MT
Regulations, 2014
Table of Provisions (8)
Statutory Text (8 Articles)
L.N. 116 of 2014
AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT
(CAP. 499)
TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE
(CAP. 65)
Passenger Transport Services (Amendment No. 2)
Regulations, 2014
IN exercise of the powers conferred by 43 of the Authority for
Transport in Malta Act and by article 54 of the Traffic Regulation
Ordinance, the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure has, after
consultation with the Authority for Transport in Malta, made the
following regulations:-
(1) The title of these regulations is the Passenger Citation and
Transport Services (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2014 and these commencement.
regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Passenger S.L.499.56
Transport Services Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the
principal regulations".
(2) These regulations shall come into force after two months
from the publication of the said regulations.
In regulation 2 of the principal regulations, immediately Amends
after the definition "authorised inspecting officer" there shall be regulation
the principal
added the following new definition
regulations.
" "authorised commercial premises"
means any commercial premises as defined by
the Trading Licences Act and which is
licensed to carry out any commercial activity
in terms of the Trading Licences Regulations;
and for the purpose of these regulations
includes also any building, premises or other
establishment which is licensed in terms of
the Malta Travel and Tourism Services Act;";
Regulation 42 of the principal regulations shall be Amends
regulation 42 of
amended as follows
the principal
regulations.
(a) the regulation shall be renumbered as sub-regulation
(1) thereof; and
(b) immediately after sub-regulation (1) thereof, as
renumbered, there shall be added the following
"(2) Passenger transport services, other than
services on sightseeing passenger transport routes and
trackless train services, may only be sold from authorised
booths, from authorised commercial premises, from the
operator’s offices or operating centre, online, by telephone
or by mail.
(3)
No person shall -
(a)
sell, or
(b)
cause or permit another person to sell
passenger transport services, other than services on
sightseeing passenger transport routes and trackless train
services, in breach of the provision of sub-regulation (2).
(4) No person shall solicit, whether directly or
indirectly, any other person in any location for any
passenger transport service.".
Immediately after sub-regulation (8) of regulation 68O of
the principal regulations, there shall be added the following sub-
regulations
"(9) Trackless train services shall not be sold on the road
other than within five metres of pick-up points mentioned in
sub-regulation (2)(c), provided such pick-up points are not
within five metres from a bus stop or a taxi stand
Provided that a person selling such services from
pick up points or on board a trackless train, shall wear, at all
times and in a conspicuous place, an identification tag issued to
him by the operator of those services which shall contain a
photograph of the person in respect of whom it is issued, his
name and his Identity Card number and the name of the
operator
Provided further that where a pick-up point sign is
located adjacent to a pavement, such services may be sold only
on the pavement within the established distance from the pick-
up point sign.
(10) No person shall -
(a)
sell, or
(b)
cause or permit another person to sell
trackless train services in breach of the provisions of sub-
regulation (9).
(11) No person shall solicit, whether directly or indirectly,
any other person in any location for any trackless train service.".
Immediately after sub-regulation (8) of regulation 69 of Amends
regulation 69 of
the principal regulations, there shall be added the following
the principal
regulations.
"(9) Services on sightseeing passenger transport routes
shall not be sold on the road other than within five metres of
pick-up points mentioned in sub-regulation (1)(c), provided
such pick-up points are not within five metres from a bus stage
or a taxi stand
Provided that a person selling such services from
pick up points or on board the vehicle, shall wear, at all times
and in a conspicuous place, an identification tag issued to him
by the operator of those services which shall contain a
photograph of the person in respect of whom it is issued, his
name and his Identity Card number and the name of the
operator
Provided further that where a pick-up point sign is
located adjacent to a pavement, such services may be sold only
on the pavement within the established distance from the pick-
up point sign.
For the purpose of this sub-regulation "road" shall
include the Cirkewwa port terminal and the Mġarr (Gozo) port
terminal, where such services may only be sold from authorized
booths or authorised commercial premises.
(10) No person shall -
(a)
sell, or
(b)
cause or permit another person to sell
sightseeing passenger transport services in breach of the
provisions of sub-regulation (9).
(11) No person shall solicit, whether directly or
indirectly, any other person in any location for any sightseeing
passenger transport service.".
Regulation 107 of the principal regulations shall be Amends
regulation 107
amended as follows
of the principal
regulations.
(a) sub-regulation (3) thereof, including its proviso,
shall be substituted by the following
"(3) A person who commits a breach of any
regulation other than the regulations mentioned in sub-
regulation (1), and the regulations stipulated in sub-
regulations (7), (8), (9) and (10), shall, on conviction, be
liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand euro (€3,000).
Furthermore, the court or the Local Tribunal shall order the
Authority to impose on such person one penalty point for
every ten euro (€10) or part thereof imposed on such
person by way of a fine in terms of this sub-regulation.";
(b) in sub-regulation (4) thereof, for the words "When a
person is found guilty" there shall be substituted the words
"When a person licensed under these regulations is found
guilty"; and
(c)
immediately after sub-regulation (9) thereof, there
shall be added the following new sub-regulation
"(10) Any person who commits a breach of sub-
regulations (3)(a) and (4) of regulation 42, of sub-
regulations (10)(a) and (11) of regulation 68O and of sub-
regulations (10)(a) and (11) of regulation 69 shall be guilty
of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine
(ammenda) of not less than one hundred euro (€100) but
not more than five hundred euro (€500)
Provided that where a person is found guilty
of selling services for which regulations 42(2), 68O(9) and
69(9) refer within five metres from a bus stop, he shall be
liable to a fine (ammenda) of not less than two hundred
euro (€200) but not more than six hundred euro (€600).".
The Ninth Schedule to the principal regulations shall be
substituted by the following
"NINTH SCHEDULE
ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES
(Regulation 108)
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Regulation
Administrative
Administrative
penalties for
penalties for drivers
operators
8(2)
€50
€100
14(1)
€50 per day
22(3), (5), (6)
€50
23(1)
€50
€250
27(2)
€50
27(3)
€500
€50
€50
35(2)
€100
35(3)
€50
36(2)
€100
36(3)
€50 and in addition
€50 per day
37(1), (2)
€1,000
€50 and in addition
€50 per day
€100
42(1)
€500
42(3)
€100 or €200 where
€100 or €200 where
the sale of a service
the sale of a service
is made within five
is made within five
metres of a bus stop
metres of a bus stop
42(4)
€100
€100
€50
€50
€100
€100
€500
€50
€100
€50
52(1)
€10
€10
€100
€100
€150
57 (1), (2)
€150
57 (3), (4)
€150
€25
€100
€100
€100
€100
€250
64 (1),(2),(3)
€100
€100
€100
€100
€100
68C
€50
68D
The
penalty
prescribed in this
Schedule
for
breaches of the
specific regulations
stipulated
in
regulation
68D
according to the
specific regulation
breached.
68E(1), (4)
€100
68E(2), (3), (5), (6)
€25
68F
€25
68G(2)
€50
68K
€100
68O(2)(a),(b),(e)
€500
€500
68O(2)(c)
€500
68O(2)(d)
€500
and
in
addition €50 per
day
68O(7)
€500
68O(10), (11)
€100 or €200 where
€100 or €200 where
the sale of a service
the sale of a service
is made within five
is made within five
metres of a bus stop
metres of a bus stop
68P(1)(a)
The
penalty
The
penalty
prescribed in this
prescribed in this
Schedule
for
Schedule
for
breaches of the
breaches of the
specific regulations
specific regulations
stipulated
in
stipulated
in
regulation
regulation
68P(1)(a) according
68P(1)(a) according
to the specific
to the specific
regulation
regulation
breached.
breached.
68P(1)(d),
68P(2), €500
68P(4)
69(1)(a), (b), (c), (e)
€500
69(1)(d)
€500
and
in
addition €50 per
day
69(2), (3), (4), (5), (11)
€500
69(6)
€500
€500
69(10), (11)
€100 or €200 where
€100 or €200 where
the sale of a service
the sale of a service
is made within five
is made within five
metres of a bus stop
metres of a bus stop
72,73,74,75,76,77,78
€350
€350
107(6)
€150 for a first
€150 for a first
breach and €1,000
breach and €1,000
for a subsequent
for a subsequent
breach
breach
".
€0.72