S.L. 499.56 Art. 116Operation of passengertransport vehiclesintermsof regulation 28.

(1) Operators operating passenger transport vehicles licensed in terms of regulation 28(4) shall have twenty four months from the entry into force of these regulations to make such vehicles compliant with regulation 28(1)(f).

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 28(2)(b), a coach which is not new shall be issued with a passenger transport vehicle licence if:

(a) the applicant has submitted an application for its registration on or before the 30th September 2019 and it has been issued a type-approval certificate by a competent authority of a Member State or by any other body approved by the Authority which certifies that the vehicle’s emissions are classified as Euro IV or Euro V according to Directive 2005/55/EC, or Euro VI according to Regulation (EC) No 595/2009; or

(b) the applicant has submitted an application for its registration on or after the 1st October 2019 and it has been issued a type-approval certificate by a competent authority of a Member State or by any other body approved by the Authority which certifies that the vehicle’s emissions are classified as Euro V according to Directive 2005/55/EC or Euro VI according to Regulation (EC) No 595/2009;

(c) it complies with all the other conditions imposed by these regulations and any other applicable legislation in force in Malta;

(d) the application is submitted by a person who holds an Operator’s licence in terms of regulation 5 of the Motor Vehicles (Carriage of Passengers by Road) * Regulations, 2003 ;

(e) the applicant has submitted, at any time after the coming into force of these regulations but before or together with the submission of an application for a transport vehicle licence in terms of this regulation, for each vehicle to be licensed in terms of this regulation, an application to the Authority in order to surrender one passenger transport vehicle licence issued in respect of a vehicle which was already licensed to carry passenger transport services before the coming into force of these regulations:

Provided that such coach shall only be used in the road passenger transport operation of the Operator who has applied for its passenger transport vehicle licence.

(3) Sub-regulation (2) shall not apply if the passenger transport vehicle to be de-registered in terms of paragraph (e) thereof was at any time used as a motor route bus on the island of Malta.

(4) Notwithstanding the proviso to regulation 28(2)(b), a tail-lift van which is not new shall be issued with a passenger transport vehicle licence if:

(a) it complies with all the other conditions imposed by these regulations and any other applicable legislation in force in Malta, including the conditions in regulation 28(2);

(b) the application is submitted by a person who on the date of coming into force of these regulations holds an operator’s licence in terms of these regulations;

(c) the applicant has submitted, at any time after the coming into force of these regulations but before or together with the submission of an application for a transport vehicle licence for a tail-lift van in terms of this regulation, for each tail-lift van to be licensed in terms of this regulation, an application to the Authority in order to surrender one passenger transport vehicle licence issued with respect to a tail-lift van which was already licensed to carry passenger transport services before the 1st November 2009: Provided that such tail-lift van shall only be used in the road passenger transport operation of the operator who has applied for its passenger transport vehicle licence.