Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations, 2006

L.N. 44 of 2006

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations, 2006

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

Regulation Ordinance, the Minister for Urban Development and Roads

has, after consultation with the Malta Transport Authority, made the

following regulations>

The title of these regulations is the Motor Vehicles Citation.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2006, and they shall be read and construed L.N. 128 of 1994.

as one with the Motor Vehicles Regulations, hereinafter referred to as

“the principal regulations”.

For regulation 131 of the principal regulations there shall be Substitutes

regulation 131 of

substituted the following>-

the principal

regulations.

“Driver’s

131. (1) No person shall drive any vehicle used for

licence and

the carriage of passengers for hire or reward unless that person

tag.

is in possession of the appropriate driving licence as provided

for in the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) regulations and

an identification tag issued to him by the Authority.

(2) A driver who wishes to be granted an

identification tag shall submit an application to the Authority

on the prescribed form.

(3) The said identification tag shall only be issued

by the Authority to that driver who –

(a)

is in possession of the appropriate driving

licence,

(b)

in the opinion of the Authority is of good

repute,

(c) attends regularly a course of instruction

approved by the Authority and successfully undergoes

an examination at the end of the said course, and

(d) in the case of a taxi driver upon the acceptance

to adhere to and signing of a Code of Conduct developed

by the Authority.

(4) For the purpose of this regulation, a person is

not considered to be of good repute if he>

(a) has been convicted, during the previous five

years, of a crime liable to a term of imprisonment of

three months or more or a fine of at least two hundred

liri,

(b) has been convicted, during the previous two

years, of offences against traffic or road transport

regulations. Applicants for an identification tag shall thus

submit to the Authority a Police conduct certificate.

(5) The Authority may withdraw an identification

tag where the holder no longer satisfies the good repute

requirement.

(6) The Authority may suspend an identification

tag until a final judgement is given where the holder is charged

in Court with a criminal offence which is liable to a term of

imprisonment of not less than three months or a fine of not

less than two hundred liri.

(7) The driver of any motor vehicle used for the

carriage of passengers for hire or reward shall, while carrying

passengers, wear the identification tag in a conspicuous place

on the chest in a manner that it may be easily seen.

(8) No driver shall make use of an identification

tag other than that issued to him by the Authority and such

identification tag shall not be transferable from one driver to

another.

(9) The driver of any motor vehicle used for the

carriage of passengers for hire or reward shall, whilst on duty,

wear a uniform of the pattern and colour as approved by the

Authority.”.

For regulation 235 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following>

“Taxi drivers’

235. (1) The driver of a taxicar shall wear while on

dress and tag.

duty a uniform consisting of a light blue shirt, navy blue

cardigan, navy blue trousers and black shoes in winter and a

light blue shirt, navy blue trousers and black shoes or sandals

in summer.

(2) Drivers of taxicars shall wear their uniform

in a proper manner and shall keep it clean and in a good state

of repair.

(3) Taxi drivers shall, while on duty, also wear

in a conspicuous place on the left side of their chest, the

identification tag prescribed by the Authority.

(4) No driver of a taxicar shall make use of an

identification tag other than that issued to him by the said

Authority and such identification tag shall not be transferable

from one driver to another.

For the purpose of this regulation, the words “while on

duty” shall mean the time while the driver of a taxicar is

waiting on a taxi stand or while exposing the taxicar for hire

and while the driver is driving the taxicar whether when

carrying passengers in the taxicar or not.”.

In regulation 240 of the principal regulations, for the words Amends regulation

240 of the principal

“by any officer of the Authority” there shall be substituted the words regulations.

“by any officer of the Authority or by a local warden”.

Regulation 244 of the principal regulations, shall be amended Amends regulation

244 of the principal

as follows>

regulations.

(a) immediately after the words “saloon type” there shall

be added the words “, externally painted white,”< and

(b) for the words “eight adult passengers” there shall be

substituted the words “five adult passengers”.

Regulation 248 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends regulation

248 of the principal

as follows>

regulations.

(a) in sub-regulation (1) for the words “A plate, measuring

130 mm by 20mm”, there shall be substituted the words “A plate

or a sticker, measuring 130mm by 80mm”< and

(b) in sub-regulation (2), immediately after the words “M”

there shall be added the words “,75 millimetres in height and 60

millimetres in width,”.

Regulation 249 of the principal regulations shall be substituted Substitutes

regulation 249 of

by the following>

the principal

regulations.

“249. (1) All taxicars shall display an electrically

illuminated TAXI sign which shall be fitted on the front middle

part of the roof between the front doors.

(2) The sign shall display the word ‘TAXI’ in black

letters on a white background in the case of taxicars which are

licensed to operate in Malta and the word ‘TAXI’ in red letters on

a white background in the case of taxicars which are licensed to

operate in Gozo, and the word ‘TAXI’ shall be visible from the

front and rear of the vehicle.

(3) The dimensions of the sign shall be such that the

surface of the sign which is capable of being illuminated shall be

approximately 110 millimetres in height, approximately 150

millimetres in width and approximately 450 millimetres in length.

(4) The sign shall be constructed of a durable material,

be weatherproof and capable of being securely mounted on the

roof of the vehicle.

(5) The sign shall be kept lit at all times between sunset

and sunrise, except when the vehicle is hired>

Provided that when a taxicar is on a taxi stand, only the vehicle

placed first on the stand shall keep such sign so lit.”.

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