Motor Vehicles (Carriage of Goods by Road)

L.N. 190 of 2023

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

Motor Vehicles (Carriage of Goods by Road)

(Amendment No. 2) 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:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Motor Vehicles Citation and

(Carriage of Goods by Road) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2023 scope.

and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the S.L.65.19.

Motor Vehicles (Carriage of Goods by Road) Regulations, hereinafter

referred to as "the principal regulations".

(2) The scope of these regulations is to partially transpose the

provisions of Directive (EU) 2020/1057 of the European Parliament

and of the Council of 15 July 2020 laying down specific rules with

respect to Directive 96/71/EC and Directive 2014/67/EU for posting

drivers in the road transport sector and amending Directive 2006/22/

EC as regards enforcement requirements and Regulation (EU) No

1024/2012.

Regulation 84 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 84 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) in the Maltese version only, in sub-regulation (4)

thereof, the word "għli" shall be substituted by the word "għoli";

and

(b)

immediately after sub-regulation (7) thereof, there

shall be added the following new sub-regulation

"(8) Without prejudice to the

Posting of Workers in Malta

Regulations and in order to further

enforce the obligations within the

Posting of Drivers in Malta

Regulations, the Authority shall

ensure that a coherent national

enforcement strategy is applied in the

territory of Malta. This strategy shall

focus on undertakings with a high

risk rating under the risk rating

system, referred to in sub-regulation

(3).".

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