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POLICE LICENCES REGULATIONS

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Laws of Malta — Subsidiary Legislation 128.1 — POLICE LICENCES REGULATIONS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 128.01

POLICE LICENCES REGULATIONS

1st January, 1950

GOVERNMENT NOTICE 846 of 1949, as amended by: Government

Notices 6 and 100 of 1950, 384, 620 and 635 of 1951, 107, 384 and 672 of

1953, 314 of 1954, 609 of 1956, 808 and 810 of 1957; Legal Notices 70

and 97 of 1959, 12, 26 and 55 of 1960, 20 of 1961, 20 and 32 of 1964, 25

and 49 of 1966, 114 of 1969, 13 and 40 of 1970, 20 of 1971, 98 of 1973, 35

and 70 of 1974, 4 of 1975, 10, 21 and 111 of 1978, 8, 52 and 74 of 1979, 67

and 106 of 1980, 29 of 1981, 27 of 1983, 5 and 30 of 1984, 55 of 1985, 47

and 57 of 1986, 73 of 1987, 97 of 1988, 80, 160 and 172 of 1989, 13 of

1990, 60 and 187 of 1991, 151, 168 and 186 of 1993, 15 and 34 of 1994,

100 of 1996, 8, 24 and 240 of 1997, 124 of 1998, 59 and 92 of 1999, 35 of

2000, 327 of 2001, 435 of 2002, 93 of 2003, 101 and 130 of 2005, 7 and

178 of 2006, 173 and 409 of 2007, 206 of 2009, and 85 and 99 of 2011;

Acts XXXIV of 2014 and XIII of 2015; and Legal Notice 288 of 2016.

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The title

of

these

regulations

is

Police

Licences

Regulations.

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(Regulations 4 and 5)

Amended by: G.N. 6 of 1950; G.N. 100 of 1950; G.N. 384 of 1951; G.N. 620 of 1951; G.N.

635 of 1951; G.N. 107 of 1953; G.N. 384 of 1953; G.N. 672 of 1953; G.N. 314 of 1954; G.N.

810 of 1957; L.N. 70 of 1959; L.N. 97 of 1959; L.N. 26 of 1960; L.N. 55 of 1960; L.N. 20 of

1961; L.N. 32 of 1964; L.N. 25 of 1966; L.N. 49 of 1966; L.N. 114 of 1969; L.N. 13 of 1970;

L.N. 40 of 1970; L.N. 98 of 1973; L.N. 35 of 1974. Substituted by: L.N. 4 of 1975. Amended

by: L.N. 10 of 1978; L.N. 21 of 1978; L.N. 111 of 1978; L.N. 8 of 1979; L.N. 52 of 1979; L.N.

74 of 1979; L.N. 67 of 1980; L.N. 106 of 1980; L.N. 29 of 1981; L.N. 27 of 1983; L.N. 5 of

1984; L.N. 30 of 1984; L.N. 55 of 1985; L.N. 47 of 1986; L.N. 57 of 1986; L.N. 73 of 1987;

L.N. 97 of 1988; L.N. 80 of 1989; L.N. 160 of 1989; L.N. 172 of 1989. Substituted by: L.N. 13

of 1990. Amended by: L.N. 60 of 1991; L.N. 187 of 1991; L.N. 151 of 1993; L.N. 168 of 1993;

L.N. 186 of 1993; L.N. 15 of 1994; L.N. 34 of 1994; L.N. 100 of 1996; L.N. 8 of 1997; L.N. 24

of 1997. Substituted by: L.N. 240 of 1997. Amended by: L.N. 124 of 1998; L.N. 59 of 1999;

L.N. 92 of 1999; L.N. 35 of 2000; L.N. 327 of 2001; L.N. 435 of 2002; L.N. 93 of 2003; L.N.

101 of 2005; L.N. 130 of 2005; L.N. 7 of 2006; L.N. 178 of 2006; L.N. 173 of 2007;

Substituted by: L.N. 409 of 2007; Amended by: L.N. 206 of 2009; L.N. 85 of 2011; L.N. 99 of

2011; XXXIV. 2014.26; XIII. 2015.60; L.N. 288 of 2016; L.N. 405 of 2018.

PART I

Fees leviable in respect of police licences and permits

€

1. (deleted by Legal Notice 85 of 2011)

Arms

2. For the purchase of any firearm which requires a licence and to

keep such firearm during the year of its purchase ...............................

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In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Police;

"licence" has the meaning assigned to it in the Police Licences

Act;

"shop" means any shop, stall, kiosk, store, public house, inn,

restaurant, eating house, tavern or other place where wares,

merchandise, commodities and other goods are sold, whether by

wholesale or retail, or where any art or trade is carried on.

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Added by

L.N. 74 of 1979.

(Regulation 5)

Date of payment

Registration

Validity of licence

number

1st to 31st August, 1979

1 to 8,000 1st January to 31st July, 1980

8,001 to 16,000 1st to 31st January, 1980

16,001 to 20,000 1st January to 29th February, 1980

1st to 30th September, 1979

20,001 to 28,000 1st January to 31st August, 1980

28,001 to 32,000 1st January to 29th February, 1980

32,001 to 40,000 1st January to 31st March, 1980

1st to 31st October, 1979

40,001 to 48,000 1st January to 30th September,

48,001 to 56,000 1st January to 31st October, 1980

POLICE LICENCES

Date of payment

Registration

Validity of licence

number

56,001 to 60,000 1st January to 31st May, 1980

1st to 30th November, 1979

60,001 to 68,000 1st January to 30th N ovember,

68,001 to 76,000 1 st Jan uar y t o 3 1st D ecember,

76,001 to 80,000 1st January to 31st May, 1980

1st to 31st December, 1979

80,001 to 88,000 1st January to 30th April, 1980

Over 88,000 1st January to 30th June, 1980

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(1) The Commissioner may direct that licences in any one

or more classes be issued in booklet form and, in the case of each

licence issued in that form, an appropriate entry shall be made

thereon in the case of any renewal or transfer of the licence.

(2)

If a licence is withdrawn or revoked or ceases otherwise to

be operative or is suspended or if its holder is disqualified from

holding it by any Court, it shall be returned to the Commissioner. If

loss or destruction thereof is alleged, the Commissioner may

require the declarant to confirm by means of an affidavit the

statement of loss or destruction.

(3) The Commissioner may direct by notice published in the

Gazette that licences in any one or more classes shall bear a

photograph of the licensee; and in each case in respect of which

such a direction obtains, any person who applies for the issue or

renewal of a licence shall produce a recent and suitable photograph

in duplicate of himself.

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(1) All licences issued or renewed by the Commissioner

shall be valid from the date of issue or renewal, unless some other

date is indicated thereon for such purpose, and all such licences,

with the exception of those mentioned in subregulation (3), shall

lapse on the thirty-first day of December of the year in which they

are issued or renewed, subject to renewal in accordance with any

law or regulation applicable to such licences.

(2) Where any licence is issued or renewed after the first day of

January of any year, the period between the date on which or with

effect from which such licence is issued or renewed and the thirty-

first day of December of that year, unless it is otherwise provided

in respect thereof in these regulations, shall be deemed to be a full

year for the purposes of the payment of any fees prescribed in

relation to such licence in the First Schedule to these regulations.

(3) Licences issued or renewed in respect of one or more

specified dates or periods shall lapse on the date indicated thereon.

(4) For the purposes of securing that the work of renewing

licences will be evenly spread the Commissioner may fix the

periods during which licences of any one or more classes are to be

renewed, and notice of such periods shall be published in the

Gazette.

(5) Any person who renews his licence within the period fixed

by the Commissioner under the last preceding subregulation shall

not be deemed to have acted without a licence during the interval

between the date of expiry of the last licence held by him and the

last day of the period fixed by the Commissioner, by reason only

that the licence was not renewed before the date of its expiry.

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(1) The relevant fees specified in the First Schedule or

Second Schedule shall be levied by the Commissioner on the issue,

renewal or transfer of licences, or in connection therewith

Provided that

(a) on the issue after the expiration of any quarter of a

year of a licence, in respect of which a fee of more

than one euro and sixteen cents (1.16) is leviable and

which is not a sporting licence, the fee leviable in

respect of that licence shall be reduced by as many

fourths as there are quarters which have expired since

the first day of January of the year then current; and

(b) (deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

(c) (deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

(d) the fees leviable in respect of item 17 of the First

Schedule shall not leviable where the Director of

Public Works or any officer of the department of

public works duly authorised in writing by the

Director of Pubic Works to act in his behalf, certifies

that the deposit of building or other materials is being

effected as part of works carried out under contract on

behalf of the Government.

(2) On the transfer of a licence from premises in respect of

which that licence is operative (hereinafter referred to as ''the new

premises'') the rental value of which is higher or lower than that of

the former premises, an extra fee shall be levied or, as the case may

be, a refund to the licensee shall be allowed in respect of the

remaining quarter or quarters of the year for which the licence is

valid. Such extra fee or such refund shall be computed in relation to

the difference between the full annual fee leviable on the new

premises immediately before the transfer is effected.

(3)

(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

(4)

(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

(5) The Minister responsible for Police may remit or reduce

any fee specified in the First Schedule.

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(1) Where the fee in respect of the issue or renewal of a

licence is based on the rental value of any premises, such rental

value shall be ascertained by the Commissioner who, for that

purpose, may require the applicant to produce a declaration signed

by himself and by the landlord or administrator of the premises,

showing the amount of rent payable in respect thereof.

(2) It shall be lawful for the Commissioner to require such

other evidence or to take such other measures at the expense of the

applicant, as he may deem fit, for the purpose of ascertaining such

rental value.

(3) If the applicant makes a false declaration, the licence shall

not be granted or, as the case may be, renewed. If the falsity

becomes known to the Commissioner after the grant or the renewal,

the licence shall be avoided. Any refusal of the grant or renewal or

the voidance of the licence under this regulation shall be without

prejudice to any penalty to which the person making the false

declaration may be liable.

(4) Where only a part of any premises is used for the trade or

business covered by the licence, the rental value of the premises

shall be deemed for the purposes of this regulation to be the rental

value of the part so used only and the relative fee shall be computed

accordingly.

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(1) Applications in connection with licences shall be made

on such forms as may be prescribed by the Commissioner from

time to time, and they shall be signed or marked by the applicant.

(2)

Such application shall indicate -

(a) the name, surname, father’s name, occupation and

place of residence of the applicant, and any other

particular at the discretion of the Commissioner

relative to applicant’s identity;

(b) the object for which the licence is required including

all relevant particulars thereof;

(c) where a licence is required in respect of acts which are

to be performed on specified dates or at specified

times or in specified places, the dates, times and places

to be covered by the licence;

(d) any other detail which may be required under any

particular law for the time being in force or which may

be required by the Commissioner at his discretion.

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Each licence shall contain any condition under which it is

granted.

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(1)

Licences shall be personal.

(2) Badges which under these Regulations or under any law are

issued to or are to be worn by licensees shall be personal and may

not be handed over by the licensee to another person nor may they

be used by any person other than the licensee.

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009).

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(1) Licences in respect of a shop shall be constantly kept

on t he prem ises to which they refer and, if t hey are issued

otherwise than in booklet form, they shall be enframed and

conspicuously displayed in the premises.

(2)

(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009).

(3) Licences other than those referred to in subregulation (1)

shall be constantly carried on his person by the licensee whenever

he is performing the act to which the licence refers.

(4) All licences shall be produced on demand for examination

by any member of the Police force.

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(1) Drivers of motor cars for hire, bus drivers, bus

conductors, bus ticket-inspectors, cab drivers, market and parcel

post porters, waiters, waitresses, boatmen, artistes, barmaids,

shoeblacks and any other persons who by any law or regulation are

required to wear a distinctive badge shall, during the time in which

they exercise their trade or calling wear such badge which shall be

supplied by the Commissioner on payment of the appropriate fee

according to these Regulations. Such fee shall be over and above

that charged for the licence.

(2) Such badge shall be returned to the Commissioner if the

licence is withdrawn or cancelled or if it ceases otherwise to be

operative. If loss or destruction thereof is alleged, the

Commissioner may require the declarant to confirm his statement

of loss or destruction by means of an affidavit.

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The Commissioner may attach to any licence such

conditions as he may deem fit, and in the case of each failure to

observe such conditions, or any of them, the licensee shall be

deemed to have acted without a licence.

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(1) The Commissioner shall not issue any licence to

persons who have not attained the age of eighteen years but he may

grant the renewal of a licence to persons who, on the coming into

operation of these Regulations, are already in possession of the

licence though they have not attained that age.

(2) The Commissioner may also grant to persons who, though

they have not attained the age of eighteen years, are authorised

under the provisions of the Commercial Code to exercise trade,

such licences as are connected with the trade exercised by them.

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Any person who fails to comply with or contravenes any of

the provisions contained in regulations 3(2), 9 or 11, or who

knowingly or recklessly gives false information required under

regulation 6, or who in applying to the Commissioner according to

these Regulations gives information which is false or misleading in

any material particular, shall be guilty of an offence under these

Regulations and shall be liable to the penalties laid down in the

Criminal Code in respect of contraventions.

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3. (a) Arms Dealer Licence: to import, acquire, keep and dispose of

arms proper and ammunition in accordance with the provisions of the

Arms Act, per annum ..............................................

120.00

(b) To act as a substitute or as an apprentice in dealing of arms,

ammunition, arms proper, per annum .......................................

60.00

(c) Gunsmith Licence, per annum ..........................................

120.00

(d) Film Armourer Licence, per annum ..................................

120.00

4. (a) Target Shooter Licence A, per annum ...............................

10.00

(b) Target Shooter Licence B, per annum ...............................

10.00

(c) Target Shooter Licence A Special, per annum .....................

10.00

5. (a) Collector Licence A, per annum .......................................

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(b) Collector Licence B, per annum .......................................

20.00

(c) Collector Licence A Special, per annum .............................

20.00

6. (a) Hunting Licence on Land (excluding hunting for wild

rabbit), per annum ..........................................................................

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(b) Hunting Licence from on board any seacraft three kilometers

from the coast, per annum ...................................................

70.00

(c) Hunting Licence for rabbit, per annum ................................

12.00

7. (a) To keep a place (Shooting Ranges) were target shooting

activities with licensed firearms are held, per annum ...........................

120.00

(b) To hold target shooting activities with air weapons in mobile

shooting galleries, for each day .................................................

(c) To hold a one-time event in places which are not licensed as

shooting range, for each day .............................................................

8. To act as a range officer during the practice of target shooting, per

annum .............................................................................................

Billiard Tables (Public)

9. (deleted by Legal Notice 85 of 2011)

10. (deleted by Legal Notice 85 of 2011)

11. For an extension of the closing time of places where billiard

tables are kept for public use beyond 11p.m. up to 1a.m., per annum

12. (deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

13. (deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

14. (deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

15. (deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

16. (deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

17. (deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

18. (deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

Cab driver

19. (a)

To act as cab driver, per annum ................................

(b)

For the issue of a cab drivers’ badge ........................

Clap-nets

20. (Deleted by L.N. 288 of 2016)

20A. (Deleted by L.N. 288 of 2016)

Conduct Certificates

21. For the issue of a certificate of conduct ..............................

2.80 and any

21A. (a) for the issue of a complete record of criminal

convictions ...................................................................................

(b) for the issue of a declaration of conduct ..................

Dogs

22. To keep a dog, per annum ..................................................

23. To keep a watchdog in fields or in rooms or other structure

annexed to fields solely for tending cattle or crops, per annum .......

24. For a second or a subsequent badge taken out in respect of

the dog during the year for which a badge is in force ......................

25. (deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

26. (deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

27. (deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

Encroachment

28. For any other licence or permit not subject to renewal

involving

(a) a temporary encroachment not otherwise provided for

herein .......................................................................................

(b) a permanent encroachment .......................................

Engines

29. To keep for use an engine in premises where a rental value

licence already prevails a subsidiary licence fee is charged;

otherwise a rental value licence is required.

Entertainment (occasional)

30. To hold a public show, a ball, a dance, small games, a fair, a

tombola, a lottery or any other public entertainment on any special

day ....................................................................................

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To hold a band programme and/or band marches in any town

or village on any specified day ..............................................

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To hold aquatic or other sports on a specified day ..............

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To hold any other occasional entertainment on a specified

day ................................................................................................

Explosives

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To import gunpowder, ammunition or other explosives and

to transport same to authorised storage sites, per annum .................

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To keep a fireworks factory or to manufacture explosives,

per annum .....................................................................................

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To purchase explosives in terms of article 6 of the

Explosives Ordinance ....................................................................

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To keep and/or store explosives for sale, per annum -

(a) if the quantity does not exceed 20 kg. ......................

(b) if the quantity exceeds 20 kg. ...................................

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For each sale, transfer or delivery of explosives otherwise

than by a licensed dealer ................................................................

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To keep explosives (not for sale) in terms of article 16 of the

Explosives Ordinance, per annum ............................................

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To carry explosives and/or manufactured fireworks from one

place to another for each occasion or for a specified period as the

case may be .............................................................................

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For any permit under article 24 of the Explosives Ordinance,

including the blasting of rocks by means of explosives for each

period specified in the licence ..........................................

Free licences and permits

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Burial permit .....................................................................

Firemen in cinemas

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To act as fireman in cinemas, per annum ...........................

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

Liquor Licences

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For a special extension on a specified day on the occasion of

feasts, etc., of the closing time of a shop licensed to sell wine, beer

and spirituous liquors beyond 11 p.m. ....................................

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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For the sale of wine, beer and spirituous liquors by the tot on

a ferryboat, per annum ..............................................................

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

Motor Vehicles

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 206 of 2009)

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(deleted by Legal Notice 93 of 2003)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

Musical Instruments

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(a) For the playing of musical instruments and/or the use

of loudspeakers and/or amplifiers in licensed premises, per annum

(b) For the playing of musical instruments and/or the use

of loudspeakers and/or amplifiers for any one day or part thereof

No fee shall be leviable in respect of a licence for the

playing of loudspeakers forming an integral part of radio and

television sets and enclosed in the cabinet thereof.

Non-Intoxicants Shops

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(a) For a licence to keep a non-intoxicants shop. The fees

fixed under Part II of this Schedule shall apply.

(b) For the sale of non-intoxicants on a ferryboat, per

annum ...........................................................................................

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For the sale of articles of food and/or non-intoxicant drinks

from a movable stall or kiosk, for every period of three days or part

thereof ...........................................................................................

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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For a special extension on a specified day of the business

hours of a non-intoxicants shop beyond 11 p.m. .............................

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

Public Collections

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To hold a public collection ................................................

Street Itinerant Vendors

Laws of Malta — Subsidiary Legislation 128.1 — POLICE LICENCES REGULATIONS

To sell mineral water and non-alcoholic drinks and

refreshments in specified places on certain occasions, for each

specified day .................................................................................

Street refuse collector (private)

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(a) To act as private street refuse collector, per annum ..

(b) For a badge to he worn by a private street refuse

collector ........................................................................................

Stone

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(a) To quarry and/or sell soft stone, per annum ..............

(b) To quarry and/or sell any hard stone derivative, per

annum ...........................................................................................

Vehicles for hire and carts for private use

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To let on hire an animal-drawn vehicle for the conveyance of

persons or for the carriage of goods, per annum .........................

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To keep a cart for private use, per annum ...........................

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For each plate to be fixed to an animal-drawn vehicle, other

than a cart, or for each pair of plates to be fixed on a cart .......

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

Batching Plants

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To keep and operate a batching plant, per annum ...............

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

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€

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(deleted by Act XIII of 2015)

Supplementary Fees

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Subsidiary licence: only one licence fee based on the annual

rental value of licensed premises shall be leviable in respect of any

premises.

Subsequent licences shall be issued as subsidiary ones

for the first issue of a subsidiary licence or for its renewal,

unless it is incorporated in the principal licence, per annum ...........

2.33

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For a taxidermist’s licence, per annum ...............................

25.70

PART II

Rental Value Licences

1. For a licence to keep a shop, stall, fixed kiosk, store, garage, workshop,

factory, trading establishment, office, agency, lodging house, printing press, club,

cinema, theatre, place of public entertainment or other place where wares,

merchandise, commodities or other goods are manufactured and/or sold or where any

trade, business, commercial activity, art, profession or calling is carried out there

shall be charged a fee equivalent to the amount calculated on the rental value of the

licensed premises at the rate mentioned in column 1 of Table A of this item,

according to their respective category and locality, and subject to the minimum fee

mentioned in column 2 of the said Table A.

TABLE A

Locality A

Column l

Column 2

Category 1

8%

€582.34

Category 2

8%

€302.82

Category 3

8%

€186.35

Category 4

8%

€116.47

Locality B

Category 1

7%

€465.87

Category 2

7%

€232.94

Category 3

7%

€139.76

Category 4

7%

€93.17

Locality C

Category 1

6%

€244.58

Category 2

6%

€116.47

Category 3

6%

€69.88

Category 4

6%

€46.59

Locality D

Category 1

5%

€116.47

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Category 2

5%

€58.23

Category 3

5%

€46.59

Category 4

5%

€34.94

Locality A comprises

Valletta ......................... Republic Street between City Gate and St Christopher

Street; Merchants Street between Victory Square and St

Christopher Street

Bu[ibba and Qawra......... This locality includes the area surrounded by -

Toni Bajada Street (both sides);

Mosta Road between Toni Bajada Street and Salini Coast

Road up to Pioneers Corps Road;

Pioneers Corps Road;

Qawra Road (inclusive of side streets found in the area)

up to and including Bu[ibba Road till it meets with Toni

Bajada Street near to and including the Gillieru

Restaurant.

Paceville......................... i.e. the area known as Paceville surrounded by and

including Spinola Road (both sides);

that part of St George’s Road between Spinola Road and

St George’s Bay (both sides);

St George’s Bay and the road leading from that Bay

towards the Regional Road (both sides and side streets

thereat);

Dragonara Road.

St Julians......................... Spinola Square;

St George's Road up to Spinola Road (including any side

streets in the area).

Locality B comprises

Valletta .......................... St Paul’s Street between Castille Place and St Christopher

Street;

Old Bakery Street between Ordinance Street and St

Christopher Street;

St Zachary Street;

Strait Street between Ordinance Street and St Nicholas

Street;

Victory Square;

Old Treasury Street;

St Frederick Street;

Ordinance Street;

South Street;

Melita Street;

Carts Street;

St John’s Street between St Ursula Street and West Street;

St Lucia’s Street between St Ursula Street and West

Street;

Old Theatre Street between St Ursula Street and Old

Bakery Street;

Felix Street;

Archbishop Street between St Ursula Street and Old

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Bakery Street.

}amrun........................... St Joseph High Road.

Mellie]a ......................... {or[ Borg Olivier Street;

Main Street.

Sliema............................ Bisazza Street;

Bisazza Lane;

The Strand;

Tower Road;

St Anne Square;

Cathedral Street;

High Street between Tower Road and G]ar il-Lembi

Street;

Manwel Dimech Street between The Strand and St Helen

Street;

Rudolph Street between Manwel Dimech Street and St

James Street.

St Julians ....................... {or[ Borg Olivier Street.

Victoria, Gozo ................ Pjazza Indipendenza;

Republic Street;

St Sabina Street;

St George’s Square;

St Joseph Street;

Market Street;

Main Gate Street;

President J.F. Kennedy Square;

Fortunato Mizzi Street;

Sir Adrian Dingli Street.

Marsalforn, Gozo

Xlendi, Gozo

Locality C comprises

Birkirkara ...............

Valley Road;

Mannarino Road;

Fleur-de-Lys Road;

Naxxar Road.

Bir\ebbu[a ................... Pretty Bay;

St Edward Street between Pretty Bay and the Pier;

Bonnici Street;

Bir\ebbu[a Square.

Cospicua ......................

Gavino Gulia Square;

Paolino Vassallo Square;

Bormla Wharf;

St Paul Church Area.

Floriana .......................... St Anne Square;

St Anne Street;

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Pope John XXIII Square.

Guardamangia ................. St Luke’s Road/Triq il-Mimosa.

G\ira-Msida .................... The Strand;

Testaferrata Street;

Msida Sea-Front.

Marsascala .................... Dun Tarcisio Agius Square;

Marina Street;

Salini Street;

Mifsud Bonnici Square.

Mdina ........................... the whole city.

Mosta ............................ Eucharistic Congress Road;

Constitution Street;

Main Street between Rotunda Square and Grech Mifsud

Alley.

Rabat ............................ Main Street;

The Saqqajja;

Parish Square;

L’Isle Adam Square;

St Augustine Street;

St Paul’s Street;

St Joseph Street.

St Paul’s Bay

Locality D comprises

Any other locality not shown under Locality A. B or C.

Category 1 refers to trading licences in respect of -

1. Radio, T.V., domestic appliances, office equipment, spares and high fidelity

equipment.

2. Musical records, stereos, record players, tape recorders, cassettes and spare

parts.

3. Importers and wholesalers.

4. Chemists, sale of perfumery and cosmetics.

5. Hairdressing salon.

6. Real estate agents, travelling and other agencies.

7. Local insurance companies (including agents of local and foreign insurance

companies, brokers, operators registered as salesmen under the Insurance

Business Act).

8. Advertising and public relations.

9. Financial institutions, banks, investment houses.

10. Antiques.

11. Jewellery, watches, clocks.

12. Engines and outboard motors.

13. Electrical and mechanical equipment.

14. Cars, vans, motorcycles, motor vehicles and spares.

15. Car, bus hire services and surplus garage.

16. Ornamental crystals.

17. Public bars for sale of wine, beer and spirits.

18. Brick and tile making.

19. Showrooms for the sale of furniture.

20. Showrooms for the sale of bathrooms and toilet accessories.

21. Any other object not specifically provided for, which in the opinion of the

Commissioner of Police, should properly be classified under this category.

Category 2 refers to trading licences in respect of -

1. Catering and confectioneries.

2. Photographic equipment and spare parts.

3. Wearing apparel.

4. Furniture, carpentry, upholstery.

5. Ironmongery.

6. Glassware, earthenware, tableware.

7. Electricians and plumbers.

8. Souvenirs.

9. Motor vehicle repairs, sprayers, workshop garages, garage.

10. Footwear and leather goods.

11. Metal grades (industrial).

12. Petrol vendors.

13. Household goods and furnishing.

14. Launderers and dry cleaners.

15. Stationers and booksellers.

16. Farming and fishing equipment.

17. Toy sellers.

18. Drapery, carpets.

19. House remover, burdnara.

20. Any other object not specifically provided for which in the opinion of the

Commissioner of Police should properly be classified under this category.

Category 3 refers to trading licences in respect of -

1. Factories.

2. Clubs.

3. Cinemas

4. Theatres

5. Places of public entertainment.

6. Offices.

7. Printing Presses.

8. Any other object not specifically provided for, which in the opinion of the

Commissioner of Police, should properly be classified under this category.

Category 4 refers to trading licences in respect of -

1. Blacksmith, tinsmith.

2. Bazaar.

3. Kerosene vendors.

4. Grocers and greengrocers.

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5. Fodder retailers.

6. Meatsellers.

7. Bakers and breadsellers.

8. Wine shop.

9. Tea and coffee (non-intoxicants) shops.

10. Any other object not specifically provided for, which in the opinion of the

Commissioner of Police, should properly be classified under this category.

For any special extension of the closing time of places of public

entertainment after 1 a.m. on each occasion, a fee of €23.29.

This fee shall be leviable irrespectively of any fee chargeable for the time

extension in respect of any other licences prevailing on the premises.

Provided that the fee payable for licences in respect of the following trading

categories shall be either as indicated in Table A or as stipulated hereunder,

whichever is the highest

(a)

real estate agency ................................................................. €698.81

(b)

local insurance companies (excluding agents of local and

foreign insurance companies, brokers, operators registered as salesmen

under the Insurance Business Act). ........................................................ €931.75

(c)

an advertising and/or public relations agency ........................ €582.34

(d)

a financial institution, a bank and investment house ........... €1,164.69

(e)

a wedding hall or any other such place for the purpose of

holding weddings or other receptions

(i)

where the capacity is under 200 persons .................... €349.41

(ii)

where the capacity is over 200 persons but less

than 500 ................................................................... €582.34

(iii)

where the capacity is over 500 persons ..................... €931.75

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