VALLETTA PEDESTRIAN ZONES REGULATIONS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 499.54

VALLETTA PEDESTRIAN ZONES REGULATIONS

1st September, 2008

LEGAL NOTICE 275 of 2008, as amended by Act XV of 2009, and Legal

Notices 366 of 2012 and 395 of 2018.

The title of these regulations is the Valletta Pedestrian

Zones Regulations.

Added by

L.N. 395 of 2018.

(Regulation 4)

Plan showing the pedestrian zones in Valletta

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

"the Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta set

up under the provisions of the Authority for Transport in Malta

"the Local Council" means the Valletta Local Council

established in terms of the Local Government Act;

"pedestrian zone" means an area -

(a) which has been laid out to improve amenities for

pedestrians; and

(b) to which the entry of vehicles is prohibited or

restricted;

"permit" means a permit issued by the Local Council with the

approval of the Authority for Transport in Malta to a resident or

owner of a garage facing onto Misra] San {wann;

" res i d en t " m ea ns a V a l l et t a r es i d ent r es i di n g wi th in t h e

pedestrian zone;

"vehicle" means any motor vehicle or its trailer.

(Regulation 7)

Plan showing the routes for vehicular access in the pedestrian zones of

Valletta on Monday and Thursday between 2.30p.m. and 4.30p.m.

The following streets in Valletta have been designated as

pedestrian zones

(a) that length of Triq il-Merkanti between Triq in-

Nofsinhar and Triq San Kristofru;

(b) that length of Triq |akkarija between Triq in-

Nofsinhar and Misra] San {wann;

(c) that length of Triq ir-Repubblika between Pjazza

Tritoni and Triq it-Teatru l-Antik;

(d) that length of Triq Santa Lu`ija between Triq San Pawl

and Triq id-Dejqa;

(e) that length of Triq San {wann between Triq San Pawl

and Triq id-Dejqa;

(f)

that length of Triq Melita between Triq San Pawl and

Triq id-Dejqa;

(g) that length of Triq in-Nofsinhar between Triq il-

Merkanti and Triq l-Ifran;

(h) that length of Triq l-Ar`isqof between Triq il-Merkanti

and Triq ir-Repubblika; and

(i)

that length of Triq it-Teatru l-Antik between Triq ir-

Repubblika and Triq Zekka.

(j)

that length of Triq l-Ordinanza between Pjazza Jean de

Vallette and Triq ir-Repubblika

(k) Pjazza Tritoni;

(l)

Misraħ il-Ħelsien;

(m) Pjazza Jean de Vallette;

(n) Pjazza Kastilja;

(o) Misraħ San Ġwann;

(p) Misraħ l-Assedju l-Kbir;

(q) Misraħ ir-Repubblika;

(r)

Misraħ San Ġorġ;

(s)

Triq it-Teżor

(1) Vehicles shall be prohibited from proceeding or

waiting in the said zones and scheduled in the First Schedule

Provided that the following vehicles shall be exempt from

the prohibition

(a) vehicles up to a maximum of 7.5 tonnes being used to

render a service to the business community and

residents;

(b) vehicles registered in the name of a resident or the

owner of a garage facing onto Misra] San {wann;

(c) electric mini cabs as defined in the Taxi Services

Regulations;

(d) self-balancing vehicles as defined in the Low-Powered

Vehicles and Pedal Cycles Regulations, at a maximum

speed of six km/h;

(e) vehicles used in connection with the emergency

services and security; and

(f)

vehicles used within the zones with the permission of

the Commissioner of Police for ceremonial purposes.

(2) The Local Council with the approval of the Authority for

Transport in Malta may give temporary exemption to vehicles in

connection with construction or maintenance works or with special

events and also exemptions to vehicles permitted for reasons of

security.

(3) Bollards shall be placed at each end of each street within

such zones to block the entry of prohibited vehicles into the zones.

(4)

Bollards may be of the electronic automatic type.

(1) A resident or an owner of a garage facing onto Misra]

San {wann, who is the holder of a permit, shall be allowed to

access the zones with his vehicle through Triq San {wann from

Triq l-Ifran by informing the Local Council in order to make the

necessary arrangements for access to be provided by an official of the

Authority for Transport in Malta.

(2) A permit may be obtained upon application on the

appropriate form from the Local Council after having obtained the

approval of the Authority for Transport in Malta.

(3) Residents qualifying for a permit shall be issued with the said

permit which, together with the parking disc and any other document

which may be issued for such purpose, is to be exhibited behind the

windscreen.

(4) Where the Local Council refuses an application for a

permit, the Local Council shall by notice in writing, within seven

days, inform the applicant of its decision and the reasons therefor.

(5) Where the Local Council refuses an application, the

applicant may, within twenty-one days starting on the date of such

notice appeal before the Contestation Board set up under regulation

11 of the Vehicle Access Zones (Control) Regulations.

(1) Holders of a permit shall only be allowed to access the

pedestrian zones for a period of ten minutes, during which time

they should display behind the vehicle’s windscreen the parking

disc or any other document which serves the same purpose showing

the time of parking as correctly as possible.

(2) Where a vehicle is left parked on the road for a period

longer then the maximum of ten minutes, the owner of that vehicle

shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a

fine (ammenda) of sixty euro.

(1) Vehicles qualifying under paragraph (a) of the proviso

to regulation 4(1) shall be allowed to access the pedestrian zones

during the following times and days of the week

-

Monday to Saturday from 01.00am to 09.30am

-

Monday and Thursday from 2.30p.m. to 4.30p.m. solely

through the routes indicated in the Second Schedule

(2) Such vehicles found within the zones outside the times in

sub-regulation (1) shall be issued with a contravention notice and

the registered owners of such vehicles shall, on conviction, be

liable to a fine (ammenda) of sixty euro.

(1) A vehicle which accesses a zone without a permit or

which is found in the zone without a permit shall be issued with a

contravention notice.

(2) The registered owner of such a vehicle shall, on

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

VALLETTA PEDESTRIAN ZONES