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Traffic Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 65) Malta Transport Authority Act (Cap. 332) Malta Vehicles (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2003 (L.N. 407 Of 2003 )

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE (CAP. 65)
MALTA TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT (CAP 332)
Motor Vehicles (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2003
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 54 of the Traffic Regulation Ordinance and article 17 of the Malta Transport Authority Act, the Minister for Transport and Communications has, after consultation with the Malta Transport Authority, made the following regulations>-
1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2003, and shall be read and construed as one with the Motor Vehicles Regulations, 1994, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.
(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 23rd
December, 2003.
2. For regulation 239 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following>

Title and commencement.

L.N. 128 of 1994

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Amends regulation 239 of the principal regulations.

“Hiring by person on the road.

239. (1) A stationary taxicar may only be hired from a taxi-stand as provided in the provisions of this Part.
(2) A taxicar may ply for hire, provided that it shall not offer its services or accept a hire from any person within a radius of 50 metres from a taxi-stand.
(3) The driver of a taxicar, while standing or plying for hire, shall not call or otherwise importune any person to hire such taxicar and shall not make use of the services of any other person for such purpose.
(4) The driver of a taxicar who has agreed or has been hired to be in attendance with the taxicar at an appointed place and time, shall attend with such taxicar at such appointed time and place.
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(5) The driver of a taxicar when asked to drive to any particular destination shall, subject to any directions given by the hirer, proceed to that destination by the most expeditious route.
(6) The driver of a taxicar which is on hire, while the hiring continues, shall wait with the vehicle at such places and for such time as the hirer may lawfully direct.”.

Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment ta’ l-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta

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