Motor Vehicle Roadworthiness Test

L.N. 161 of 2025

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

Motor Vehicle Roadworthiness Test

(Amendment) Regulations, 2025

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 54 of the

Traffic Regulation Ordinance, the Minister responsible for Transport,

after consultation with the Authority for Transport in Malta, has made

the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Motor Vehicle Title and scope.

Roadworthiness Test (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 and these

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) The scope of these regulations is to exempt motor vehicles

which are fifty (50) years or more from the date of manufacture, and

which are classified as vintage vehicles in accordance with the

provisions of the principal regulations.

Regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 5 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) the marginal note thereof shall be substituted by the

following new marginal note

"Exemptions.";

(b) immediately after sub-regulation (1) thereof there

shall be added the following new sub-regulation

"(2) Motor vehicles intended for private use,

which are fifty (50) years or more from the date of

manufacture and which are classified as vintage

vehicles by the vintage vehicle classification

committee in accordance with the Motor Vehicles

Registration and Licensing Act, shall be exempt

from the provisions of these regulations

Provided that such vehicles shall be

required to obtain a roadworthiness certificate

upon their initial classification and registration as

vintage vehicles in Malta

Provided further that such vehicles

shall also be maintained in a state of good repair by

their respective owners. The Authority reserves the

right to inspect maintenance records and may

revoke the exemption if such records are not

adequately maintained or are not produced when

requested.".

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