S.L. 499.56 чл. 68OTrackless train routes.

(1) Trackless train routes may only be established by the

Authority which may impose any conditions for the operation of trackless trains on such routes.

(2) The Authority may authorise operators to provide regular passenger services on trackless train routes by means of trackless trains, subject to the following conditions:

(a) operators shall make available to the public all information pertaining to fares, schedules, routes, pick up and drop off points. Such information shall also be available on each passenger transport vehicle operating on such route;

(b) operators and drivers shall comply with all the information made publicly available in terms of paragraph (a);

(c) drivers shall not, while carrying out regular passenger services, pick up and, or drop off passengers on any location other than the pick up and drop off points approved by the Authority along the trackless train route;

(d) operators shall pay the fee established by the Authority for the specific trackless train route; and

(e) operators and drivers shall comply at all times with any other conditions made by the Authority.

(3) The Authority may restrict the number of trackless trains authorised to operate regular passenger services on any trackless train route as may be necessary for the regulation, management, safety and control of road traffic.

(4) Where the Authority decides that the number of trackless trains operating on any trackless train route shall be restricted, it shall only allow trackless trains to operate on such route following a public competitive process leading to the award of a concessionary agreement to operate such route with a trackless train to one or more operators.

(5) The Authority shall withdraw the authorisation of a trackless train operating on a trackless train route for which authorisations have been restricted if the operator of that trackless train fails to operate the service, without the authorisation of the Authority, for a period of seven consecutive days.

(6) The Authority may grant operators of trackless trains a temporary licence to operate a special trackess train service at the request of a Local Council subject to the following conditions:

(a) the route shall be established by the Authority in consultation with the said Local Council and after taking into consideration the effect on the regulation, management, safety and control of road traffic;

(b) no special trackless train services may be provided for a period longer than five days within any thirty consecutive days: Provided that the Authority may, under exceptional circumstances, approve more frequent special trackless train services;

(c) the provisions of sub-regulation (2)(a), (b) and (c) shall apply to operators and drivers operating special trackless train services;

(d) operators shall pay the annual fee established in Part Four of the Tenth Schedule, provided the Authority may, at its absolute discretion, waive the fee where it is satisfied that the income from the special trackless train services will be for the benefit of any institution, trust, bequest or foundation, of a public character, and of any other similar organisation or body of persons, also of a public character, which is engaged in philanthropic work and either qualifies for exemption granted under rules made for this purpose by the Minister responsible for finance under article 96 of the Income Tax Act or is named by the said Minister as being engaged in philanthropic work for the purposes of article 12 of the Income Tax Act and there is not in respect of it a declaration by the said Minister that it has ceased to be so named; and

(e) any other conditions which the Authority may impose.

(7) No vehicle other than a trackless train licensed in terms of these regulations shall provide or be authorised to provide special trackless train services.

(8) Trackless trains may only be licensed by the Authority to be operated exclusively on trackless train routes established by the Authority in terms of this regulation or to operate special trackless train services as authorised in terms of this regulation.

(9) Trackless train services shall not be sold on the road other than within five metres of pick-up points mentioned in sub-regulation (2)(c), provided such pick-up points are not within five metres from a bus stop or a taxi stand: Provided that a person selling such services from pick up points or on board a trackless train, shall wear, at all times and in a conspicuous place, an identification tag issued to him by the operator of those services which shall contain a photograph of the person in respect of whom it is issued, his name and his Identity Card number and the name of the operator:

Provided further that where a pick-up point sign is located adjacent to a pavement, such services may be sold only on the pavement within the established distance from the pick-up point sign.

(10) No person shall -

(a) sell, or

(b) cause or permit another person to sell trackless train services in breach of the provisions of sub-regulation (9).

(11) No person shall solicit, whether directly or indirectly, any other person in any location for any trackless train service.