S.L. 499.56 Art. 62Garaging.

(1) An operator shall ensure that any passenger transport vehicle used in his operations in accordance with his operator’s licence shall at all times while not in use be:

(a) garaged; or

(b) parked-off street:

Provided that the Authority may, when granting a temporary permit to an operator for the provision of a special trackless train service in accordance with regulation 68A(6), exempt the trackless train with respect of which such temporary permit is granted from the provisions of this regulation for the period in which that special service shall be provided, and may when doing so, impose any conditions as to the garaging and parking of the trackless train as the Authority may consider appropriate.

(2) Without prejudice to sub-regulation (1), a passenger transport vehicle that is not in use may be left parked legally on the road:

(a) insofar as the passenger transport vehicle is any M2 vehicle, for a limited time not exceeding sixty (60) minutes, provided that the driver of the vehicle shall exhibit the authorised parking disc on the surface of the dashboard in a clear and visible position from the outer side of the windscreen and the driver shall set the authorised parking disc to show as correctly as possible the time of his leaving the vehicle parked; and

(b) insofar as the passenger transport is an M3 vehicle, subject to said vehicle being parked not less than fifteen (15) metres measured as a straight-line distance from the last residential building or dwelling in a residential area, such vehicle may be left legally parked in the street for a limited time not exceeding three (3) hours, insofar as the driver of the vehicles displays the authorised parking disk in the manner described in paragraph (a): Provided that without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (b), it shall not be permitted that a passenger transport vehicle also being an M3 vehicle, be parked in any residential area: Provided further that for the avoidance of any doubt, a "residential area" shall be construed as any area in Malta and Gozo where the concentration of residential edifices and dwelling units is significant and includes all residential areas, both within designated Residential Areas and Residential Priority Areas, Mixed-Use Areas that are predominantly residential, Urban Conservation Areas, Local Centres and Villa (D/SD) and Bungalow areas, as defined from time to time within the relevant policies published by the Planning Authority in accordance with the Development Planning Act:

Provided further that this sub-regulation shall not apply to that time during which the driver of the vehicle is boarding passengers onto the vehicle or alighting passengers from the vehicle: Provided further that the time requirement stipulated in this sub-regulation shall not apply for as long as the driver is and remains in the vehicle: Provided further that the time limit referred to in paragraph

(a) shall be extended to three (3) hours insofar as the passenger transport vehicle is legally parked on the road between 05:01 and 16:59.

(3) Whenever the driver of a passenger transport vehicle parks such vehicle and leaves it unattended, he shall set the authorised parking disc to display as correctly as possible the time of his leaving the vehicle parked on the road.

(4) The authorised parking disc shall be displayed on the surface of the dashboard in a clear and visible position from the outer side of the windscreen.

(5) Any person who parks and leaves unattended a passenger transport vehicle, inside which an authorised parking disc is not clearly displayed, or has an incorrect parking time indicated on such authorised parking disc, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine of not less than five hundred euro (€500).