S.L. 499.66 Art. 3Licensing of vehicles and animals.

(1) No animal or animal-drawn vehicle may be used or permitted or caused to be used on the road unless it is licensed for such purpose by the Authority.

(2) Animal and animal-drawn vehicle licences shall be divided into the following categories:

(a) Licence A: issued to a karrozzin;

(b) Licence B: issued to any other animal-drawn vehicle that is used for the conveyance of passengers for hire or reward other than a karrozzin, and to an animal-drawn hearse;

(c) Licence C: issued to an animal-drawn vehicle used for the carriage of goods or by a street hawker;

(d) Licence D: issued to an animal-drawn vehicle, which is neither used for hire or reward nor for the carriage of goods nor by a street hawker, which may include a serkin, a xarretta and vintage and traditional animal-drawn vehicles; and

(e) Licence E: issued with regards to an animal which is used for riding under saddle.

(3) No licence shall be issued under any of the categories specified in sub-regulation (2) unless the applicant for any such licence shall, together with the application, present an animal’s identity document, including the animal’s identification number issued by the Director of Veterinary Services and a certificate on the animal’s general physical condition issued by a licensed veterinarian for each animal to be used under the said licence certifying that the animal is fit to be used for the purpose of the said licence.

(4) All licences shall be issued and renewed annually against the fees established in the First Schedule: Provided that a person who has more than one animal or animal-drawn vehicle for which a Licence D is required may opt to have those animals or animal-drawn vehicles covered by a special licence covering a multiplicity of animals and, or animal-drawn vehicles. The fee for such a licence shall be that prescribed in the First Schedule.

(5) No licence for an animal-drawn vehicle shall be issued or renewed unless the Authority is satisfied that the animal-drawn vehicle is fit for use and provided with such fittings and accessories as in the opinion of the Authority may be necessary for the safety and convenience of passengers and third parties.

(6) No such licence shall be issued or renewed unless the animal-drawn vehicle is already covered by an insurance policy as provided for in regulation 4.

(7) An animal which is used under saddle and an animal-drawn vehicle licensed under these regulations shall be allotted by the Authority an identification number which shall be of such nature, material, pattern, colour and size as the Authority shall determine.

(8) Where an identification number plate is issued, it shall be kept in clear view and clean at all times.

(9) Where an identification number other than a number plate is issued by the Authority, the driver of the animal-drawn vehicle or the rider of the animal under saddle, as the case may be, shall be obliged to keep such identification number in clear view in such a manner as may be prescribed by the Authority from time to time whilst driving the animal-drawn vehicle or riding the animal under saddle on the road.

(10) An animal under saddle or an animal-drawn vehicle without such identification number as assigned to it by the Authority shall not be used on the road.

(11) No other letter, number or mark, except those authorised by the Authority, shall be permitted on the identification number.

(12) No animal or animal-drawn vehicle licensed under Category D or E may be used on the road unless its rider or driver, as the case may be, wears a high visibility vest at all times.

(13) No person may ride any animal on the road without the use of a saddle.

(14) Only persons who hold a karrozzin licence on the date of publication of these regulations shall qualify to hold a Licence A and any such persons shall have the right to continue to operate a karrozzin: Provided that an application for an operator’s licence in terms of regulation 7, including the documents and certificates required in sub-regulation (3) of this regulation, is filed by such persons not later than two months from the date of publication of these regulations.