Ports (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

L.N. 505 of 2010

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

Ports (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 43(1) and

(3) of the Authority for Transport in Malta Act, the Minister for

Infrastructure, Transport and Communications, in consultation

with the Authority for Transport in Malta, has made the following

regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Ports

(Amendment) Regulations, 2010 and they shall be read and

construed as one with the Ports Regulations, 1966, hereinafter

referred to as “the principal regulations”.

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come

into force on 1st September, 2010.

Immediately after regulation 59 of the principal

regulations, there shall be added the following new regulation

59A. Any person who operates, manages,

administers, controls or in any other way uses any

terminal or other site within a port in terms of an

agreement, licence or other authorisation granted by the

Authority or by any other Authority established by law

shall, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in

the said agreement, licence or authorisation, afford free

access to the said terminal or site, without any fee or

other charge, to all service providers providing services

to those vessels which are directed or authorised by

the Authority to berth alongside such terminal or site,

including but not limited to cargo handlers, ship agents,

bunkers and water suppliers, ship chandlers, shore

excursion agents and waste collectors.”.

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