S.L. 363.80 Art. 4Residential permit.

(1) The Local Council shall issue a residents’ permit to those residents and owners of validly registered vehicles bona fide residing in a controlled zone within the Council locality that satisfy the criteria for eligibility established by an ad hoc order of either the Minister responsible for transport or the Minister responsible for local government duly communicated to the Local Council or the Local Councils.

(2) Such permit, as indicated in the Second Schedule, shall essentially indicate the coat-of arms and the locality of the Local Council issuing it, the registration number of the permitted vehicle and the controlled zone or zones for which it is applicable. A permit number shall also be included.

(3) The residents’ permit shall be fixed close to the road licence on the left-hand side of the windscreen of the vehicle having the same registration number as that shown on the permit.

(4) For the purposes of these regulations a resident is the owner or driver of a vehicle living in premises within a controlled zone for 186 days or more in a year, being the premises normally declared as such in the current electoral register.

(5) Upon proof being given that a person who has not received a permit is a bona fide resident of a controlled zone and satisfies the criteria duly established as prescribed in sub-regulation (1), the Local Council shall forthwith issue him with a permit.

(6) A residents’ permit shall be valid for two years, and it may be renewed at the Licensing and Testing Department at any time after its expiry together with the road licence when its renewal is next due.

(7) For the purpose of these regulations, a disabled person’s Blue Sticker issued by the National Commission Persons with Disability, or any other internationally recognised signs indicating a disability, shall be considered to be equivalent to a residents’ permit.