S.L. 65.11 чл. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta established by the Authority for Transport in Malta Act, and the expression "Authority" shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning;

"Blue Badge" means the parking card for persons with disability issued in terms of the Parking Concessions for Persons with Disability Act; "Blue Badge holder" means any person with disability to whom a Blue Badge has been issued under the Parking Concessions for Persons with Disability Act; "build-out" means a narrowing of the carriageway constructed on either side of the road as an extension of the verge or footway; "carriageway" means that part of a roadway on which traffic proceeds in a single direction; "cattle" includes sheep and goats; "designated parking space for disabled persons" means a parking space reserved by the Authority for disabled persons in terms of these regulations; "designated parking space for electric vehicles" means a parking space reserved by the Authority for electric vehicles in accordance with these regulations;

"Directive 2003/97/EC" means Directive 2003/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 November 2003 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of devices for indirect vision and of vehicles equipped with these devices, amending Directive 70/156/EEC and repealing Directive 71/127/EEC; "electric kick scooter'' or ''e-kickscooter'' means a stand-up device that has a handlebar, a deck and small hard wheels powered by an electric motor and which also allows for human propulsion;

"goods vehicle" means any motor vehicle which is licensed and/ or registered solely for the carriage of goods and which is not permitted to carry any person, except the driver and the person or persons in charge of the goods; "heavy goods vehicle" means an articulated goods vehicle, or a large goods vehicle, that is to say, a motor vehicle (not being an articulated goods vehicle) which is constructed or adapted to carry or to haul goods and the permissible maximum weight of which exceeds 7.5 tonnes; "horse" includes mules and other beasts of burden. "invalid carriage" means any motor vehicle which is specially designed and constructed, or efficiently adapted, for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or disability and is used solely by such person;

"M1 motor vehicles" means vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and comprising no more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat; "M2 motor vehicles" means vehicles used for the carriage of passengers, comprising more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat, and having a maximum mass not exceeding 5 tonnes; "M3 motor vehicles" means vehicles used for the carriage of passengers, comprising more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat, and having a maximum mass exceeding 5 tonnes;

"mobile telephone" means any portable device which is used directly by a person for the purpose of wireless communication;

"motor cycle" means any two-wheeled vehicle, with or without a sidecar, fitted with an engine having a cylinder capacity of more than 3 50cm if of the internal combustion type and, or having a maximum design speed of more than 45 km/h, and including a motor tricycle; "motor cycle for hire" means a motor cycle which is licensed and/or registered to be hired from a public service garage for the purpose of being driven by the hirer;

"motor hearse" means any motor vehicle used for the conveyance of corpses;

"motor route bus" means an M2 or M3 motor vehicle which, by virtue of its type of construction and equipment, is suitable for carrying passengers, and is intended for that purpose and which is licensed to operate a public passenger transport service in terms of the Authority for Transport in Malta Act or any regulation issued thereunder;

"motor tractor" means any motor vehicle which is not constructed to carry any load, but is intended for towing or agricultural purposes only: Provided that in the case of a motor vehicle fitted with a crane, dynamo, welding plant or other special appliance or apparatus which is a permanent or an essentially permanent fixture, the appliance or apparatus shall be deemed to form a part of the vehicle; "motor vehicle" means a vehicle which is propelled by mechanical power and includes a motor cycle, an e-kickscooter and, or a moped; "motor vehicle for hire" means an M1 motor vehicle registered to be hired from a public service garage, and driven by the garage owner or by any person employed by him;

"N1 motor vehicles" means vehicles used for the carriage of goods and having a maximum mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes;

"N2 motor vehicles" means vehicles used for the carriage of goods and having a maximum mass exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes; "N3 motor vehicles" means vehicles used for the carriage of goods and having a maximum mass exceeding 12 tonnes; "owner" means the person in whose name a motor vehicle is licensed and/or registered; "passenger transport vehicle" means an M2 or M3 motor vehicle licensed to be used for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward; "personalised designated parking space for disabled persons" means a personalised parking space reserved by the Authority and in which there is clearly and prominently marked or indicated the registration number of the vehicle or the Blue Badge number of the disabled person, as the case may be, that is solely authorised to make use of such personalised parking space in terms of these regulations;

"priority vehicle lane" means an area of carriageway reserved for vehicles on priority duty;

"private car" means a privately owned vehicle not licensed or registered for hire;

"public passenger transport service" means the regular passenger transport services of general economic interest provided to the public on a non-discriminatory and continuous basis; "public transport" means the conveyance in Malta by a motor vehicle of passengers against compensation and includes the hire of a self-drive vehicle; "public transport vehicle" means any motor vehicle used or intended to be used for public transport; "quad bike" means a four-wheeled vehicle with handlebars whose maximum design speed exceeds 45 km per hour; "road" means any road, street, lane, square, or other place of public thoroughfare; "self drive motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle which is licensed and/or registered to be hired from a public service garage for the propose of being driven by a hirer. It may, however, be driven by the garage owner, or by any person in his regular employment holding a special driving licence, to convey passengers for hire, provided that any passenger hiring it consents to the use of such self drive motor vehicle in lieu of a motor vehicle for hire; "stop light" means a device fitted to a motor vehicle for the purpose of intimating the intention of the driver of the vehicle to stop or slow down;

"surveillance camera" means a camera fixed inside a passenger transport vehicle or a motor route bus which shall be kept switched on at all times while the vehicle is on duty and shall record and transmit the images captured to a control room designated by the Authority, which images shall, however, only be accessible to:

- the Police in the event that they receive a report or otherwise become aware that a criminal offence has been committed or may have been committed in the particular vehicle; and - the Authority in the event that it receives a report or otherwise becomes aware that an infringement of the Passenger Transport Services Regulations has been committed; "tag" means an official means of identification issued by the Authority granting the holder of the said tag the right to drive a passenger transport vehicle for hire or reward; "taxicar" means a motor vehicle fitted with a taximeter and licensed and/or registered to ply for hire as a taxicar; "trailer" means any wheeled vehicle without mechanical power of its own, designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle for the purpose of carrying persons or goods;

"Tribunal" means the Administrative Review Tribunal established by article 5 of the Administrative Justice Act;

"two-way radio" means any wireless apparatus which is designed or adapted for the purpose of transmitting and receiving spoken messages.