Small Ships (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

L.N. 57 of 2010

PORTS AND SHIPPING ACT

(CAP. 352)

Small Ships (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 4(3) and 27

of the Ports and Shipping Act, the Minister for Infrastructure,

Transport and Communications, in consultation with the Authority

for Transport in Malta and in concurrence with the Minister of

Finance, the Economy and Investment, has made the following

regulations

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

(Amendment) Regulations, 2010 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 10th of November, 2009.

Regulation 1 of the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(a) for sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of sub-

regulation (2) thereof, there shall be substituted the following

“(ii) of, or exceeding, 30H.P., on the 1st of

January, 2011; and

(iii) not exceeding 30H.P., on such date as the

Minister may prescribe.”; and

(b) for paragraphs (b) and (c) of sub-regulation (3)

thereof, there shall be substituted the following

“(b) to regulate water based recreational activities

in the internal and territorial waters of Malta; and

(c) to regulate the preservation of good order in

any part of the internal and territorial waters of Malta.”.

For the First Schedule to the principal regulations, there

shall be substituted the First Schedule to these regulations.

The Third Schedule to the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(a) the item “Failure to give notice within the stipulated

period of any modification to the small ship or any change in

the details of registration………€100” shall be deleted; and

(b) the item “Change of ownership of a small ship not

notified within the stipulated period………€200” shall be

deleted.

B

“FIRST SCHEDULE

(Regulation 12)

1. For the registration of a small ship

(a) where the small ship has no engines ......................................... NIL

where the small ship has an engine or engines with a combined

power

(b) not exceeding 9.9 H.P. .............................................................. ! 50.00

(c) exceeding 9.9 H.P. but not exceeding 25 H.P........................... ! 50.00

(d) exceeding 25 H.P. but not exceeding 50 H.P............................ ! 50.00

(e) exceeding 50 H.P. but not exceeding 75 H.P............................ ! 50.00

(f) exceeding 75 H.P. but not exceeding 150 H.P.......................... ! 50.00

(g) exceeding 150 H.P. ................................................................... ! 50.00

For the initial registration of other small ships

Small fishing ships registered with the Department

responsible for fisheries and aquaculture.................................................. NIL

2. For the annual renewal, or as otherwise indicated, of

registration of any small ships

(a) where the small ship has no engines (not exceeding

3.65 metres in length overall..................................................................... NIL

(b) where the small ship has no engines (of and exceeding

3.65 metres in length overall), every five years ........................................ ! 10.00

where the small ship has an engine or engines with a combined

power

(c) not exceeding 9.9 H.P., every five years................................... ! 10.00

(d) exceeding 9.9 H.P but not 25 H.P............................................. ! 20.00

(e) exceeding 25 H.P. but not 50 H.P............................................. ! 30.00

(f) exceeding 50 H.P. but not 75 H.P............................................. ! 80.00

(g) exceeding 75 H.P. but not 150 H.P........................................... ! 100.00

(h) exceeding 150 H.P. ................................................................... ! 140.00

3. For any change in the registered details and any reprint of a

certificate, licence or permit...................................................................... ! 10

4. For the issue of a nautical licence to drive a mechanically

driven small ship ....................................................................................... ! 23.29

For the issue of a nautical licence to act as a skiing instructor ........ ! 69.88

5.

For the issue of an annual licence to operate a water skiing

school or a small ship hire outlet

(a) to operate water skiing and/or paragliding................................ ! 174.70

(b) to hire any mechanically driven small ships ............................. ! 174.70

(c) to hire any small ships not mechanically driven....................... ! 58.23

For the issue of an annual licence for the hire of a

mechanically driven small ship or for the use of a mechanically

driven small ship by a water skiing school ............................................... ! 11.65”.

6. For the issue of an annual licence to operate a water skiing

school or a small ship hire outlet

(a) to operate water skiing and/or paragliding................................ ! 174.70

driven small ships ............................. ! 174.70

(b) to hire any mechanically

(c) to hire any small ships not mechanically driven....................... ! 58.23

7. For the issue of an annual licence for the hire of a

mechanically driven small ship or for the use of a mechanically

driven small ship by a water skiing school ............................................... ! 11.65”.