S.L. 499.66 ст. 2Interpretation. Cap. 499. Cap. 389. Cap. 406. Cap. 499. S.L. 441.07 Cap. 490. Cap. 437.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: "animal" means, for the purposes of these regulations, any animal capable of being harnessed or ridden under saddle, when used for the conveyance or carriage of persons, including, in the case of an animal under saddle, its rider, or goods by road, whether the said persons or goods are carried on its back or on an animal-drawn vehicle;

"animal-drawn vehicle" means any carriage which is designed, constructed and primarily intended to be drawn by one or more animals to be used for the carriage of persons or goods, or for the carriage of both persons and goods, by road and it includes any animal-pulled cart, karrozzin, karrozzella, serkin, xarretta and animal-drawn hearse; "animal-drawn hearse" means an animal-drawn carriage used for the conveyance of corpses in coffins, for hire or reward; "authorised officer" means a Police Officer, a Community Officer or an officer of the Authority; "Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta established under the Authority for Transport in Malta Act; "community officer" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in the Private Guards and Community Officers Act; "driver" means any person who drives the animal-drawn vehicle and, or the animal under saddle even for a short period and in the Maltese text includes kuċċier; "fiscal receipt" has the same meaning as assigned to it in the Thirteenth Schedule to the Value Added Tax Act; ''hire or reward'' means the carriage of goods or persons other than those carried out for non-commercial purposes or for private use, that is to say against payment or compensation, whether such payment or compensation is made directly or indirectly;

"karrozzin" means an animal-drawn vehicle having at least four wheels and with a compartment separate from the driver which is licensed to be used for the conveyance of passengers by road for hire or reward; "karrozzin stand" means a location, approved by the Authority, where an owner, operator or driver of a karozzin shall park his vehicle while waiting for customers;

"operator" means any person who is authorized to operate a karrozzin;

"operator’s licence” means a licence issued by the Authority under the terms of Part IV;

"owner" means the person in whose name an animal or an animal-drawn vehicle is licensed;

"passenger" means any person who travels in or on an animal-drawn vehicle but who is not the driver thereof; "road" has the same meaning as is given to it in the Authority for

Transport in Malta Act; "serkin" means a two-wheeled vehicle intended to be used by one person and drawn by one animal; "street hawker" means, for the purposes of these regulations, a street hawker as defined in the Trading Licences Regulations who plies his trade by means of an animal-drawn vehicle; "tag" means an official means of identification issued by the Authority granting the holder thereof the right to drive an animal-drawn vehicle for hire or reward; "Tribunal" means the Administrative Review Tribunal established by article 5 of the Administrative Justice Act; "under saddle" means any animal ridden on its back with or without a saddle; "veterinary surgeon" means a veterinary surgeon holding a warrant to practice as such issued in accordance with the Veterinary

Services Act; "xarretta" means an animal-driven vehicle intended to be used by two persons and drawn by one animal. Part II ANIMALS AND ANIMAL-DRAWN VEHICLES TO BE LICENSED