Motor Vehicles (Amendment No 2) Regulations, 2018

L.N. 174 of 2018

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

Motor Vehicles (Amendment No 2) 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 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 Motor Vehicles

(Amendment No 2) Regulations, 2018 and these regulations shall be

read and construed as one with the Motor Vehicles Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended

as follows

(a) immediately after the definition " "Authority" ", there

shall be added the following new definitions

" "Blue Badge" means the parking card for persons

with disability issued in terms of the Parking Concessions

for Persons with Disability Act;

"Blue Badge holder" means any person with

disability to whom a Blue Badge has been issued under the

Parking Concessions for Persons with Disability Act;";

(b) immediately after the definition "cattle" there shall be

added the following new definition

" "designated parking space for disabled persons"

means a parking space reserved by the Authority for

disabled persons in terms of these regulations;" and

(d) immediately after the definition "passenger transport

vehicle" there shall be added the following new definition

" "personalised designated parking space for disabled persons"

means a personalised parking space reserved by the Authority and in

which there is clearly and prominently marked or indicated the

registration number of the vehicle or the Blue Badge number of the

disabled person, as the case may be, that is solely authorised to make

use of such personalised parking space in terms of these regulations;".

Regulation 78 of the principal regulations shall substituted Substitutes

by the following

78. (1) Where any area or space in any road or

square is marked as, or allotted to, a reserved parking,

and the Commissioner of Police or the Authority issue a

written permit in favour of the owners of vehicles who

may make use of such area or space, no motor vehicle

may be parked therein unless the relative permit is

affixed on the left hand side of the windscreen of the

relative motor vehicle.

(2) The Authority may reserve a designated

parking space for disabled persons for the parking

therein of authorised motor vehicles in accordance with

the provisions of the Parking Concessions for Persons

with Disability Act.

(3) The Authority may reserve a personalised

designated parking space for disabled persons for the

parking therein of a particular motor vehicle registered

in the name of a Blue Badge holder when the driver of

such motor vehicle, besides being the holder of a Blue

Badge, is also a habitual wheelchair user

Provided that the particular motor vehicle

shall be one that has been specially modified to be

driven solely by the Blue Badge holder who is a habitual

wheelchair user.

(4) The Authority may also reserve a

personalised designated parking space for disabled

persons for the parking therein of a particular motor

vehicle registered in the name of a Blue Badge holder or

in the name of a person entrusted with his care, provided

that the Blue Badge holder has a medical certificate

issued in his name which shows that he suffers from a

severe condition of uncontrollable behaviour that can be

of danger to himself or to others, thus requiring

continuous supervision.

(5) Where the Authority reserves a personalised

designated parking space for disabled persons in the

circumstances provided for in sub-regulation (3), the

parking place shall have clearly and prominently

marked or indicated in it the registration number of the

authorised motor vehicle; whereas when the Authority

reserves a personalised designated parking space for

disabled persons in the circumstances provided for in

sub-regulation (4), the parking place shall have clearly

and prominently marked or indicated in it the Blue

Badge number of the disabled person for whose benefit

such a personalised parking place has been reserved.

(6) No person shall park or leave unattended any

unauthorised motor vehicle on a designated parking

space for disabled persons reserved by the Authority in

accordance with the provisions of sub-regulation (2).

(7) No person, including a Blue badge holder,

shall park or leave unattended any motor vehicle on a

personalised designated parking space for disabled

persons reserved by the Authority in accordance with

the provisions of sub-regulation (3) or (4), except the

Blue Badge holder or the person for whose benefit the

Authority has reserved the personalised designated

parking space.

(8) Any authorised person who parks a motor

vehicle on a designated parking space for disabled

persons shall be obliged to prominently display the Blue

Badge or, in the case of a personalised designated

parking space for disabled persons, the Blue Badge of

the disabled person for whose benefit the Authority has

reserved that personalised parking space, on the left-

hand side of the vehicle's windscreen at the front of the

vehicle in such a way that the symbol of access of the

Blue Badge is clearly visible.

(9) A person who is found in breach of sub-

regulation (6) or (7) or (8) shall be guilty of an offence

and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (ammenda)

of €100.".

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