S.L. 65.13 Art. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"abandoned vehicle" means a vehicle (which is not a derelict vehicle) which is parked or placed on the road and in respect of which the annual circulation fee for the current year has remained unpaid for a period of thirty days or more to be reckoned from the due date;

"Agency" means the Local Enforcement System Agency as established in the Order Establishing the Local Enforcement System

Agency or any contractor duly authorised by the said Agency for specific purposes of these regulations;

"applicant" includes any individual, group or body of persons, or other entity, submitting an application in accordance with these regulations to the Council, Agency, Authority or the Commissioner; "Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta as established by the Authority for Transport in Malta Act or any contractor duly authorised by the said Authority for specific purposes of these regulations; "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Police, members of the Police Corps or any contractor duly authorised by him for specific purposes of these regulations; "Council" means a local council established under the provisions of the Local Government Act, or any contractor duly authorised by the Council for specific purposes of these regulations;

"derelict vehicle" means a vehicle which is parked or placed on the road and in respect of which the annual circulation fee for the current year has remained unpaid for a period of thirty days or more to be reckoned from the due date and which:

(a) is in such a state that it cannot be identified; and, or

(b) is in such a state whereby it is clearly unfit for use on the road; and, or

(c) whose current Maltese market value, when taking into consideration arrears of circulation licence fees and all other costs, dues and expenses payable to the Authority and, or any other public entity in order for the holder of the registration certificate of such vehicle to be able to retrieve it, amounts to less than seventy-five per cent (75%) of the Maltese market value of the said motor vehicle as established by the Authority for Transport in Malta or any other standard of motor vehicle valuation which may be adopted by the Authority from time to time; "encumbering objects" means any motor vehicle, seacraft or any other thing obstructing or otherwise causing any nuisance or inconvenience in any street, road, quay, wharf or other place; "maritime officer" means such officer of the Authority for Transport in Malta as may be responsible for the registration of sea-going vessels less than 24 metres in length;

"motor vehicle" means any mechanically self-propelled vehicle circulating on the road, other than a vehicle running on rails;

"clamping zone" and "towing zone" means any such place or area as may be indicated by notice issued by the Commissioner, the Authority, the Agency or by the Council and by means of signs and markings made in accordance with the Traffic Signs and Carriageway Markings Regulations, where the prohibited parking of vehicles is liable to the fixing of clamps to the wheels or the towing away of said vehicles from such zone, as the case may be. The notice may, after the applicant obtains the authorisation and permission of the Commissioner, the Authority, the Agency or the Council for the issuance of the said notice, be administered and affixed by the applicant himself:

Provided that the applicant shall be bound and responsible that said notice be affixed and administered throughout the period specified in the said notice, in a visible way, adequate and in conformity with these regulations: Provided that any notice which is issued without the authorisation or permission of the Commissioner, the Authority, he Agency or the Council, shall be null and invalid.