S.L. 499.56 Art. 68PTemporary licence granted to operators of vintage buses.

(1) The Authority may grant operators of vintage buses a temporary licence to operate a special vintage bus service consisting either of one single trip or one return trip subject to the following conditions:

(a) the special vintage bus service shall comply with all the provisions of Part VII other than with the provisions of regulation 68;

(b) no vintage bus shall be allowed to provide special vintage bus services on more than five occasions within any thirty consecutive days: Provided that the Authority may, under exceptional circumstances, approve more frequent special vintage bus services;

(c) operators shall pay the application fee established in Part Six of the Tenth Schedule for the said temporary licence, provided the Authority may, at its absolute discretion, waive the fee where it is satisfied that the income from the special vintage bus 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

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

(2) No vehicle other than a vintage bus licensed in terms of these regulations shall be used or be authorised to be used for special vintage bus services.

(3) Vintage buses may only be licensed by the Authority to be operated exclusively on sightseeing passenger transport routes established by the Authority in terms of Part XI or to operate special vintage bus services as authorised in terms of this regulation.

(4) Vintage buses that were licensed as motor vehicles for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward in Malta before the entry into force of these regulations, shall only be used exclusively on sightseeing passenger transport routes and, or for special vintage bus services as from the 1st of January, 2015.

(5) No operator shall use, or permit to be used, any vintage bus registered under its operating licence for any purpose other than to service a sightseeing passenger transport route in terms of regulation 69 or to operate special vintage bus services as authorised in terms of this regulation.