Regulations, 2006

L.N. 41 of 2006

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

Motor Vehicles Roadworthiness Test (Amendment)

Regulations, 2006

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

Regulation Ordinance, the Minister for Urban Development and Roads,

in consultation with the Malta Transport Authority, has made the

following regulations>-

The title of these regulations is the Motor Vehicles

Roadworthiness Test (Amendment) Regulations, 2006 and they shall

be read and construed as one with the Motor Vehicle Roadworthiness

Test Regulations, 1998, hereinafter referred to as “the principal

regulations”.

In sub-regulation (1) of regulation 7 of the principal

regulations, for the words “no licence shall be issued by the

Commissioner of Police under the provisions of regulation 18 of the

Motor Vehicle Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “no

licence shall be issued by the Authority under the provisions of regulation

15 of the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations,

2004”.

Regulation 19 of the principal regulations shall be amended

as follows>

(a) sub-regulation (4) shall be renumbered as sub-regulation

(5) thereof<

(b) immediately after sub-regulation (3) there shall be

inserted the following new sub-regulation (4)>

“(4) (a) The operator shall update the vehicle

database in use by the Directorate by means of the online

retrieval system referred to in the Fourth Schedule to these

regulations, with all the information required by the authorised

officer, for every verification carried out on a vehicle on the

same date that the test is carried out. The information to be

updated shall include, but shall not be limited to>

i) the vehicle registration number<

ii) the system number appearing on the vehicle’s

registration certificate<

iii) the last three characters of the vehicle’s chassis

number<

iv)

the class of the vehicle<

v) the number of the vehicle test result certificate

issued by the operator<

vi)

the test receipt number<

vii) whether the test was passed successfully or

otherwise<

viii) the date of the test<

ix) the mileage of the vehicle as reflected by the

odometer<

x) any discrepancies with the details appearing

on the vehicle’s registration certificate.

(b) An operator who does not update daily the vehicle

database in use by the Directorate as aforesaid, shall, on

conviction, be liable to a fine (ammenda) of Lm25 for every

day that elapses from the date by which the said updating

should have been carried out in accordance with this

regulation.

(c) In the event of a breakdown in, or faulty operation

of, the online retrieval system, the operator shall immediately

inform the Authority of such breakdown or faulty operation.”<

and

(c) in sub-regulation (5) as renumbered, for the words “in

regulation 18 of the Motor Vehicle Regulations” there shall be

substituted the words “in regulation 15 of the Motor Vehicles

(Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 2004”, and for the words

“the Commissioner of Police” there shall be substituted the words

“the Authority”.

In the First Schedule to the principal regulations, immediately Amends the First

Schedule to the

after paragraph D there shall be added the following new paragraph> principal

regulations.

“E.

Examination of high pressure fuel pump seal

Where applicable, vehicles of all classes having a compression

ignition (diesel) engine shall be examined for the sealing of the

high pressure fuel pump.”

In the Fourth Schedule to the principal regulations, for the

words “(Regulations 9 and 24)” there shall be substituted the words

“(Regulations 9, 19 and 24)”.

For the Eighth Schedule to the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following>

“EIGHTH SCHEDULE

(Regulations 19 and 20)

Fees* and Frequency of Tests

Category of vehicle

Class I

Motorcycles and motorcycle combinations

Class IIA

Midibuses, minibuses and vans and vans (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs.)

Motor vehicles used for the road carriage of goods

(commercial vehicles – g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs.)

Trailers, semi-trailers and other towed vehicles (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs.)

Class IIB

Taxis (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs)

Ambulances (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs)

Chauffeur driven vehicles (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs)

Self-drive vehicles (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs)

Other light passenger vehicles (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs)

Class III

Routbuses, coaches, private buses, midibuses, minibuses

and vans (g.v.w. is 3,500 kgs. and over)

Motor vehicles used for the road carriage of goods

(commercial vehicles – g.v.w. is 3,500 kgs. and over)

-

New

-

Other (second-hand imported vehicles)

Trailers, semi-trailers and other towed vehicles (g.v.w. is

3,500 kgs. and over)

Classes I, IIA, IIB and III

All second-hand imported vehicles

* Fees inclusive of VAT”.

Substitutes the

For the Ninth Schedule to the principal regulations there shall

Ninth Schedule to

be substituted the following>

the principal

regulations.

“NINTH SCHEDULE

(Regulation 19)

Licensing and Testing Directorate Administration Charge

Category of vehicle

Administration

charge

Lm

Class I

Motorcycles and motorcycle combinations

0.35

Class IIA

Midibuses, minibuses and vans and vans (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs.)

0.70

Motor vehicles used for the road carriage of goods

(commercial vehicles – g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs.)

0.70

Trailers, semi-trailers and other towed vehicles (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs.)

0.70

Class IIB

Taxis (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs)

0.60

Ambulances (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs)

0.60

Chauffeur driven vehicles (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs)

0.60

Self-drive vehicles (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs)

0.60

Other light passenger vehicles (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs)

0.60

Class III

Routbuses, coaches, private buses, midibuses, minibuses

and vans (g.v.w. is 3,500 kgs. and over)

0.90

Motor vehicles used for the road carriage of goods

(commercial vehicles – g.v.w. is 3,500 kgs. and over)

0.90

Trailers, semi-trailers and other towed vehicles (g.v.w. is

3,500 kgs. and over)

0.90

As above

Classes I, IIA, IIB and III

All second-hand imported vehicles

according to

category”.