MT
Regulations, 2016
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
L.N. 58 of 2016
TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE
(CAP. 65)
Motor Vehicle Roadworthiness Test (Amendment)
Regulations, 2016
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 54 of the Traffic
Regulation Ordinance, the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure,
after consultation with the Authority for Transport in Malta, has made
the following regulations:-
(1) The title of these regulations is the Motor Vehicle Citation and
Roadworthiness Test (Amendment) Regulations, 2016, and these commencement.
regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Motor Vehicle S.L. 65.15
Roadworthiness Test Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the
principal regulations".
(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into force
on the 1st January, 2016.
The Eighth Schedule to the principal regulations shall be Substitutes the
Eighth Schedule
substituted by the following
to the principal
regulations.
"EIGHTH SCHEDULE
(Regulations 19 and 20)
Fees * and Frequency of Tests
Category of vehicle
Full Fee Frequency
€
of Test
Category I
Motor vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and
with more than eight seats excluding the driver’s seat (M2
and M3 vehicles)
- Vehicles with a maximum permissible mass not
exceeding 5 tonnes
32
B
- Vehicles with a maximum permissible mass exceeding
5 tonnes
10
B
Category II
Motor vehicles used for the carriage of goods and having
a maximum permissible mass exceeding 3.5 tonnes (N2
and N3 vehicles)
31.10
B
Category III
Trailers and semi-trailers
- with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 3.5
tonnes
26.32
C
Category of vehicle
Full Fee Frequency
€
with a maximum permissible mass exceeding 3.5
tonnes
31.10
Category IV
Taxis
20.27
Chauffeur driven vehicles
20.27
M1 vehicles licensed for hire or leasing
20.27
Ambulances
20.27
Caravans
20.27
Category V
Motor vehicles having at least four wheels, normally used
for the road carriage of goods and with a maximum
permissible mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes (N1 vehicles)
26.32
Category VI
Motor vehicles having at least four wheels, used for the
carriage of passengers and with no more than eight seats
excluding the driver ’s seat, including Hearses (M1
vehicles)
20.27
Category VII
Mopeds, Motorcycles, Motor Tricycles, Quadricicyles
and Quad Bikes
14.33
Imported used vehicles
1. A used vehicle brought into Malta from another
Member State shall be covered by a VRT certificate
if the vehicle has already been subjected to its first
roadworthiness test in accordance with Annex I of
the Directive. The Authority, however, may for As above
justified reasons require any such vehicle to be according
submitted for a roadworthiness test prior to
to
registration.
category
2. A used vehicle imported from a third country shall
undergo a roadworthiness test prior to registration if As above
the vehicle has already been subjected to its first according
roadworthiness test in accordance with Annex I of
to
the Directive.
category
*Fees inclusive of VAT
Frequency of test
A. Not subject to test
B. One year from date of first registration and annually
thereafter
C. Two years from date of first registration and
biennially thereafter
D. Four years from date of first registration and
biennially thereafter
E. One year from reaching a distance driven of more than
160,000km in a roadworthiness test and annually
thereafter ".