S.L. 499.56 Art. 64School children.

(1) Without prejudice to the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) Regulations, no passenger transport vehicle that is not fitted with seat belts on all seats shall be used for the carriage of school children to or from a school or to or from any other institution or location where extracurricular or sports activities are held.

(2) Every passenger transport vehicle shall, while carrying schoolchildren have affixed on the front and on the rear of the vehicle the sign indicated in the Eleventh Schedule.

(3) A driver of a passenger transport vehicle carrying schoolchildren shall ensure that schoolchildren exit the vehicle from an exit which is not exposed to traffic.

(4) A driver of a passenger transport vehicle transporting schoolchildren shall operate the vehicle’s hazard warning lights during all boarding and alighting of schoolchildren.

(5) No Malta heritage bus may be used to carry school children.