Small Ships (Amendment) Regulations, 2009

L.N. 250 of 2009

MALTA MARITIME AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 352)

Small Ships (Amendment) Regulations, 2009

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 29(3)

and 52 of the Malta Maritime Authority Act, the Minister for

Infrastructure, Transport and Communications, in consultation with

the Malta Maritime Authority, has made the following regulations

(1) The title of these regulations is the Small Ships

(Amendment) Regulations, 2009 and they shall be read and

construed as one with the Small Ships Regulations, 2008,

hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come

into force on the 1st July, 2009.

Immediately after sub-regulation (3) of regulation 3 of

the principal regulations, there shall be added the following new

sub-regulation

“(4) The following small ships, which are for personal

use only and not used in a commercial manner, are exempted

from registration under this regulation

(a)

canoes; and

(b) open sailing dinghies, without engines, not

exceeding 5.2 metres in length overall.”.

€0.09