Passenger Transport Services (Amendment) Regulations, 2017

L.N. 80 of 2017

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

Passenger Transport Services (Amendment) Regulations, 2017

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 43 of the

Authority for Transport in Malta Act and by article 54 of the Traffic

Regulation Ordinance, the Minister for Transport has, after

consultation with the Authority for Transport in Malta, made the

following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Passenger Transport

Services (Amendment) Regulations, 2017, and these regulations shall

be read and construed as one with the Passenger Transport Services

Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended

as follows

(a) for the definition "maximum fares" there shall be

substituted the following

" "maximum fares" means the maximum fares

indicated in the Twelfth Schedule payable by a passenger

for a public passenger transport service;";

(b) immediately after the definition "night work" there

shall be added the following new definition

" "non-personalised public transport card" means a

card, other than the personalised public transport card,

which is issued by the bus operator and utilised by a

passenger for the public passenger transport services

indicated in Table 3 of the Twelfth Schedule;";

(c) immediately after the definition "periods of

availability" there shall be added the following new definition

" "personalised public transport card" means a

personalised card which is issued by the bus operator and

utilised by the passenger in whose name the card is

registered for the public passenger transport services

indicated in Table 1 of the Twelfth Schedule;";

(d) immediately after the definition "public passenger

transport route" there shall be added the following new

definition

" "public transport card" means a personalised

transport card and a non-personalised transport card;"; and

(e) immediately after the new definition "public

transport card" there shall be added the following new

definition

" "public transport ticket" means a ticket issued by

the bus operator and utilised by a passenger for the public

passenger transport services in Table 2 of the Twelfth

Schedule;".

Regulation 68G of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

regulation 68G

substituted by the following

of the principal

regulations.

"68G. (1)

No passenger shall travel on a motor route

bus

(a) without having paid the applicable fare prior

to boarding the motor route bus or without paying the

applicable fare upon boarding the motor route bus;

(b) if they are not in possession of a valid

personalised public transport card issued in their name, or

a valid non-personalised public transport card, or a valid

public transport ticket;

(c) if they do not have sufficient credit, or a

sufficient cash balance, or sufficient journeys available in

their public transport card to use the public passenger

transport services;

(d) if they have not validated the personalised

public transport card, the non-personalised public transport

card, or the public transport ticket upon boarding the motor

route bus.

(2) Any passenger on a motor route bus who is found in

breach of sub-regulation (1) shall, on the demand of the driver

or the motor route bus inspector or an authorised officer of the

Authority, pay the fare together with a penalty of fifty euro

(€50). The driver or the motor route bus inspector shall, upon

receiving payment from the passenger, provide a receipt to the

passenger. The authorised officer of the Authority shall have the

power to take all such necessary measures in order to demand

and obtain the payment of the fare and, or penalty fare from any

passenger who is in breach of sub-regulation (1). Any passenger

who is in breach of sub-regulation (1) and fails to pay the fare

and, or the penalty fare shall be guilty of an offence. The

authorised officer of the Authority shall have the power to

demand and obtain from any passenger who is in breach of sub-

regulation (1) and who refuses to pay the appropriate fare and,

or the penalty fare, information relating to the identity of such

person for the purposes of taking legal action against that

passenger in terms of these regulations. Any passenger who

refuses to give such information to an authorised officer of the

Authority shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) The fares payable by passengers for a public

passenger transport service on a motor route bus which is

scheduled to depart from the point of origin of the route and

which is operated according to the scheduled time of operation

for the respective public passenger transport route, shall in no

case be higher than the maximum fares established under the

Twelfth Schedule.".

The Twelfth Schedule to the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following

"TWELFTH SCHEDULE

(Regulations 2 and 68G)

MAXIMUM FARES FOR PUBLIC PASSENGER

TRANSPORT SERVICES

1. For the purpose of this Schedule

(a)

"Night Service/s" shall mean the public passenger

transport services operated by the bus operator from 23:01

hours up to and including 05:00 hours;

(b) the fares in Tables 1, 2 and 3, other than "Night

Service/s" or "Special Service/s", shall apply to public

passenger transport services operated by the bus operator from

05:01 hours up to and including 23:00 hours;

(c)

"Single Journey Fare" shall mean the fare indicated

in Table 2, payable by a passenger for a public passenger

transport service on a motor route bus, with a valid travel period

of two hours from purchase. This shall not apply to Night

Services and Special Services;

(d) children who are three years of age or under shall

travel for free in Malta and in Gozo. "Children" fares in Table 1

and Table 3 shall apply to minors who are four years of age, up

to and including ten years of age;

(e)

"Concession Card Holders" shall mean passengers

who are in possession of a valid concession card issued by the

bus operator and have

(i) a Kartanzjan Card or a 60+ Maltese Identity

Card issued in their name by the appropriate Government

Department in Malta; or

(ii) a Disabled Blue Badge and, or a Disabled

Special Identity Card issued in their name by the

Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability;

(f)

"Student Fares" shall apply to a passenger who is in

possession of a personalised public transport card issued by the

bus operator in their name and who is either aged between

eleven and sixteen years of age, both inclusive, or who can

provide evidence to the bus operator that he or she is enrolled in

a full time course with an educational institution registered with

the Ministry responsible for education in Malta, the duration of

which is of at least three months;

(g) "Special Services" shall mean the public passenger

transport services provided by the bus operator, in addition to

the scheduled public passenger transport services after

consultation with the Authority;

(h) "Two Hour Fare" shall mean the fare in Table 1

which shall include any public passenger transport service on a

motor route bus, and shall be valid for two hours from the time

of purchase. The "Two Hour Fare" shall not apply to Night

Services and Special Services;

(i)

"Summer" shall mean the period between the 15th of

June and the 15th of October, both inclusive, of every year, or

the closest Sunday to the 15th of June and the 15th of October,

or as agreed between the Authority and the bus operator;

(j)

"Winter" shall mean the period between the 16th of

October and the 14th of June, both inclusive, of every year, or

the closest Sunday to the 16th of October and the 14th of June,

or as agreed between the Authority and the bus operator;

(k) "Thirty Day Fare" shall mean the fare in Table 1

which shall be valid for a calendar month;

(l)

"Ninety Day Fare" shall mean the fare in Table 1

which shall be valid until the ninetieth day from purchase date;

(m) "Seven Day Fare" shall mean the fare in Table 1 and

Table 3 shall be valid from Monday to Sunday.

2. The maximum fares payable for scheduled public

passenger transport services on motor route buses within the Islands

of Malta and Gozo shall not exceed those set out below

Table 1 - Passengers using a personalised public transport card

Children and

Adult

Student Fare

Concession

Validity Period

€

€

Card Holders

€

Two Hour Fare

0.75

n/a

0.25

One Day Fare

n/a

n/a

0.50

Seven Day Fare

n/a

n/a

2.00

Thirty Day Fare

00

21.00

n/a

Ninety Day Fare

n/a

00

n/a

Night Service or

3.00

3.00

3.00

Special Service

Table 2 - Passenger using a public transport ticket

All Passengers

Validity Period

€

Single Journey Fare bought on a motor route

1.50

bus (Winter)

Single Journey Fare bought on a motor

2.00

route bus (Summer)

Night Service single journey or Special

3.00

Service

Table 3 - Passengers using a non-personalised public transport

card

Adult

Children

Validity Period

€

€

Seven consecutive day unrestricted pass to

21.00

15.00

travel in Malta and Gozo, including Night

Services

Twelve Single Journey Fare (or six single

15.00

n/a

journeys on Night Services or Special

Services), valid for six months

3. The bus operator shall be entitled to charge passengers a

cost for issuing and, or replacing a personalised public transport card

that is lost or damaged.

4. A passenger may obtain a Gozo personalised public

transport card registered by the bus operator in the name of that

passenger where the passenger presents a legally valid photo

identification card issued by the Government of Malta which

confirms that the residential address of that passenger is in Gozo. A

passenger with a valid Gozo personalised public transport card shall

be entitled to a €10.00 maximum fare, which shall be valid for a

calendar month, for public passenger transport services within the

Island of Gozo only.

5. The bus operator may request information from applicants

of a personalised public transport card, solely for the purpose of

confirming their eligibility for the personalised public transport card

and to issue the card. Such information may include, but may not be

limited to, name and surname, age, address, photograph and

identification photographs. The information required shall be in line

with the various eligibility criteria as may be established by the bus

operator from time to time, and approved by the Authority.

6. No extra charges or fares shall apply to instruments which

aid mobility (including but not limited to wheelchairs, pushchairs,

prams, but excluding bicycles).

7. No extra charges or fares shall apply to guide dogs and

hearing dogs travelling with passengers on a motor route bus.

8. The maximum fares for tickets issued by the bus operator

which have a validity period other than those provided in Tables 1, 2

and 3, shall be subject to approval by the Authority.

9. The bus operator shall establish and implement

identification procedures to ensure the non-transferability of the

public transport ticket and the public transport card.

10. The bus operator shall publish the terms and conditions

applicable from time to time to the personalised public transport card

and the non-personalised public transport card, as approved by the

Authority.".

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