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Traffic Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 65) Motor Vehicles Roadworthiness Test (Amendment) Order, 2006 (L.N.41 Of 2006 )

L.N. 126 of 1998

Amends regulation

7 of the principal regulations.

L.N. 476 of 2004

Amends regulation

19 of the principal regulations.

L.N. 41 of 2006

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE (CAP. 65)
Motor Vehicles Roadworthiness Test (Amendment) Regulations, 2006
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 54 of the Traffic Regulation Ordinance, the Minister for Urban Development and Roads, in consultation with the Malta Transport Authority, has made the following regulations>-
1. The title of these regulations is the Motor Vehicles Roadworthiness Test (Amendment) Regulations, 2006 and they shall be read and construed as one with the Motor Vehicle Roadworthiness Test Regulations, 1998, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.
2. In sub-regulation (1) of regulation 7 of the principal regulations, for the words “no licence shall be issued by the Commissioner of Police under the provisions of regulation 18 of the Motor Vehicle Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “no licence shall be issued by the Authority under the provisions of regulation
15 of the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations,
2004”.
3. Regulation 19 of the principal regulations shall be amended as follows>
(a) sub-regulation (4) shall be renumbered as sub-regulation
(5) thereof<
(b) immediately after sub-regulation (3) there shall be inserted the following new sub-regulation (4)>
“(4) (a) The operator shall update the vehicle database in use by the Directorate by means of the online retrieval system referred to in the Fourth Schedule to these regulations, with all the information required by the authorised officer, for every verification carried out on a vehicle on the same date that the test is carried out. The information to be updated shall include, but shall not be limited to>
i) the vehicle registration number<
ii) the system number appearing on the vehicle’s registration certificate<
iii) the last three characters of the vehicle’s chassis number<
iv) the class of the vehicle<
v) the number of the vehicle test result certificate issued by the operator<
vi) the test receipt number<
vii) whether the test was passed successfully or otherwise<
viii) the date of the test<
ix) the mileage of the vehicle as reflected by the odometer<
x) any discrepancies with the details appearing on the vehicle’s registration certificate.
(b) An operator who does not update daily the vehicle database in use by the Directorate as aforesaid, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (ammenda) of Lm25 for every day that elapses from the date by which the said updating should have been carried out in accordance with this regulation.
(c) In the event of a breakdown in, or faulty operation of, the online retrieval system, the operator shall immediately inform the Authority of such breakdown or faulty operation.”< and
(c) in sub-regulation (5) as renumbered, for the words “in regulation 18 of the Motor Vehicle Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “in regulation 15 of the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 2004”, and for the words “the Commissioner of Police” there shall be substituted the words “the Authority”.
4. In the First Schedule to the principal regulations, immediately after paragraph D there shall be added the following new paragraph>
B 757

Amends the First Schedule to the principal regulations.

B 758

Amends the Fourth Schedule to the principal regulations.

Substitutes the Eighth Schedule to the principal regulations.

“E. Examination of high pressure fuel pump seal
Where applicable, vehicles of all classes having a compression ignition (diesel) engine shall be examined for the sealing of the high pressure fuel pump.”
5. In the Fourth Schedule to the principal regulations, for the words “(Regulations 9 and 24)” there shall be substituted the words “(Regulations 9, 19 and 24)”.
6. For the Eighth Schedule to the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following>
B 759

“EIGHTH SCHEDULE (Regulations 19 and 20)

Fees* and Frequency of Tests

Category of vehicle Full FeeLmFrequency of TestsClass I

Motorcycles and motorcycle combinations 6.15 A

Class IIA

Midibuses, minibuses and vans and vans (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs.)

Motor vehicles used for the road carriage of goods

(commercial vehicles – g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs.)

Trailers, semi-trailers and other towed vehicles (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs.)

11.30 B

11.30 C

Class IIB

Taxis (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs)

Ambulances (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs)

Chauffeur driven vehicles (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs) Self-drive vehicles (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs)

Other light passenger vehicles (g.v.w. under 3,500 kgs)

8.70 B

8.70 C

8.70 D

Class III

Routbuses, coaches, private buses, midibuses, minibuses and vans (g.v.w. is 3,500 kgs. and over)

Motor vehicles used for the road carriage of goods

(commercial vehicles – g.v.w. is 3,500 kgs. and over)

- New

- Other (second-hand imported vehicles)

Trailers, semi-trailers and other towed vehicles (g.v.w. is

3,500 kgs. and over)

13.35 B

13.35 F

13.35 B

Classes I, IIA, IIB and III

All second-hand imported vehicles As above

according to E