MT
Quality of Fuels (Amendment) Regulations, 2022
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
L.N. 217 of 2022
MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT
(CAP. 234)
AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT
(CAP. 499)
REGULATOR FOR ENERGY AND WATER SERVICES ACT
(CAP. 545)
Quality of Fuels (Amendment) Regulations, 2022
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 374 of the
Merchant Shipping Act, by article 43 of the Authority for Transport in
Malta Act, and by article 37 of the Regulator for Energy and Water
Services Act, the Minister responsible for shipping and transport, in
consultation with the Authority for Transport in Malta, and the
Minister responsible for energy and water services, after consultation
with the Regulatory for Energy and Water Services, have made the
following regulations:-
The title of these regulations is the Quality of Fuels Citation.
(Amendment) Regulations, 2022 and these regulations shall be read
and construed as one with the Quality of Fuels Regulations, hereinafter S.L. 545.18.
referred to as "the principal regulations".
Regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends
regulation 5 of
as follows
the principal
regulations.
(a) sub-regulation (4) thereof shall be substituted by the
following new sub-regulation
"(4) Diesel fuel having code HS27101943
containing the national marker and dye shall not be sold,
offered for sale, or otherwise marketed to ships of over
twenty-four (24) metres in length excluding registered
fishing vessels."; and
(b)
immediately after sub-regulation (4) thereof there
shall be added the following new sub-regulation
"(5) Any person who fails to comply with any of
the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an
offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine
(multa) of not less than ten thousand euro (€10,000) but
not exceeding sixty-nine thousand eight hundred euro
(€69,800) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
eighteen (18) months, or to both such fine and
imprisonment
Provided that in the case of non-compliance
with the provisions of sub-regulation (4), the Court
shall also order the suspension of the Bunkering
Authorisation issued by the Regulator in accordance
with the Bunkering (Authorisation) Regulations for any
such period which shall not be less than six (6)
months.".
€0.18