S.L. 499.56 Art. 82Occasional services.

(1) Occasional services shall not require any other specific authorisation other than a Community licence.

(2) Occasional services may be provided by a group of carriers acting on behalf of the same contractor, and passengers may establish a connection en route, with a different carrier engaged by the same contractor, in the territory of a Member State.

(3) The names of such carriers and the connection points en route shall be communicated to the Authority upon their arrival in Malta within forty-eight hours.

(4) Empty journeys by passenger transport vehicles in connection with the transport operations referred to in sub-regulations (1) to (3) shall not require any authorisation.

(5) An operator who holds a Community licence may carry out local excursions in another Member State and a carrier established in a Member State other than Malta may carry out such excursions in Malta. Such services shall be intended for non-resident passengers previously carried by the same carrier on an international occasional service and must be carried out with the same passenger transport vehicle or another passenger transport vehicle from the same carrier or group of carriers.