Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 18,747, 6 ta’ Mejju, 2011

L.N. 169 of 2011

MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT

(CAP. 234)

Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 374 of the

Merchant Shipping Act, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport

and Communications, with the concurrence of the Minister of

Finance, the Economy and Investment has made the following

regulations –

(1) The title of these regulations is the Merchant Citation and

Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2011 and they shall

be read and construed as one with the Merchant Shipping (Fees)

Regulations, 1973, hereinafter referred to as “the principal L.N. 64 of 1973.

regulations”.

(2)

These regulations shall come into force on the 1st

June, 2011

Provided that the fee payable in respect of any item

provided for in the principal regulations, both before and

after the coming into force of these regulations, shall be that

applicable on the day the certificate was issued or the service

was given irrespective of when such fees are being paid.

For the Schedule to the principal regulations, there shall

be substituted the following-

these regulations, shall be that applicable on the day the certificate was

issued or the service was given irrespective of when such fees are

being paid.

2. For the Schedule to the principal regulations, there shall be substituted the

following-

“SCHEDULE

(Regulation 2)

Fee

Euro

PART 1. Fees for Services and Certificates in

Connection with Registration and other services

given by the Directorate of Merchant Shipping of the

Authority for Transport in Malta, hereinafter referred

to as the Directorate of Merchant Shipping

Extension of any certificate of registry……………..

Registry of any change in the registered ownership

of a registered ship ………………………………….

Registration of mortgage or special privilege on a

registered ship………………………………………..

Any transaction related to a registered mortgage or

special privilege other than discharge of a mortgage

or a special privilege the registration of which was

recorded by the Registrar on or after the 1 st January

2003…………………………………………………..

Approval of an international owner as a person

qualified to own a Maltese ship……………………………

250 and 125

annually

thereafter

Issue of a Continuous Synopsis Record or a transcript or extract of the

register of any particular ship………………………………………….. 50

Issue of certificate of insurance or other financial

security in respect of either civil liability for oil

pollution damage or civil liability for bunker oil

pollution damage in respect of a ship registered

in Malta……………………………………………………….. 100

Issue of certificate of insurance or other financial

security in respect of either civil liability for oil

pollution damage or civil liability for bunker oil

pollution damage in respect of a ship not registered

in Malta…………………………………………………………200

Issue of consent, or extension thereto, for the

bareboat charter registration of a Maltese ship in

another registry…………………………………………………..50

Issue of any other certificate in terms of the

Merchant Shipping Act not specified above and which is not

any certificate of registry or any certificate denoting

renewal thereto…………………………………………………..50

Approval of an international owner as a person

qualified to own a Maltese ship……………………………

250 and 125

annually

thereafter

VERŻJONI

ELETTRONIKA

or a transcript or extract of B the 2189

Issue of a Continuous Synopsis

Record

register of any particular ship………………………………………….. 50

Issue of certificate of insurance or other financial

security in respect of either civil liability for oil

pollution damage or civil liability for bunker oil

pollution damage in respect of a ship registered

in Malta……………………………………………………….. 100

Issue of certificate of insurance or other financial

security in respect of either civil liability for oil

pollution damage or civil liability for bunker oil

pollution damage in respect of a ship not registered

in Malta…………………………………………………………200

Issue of consent, or extension thereto, for the

bareboat charter registration of a Maltese ship in

another registry…………………………………………………..50

Issue of any other certificate in terms of the

Merchant Shipping Act not specified above and which is not

any certificate of registry or any certificate denoting

renewal thereto…………………………………………………..50

Issue of any other certificate or licence, including

exemption certificates, in terms of international

conventions, not specified above ………………………………..100

Issue of safe manning certificate…………………………………100

Re-issue or replacement of any chargeable certificate

in terms of these regulations……………………………..

50% of

applicable fee

for issue of

original

certificate

Any other service not specified above and which is

not an issue or renewal of any certificate of registry…………….40

In addition to the fees specified above, any service requiring the attendance

of the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen or a Registrar of Maltese Ships

or the Shipping Master or any other official of the Directorate of Merchant

Shipping or their representative outside the normal hours of business of that

Directorate, hereinafter referred to as the normal hours, is subject to a fee as

specified hereunder

(a) if the service started during normal hours and finished within one hour

after normal hours – Euro 50;

(b) if the service started within one hour before normal hours and finished

during normal hours – Euro 50;

(c) otherwise, Euro 50 per hour or part thereof subject to a minimum of three

hours, so however that if the service is given on any day between

2100 hours and 0700 hours, or at any time on Saturdays, Sundays

and Public Holidays the rate per hour or part thereof shall be Euro

100 subject to a minimum of three hours

Provided that other additional fees for the provision of services outside of the

offices of the Directorate of Merchant Shipping of the Authority for

Transport in Malta or outside harbour or outside Malta may be established by

the Registrar-General at his discretion.

PART 2. Fees for certificates and other documents

issued to seafarers

For the purpose of this Part “certification

regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (A.B. and

E.D.H Certificates) Regulations, and the Merchant

Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations.

Issue or revalidation of any certificate in terms of the

certification regulations other than an endorsement

certificate in recognition of a certificate not issued in

terms of the certification regulations……………………………..30

Issue or revalidation of an endorsement certificate in

recognition of any certificate not issued in terms of

the certification regulations……………………………………….60

Re-issue or replacement of any certificate issued in

terms of the certification regulations………………………….50% of fee

applicable

for issue of

original

certificate

Issue of Maltese Seamen Identity Card or Seaman’s

Record Book, new, in substitution of or in

continuation of……………………………………………………..60

Approval of Training Institute to provide courses

in terms of the certification regulations…………………………..3000

Approval of courses leading to the issue of certificates in

terms of the certification regulations………………………………2000.”