Objects) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006

L.N. 47 of 2006

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

MALTA TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 332)

Traffic Regulation (Clamping and Removal of Encumbering

Objects) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006

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

Regulation Ordinance, and by article 32 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>–

The title of these regulations is the Traffic Regulation Title.

(Clamping and Removal of Encumbering Objects) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2006 and they shall be read and construed as one with the

Traffic Regulation (Clamping and Removal of Encumbering Objects)

Regulations, 1997, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”. L.N. 94 of 1997.

For regulation 1 of the principal regulations there shall be Amends regulation

1 of the principal

substituted the following>

regulations.

“1. The title of these regulations is Clamping and Removal

of Motor Vehicles and Encumbering Objects Regulations.”.

Immediately after the definition “maritime officer” there shall Amends regulation

2 of the principal

be added the following new definition>

regulations.

“ “motor vehicle” means any mechanically self-propelled

vehicle circulating on the road, other than a vehicle running on

rails<”.

Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 3 of the principal regulations Amends regulation

3 of the principal

shall be amended as follows>

regulations.

(a) for the word “vehicle”, wherever it appears, there shall

be substituted the words “motor vehicle”< and

(b) immediately after sub-regulation (2) there shall be added

the following new sub-regulation>

“(3) The Commissioner may also take possession of,

remove and store motor vehicles which are on the road in

breach of the Motor Vehicles Registration Tax Act or of the

Motor Vehicle (Registration and Licensing) Regulations,

2004.”.

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