Regulations, 2026

L.N. 21 of 2026

MOTOR VEHICLES REGISTRATION AND LICENSING ACT

(CAP. 368)

Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles (Amendment)

Regulations, 2026

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 20 of the

Motor Vehicles Registration and Licensing Act, the Minister

responsible for transport with the concurrence of the Minister

responsible for finance, have made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Registration and Citation.

Licensing of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations, 2026 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 6C of the principal regulations shall be Amends

regulation 6C of

amended as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) sub-regulation (1) thereof shall be substituted by the

following new sub-regulation

"(1) M1 motor vehicles with CO₂ emission levels

equal to or higher than two hundred (200) according to

NEDC standard, or two hundred and twenty (220) or higher

according to WLTP standard, and having an emission level

equivalent to the latest European Standard, or latest

European Standard minus one, or latest European Standard

minus two, and motor cycles with an engine capacity equal

to or higher than eight hundred and one (801cc) which are

to be registered for the first time with the Authority may be

registered for use on the road in Malta solely and

exclusively on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, national

holidays and other public holidays:";

(b) sub-regulation (4) thereof shall be substituted by the

following new sub-regulation

"(4) When the owner or registered user of a motor

vehicle which satisfies the criteria and standards referred to

in sub-regulation (1), and which has already been registered

for unrestricted use on the road in Malta on all days of the

week, decides to change the registration of the said vehicle

for use on the road in Malta solely and exclusively on

Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and other

public holidays, he shall be entitled to receive a refund of

the licence fee from the Authority.".

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