Light Passenger Transport Services and Vehicle Hire Services

L.N. 344 of 2021

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

Light Passenger Transport Services and Vehicle Hire Services

(Amendment) Regulations, 2021

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred 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 Light Passenger Citation.

Transport Services and Vehicle Hire Services (Amendment)

Regulations, 2021 and these regulations shall be read and construed as

one with the Light Passenger Transport Services and Vehicle Hire S.L. 499. 68.

Services Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal

regulations".

Sub-regulation (4) of regulation 5 of the principal Amends

regulations shall be substituted by the following new sub-regulation: regulation

the principal

regulations.

"(4) Once issued, an operator’s licence shall remain valid

unless and until it is revoked, suspended or surrendered,

provided that the operator submits with the Authority, within one

(1) month preceding the first anniversary from the issue of the

said licence, and every year thereafter, an application for renewal

which shall include

(a)

a police conduct certificate;

(b) the applicable fee stipulated in the First

Schedule; and

(c) a signed declaration by virtue of which he

confirms that he still satisfies the condition of good conduct

and repute and that since the issuance of the last certificate

referred to in regulation 7(1)(a) and that he has not been

found guilty of any criminal offence in violation of the

provisions of regulation 9.".

Regulation 9 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 9 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of sub-regulation

(1) thereof shall be substituted by the following new sub-

paragraph

"articles 4, 5, 6(a), 7, 8(b), 8(c), 8(e), 11, 13(2),

14(3), 15, 15A, 16, 17, 18, 22(1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f),

22(1C), 22(1D)(a), 22(1E) and 22(3BA)(5) of the

Dangerous Drugs Ordinance;";

(b) paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be

deleted; and

(c) paragraph (e) of sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be

renumbered as paragraph (d).

In regulation 42 of the principal regulations the words "or

renewal" shall be deleted.

In sub-regulation (3) of regulation 44 of the principal

regulations, the words "not be transferable." shall be substituted by the

words "not be transferable:" and immediately thereafter there shall be

added the words

"Provided that within three months preceding the date of

expiry of the said driver’s permit, and thereafter, the holder thereof

shall be obliged to submit an application for renewal with the

Authority in such manner and against such payment as may be

prescribed by the Authority together with

(a)

a police conduct certificate;

(b) a signed declaration by virtue of which he confirms

that he still satisfies the condition of good conduct and repute

and that since the issuance of the last certificate referred to in

regulation 42(a) he has not been found guilty of any criminal

offence in violation of the provisions of regulation 9 and 41.".

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