Regulations, 2026

L.N. 172 of 2026

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

Passenger Transport Services (Amendment No. 2)

Regulations, 2026

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by 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 Passenger

Transport Services (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2026 and these

regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Passenger

Transport Services Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the

"principal regulations".

(2) These regulations shall come into force within two (2)

months from their publication in the Gazette.

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations immediately

after the definition "authorisation" there shall be added the following

new definition

" "authorised parking disc" means a cardboard device as

indicated in the Seventeenth Schedule having a revolving disc

which displays, through a window in the outer cover, a twelve

(12)-hour clock with indicators for segments of fifteen (15)

minutes each inscribed on the inner disc, and which is collected

free of charge from the offices of the Authority upon the

collection of the relative licence for the operator or driver or

from an authorised service provider indicated by the Authority

on its official website;".

Regulation 62 of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following new regulations

" Garaging.

62. (1) An operator shall ensure that any

passenger transport vehicle used in his operations in

accordance with his operator’s licence shall at all times

while not in use be

(a) garaged; or

(b) parked-off street

Provided that the Authority may, when

granting a temporary permit to an operator for the

provision of a special trackless train service in

accordance with regulation 68A(6), exempt the

trackless train with respect of which such temporary

permit is granted from the provisions of this regulation

for the period in which that special service shall be

provided, and may when doing so, impose any

conditions as to the garaging and parking of the

trackless train as the Authority may consider

appropriate.

(2) Without prejudice to sub-regulation (1), a

passenger transport vehicle that is not in use may be left

parked legally on the road

(a) insofar as the passenger transport

vehicle is any M2 vehicle, for a limited time not

exceeding sixty (60) minutes, provided that the

driver of the vehicle shall exhibit the authorised

parking disc on the surface of the dashboard in a

clear and visible position from the outer side of

the windscreen and the driver shall set the

authorised parking disc to show as correctly as

possible the time of his leaving the vehicle

parked; and

(b) insofar as the passenger transport is an

M3 vehicle, subject to said vehicle being parked

not less than fifteen (15) metres measured as a

straight-line distance from the last residential

building or dwelling in a residential area, such

vehicle may be left legally parked in the street for

a limited time not exceeding three (3) hours,

insofar as the driver of the vehicles displays the

authorised parking disk in the manner described

in paragraph (a)

Provided that without prejudice to the

provisions of paragraph (b), it shall not be permitted

that a passenger transport vehicle also being an M3

vehicle, be parked in any residential area

Provided further that for the avoidance of

any doubt, a "residential area" shall be construed as any

area in Malta and Gozo where the concentration of

residential edifices and dwelling units is significant and

includes all residential areas, both within designated

Residential Areas and Residential Priority Areas,

Mixed-Use Areas that are predominantly residential,

Urban Conservation Areas, Local Centres and Villa (D/

SD) and Bungalow areas, as defined from time to time

within the relevant policies published by the Planning

Authority in accordance with the Development

Planning Act

Provided further that this sub-regulation

shall not apply to that time during which the driver of

the vehicle is boarding passengers onto the vehicle or

alighting passengers from the vehicle

Provided further that the time requirement

stipulated in this sub-regulation shall not apply for as

long as the driver is and remains in the vehicle

Provided further that the time limit referred

to in paragraph (a) shall be extended to three (3) hours

insofar as the passenger transport vehicle is legally

parked on the road between 05:01 and 16:59.

(3) Whenever the driver of a passenger

transport vehicle parks such vehicle and leaves it

unattended, he shall set the authorised parking disc to

display as correctly as possible the time of his leaving

the vehicle parked on the road.

(4) The authorised parking disc shall be

displayed on the surface of the dashboard in a clear and

visible position from the outer side of the windscreen.

(5) Any person who parks and leaves

unattended a passenger transport vehicle, inside which

an authorised parking disc is not clearly displayed, or

has an incorrect parking time indicated on such

authorised parking disc, shall be guilty of an offence

and shall on conviction be liable to a fine of not less

than five hundred euro (€500).".

Regulation 108 of the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(a) in sub-regulation (3) thereof the words "twenty

penalty points" shall be substituted by the words "by such

number of additional penalty points as the Authority may, in its

sole discretion, deem appropriate having regard to the gravity of

the breaches committed by the offender:" and immediately

thereafter there shall be added the following new proviso

"Provided that the imposition of additional

penalty point deductions shall not apply to those

regulations related to the contraventions listed in the

Sixteenth Schedule.";

(b) immediately after sub-regulation (10) thereof there

shall be added the following new sub-regulations

"(11) Whenever an administrative penalty is imposed

by the Authority in accordance with these regulations, and

no appeal is filed within the stipulated time or where an

appeal is filed and the Tribunal confirms the administrative

penalty, the said penalty shall be paid within two (2) years

from the date on which the decision imposing the penalty

becomes res judicata

Provided that the failure by the Authority to

serve a written notice upon the offender requesting the

immediate payment of the administrative penalty within the

two (2) year period shall exonerate the offender from the

payment of the administrative penalty and the offence shall,

for all intents and purposes, be considered to be time-

barred.

(12) Whenever an operator is found to be in

breach of these regulations and an administrative

penalty is imposed in accordance with these

regulations, and the decision to impose such penalty

becomes res judicata, the operator shall be barred from

renewing the circulation licence of the respective

vehicle that was in use at the time of the breach, in

accordance with the relevant provisions of the Motor

Vehicles Registration and Licensing Act, until the

administrative penalty is paid or settled in accordance

with these regulations.".

Immediately

after regulation 114

of

the principal Adds a new

regulation to the

principal

regulations.

regulations there shall be added the following new regulation

114A. Without prejudice to the rights contained in

the Transport Enforcement Officers Regulations, these

regulations shall not be construed as prohibiting any

authorised official from the Local Enforcement System

Agency or any Police officer from enforcing any

provisions of these regulations, and whenever an

official of the Local Enforcement System Agency or the

Police investigates or acts upon a breach of these

regulations, such official shall, by virtue of this

regulation, be vested with all the powers and rights

conferred to the Authority’s enforcement officers, and

the Authority shall, without delay, exchange all

necessary information with the said official and

facilitate their investigations or enforcement actions.".

In the Ninth Schedule to the principal regulations the row

with the words "62", "€100" shall be deleted.

Immediately after the Fifteenth Schedule to the principal

regulations there shall be added the following new Schedules

" SIXTEENTH SCHEDULE

(regulation 62)

CONTRAVENTIONS

(garaging and parking violations)

Number of

Fine

Payable by

breaches in

preceding

twelve (12)

months

€100

Operator’s licence

holder (associated with

€200

the vehicle registration

€300

number (number plate))

9-10

€400

of the defaulting

11 or more

€500

vehicle.

All contraventions shall be associated with the vehicle

registration number and the number in the first column shall be reset at

the start of every calendar year.

SEVENTEENTH SCHEDULE

(regulation 62)

€0.63