BERTHING REGULATIONS

BERTHING

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 10.30

BERTHING REGULATIONS

1st October, 1975

LEGAL NOTICE 117 of 1975, as amended by Legal Notices 33 and 51 of

1986; and Acts XVII of 1991 and XV of 2009.

The title of these regulations is Berthing Regulations.

In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires -

"Authority" means the Authority for Transport in Malta and

includes any person authorised by it to act in its behalf;

"berthing" includes mooring, anchoring, and stopping;

"territorial waters" means any part of the territorial waters of

Malta;

"yacht" mans a sea going vessel, not below 4 gross registered

tons, used for pleasure purposes.

(1) The master or other person in charge of a vessel or boat

sh all du ly carr y o ut an y d ir ectives iss ued b y th e Auth or ity

regarding the place where any such vessel or boat may berth in any

harbour or in the territorial waters, or the movement thereof in the

territorial waters.

(2) Any such directive may be either of a general nature, or

referring to yachts, or to other class of vessels or boats, or to a

particular vessel or boat.

Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 3, the

Authority may prohibit the berthing or movement of any particular

vessel or boat or any class of vessels or boats in the territorial

waters.

The Authority may prohibit swimming and all kinds of

activities connected with underwater diving in any particular zone

of the territorial waters.

The Authority may prohibit trawling, trammelling,

dropping of anchors and any other activity, connected with fishing

or otherwise, in any particular zone of the territorial zones of

waters.