Low-Powered Vehicles and Pedal Cycles

L.N. 137 of 2018

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

Low-Powered Vehicles and Pedal Cycles

(Amendment) Regulations, 2018

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 54 of the

Traffic Regulation Ordinance and by article 43 of the Authority for

Transport in Malta Act, the Minister responsible for Transport,

Infrastructure and Capital Projects, after consultation with the

Authority for Transport in Malta, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Low-Powered Vehicles Citation.

and Pedal Cycles (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 and they shall be

read and construed as one with the Low-Powered Vehicles and Pedal S.L. 65.26.

Cycles Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal

regulations".

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 4 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) sub-regulation (1) shall be substituted by the

following

"No person shall ride on a road any power assisted

pedal cycle, including a pedelec, which is fitted with an

electric motor having an output of more than 250 watts

unless it is registered with the Authority.";

(b) sub-regulation (3) shall be substituted by the

following

"Power assisted pedal cycles, including pedelecs,

whose electric motor has an output of not more than 250

watts, shall not be registered with the Authority.".

In regulation 5 of the principal regulations, immediately Amends

after the words "including a pedelec," there shall be added the words regulation

the principal

"fitted with an electric motor having an output of more than 250 regulations.

watts".

In regulation 10 of the principal regulations, immediately

after the words "including a pedelec," there shall be added the words

"fitted with an electric motor having an output of more than 250

In sub-regulation (1) of regulation 11 of the principal

regulations, immediately after the first proviso there shall be added the

following

"Provided further that pedal cycles may be ridden, with

prudence, on promenades where there are signs put up by the

Authority indicating that pedal cycles may be ridden on such

promenades, in which event the rider of the pedal cycle shall be

obliged to abide by the maximum speed limits which shall be

shown on the said signs

Provided further that, in certain sections of the promenades,

as indicated by signs which shall be put up by the Authority, a

person riding a pedal cycle may be obliged to de-mount or to

give priority to pedestrians, as the case may be".

In sub-regulation (3) of regulation 13 of the principal

regulations, immediately after the words "in a safety seat and shall"

there shall be added the words ", where such pedal cycle or power

assisted pedal cycle, including a pedelec, is fitted with an electric

motor having an output of more than 250 watts, be obliged to".

Sub-regulation (5) of regulation 17 of the principal

regulations shall be substituted by the following

"No licence fee shall be payable for mopeds and light

quadricycles.".

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