Motor Vehicles (Tariff of Fares) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006

L.N. 46 of 2006

MALTA TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 332)

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

Motor Vehicles (Tariff of Fares) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 32 of the Malta

Transport Authority Act and 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 (Tariff of Title.

Fares) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006, and they shall be read and

construed as one with the Motor Vehicles (Tariff of Fares) Regulations, L.N. 14 of 1982.

1982, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

In Table I of the Second Schedule to the principal Amends the Second

Schedule to the

regulations –

principal

regulations.

(a)

for paragraph A there shall be substituted the following>

“A. Initial Fare ……………………… Lm1.50

For the first eight kilometres ………….. Lm0.60 per km

Over eight kilometres to 20

kilometres ……………………………Lm0.50 per km

Over 20 kilometres ……………………. Lm0.40 per km

Provided that on the 25 th December and on the 1 st January

of each year there shall be a flat additional charge of Lm2.00

for every trip.”<

(b)

for paragraph B there shall be substituted the following>

“B.

Waiting charge for each hour or

part thereof ………………………. Lm2.00

No additional charge or extra payment shall be

demanded.”< and

(c)

for paragraph E there shall be substituted the following>

“E. (1) Whoever needs the service of a taxi car for a

trip or a tour leaving the Malta International Airport shall do

so through an apposite fare paying booth housed at the Malta

International Airport itself, which shall be operated by a fare

paying booth attendant appointed or approved by the

Authority. Payment for such a trip or tour shall be made at

the said booth. The fare paying booth attendant shall give a

receipt with a counter part to every person who pays for a trip

or a tour. One part of the receipt is to be kept by the passenger

whereas the counterpart is to be given to the taxi driver before

the trip or tour commences. The taxi driver shall only provide

the requested service upon presentation of the counter part

of the receipt by the person or persons requesting the service.

A tax driver shall not provide a service to a person who is not

in possession of the said counter part of the receipt.

(2) Tourists who opt to take a taxi tour from the

Malta Cruiseliner Terminal or who need to use the service of

a taxicar for a trip leaving the Malta Cruiseliner Terminal,

shall do so from a fare paying booth set up for this purpose at

the said Cruiseliner Terminal, which shall be operated by a

fare paying booth attendant appointed or approved by the

Authority. Payment for such a trip or tour shall be made at

the said booth. The fare paying booth attendant shall give a

receipt with a counter part to every person who pays for a trip

or tour. One part of the receipt is to be kept by the passenger

whereas the counterpart is to be given to the taxi driver before

the trip or tour commences. The taxi driver shall only provide

the requested service upon the presentation of the counter

part of the receipt by the person or persons requesting the

service. A tax driver shall not provide a service to a person

who is not in possession of the said counter part of the receipt.

For the purpose of this proviso the word “tourist” means

passengers arriving in and departing from Malta by the same

vessel and on the same voyage.”.

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