for movement on roads and transportations on them of people, loads or the equipment installed on it or towages on roads of the vehicles intended for transportation of people, loads or the equipment installed on it including including trolleybuses. This concept does not extend to tractors and self-propelled machines;

4) the car of special function - the vehicle intended for transportation and (or) escort of protected persons;

5) stop - the deliberate termination of movement of the vehicle for a while up to five minutes or for bigger time if it is necessary for landing or disembarkation of passengers, loading or unloading of the vehicle;

6) the bicycle - the vehicle having two wheels or more and set in motion by the muscular strength of the people who are on it including with use of the engine;

7) bicycle path - the certain road or part of the road intended for movement of bicycles and designated by the corresponding sign. The bicycle path structurally separates from other roads or from other elements of the same road;

8) bicycle lane - the strip of carriageway intended for movement of bicycles. The bicycle lane separates from other carriageway by means of longitudinal road marking and special signs;

9) the settlement - the built-up territory on which entrances and departures with which are designated by the corresponding signs;

10) the pedestrian - the person who is out of the vehicle on the road and not performing on it works. The physical persons moving in wheelchairs for persons with disability, conducting the bicycle, the electric scooter, the small electric vehicle, the moped, the motorcycle carrying the sledge, the cart, baby carriage are equated to pedestrians;

10-1) separately allocated way - the strip intended only for public transport service including easily rail transport. Separately allocated way separates from other carriageway by means of horizontal road marking and route signs;

11) it is expensive - all strip of allotment of land or surface of artificial construction equipped or adapted and used for movement of vehicles and pedestrians according to the procedure, established by this Law. The road includes one or several carriageways, and also tram ways, sidewalks, roadsides and dividing strips in case of their availability;

12) the passenger - the person who is on (v) vehicle and not managing it;

13) traffic - set of the public relations arising in the course of movement of people and loads by means of vehicles or without those within roads;

14) traffic regulations - the regulatory legal act establishing single procedure for traffic, appointment and action of technical and other means of the organization of traffic in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

15) the participant of traffic - person which is directly involved in the course of traffic as the pedestrian, the passenger or the driver;

16) traffic safety - the traffic condition reflecting degree of security of his participants from the road accidents and their effects and also from negative impacts of traffic on ecological situation, health of the population;

17) traffic safety - the activities directed to prevention of the road accidents, negative impacts of traffic on ecological situation, health of the population, decrease in weight of their effects, and also on elimination of such effects;

18) authorized body on traffic safety (further - authorized body) - the central executive body and its territorial subdivisions in areas, the cities of republican value and the capital performing management within the competence and cross-industry coordination in the field of traffic safety;

19) No. 184-VI ZRK is excluded according to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 05.10.2018;

20) the organization of traffic - complex of organization-legal, normative and methodical, design and survey, organizational and technical, control and supervising, administrative and other actions for management of traffic;

20-1) technical means of the organization of traffic - complex of the devices, constructions and images applied on roads for safety of traffic and increase in handling capacity of the road;

21) risk management system in the field of traffic - the system of administration providing carrying out effective planning and control actions, which is based on the principles выборочное™, optimal resource allocation on the most priority directions of control activities;

22) carriageway - the part of the road used for movement of vehicles;

23) owners of roads - physical persons or legal entities, being owners of roads or performing activities for management of roads on the right of economic maintaining or operational management;

24) the road accident - the event which arose in the course of movement on the road of the vehicle and with its participation, entailed damnification to health, the death of the person, damage of vehicles, constructions, loads or other material damage;

24-1) simplified road accident registration - document creation about the road accident without participation of staff of law-enforcement bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the cases established by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About compulsory insurance of civil responsibility of owners of vehicles";

25) the driver - person managing the vehicle, the driver conducting on the road the cattle, herd, pack, draft or riding animals. The master of driving instruction is equated to the driver during educational process;

26) the car driver license - the document confirming the right of vehicle control of the corresponding category. The car driver license the document issued instead of withdrawn or lost for the term established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in the presence of the identity document of the owner of the car driver license is also considered;

26-1) intelligent transportation system - complex of the interconnected automated systems providing management, monitoring and control of traffic and activities for transportation of passengers, baggage, loads and mailings, and also the certified special control and measuring technical means, devices and the equipment working in the automatic mode, fixing offenses of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on traffic and about road transport;

27) single system of management of transport documents - the information system providing registration, accounting, processing and document storage, the passengers connected with activities for transportation, baggage, loads and mailings in the field of road transport and transfer of the formalized information on such documents to the relevant authorized state bodies and participants of transportation process according to the procedure, with the determined legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on road transport;

27-1) administrator of systems of electronic passports of vehicles (passports of the chassis of vehicles) and electronic passports of self-propelled machines and other types of the equipment (further - the administrator of systems of electronic passports) - the organization determined by the Eurasian economic commission to which function of coordination of actions for designing of systems of electronic passports of vehicles (passports of the chassis of vehicles) and electronic passports of self-propelled machines and other types of the equipment, including commissioning, operation, performance optimization, providing and access control, safety, tracking of questions of technical supply of these systems, interaction with participants of systems and authorities, inclusion in these systems of new participants, and also initiation of the measures necessary for harmonization of the legislation of state members of the Eurasian Economic Union in the field of functions of these systems is assigned;

27-2) system of electronic passports of vehicles (passports of the chassis of vehicles) and electronic passports of self-propelled machines and other types of the equipment (further - system of electronic passports) - the structured complex which is turning on the computing and communication equipment, the software, linguistic means, information resources, system personnel and interacting by the rules of participants and users established in this system, and also realizing information technology of accomplishment of the established functions of this system;

27-3) national operator (the national administrator) of system of electronic passports of vehicles (passports of the chassis of vehicles) and electronic passports of self-propelled machines and other types of the equipment (further - the national operator (the national administrator) of system of electronic passports) - the legal entity performing the organization of work with the administrator of systems of electronic passports with safety and interactions with participants of system of electronic passports and authorities;

28) the vehicle - the device intended for transportation across roads of people, loads or the equipment installed on it;

28-1) primary vehicle registration - the state registration of the vehicle for the first time performed in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

29) the vehicle owner - the owner of the vehicle, and also person owning the vehicle on the right of economic maintaining or the right of operational management or on other legal cause (the lease right, the order of relevant organ about transfer to this person of the vehicle). Person managing the vehicle owing to execution of the service or labor duties including based on the employment or civil contract with the owner or other vehicle owner or based on their declaration of will without registration of written form of the transaction is not vehicle owner;

29-1) average speed of movement of the vehicle - the speed determined by division of extent of the site of public roads of the international, republican value passed by the vehicle into period during which this distance is passed;

29-2) passport of the vehicle (the passport of the vehicle chassis) - the passport issued on the automotor-vehicles intended for movement on highways public having the internal combustion engine with working amount over fifty cubic centimeters or the electric motor (electric motors) the maximum (total) capacity more than four kilowatts and (or) the maximum constructive speed more than fifty kilometers per hour, and trail cars to them (the passport issued on the vehicle chassis in case of delivery of the chassis to their consumers);

29-3) electronic passport of the vehicle (the passport of the vehicle chassis) - the passport of the vehicle (the passport of the vehicle chassis) which is drawn up in system of electronic passports of vehicles (passports of the chassis of vehicles);

30) state registration of the vehicle - the procedure of the admission of the vehicle to participation in traffic performed by authorized body after check of compliance of documents to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, reconciliation of vehicle identification numbers with issue of the registration certificate of the vehicle and assignment of the state registration registration plate;

31) the certificate on state registration of the vehicle - the document confirming the admission of the vehicle to participation in traffic;

32) active safety of vehicles - set of constructive and operational properties of the vehicles allocated for prevention of the road accidents and exception of the premises of their origin connected with design features of the vehicle;

33) passive safety of vehicles - set of constructive and operational characteristics of the vehicles allocated for decrease in weight of the road accidents;

34) authorized body in the field of transport and communications - the central executive body performing management in the field of road transport and also in limits, stipulated by the legislation the Republic of Kazakhstan, cross-industry coordination;

35) the region of activities - the territory determined by authorized body in the field of transport and communications in which there are no stationary lines of technical inspection;

36) the state report - the annual status report of traffic safety;

37) the state registration registration plate - the product which is property of the state and containing the individual alphanumeric designation appropriated to the motorized vehicle and made according to requirements of the national standard. This concept extends to registration plates "Transit";

38) the motorized vehicle - the self-propelled road vehicle set in motion by the engine, except for electric scooters, small electric vehicles and rail vehicles. The concept extends also to tractors and self-propelled machines with their participation in traffic;

39) operation of the motorized vehicle - the stage of lifecycle of the motorized vehicle including its proper use from the moment of its state registration until utilization;

40) unified information system of obligatory technical inspection of motorized vehicles and trail cars to them - the electronic database containing the information about owners of motorized vehicles and trail cars to them, motorized vehicles and trail cars to them, results of carrying out obligatory technical inspection;

40-1) operator of unified information system of obligatory technical inspection of motorized vehicles and trail cars to them - the joint-stock company determined by authorized body in the field of transport and communications and performing maintaining, development, integration and maintenance of unified information system of obligatory technical inspection of motorized vehicles and trail cars to them;

41) the moped - two - or the three-wheeled motorized vehicle supplied with the internal combustion engine with the engine displacement which is not exceeding fifty cubic centimeters, or the electric motor and having the maximum constructive speed no more than fifty kilometers per hour. Mokik, scooters and other motorized vehicles with similar characteristics are equated to mopeds;

42) the motorcycle - the two-wheeled motorized vehicle with side trail car or without it, having the engine. Are equated to motorcycles three - and four wheeled vehicles which weight without loading does not exceed four hundred kilograms, scooters with the cylinder amount exceeding fifty cubic centimeters, and other vehicles with similar characteristics;

43) obligatory technical inspection - periodic process of diagnosing of technical condition of motorized vehicles and trail cars to them on compliance to the requirements established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

44) the parking - the parking lot of the vehicle representing the section of the road organized according to the regulatory legal acts approved in the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

44-1) parking space - the specially allotted territory or the place for stop and (or) parking of the vehicle, including out of highways;

44-2) passport of the self-propelled machine and other types of the equipment - the passport issued on over fifty cubic centimeters having the internal combustion engine with working amount or the electric motor (electric motors) by the maximum (total) capacity more than four kilowatts tractors, self-propelled road-building, utility, farm vehicles and other land trackless motorized vehicles (except for the automotor-vehicles intended for movement on highways public having the maximum constructive speed more than fifty kilometers per hour) and trail cars to them;

44-3) electronic passport of the self-propelled machine and other types of the equipment - the passport of the self-propelled machine and other types of the equipment which is drawn up in system of electronic passports of self-propelled machines and other types of the equipment;

45) parking - the territory representing specially equipped building (part of the building), construction (part of construction) including one - either multi-level engineering construction, or the special open area intended for storage (parking) of vehicles and organized according to regulatory legal acts;

46) No. 130-VIII ZRK is excluded according to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 03.10.2024;

47) the operator of technical inspection - the legal entity or the individual entrepreneur who are performing activities for carrying out obligatory technical inspection and got permission to activities of operators of technical inspection;

48) the center of technical inspection - the complex intended for performance of works on diagnosing of technical condition of motorized vehicles and trail cars to them, having the stationary and (or) mobile line of technical inspection for these purposes;

49) the diagnostic card of technical inspection - the document containing the information about the owner and the motorized vehicle and trail cars to it with the list of parameters of technical condition of the motorized vehicle and trail cars to it and results of obligatory technical inspection;

50) the stationary line of technical inspection - the complex equipped with diagnostic devices of motorized vehicles and trail cars to them for carrying out obligatory technical inspection, located in the building or construction;

51) the mobile line of technical inspection - the portable complex consisting of the special vehicle or mobile construction (container type) equipped with diagnostic devices of motorized vehicles and trail cars to them for carrying out obligatory technical inspection;

52) the parking - the deliberate termination of movement of the vehicle for the period of more than five minutes for the reasons which are not connected with landing or disembarkation of passengers either loading or unloading of the vehicle;

53) trail car - the vehicle which is not equipped with the engine and intended for movement in structure with the motorized vehicle. The concept extends also to semitrailer trucks and pole trailers;

53-1) small electric vehicle - the vehicle equipped with the electric motor, intended for individual movement, having one or several wheels, except for electric scooters and bicycles with the electric motor;

54) the emergency field services - the services giving emergency help in case of the road accidents and other emergency situations on highways of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

55) the device of challenge of the emergency field services - the device performing and providing determination of coordinates, speeds and the directions of movement of the vehicle by means of signals at least two operating global navigation satellite systems, transfer of the message on the vehicle in case of the road accident and other emergency situation and also two-way voice communication with the emergency field services on networks of mobile radiotelephone communication;

56) the operator of system of the emergency challenge - the authorized organization exercising control of system of the emergency challenge;

56-1) electric vehicle - the motorized vehicle equipped and set in motion by the electric motor receiving energy from rechargeable batteries, capacity stores and (or) fuel elements, and loaded only by means of external source of electrical energy;

57) the electric scooter - the vehicle of individual mobility having two or three wheels, intended for movement of one person by means of use of the electric motor (electric motors), not having seat with the maximum constructive speed no more than twenty five kilometers per hour.

Article 2. Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on traffic

1. The legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on traffic is based on the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and consists of this Law, other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. The international agreements ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan have priority before this Law. The procedure and conditions of action in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan of international treaties which participant is the Republic of Kazakhstan are determined by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

3. Operation of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on public procurements regarding purchase of goods, works, services for production of car driver licenses, certificates on state registration of vehicles, the state registration registration plates does not extend to the legal relationship settled by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on traffic.

Article 3. The main purpose, tasks and principles of this Law

1. Main objective of this Law is establishment of the legal basis and general terms of functioning and safety of traffic in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. The main objectives of this Law are:

1) public administration in the field of traffic;

2) determination of competence of the state bodies performing activities in the field of traffic;

3) the state control in the field of traffic;

4) management of the activities aimed at safety of traffic and elimination of effects of the road accidents;

5) management of the activities aimed at safety of roads and their handling capacity;

6) management of the activities aimed at safety of vehicles;

7) implementation of the admission of vehicles to participation in traffic and persons to control of vehicles.

3. The basic principles of this Law are:

1) priority of life and health of participants of traffic over economic results of economic activity;

2) priority of responsibility of the state for safety of traffic over responsibility of participants of traffic;

3) respect for legitimate interests of participants of traffic, society and state in case of traffic safety;

4) system approach to traffic safety.

Article 4. System of safety of traffic

The system of safety of traffic is implementer of state policy in the field of traffic and includes the precepts of law governing the relations in the field of traffic safety, set of the central and local executive bodies, legal entities, public associations, participants of traffic, means and measures ensuring traffic safety and mitigation of consequences of the road accidents.

Chapter 2. Public administration and policy in the field of traffic

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