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Regulations, 2024
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
L.N. 312 of 2024
CONSUMER AFFAIRS ACT
(CAP. 378)
Rail Passengers’ Rights and Obligations (Implementing)
Regulations, 2024
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 7 of the
Consumer Affairs Act, the Minister responsible for consumer affairs,
after consultation with the Consumer Affairs Council, has made the
following regulations:-
(1) The title of these regulations is the Rail Passengers’ Citation and
scope.
Rights and Obligations (Implementing) Regulations, 2024.
(2) The scope of these regulations is to implement the
requirements of Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passengers’ rights and
obligations (recast).
(1)
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise Interpretation.
requires
"Act" means the Consumer Affairs Act;
"Director General" means the Director General (Consumer
Affairs) as defined in the Act;
"Office for Consumer Affairs" means the Office for
Consumer Affairs as established under article 16(1) of the Malta Cap. 510.
Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority Act;
"person with disabilities" shall have the meaning assigned
to it in Regulation (EU) 2021/782;
"person with reduced mobility" shall have the meaning
assigned to it in Regulation (EU) 2021/782; and
"Regulation (EU) 2021/782" means Regulation (EU) 2021/
782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April
2021 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations (recast).
(2) Exclusively for the purposes of these regulations,
"passengers", "person with disabilities" and "person with reduced
mobility" shall be classified as "consumers" according to paragraph
(iii) of the definition "consumer" in article 2 of the Act.
(3) Words and expressions which are not defined in these
regulations shall have the same meaning assigned to them in
Regulation (EU) 2021/782
Provided that unless the context otherwise requires, words
and expressions used in these regulations, which are not defined in
Regulation (EU) 2021/782 and which are not herein defined, shall
have the same meaning assigned to them in the Act.
The Office for Consumer Affairs is hereby being
designated as the national enforcement body for the purpose of
Regulation (EU) 2021/782.
For the purpose of discharging his functions under these
regulations, the Director General shall have the same functions and
powers prescribed under the Act.
(1) For the purpose of Article 35 of Regulation (EU)
2021/782, the penalties in relation to any infringements of Regulation
(EU) 2021/782 or of these regulations shall be those penalties
established in Part XIIA of the Act.
(2) Part IIA of the Act shall apply to proceedings in relation to
any infringements of Regulation (EU) 2021/782 or of these
regulations.
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