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RAIL PASSENGERS’ RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS (IMPLEMENTING) REGULATIONS
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Statutory Text (6 Articles)
RAIL PASSENGERS’ RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
(IMPLEMENTING)
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 378.21
RAIL PASSENGERS’ RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
(IMPLEMENTING) REGULATIONS
22nd November, 2024
LEGAL NOTICE 312 of 2024.
(1)
The title of these regulations is the Rail
Passengers’ Rights and Obligations (Implementing) Regulations.
(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
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 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.
RAIL PASSENGERS’ RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
(IMPLEMENTING)
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.