Motor Vehicle (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2004

L.N. 156 of 2004

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

MALTA TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 332)

Motor Vehicle (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2004

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 54 of the Traffic

Regulation Ordinance, and by article 27 of the Malta Transport Authority

Act, the Minister for Urban Development and Roads has, after

consultation with the Malta Transport Authority, made the following

regulations>–

(1) The title of these regulations is the Motor Vehicles Title and

commencement.

(Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2004 and they shall be read and

construed as one with the Motor Vehicles Regulations, 1994, hereinafter L.N.128 of 1994.

referred to as “the principal regulations”.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 29th April,

2004.

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations, immediately after Amends regulation

2 of the principal

the definition of “Authority” there shall be inserted the following new regulations.

definition>–

“ “build-out” means a narrowing of the carriageway

constructed on either side of the road as an extension of the verge

or footway<”.

For regulation 79 of the principal regulations there shall be Amends regulation

79 of the principal

substituted the following>

regulations.

“79. No person shall, unless otherwise directed by a Police

officer or a local warden, park or leave unattended any motor

vehicle or trailer –

(a) within 12 metres on each side of any bus stop or

fare stage, unless official road markings or traffic signs

indicate otherwise<

(b) around a traffic roundabout or a traffic island<

(c) on, or within 4 metres of, a pedestrian crossing,

from the side of the oncoming traffic, unless a build-out exists<

(d) on the footpath unless road signage directs

otherwise<

(e) in any place where appropriate road markings

stipulated by the Traffic Signs and Carriageway Marking

Regulations, 1969 indicate that parking is prohibited<

(f) in such a manner as to obstruct the passage of a car

which is properly parked, or

(g) within 5 metres of any corner, bend or splay>

Provided that in the case of a bend or splay, the 5 metre limit

referred to in paragraph (e) of this regulation shall be measured

from the point of intersection of the extended building alignment

on each of the two streets forming such bend or splay>

Provided further that where the appropriate road markings

indicated in Part IID(f)(13) of the Traffic Signs and Carriageway

Markings Regulations, 1969 on a particular street corner, bend or

splay do not extend to the prescribed 5 metre limit, the said

prohibition shall likewise not extend to the full 5 metres and shall

be limited to the distance covered by the said road markings.”.

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