Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles

L.N. 127 of 2013

MOTOR VEHICLES REGISTRATION AND LICENSING ACT

(CAP. 368)

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles

(Amendment) Regulations, 2013

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 Transport and

Infrastructure, after consultation with the Authority for Transport in

Malta, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Registration and Citation.

Licensing of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations, 2013, and

these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the

Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles Regulations, S.L.368.02

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Regulation 26 of the principal regulations shall be Amends

regulation 26 of

amended as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

the current provision shall be re-numbered as sub-

regulation (1) thereof; and

(b) immediately after the proviso to sub-regulation (1)

thereof, as re-numbered, there shall be added the following new

sub-regulation

"(2) The Authority may issue provisional

registration plates and licence discs for new motor vehicles

to be licensed in the name of diplomatic representations or

in the name of members of staff of diplomatic missions in

Malta, without the need to register those vehicles in

accordance with Part II of these regulations

Provided that such provisional registration

plates and licence discs shall only be valid in Malta for a

period of one year, which may be renewed annually

thereafter. The provisional registration plates and licence

discs shall be returned to the Authority prior to the vehicles

being exported or taken out of Malta.".

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