S.L. 65.21 Art. 9Conformity with First Schedule requirements.

(1) No vehicle or vehicle combination shall be allowed to circulate in Malta for the national transport of goods in Malta if it is not in conformity with the characteristics set out in points 1.1,

1.2, 1.4 to 1.8, 4.2 and 4.4 of the First Schedule.

(2) The maximum lengths laid down in point 1.1 of the First Schedule, subject where applicable to regulation 12B, and the maximum distance laid down in point 1.6 of the First Schedule, may be exceeded by 15cm for vehicles or vehicle combinations engaged in the transport of 45-foot containers or 45-foot swap bodies, empty or loaded, provided that the road transport of the container or swap body in question is part of an intermodal transport operation.

(3) The maximum authorised weights of alternatively fuelled or zero-emission vehicles shall be those set out in points 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.3.1, 2.3.2 and 2.4 of the First Schedule.

(4) Alternatively fuelled or zero-emission vehicles shall also comply with the maximum authorised weight limits set out in point 3 of the First Schedule.

(5) Articulated vehicles put into circulation before 1 January 1991 which do not comply with the specifications contained in points 1.6 and 4.4 of the First Schedule shall be deemed to comply with such specifications for the purposes of regulation 11 u 12 respectively if they do not exceed a total length of 15.50m.