S.L. 65.11 Art. 65Car park attendants.

(1) No person shall act as a car park attendant without a licence issued by the Authority for Transport in Malta.

(2) An application for a licence under this regulation shall be made on the prescribed form. The completed form, accompanied by two recent passport size photographs of the applicant, shall be deposited or sent to the offices of the Authority for Transport in Malta.

(3) New licences will be issued by the Authority for Transport in Malta in accordance with the priority order that the said Authority received them.

(4) A licence issued under this regulation shall be -

(a) personal and non-transferable;

(b) applicable only for the times and the scheduled car park that the car park attendant is licensed to attend;

(c) valid up to the 31st day of December of the year during which it is issued, but may thereafter be renewed from year to year; and

(d) subject to the payment of eleven euro and sixty-five cents (11.65) payable upon the issue of the licence and each year following the year in which the licence was issued. The Authority for Transport in Malta shall also provide licensed car park attendants with a photocard tag indicating the name, identity document number and the licence number, the car park he is licensed to attend and the times during which he can act as a car park attendant in that car park.

(5) No licensee shall act as a car park attendant unless the licence fee payable every year or for any period as specified has been paid.

(6) The Authority for Transport in Malta shall not issue to any person a licence under this regulation unless it is satisfied that such person is of good character and is fit to carry out his duties.

(7) A car park attendant shall, while on duty, wear the photocard tag issued by the Authority for Transport in Malta in a conspicuous place and shall observe the dress code set out by the said Authority.

(8) A car park attendant shall be authorised to operate only in the car park or parks indicated in his licence. He shall attend at such car park or parks during the times indicated in his licence. The licensee is responsible for the cleaning of the parking site during the time he is operating.

(9) The Authority for Transport in Malta shall put up a conspicuous sign at the entrance of each scheduled car park indicating that:

(a) the place is a scheduled car park; and

(b) the times during which a car park attendant shall be in attendance.

(10) A car park attendant shall be permitted to keep any gratuities he may receive from motorists using the car park.

(11) A car park attendant shall use all care and diligence to ensure the orderly entry, parking and exit of vehicles in any car park under his charge, and to prevent all thefts from, or damage to, such vehicles. He shall note down in writing the registration number of any vehicle involved in a collision or other incident at such car park, and report the particulars to the Police.

(12) Every person making use of a car park shall comply with the lawful signals or instructions of the car park attendant in connection with the entry, parking and exit of the vehicle in or from such car park. No person shall park a vehicle nearer than 750mm to the side of another vehicle and car park attendants shall ensure that this provision is complied with by drivers.

(13) The Authority for Transport in Malta may attach to any licence issued or renewed under this regulation such other conditions, as it may deem fit, to ensure the proper execution of the duties of a car park attendant.

(14) Without prejudice to any other liability incurred by a car park attendant under the provisions of these Regulations or of any other law, the Authority for Transport in Malta may, in any of the following cases, suspend for such time as it may deem fit or cancel the licence of a car park attendant or refuse its renewal:

(a) if it is satisfied that the licensee is no longer fit to carry out his duties;

(b) if the licensee is convicted of a crime;

(c) if the licensee is proved to the Authority for Transport in Malta’s satisfaction to have misbehaved or misconducted himself while on duty or to have infringed any of the provisions of this regulation, or any of the conditions attached to his licence;

(d) if the licensee has failed to meet any civil liability incurred by him towards any user of the car park under his charge.

(15) The exercise by the Authority for Transport in Malta of its functions under this regulation shall not render the Government subject to any liability in respect of the loss of, or damage to any vehicle, or its contents or fittings, in a parking place or in any other respect.

(16) (a) Where a photocard tag issued under these regulations has been lost or stolen, or the car park attendant is otherwise no longer in possession of such tag, the car park attendant shall notify the Authority for Transport in Malta within five days from the date on which he becomes aware of such event.

(b) The Authority for Transport in Malta shall, within ten days from the receipt of such notification, issue a duplicate tag in replacement of the original. The fee for such replacement tag shall be of eleven euro and sixty-five cents (11.65).

(17) (a) The Authority for Transport in Malta shall keep a Register of all licensed car park attendants.

(b) The Register shall show the name, residential address and identity document number of each licensed car park attendant and his licence number, the location of the car park he is licensed to operate in and the time he is licensed to operate in that car park.

(c) The Register shall be available for public inspection.