Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles (Amendment)

L.N. 195 of 2011

MOTOR VEHICLES REGISTRATION

AND LICENSING ACT

(CAP. 368)

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles (Amendment)

(No. 2) Regulations, 2011

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 20 of the

Motor Vehicles Registration and Licensing Act, and by article

43 of the Authority for Transport in Malta Act, the Minister for

Infrastructure, Transport and Communications, in consultation

with the Malta Transport Authority, has made the following

regulations:–

(1) The title of these regulations is the Registration and

Licensing of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations,

2011 and they shall be read and construed as one with the

Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles Regulations, 2009,

hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

(2)

These regulations shall come into force on the 1st

July, 2011.

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations, immediately

after the definition “the Act” there shall be inserted the following

new definition

“ “agricultural tractor” means a tractor used primarily

for work on land in connection with agriculture;”.

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(a) in the second proviso to sub-regulation (1) thereof,

for the words “the vehicle remains” there shall be substituted

the words “the vehicle, not being an agricultural tractor,

remains”;

(b) in sub-regulation (2) thereof, for the words “a

ten euro (€10) administration fee”, wherever they appear,

there shall be substituted the words “a fifteen euro (€15)

administrative fee”, and immediately after the proviso thereof,

there shall be added the following

“Provided further that where the application for the

registration of a motor vehicle under this regulation is made

online, the administrative fee payable to the Authority

under this sub-regulation shall be of ten euro (€10) and

where such application for registration is made by a motor

vehicle importer, agent or dealer on behalf of the purchaser,

the importer, agent or dealer shall give to the purchaser the

original receipt issued by the Authority for the said payment

of the administrative fee. Where an importer, agent or dealer

fails to give the said receipt to the purchaser, he shall be

guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a

fine (multa) of one hundred euro (€100).”; and

(c) in sub-regulation (3) thereof, for the words “an

administrative fee of thirty-five euro (€35)” there shall be

substituted the words “an administrative fee of fifty euro

(€50)”.

Regulation 6 of the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(a) in sub-regulation (3) thereof, for the words “in

sub-regulation (2).” there shall be substituted the words “in

sub-regulation (2):” and immediately thereafter there shall be

added the following proviso

“Provided that no such administrative fine shall be paid

where the vehicle is an agricultural tractor.”;

(b) for sub-regulation (5) thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“(5) Before registering a used motor vehicle

brought into Malta from another member State, or a

rebuilt or amateur built motor vehicle, the Authority

shall carry out a verification to confirm that the

motor vehicle details are consistent with those in the

registration certificate, and to establish the registration

value of the motor vehicle where applicable, for which

there shall be charged an administrative fee of fifty Euro

(€50). The Authority may as part of that verification,

require the owner of the said motor vehicle, to produce

the vehicle for an inspection and, or to produce other

documentation as necessary.”; and

(c) for sub-regulation (6) thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“(6) The registration of an imported used motor

vehicle or a used motor vehicle which had been brought

into Malta, or a rebuilt or amateur built motor vehicle

shall be made by the Authority upon –

(a) the payment by the owner, importer or

authorized dealer of an administrative fee of fifteen euro

(€15) payable to the Authority,

(b) the presentation of the documents mentioned in

sub-regulation (4) and upon payment of the prescribed

vehicle registration tax, if the vehicle is acquired from

a Member State, or it is a rebuilt or amateur built motor

vehicle, and

(c) the presentation of the documents mentioned

in sub-regulation (4) and upon payment of the

prescribed import duty under the Import Duties Act, and

the prescribed vehicle registration tax, if the vehicle is

acquired from a third country

Provided that where the application for the

registration of a motor vehicle under this regulation

is made online, the administrative fee payable to the

Authority under this sub-regulation shall be of ten euro

(€10) and where such application for registration is

made by a motor vehicle importer, agent or dealer on

behalf of the purchaser, the importer, agent or dealer

shall give to the purchaser the original receipt issued by

the Authority for the payment of the said administrative

fee. Where an importer, agent or dealer fails to give

the said receipt to the purchaser, he shall be guilty of

an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine

(multa) of one hundred euro (€100).”.

In regulation 9 of the principal regulations, for the words

“an administration fee of six euro (€6)” there shall be substituted

the words “an administrative fee of ten euro (€10)”.

In regulation 11 of the principal regulations, for the words

“an administration fee of six euro (€6)” there shall be substituted

the words “an administrative fee of ten euro (€10)”.

Regulation 25 of the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(a) in sub-regulation (2) thereof, for the words “a fee

of six euro (€6)” there shall be substituted the words “an

administrative fee of ten euro (€10)”; and

(b) in the proviso to sub-regulation (3) thereof, for

the words “the production of a sworn affidavit” there shall

be substituted the words “a declaration from the owner

of the vehicle”, and for the words “Where such affidavit

is sworn before an official of the Authority there shall be

charged an administrative fee of seven euro (€7)” there

shall be substituted the words “An administrative fee of

eight euro (€8) shall be charged by the Authority for such a

declaration”.

In sub-regulation (2)(b) of regulation 27 of the principal

regulations, for the words “an administrative fee of six euro (€6)”

there shall be substituted the words “an administrative fee of ten

euro (€10)”.

For the First Schedule to the principal regulations, there

shall be substituted the following

regulations, for the words “an administrative fee of six euro (!6)”

regulations.

there shall be substituted the words “an administrative fee of ten

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“FIRST SCHEDULE

(Regulation 30)

Motor Vehicles’ Registration Marks and Fees payable to the Authority for the issue of

plates

D ESCRIPTION

Standard Alphanumeric Composed of two sets of three characters each, the first set

composed of three Roman Alphabet characters and the

second set composed of three Arabic numerals, e.g. XXX

Fee for a pair of plates: !70

Standard Alphanumeric Composed of two sets of three characters each, the first set

composed of three Roman Alphabet characters and the

second set composed of three Arabic numerals, e.g. XXX

111, where the choice of the characters and numerals shall

lie with the person requesting the Numbers.

Fee for a pair of plates: !200

Composed solely of any Arabic numeral.

Fee payable for a pair of plates: !1,500

Composed of any character of the Roman Alphabet.

Fee for a pair of plates: !1,500

Composed of a mixture of numeric and alphabetical.

Fee for a pair of plates: !1,500

Composed as prescribed in the Taxi Services Regulations

(S.L. 499.59)

Fee for a pair of plates: !60

Fee for each plate: !35

Where the registration mark is of the Standard Alphanumeric Format (Random) type,

the first letter shall stand for the month in which the licence of the vehicle shall be

€0.45