Micromobility (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

L.N. 275 of 2023

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

Micromobility (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 54 of the

Traffic Regulation Ordinance and article 43 of the Authority for

Transport in Malta Act, 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 Micromobility

(Amendment) Regulations, 2023 and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Micromobility Regulations, hereinafter

referred to as the "principal regulations".

(2)

These regulations shall come into force as follows

(a) regulations 3 and 5 shall come into force on the date

of publication of these regulations

Provided that regulation 5(c) shall cease to be in force

on 1st April, 2024;

(b)

regulations 2 and 4 shall come into force on 1st April,

2024.

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations, the definitions

''docking station'', ''docking station sharing service'', ''e-kickscooter

sharing services'', ''free-floating sharing service'' and ''hirer'' shall be

deleted.

Sub-regulation (3) of regulation 3 of the principal

regulations shall be substituted by the following new sub-regulation

''(3) No person shall ride or drive on a road an e-

kickscooter which is not registered and licensed with the

Authority.''.

Part V of the principal regulations entitled ''E-Kickscooter

Sharing Services'' including regulations 24, 25 and 26 thereof shall be

deleted.

Regulation 27 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 27 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

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

following new sub-regulation

''Any person who contravenes the provisions of

regulation 3(3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on

conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) of five hundred euro

(€500).'';

(b) sub-regulations (9) to (12) thereof shall be substituted

by the following new sub-regulations

''(9) Any person who contravenes the provisions of

regulation 15 shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on

conviction, be liable to a fine (ammenda) of two hundred

euro (€200).

(10) Any person who contravenes the provisions of

regulation 16 shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on

conviction, be liable to a fine (ammenda) of three hundred

euro (€300).

(11) Any person who contravenes the provisions of

regulation 17, 18, or 19 shall be guilty of an offence and

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

hundred euro (€100).

(12) Any person who contravenes the provisions of

regulation 20 shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on

conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) of two hundred euro

(€200).'';

(c) immediately after sub-regulation 12 thereof, as

substituted, there shall be added the following new sub-

regulations

''(13) Any person who contravenes the provisions of

regulation 24(3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on

conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) of not less than two

thousand euro (€2,000) but not exceeding ten thousand

euro (€10,000).

(14) Any person who contravenes the provisions of

regulation 25 shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on

conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) of not less than five

hundred euro (€500) but not exceeding two thousand euro

(€2,000).''.

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