Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles

L.N. 160 of 2025

MOTOR VEHICLES REGISTRATION AND LICENSING ACT

(CAP. 368)

Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles

(Amendment) Regulations, 2025

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 20(1)(c) of the

Motor Vehicles Registration and Licensing Act, the Minister

responsible for transport, with the concurrence of the Minister

responsible for finance, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Registration and Citation.

Licensing of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 and

these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the S.L. 368.02.

Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles Regulations, hereinafter

referred to as the "principal regulations".

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 2 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) immediately before the definition "the Act" thereof

there shall be added the following new definition

" "accredited vintage vehicle certification body"

means the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens

(FIVA) and, or the National FIVA Authority (ANF) in the

particular country or any other approved equivalent vintage

vehicle certification body as shall be designated by the

Authority from time to time;";

(b) immediately after the definition "the Minister"

thereof there shall be added the following new definition

" "motor caravan" or "motor home" shall have the

same meaning as assigned to it in article 2 of the Act;";

(c) the definition "third country" thereof shall be

substituted by the following new definition

" "third country" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in article 2 of the Act;".

Regulation 6D of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

regulation 6D of

the principal

regulations.

substituted by the following new regulation

(1) The owner of any authentic and

genuine motor vehicle which is older than thirty (30)

years, which shall commence to run from the date of

manufacture, and which satisfies the criteria established

by the Authority for the classification of a vintage

vehicle may apply with the Authority to have the

vehicle classified vintage by the vintage vehicle

classification committee as established by the Act for

such motor vehicle, whether it has already been

registered in Malta or whether it has been imported or

brought into Malta but has not yet been registered in

Malta, for the vehicle to be classified as an authentic

vintage vehicle

Provided that the registration value of a

motor caravan or a motor home shall not, in any case,

be less than twenty thousand euro (€20,000).

(2) An application for a vehicle which is already

registered in Malta shall be submitted to the Authority

on the prescribed form together with the payment of an

administrative fee of two hundred and fifty euro (€250)

and the submission of such documents as may be

prescribed by the Authority from time to time

Provided that when such application is

accepted and the vehicle is classified as an authentic

vintage vehicle, part of the said administrative fee paid

in the amount of two hundred euro (€200) shall be

refunded to the applicant.

(3) The application of an imported vehicle shall

be submitted to the Authority on the prescribed form

together with the payment of an administrative fee of

one hundred and five euro (€105) and the submission of

such documents as may be prescribed by the Authority

from time to time.

(4) The Authority shall have the right to carry

out a physical inspection of all vehicles for which an

application has been made prior to the approval or

rejection of an application for a vehicle to be classified

as an authentic vintage vehicle.

(5) (a) All vehicles which are classified as

authentic vintage vehicles by the vintage vehicle

classification committee shall be subject to re-

classification every five (5) years in order to confirm

the continued compliance with the established vintage

vehicle criteria of the Authority from time to time

Provided that vehicles classified as vintage

and aged fifty (50) years or more shall be exempt from

the re-classification requirement provided that a valid

certificate issued by an accredited vintage vehicle

certification body is submitted to the Authority.

(b) Applications for the re-classification of a

vintage vehicle shall be submitted on the prescribed

form at least three (3) months prior to the expiry of the

circulation licence when such re-classification is

required in accordance with paragraph (a), together

with the payment of an administrative fee of twenty-

five euro (€25) and the submission of such documents

as may be prescribed by the Authority from time to

time.

(6) (a) All vehicles falling under categories

M, N or L which are brought or imported from a third

country shall require a Single Vehicle Approval

certificate for registration purposes

Provided that for vehicles intended to be

classified as vintage, the importer may, instead of a

Single Vehicle Approval certificate, submit a valid

vintage authentication certificate issued by an

accredited vintage vehicle certification body to confirm

that the vehicle is vintage.

(b) Upon importation, the importer or

authorised motor vehicle dealer shall be obliged to pay

to the Authority the full registration tax applicable to

the imported vehicle

Provided that in case that the vehicle is

classified by the vintage vehicle classification

committee as an authentic vintage vehicle, the importer

or authorised motor vehicle dealer shall be entitled to a

refund from the Authority of a sum corresponding to

the difference between the original registration tax paid

and the registration tax actually payable for the said

vehicle classified as an authentic vintage vehicle.

(c) The minimum registration tax shall not

apply to vehicles that are over thirty (30) years at the

time of importation and which shall be submitted for

vintage certifications.

(7) The registration mark allotted by the

Authority to vehicles which are registered as vintage

vehicles in accordance with article 25 of the Act is to be

displayed on a vehicle registration plate having such

specifications as established in the Second Schedule.

4. Sub-regulation (5) of regulation 16A of the principal

regulations shall be substituted by the following new sub-regulation

"(5) Motor vehicles of fifty (50) years and over and

motorcycles which have been classified as vintage by the vintage

vehicle classification committee shall continue to be exempt

from the payment of a circulation licence fee and shall only be

subject to the payment of the administrative fee established in

the Fourth Schedule to the Act, irrespective of any mileage

considerations.".

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