Motor Vehkles (Wearing or Seat Belts) Regulations, 1995 (wearingorseatbelts)

L.N. 129 of 1995

TRAFHC REGULATION ORDlNANCE

(CAP. 6S)

P UBLIC TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 332)

Motor Vehkles (Wearing or Seat Belts) Regulations, 1995

IN exercise of the powen conferred by section 17 of the Traffic

Regulation Ordinance, and by section 27 of the Public Transport Au-

thority Act,the Commissioner of Police, with the advice of the Traf·

fie Control Board, and the Chairman of the Public Transport Author-

ity. with the cOTllICnt of the Minister for Transport . Communications

and Technology. have made the following regulations: -

l. ( I) These regulations may be cited as !he MOlOr Vehicles c~ ...

(Wearing of Seat Belts) Regulations. 1995.

The various provisions of these regul atio ns shal l ap-

(2)

ply in respect of different classes or different types of motor vehicles

as may from time to time be specified by notice in the Gazelle, and

different daleS may be so specified for different purposes and diffe r-

ent provisions of these regulations or in respect of different classes

(including the year of production and the model) of mOl:or vehicles.

( I)

1-1995 dwar I-Uiu la' Seat Bells fuq VenuM bil- Mutur.

(2) Id-diversi dispozizzjonijiet ta' dawn ir-regolamenti

ghandhom isiTU japplikaw ghar-rigward fa ' klassijict differenti jew

tipi differenti fa ' vett uri bil-mutu r li jistghu minn i mien ghal i.micn

jigu spei:ifikati b'avvii fil-Gazzena, u jistgh u jigu hekk speeifikati

dat; different; ghal ghanijiet differenti u ghal dispoiizzjonijiet different;

la' dawn ir-regolamenli jcw ghar-rigward ta' klassijicl differenti

(inkluia s-sena ta' pro<iuzzjoni u I-mudell) ta' vetturi bi l-mutur.

2, f 'dawn ir-regolamenti, kemm-il darba r-rabta tal-kliem ma

tehtiegx mod ichor -

"'adull'" tfisser peJ$ una Ii tkun ghalqet I-ghaxar snin ;

"Chairman" tfisser ic-chairman la" I-AwtorilA dwar it-

Trasport Pubbliku;

"child safery lock." tfisser sokra li tista' biss tithaddem minn

adult u li hi intiia biex tiivija lil tifel milli joqghod ibaghbas ma"

dik is-sokra;

"drive"" tfisser dik il-persuna 1i ssuq velt ura bil-mutuf fit -

lriq;

"karrozza speeifikata" tfisser vellum mghammra b'sea/ belt

ki f imlisser fir-regoJament 3 ta ' dawn ir-regolamcnti;

"KummisSSaJju" tfisser il-Kummissarju laJ-Pulizija;

"mezz ta' roil ghat-Ifa!" tfisser sedil mobbli li fih tintrabat

persuna bl'lal ramess, li jigi hekk approval mill.Kummissarju jew

mic-Chairman, skond it-kai. bhaJa sedit li mhuwiell ta' periklu li

jintuia mil-Ifal

" naha ta ' quddiem tal-vettura" lfisser I.ispazju bejn is-sedil

lad-driver u s-sedil la' magembu li jhares 'il quddiem . u 1-

'Windscreen tal-vellura;

" naha ta ' WarD taI-venura" Ifwer I-ispazju Ii tip minnurlh

wara n-naha la' qudd iem laJ -veuura;

"seal belt" tfisserCinturin anlcra! minn diet pozizzjonijietjew

cinturin li jorbm il .!'Iogor la' pel'SUn8 mas-sedi l, li jkun ta' dik I·

ghamla li I-Kummissarju jew ic·Chairman , skond il-kai.. jista'

Japprova

"tifel" tfisser persuna I j ma tk uru; ghalqetl-ghaxar snin

"venum bil-mutur" ghandha I-isless tifsira bhal dik moghlija

li1 "mf)wr-CaT' f1 -Ordinanza dwar ir-Regolarnent tat-Traffiku u hija

limitata ghal prjvulecar, venumbil-mutu r self-drive, laricar, vettura

biJ-mulur, ghall-kiri, ingenji ta' I-invalidi u molor minibus, kif

imfissl1I. fir-Regolamenli ta' 1- 1994 dwar il-Vetturi bil-Mulur ,meta

dik il ·vettura lkun kostruwita ghall-uzu fit-triq, ikollha mi11-anqas

erba' rotl u ve loi:i t~ massima indikata [8 ' iktar minn 25 kilomelru

fi s-siegha.

In these regulations. unle ss the context otherwi se !Lu,po , .......

requires -

~ad uJt" means a person over the age of ten years;

"child" means a person under the age of ten years;

"child safety lock" means a lock which can only be operat-

ed by an adult and which is intended to outwit a child from tam-

pering with that lock;

"Chainnan" means the chainnan of the Public Transpon

Authority;

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Police;

"driver" means the person who drives a macor vehicle on the

road;

"front of the vehicle" means the area between the driver's

seat and the forward . facing seat alongs ide it, and the windscreen

of the vehicle;

"motor vehicle" has the same meaning as is given 10 "motor-

car" in the Traffic Regulation Ordinance and is limited to a private

car, self -drive IIlOI:or vehicle, taxicar. mocor vehicle for hire, invalid

carriage and mOlor minibus, as defined in the Motor Vehicles Reg-

ulations, 1994 , when such a vehicle is designed for use on the

road, has at least four whee ls and a maximum des ign speed ex-

ceeding 25 kilometres per hour;

" rear of the vehicle" means lhe area immediately behind the

fronl of the vetticle;

"restraining device for a child" means a movable harness re-

straint seat which is approved by the Commissioner or Chairman,

as the case may be, as safe for a child's use;

"seat belt" means a three point bell or a lap belt of a type as

approved by the Commissioner or by the Chairman, as the case

may be;

"specified motor car" means a vehicle fined wi th a seat belt

as described in regUlation 3 of these regulations.

3, ( I) The Commissioner or Chairman, as the case may be,

shall specify by notice in the Gazette the year of production of such

mOfot vehicles which shall be fi ned with seat belts.

No motor vehicle as may be so specified by the Com-

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missioner orChainnan, henceforth called a "specified mOfot-Car" , shall

be on the road unless fined with such seat belts as may be so specified

and which are designed to protect the driver and any other passenger

travelling in the front of the vehicle.

( I) II -Kummi ssarj u jew ie- Chairman, skond il -kat,

ghandhom jispeeifikaw b'avvii fil-Gazzetta s-sena ta' produzzjoni ta '

dawk il-vctturi bil·mulur li ghandhom jigu mghammm bis·seat belts.

(2) Elxla vellum bil·mulut li lkun gicl hekk spei:ifikata mill·

Kummissarjujew mie·Chairman .hawnhell iijed 'il Cjuddiem imseijha

"karrozza speCifikata". ma ghandha tinsaq fit.triq kcmm-il darba ma

jkol1hiex dawk is-seal bellS li jislgh u jigu hell spedfikali u li jkunu

mahsuba sabiex jipprotegu lid·driver u li1 kul l passiggier ichor li jkunu

qegl"ldinjivvjaggaw fuq in-naha ta' quddicm tal-vellum.

Every person, tr~vellillg as a driver or as a passenger in the

front of a vehicle in a specified mOfot-Car, shall wear a seat belt

Provided that the provisions of th is regUlation shall not apply

to a perwn who is -

using a motor ve hicle constructed or adapted for me

(a)

delivery or collection of goods whilst engaged in making local

rouDds of deliveries or collectioos; or

(b) reversing or manoeuvering the motor vehicle for a sOOn

distance in a limited s pace; o r

(c) aqualifieddrivcrwho is supervising the holder of a pro-

visionalleaming licence while that holder is perfonning any ma-

noeuvre menlioncd in paragraph (b) or this regulation; or

(d) exempted by the Commissioner or the Chairman , as the

case may be, from complying with the provisions of this regula-

tion for suc h special reasons as may be specified in wri ting by the

Commissioner or the Chainnan; or

(c) is a member orthe Police Force or of the Prison Service

while prote(;ting or escorting persons; or

(0 on the service of a fire brigade and is wearing opera-

tional clothin g o r equi pme nt: or

(g)

a medical officer or an &ucndant "whilst allcnding 10

patients travelling in any ambulance: or

(h)

a person with disablement wearing an appropriate re-

straint; Of

conducting a driving competence test; or

(i)

(j) the driver of a taxi-car while seeking hire or answering a

call for hire , or carrying a passenger for hire, as the case may be.

( \) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, drive a Child "' .. ~ .

mOlor-vehicle on a road if there is a child in the rear of the vehicle who

is unaccompanied by an adul t person , or unless the rear doon of the

vehicle are fitted and locked wi th a child-safety lock.

A child may only travel in the front of the vehicle if

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wearing a seat belt or an appropriate child restraint

Provided that the provisions of this regulation shall nOl apply in

the case of child travelling in the front of a vehicle whenever the Corn·

missioner or Chairman, as the case may be , is satisfied , on medical

grounds, that it is inad visable for such child 10 wear a seal bell and an

exemption in writing to that effect is issued by the said Commissioner

or Chainnan .

Whenever an offence against the provisions of lhese regula-

tions has been coouuiued criminal liability shall lie as follows

(a> in respect of regulation 3, with the registered useror the

owner of the mocor vehicle, unless be proves before or during the

proceedings that the motor vehicle has been used on the road with-

out his permission or authority;

in respect of regulation 4, with the driver or the adult

(b)

passenger who do nOl wear a seat belt;

(c) in respect of regulation S. with the driver of the motor

vehicle at the time of the conunission of the offence.