Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

L.N. 109 of 2023

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 54 of the

Traffic Regulation Ordinance, the Minister responsible for Transport,

after consultation with the Authority for Transport in Malta, has made

the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Motor Vehicles (Driving Citation.

Licences) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 and these regulations shall

be read and construed as one with the Motor Vehicles (Driving S.L. 65.18.

Licences) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal

regulations".

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 2 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(i) the definition "motor cycle" thereof

shall

immediately precede the definition "motor vehicle"

(ii) the definition "motor cycle" thereof shall be

substituted by the following new definition

" "motor cycle" means any two-wheeled vehicle, with

or without a sidecar, fitted with an engine having a cylinder

capacity of more than 50cm³ if of the internal combustion

type and, or having a maximum design speed of more than

45km per hour, and including a motor tricycle;";

(iii) immediately after the definition "light quadricycle"

thereof there shall be added the following new definitions

""M1 motor vehicle" means a vehicle used for the

carriage of passengers and comprising no more than eight

seats in addition to the driver’s seat;

"M2 motor vehicle" means a vehicle used for the

carriage of passengers, comprising more than eight seats in

addition to the driver’s seat, and having a maximum mass

not exceeding 5 tonnes;

"M3 motor vehicle" means a vehicle used for the

carriage of passengers, comprising more than eight seats in

addition to the driver’s seat, and having a maximum mass

exceeding 5 tonnes;";

(iv) the definition "motor vehicle" thereof shall be

substituted by the following new definition

" "motor vehicle" means any vehicle propelled by

mechanical power and includes a motorcycle, an e-

kickscooter and, or a moped;";

(v) immediately after the definition "motor vehicle"

thereof, as substituted, there shall be added the following new

definition

" "motor vehicle for hire" means a motor vehicle

which is registered and licensed to be hired or leased from a

vehicle hire services operator, and for the purpose of being

driven by such hirer or lessee in accordance with the Light

Passenger Transport Services and Vehicle Hire Services

Regulations;";

(vi) immediately after the definition "motor tricycle"

there shall be added the following new definitions

" "N1 motor vehicle" means a vehicle used for the

carriage of goods and having a maximum mass not

exceeding 3.5 tonnes;

"N2 motor vehicle" means a vehicle used for the

carriage of goods and having a maximum mass exceeding

5 tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes;

"N3 motor vehicle" means a vehicle used for the

carriage of goods and having a maximum mass exceeding

12 tonnes;".

3. The Sixth Schedule to the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(i)

item "MS-2" shall be substituted by the following

new item

"MS-2

Holding and, or

6-9"

making use of a hand-

held mobile device whilst

stationary in traffic and,

or driving any motor

vehicle in categories M1,

N1 and including any

motorcycle and, or any e-

kickscooter;

(ii) item MS-4 shall be deleted and immediately

thereafter there shall be added the following new items

"MS-5

Wearing or making use of an

6-9

in-ear or over-ear hands-free

device or any similar device in the

ear which is closest to the window

whilst stationary in traffic and, or

driving any motor vehicle in

category M1 or N1;

MS-6

Wearing or making use of an

6-9

in-ear or over ear hands-free

device or any similar device in

both ears whilst stationary in

traffic and, or driving any

motorcycle and, or e-kickscooter.

MS-7

Holding and, or making use

6-9

of a hand-held mobile device

whilst stationary in traffic and, or

driving any M1, M2 or M3

category motor vehicle for hire or

reward and, or an N2 or N3

category motor vehicle or any

other

mechanically-propelled

machinery for the carriage of

goods;

B

MS-8

Wearing or making use of an

6-9

in-ear or over-ear hands-free

device or any similar device in the

ear which is closest to the window

whilst stationary in traffic and, or

driving an M1, M2 or M3 category

motor vehicle for hire or reward

and, or an N2 or N3 category

motor vehicle or any other

mechanically-propelled machinery

for the carriage of goods;

MS-9

Wearing or making use of an

6-9".

in-ear or over ear hands-free

device or any similar device in

both ears whilst stationary in

traffic and, or driving any

motorcycle and or any e-

kickscooter for hire or reward.

In the Fourteenth Schedule to the principal regulations

Amends the

Fourteenth

immediately after the words "United Arab Emirates" there shall be

Schedule to the

added the words "United Kingdom (including Isle of Man, Guernsey,

principal

regulations.

Jersey and Northern Ireland).".

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