AN ACTIo ",""Dd the Public TrllflSporl Au thority Act, 1989 BE IT ENAcrE.D by the President . by and wilh tne advice and roosen! of Ihe HO\ISe of Reprcsc;nlalivcs. in this present Parliament assembled. and by the luthority of the u me, as follows;-

CENsu T A BONE

(L.S. )

President

21st July , lW2

"Cl' No. XI 01 1992

AN ACTIo ",""Dd the Public TrllflSporl Au thority Act, 1989

BE IT ENAcrE.D by the President . by and wilh tne advice and

roosen! of Ihe HO\ISe of Reprcsc;nlalivcs. in this present Parliament

assembled. and by the luthority of the u me, as follows;-

I. (I) This Act may be ciled as Ihe Public Transport Authority SIoonIifloOOod

(AmendmeBl) Act, 1992. and shall be read and oonstrucd as onc with

the Public Tra nsp<Jrt Authority Act, 1989, hereinafter referred to as A<I No. 'x

"the principal Ace.

of 11lIW.

(2) TIle provisions of sections 2, 3 and 6 of Ihis Act shall be

deemed \0 ha~ cotne inlo force on the [71h April . 1989.

Section 2 o f ItIe principal Act shall be almnded 15 follows

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(a) in the definition of "public transport " for the WQJ1,\s =~"""

"against compensation;" there shall be substi tuted the words

"against compensation. and includes the hiringof self-<lrivecars;w;

and

(b) immediatdy after the definition of " public transport

employee there shall be in5erted Ihe following new definition

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M Mself-<lrive car w means any vehicle, prope lled with

mCl;hanical power, which is liccn5ed andlor n'gislered 10 be

hired from a Publk Service Garage for the pu~ of being

driven by a hin'r; il may. however . be driven by the garage

owner. or by any person in his regular employment holding a

special driv ing licence, to conve y pa!iSengers for hire . provided

that any passe nger hiring it oon5e nts to the U5e of such self·

drive car .n lie u of a motoTo(:ar for hire; M.

Section \4 oftne principal Act $hall be ilIMnded as follow$:_

<al for paragraph (c) of subKction (I) lnerwf, thcreshall be

substituted tbe following

M(C) be responsibk for monilOring tile prompt and due

cJenllion of the policy and olher decisions of the Authority

relating 10 that sedor,~; and

(b) in subsection (3) the reof, fo r the words "subsectiOllS (4) .

(5) and (8) of section 3" there shall be substituted the words

~paragraph (a) of subsection (4), and of subsections (S) and (8) of

section 3",

For the words MNot leu Ihan onc silling" in subsection (S) of

section 18 of the principal AI;I, there shall be substi tuted the words MNol

I11(lre than one silling".

!S. In paragrapll (p) of subsection (2) of section 27 of the principal

Act , for the words Mprovidcd that no such penalty shall be greater Ihan

as \aid down in the Criminal Code (Chapler 9) in respect of

OOII lravcnliom" there $hall be substituted the words "provided that nO

such penalty shall be ueater than a fine (mu/ID) of Lm5,OOO or

imprisonment for a term of si. months or to both such fine and

imprisonmenl ~,

In the Maltese: te.t of subsection (3) of section 28 of the

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prioop;U Act, for the words ~fi tmien xahrejn" there shall be substituted

the words ~fi tmien sill ,lhur~,

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 39 of the 15th July . 1992.

~WII. ENCE GONZt

Sptflletr

RJCHJI\.RD J. CAUC!-I t

Ckrk 10 I~ House of R~prCJOllaliYQ,

Fil-paragrafu (p) tas-sub,artikolu (2) la'l·artikolu 27 ta'I-An

prinCipali, minflo k il · klic:m Mitda ebda pic: na bhal di k ma ghand ha t ku n

itjcd mill-pieni li hemm fiI· KodiCi Kri minali (Kapitolu 9) ghall-

kontravcnzjonijic:C ghandhom jidl'llu I·kliem Miida ebda piena bl'la! dik

ma gI'Iandha Ikun itied minn mulla ta' Lm5,OOO je .... prigunerija ghat

pe rjodu la' si n xhur je .... dik il·multa u l-prigunerija flimkien M,

FiH C$1 Malli las-subartikolu (3) la' I·artikolu 28 la ' I-An

prinCipaH, minflok il-kJiem"fi imien nhrcjn " ghandhom jidhlu I· kliem

Mfi boicn sit! ~hurM .

Mghoddi mill-Kamna lad-Depullli rlS-5cdula Nru . 39 la]-1 5 la' Lulju . 1992.

LAWltEr-;CIi GONzr

S~ke'

RtCIIARO J. CAUC",

Skri"an IIl{- K llm rll lad· Dtpulali.