Regulations, 2025

L.N. 294 of 2025

MALTA TRAVEL AND TOURISM SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 409)

Tourism and Hospitality Skills Pass (Amendment No. 2)

Regulations, 2025

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 47 of the Malta

Travel and Tourism Services Act, the Minister responsible for tourism,

on the recommendation of the Malta Tourism Authority, has made the

following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Tourism and Citation and

Hospitality Skills Pass (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2025 and commencement.

these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Tourism S.L. 409.22.

and Hospitality Skills Pass Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the

"principal regulations".

(2)

These regulations shall come into force on 5th January

2026.

Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the principal Amends

regulation 2 of

regulations shall be amended as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) immediately after the definition "Minister" there shall

be added the following new definition

" "Pre-Departure Integration Course" means any

course that any person, who is a third country national, may

be required to undertake, prior to entering Malta for the

purpose of employment, as may be required by any

competent authority, irrespective of the nature of the work

or employment to be carried out in Malta;";

(b) the definition "tourism and hospitality worker" shall

be substituted by the following new definition

" "tourism and hospitality worker" means any third

country national, who intends to enter Malta to work in a

tourism and hospitality establishment, including those

directly and, or indirectly employed with the said

establishment;".

Regulation 3 of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

regulation 3 of

the principal

regulations.

substituted by the following new regulation

"3. Any third country national who intends to

Applicability.

enter Malta to work as a tourism and hospitality worker,

shall be required to obtain a Skills Pass in order to work

within a tourism and hospitality establishment.".

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be amended

as follows

(a) in paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (1) thereof the

words "tourism and hospitality courses:" shall be substituted by

the words "tourism and hospitality courses;" and immediately

thereafter there shall be added the following new paragraph

"(e) has passed any Pre-Departure Integration

Course and obtained the necessary certification confirming

this:";

(b) sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be substituted by the

following new sub-regulation

"(2) The persons referred to in Part I of the Second

Schedule shall not be required to satisfy the requisites of

sub-regulation 1(c) and (d) in order to obtain a temporary

Skills Pass. Such temporary Skills Pass issued in

accordance with this sub-regulation shall only be valid for

such term as indicated in Part I of the Second Schedule.";

(c)

sub-regulation (3) thereof shall be deleted.

The First Schedule to the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following new Schedule

"FIRST SCHEDULE

Tourism and hospitality assessment

1. The Institute shall carry out a skills assessment

for any one of the following job categories and their

respective National Occupational Standards as approved

by the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority, as

established by article 3 of the Further and Higher

Education Act

(a) bar staff;

(b) front office staff;

(c) restaurant staff;

(d) kitchen staff;

(e) other front-facing occupations as may be

published in the Gazette and on any website

designated as the official Skills Pass website.

2. The nomenclature used for the job categories

above-mentioned is for reference only and it shall not

exclude tourism and hospitality workers and, or tourism

and

hospitality

operators

utilising

alternative

nomenclatures from being subjected to the relative

assessment.

3. The Institute shall direct applicants to the

appropriate courses that it may organise, which align with

the applicant’s role and responsibilities within the tourism

and hospitality operation.".

The Second Schedule to the principal regulations shall be Substitutes the

substituted by the following new Schedule

"SECOND SCHEDULE

(regulation 4)

PART I

The following persons shall not be required to

satisfy the requisites established in paragraphs (c) and (d)

of regulation 4 to obtain a temporary Skills Pass

1. Full-time students enrolled with any

recognised Maltese educational institution, in which case

a temporary Skills Pass valid for six (6) consecutive

months shall be issued;

2. Students enrolled in an English language

learning course in Malta with a licensed English language

teaching school, in which case a temporary Skills Pass

valid for six (6) consecutive months shall be issued; and

3. Students enrolled in tourism and hospitality

related courses provided by recognised licensed

educational institutions within a Member State, who shall

be taking part in an internship with a tourism and

hospitality operation in Malta, in which case a temporary

Skills Pass valid for the duration of the internship shall be

issued

Provided that if any such persons require a

Skills Pass for more than the term indicated, they shall

satisfy all the requisites established in regulation 4.

PART II

The following persons are not required to satisfy the

requisites established in paragraphs (c) and (d) of

regulation 4 to obtain a Skills Pass

1. Students enrolled in tourism and hospitality

related courses offered by the Institute, excluding any

courses required for the obtainment of a Skills Pass; and

2. Applicants who have already obtained a full

qualification as per the below, and duly applied with the

Institute to have the same qualification recognised and

subsequently awarded an equivalent level of the Skills

Pass

Colour

Minimum ECTS

Full

Qualification

Yellow

VNFIL Award (no

60 ECTS

ECTS)

Green

VNFIL Award (no

60 ECTS

ECTS)

Silver

VNFIL Award (no

120 ECTS

ECTS)

Gold

VNFIL Award (no

60 ECTS

ECTS)

Ruby

180 ECTS

60-90 ECTS ".

Platinum

€0.36