ARREARS OF MOTOR VEHICLE LICENCE FEES (REGULARISATION) REGULATIONS (regularisation)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 65.24

ARREARS OF MOTOR VEHICLE LICENCE

FEES (REGULARISATION) REGULATIONS

20th January, 2012

LEGAL NOTICE 22 of 2012, as amended by Legal Notices 85 of 2013,

24 of 2014, 177 of 2015, 136 of 2018, 425 of 2020 and 261 of 2025.

The title of these regulations is the Arrears of Motor

Vehicle Licence Fees (Regularisation) Regulations.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

''the Authority'' means the Authority for Transport in Malta

established under the Authority for Transport in Malta Act;

''circulation licence fee'' means the fee paid on the licensing of a

motor vehicle and annually thereafter;

"motor vehicle" means any mechanically self-propelled vehicle

intended for use on the road, other than a vehicle running on rails;

''the Ordinance'' means the Traffic Regulation Ordinance;

''vehicle licence'' means the circulation licence issued by the

Authority in terms of regulation 14 of the Registration and

Licensing of Motor Vehicles Regulations.

Whosoever on the date of the coming into force of these

regulations has incurred liability under article 57 of the Ordinance

or under regulations 13 and 14 of the Registration and Licensing of

Motor Vehicles Regulations, may be granted an immunity from

criminal liability and a full or partial exemption from the payment

of arrears in circulation licence fees due to the Authority upon the

fulfilment of the terms and conditions set out by these regulations

Provided that in terms of article 56 of the Ordinance, the

Authority shall be exempt from collecting such fines.

During the period from when these regulations come into

f o r c e u n t i l t h e 3 1 st O c t o b e r 2 0 2 7 , h e r e i n a f t e r c a l l e d t h e

regularisation period, any person to whom regulation 3 applies,

shall submit the applicable form to the Authority in order to

regularise his position in accordance with these regulations.

(1) The form shall be presented at the Authority’s Driver

and Vehicle Licensing Unit together with -

(a) the payment of a processing fee of one hundred and

twenty-five euro (€125)

Provided that where a person to whom regulation 3

applies is residing in a home for the elderly or is being

kept in a hospital for mental care, a medical certificate

from a professional or professionals to certify the

physical and mental ability of such person shall be

presented to the Authority so that the vehicle is

scrapped and the processing fee is waived

Provided further that the processing fee shall also be

waived where the vehicle is registered in the name of a

company which has been struck off the registry or is in

the process of dissolution and, in general, in all those

circumstances in which there is a legitimate reason for

the processing fee to be so waived

Provided further that any vehicle owner for which the

road licence has not been paid for eight (8) years or

more shall be deemed to be temporarily de-registered

with the Authority, and in order for such a vehicle to

be either officially scrapped, garaged or licensed, all

annual circulation licences fees, administration fees,

contraventions and CVA fees due shall be paid to the

AutAmends regulation 8 of the principal regulations.

Provided further that where a person having arrears of

motor vehicle licences which are prior to eight years

from the date from when such person regularises his

position, the processing fee to be paid shall be twenty

euro (€20); and

(b) where the vehicle has not been scrapped or garaged or is

not being scrapped or garaged, the payment of any

amount in outstanding fines (multa or ammenda)

awarded by a court of criminal jurisdiction or penalties

awarded by a Commissioner of Justice in terms of the

Commissioners for Justice Act in connection with any

offence committed in respect of the said vehicle.

(2) Any form which is not accompanied by the payment of the

processing fee, and where applicable, by the payment of the amount in

outstanding fines and, or penalties shall not constitute a valid request

in terms of regulation 4.

(3) Sub-regulation (1)(a) shall not apply to the heirs of a deceased

person, being the registered owner of a motor vehicle, to whom

regulation 3 applies if a death certificate of the deceased person,

testamentary searches of the deceased person and a court decree of

renunciation from such inheritance are presented to the Authority.

(1) A form in respect of a licence pertaining to a vehicle

which has been scrapped without the necessary formalities outlined

in regulation 10 of the Registration and Licensing of Motor

Vehicles Regulations, shall be accompanied by a sworn statement

to that effect.

(2) A person who submits a valid form under this regulation

shall -

(a) benefit from a total exemption from criminal liability

and from the payment of arrears due by him in relation

to the licence of the said vehicle under the Ordinance

and under the Registration and Licensing of Motor

Vehicles Regulations, and

(b) be exempt from the payment of any outstanding

administrative fines which are due in terms of article

21(5) of the Motor Vehicles Registration and

Licensing Act and regulation 14(2) of the Registration

and Licensing of Motor Vehicles Regulations.

Any person who submits a form in respect of a licence

pertaining to a vehicle which such person intends to scrap in

accordance with the provisions of Part VIII of the Registration and

Licensing of Motor Vehicles Regulations shall -

(a) benefit from a full exemption from the payment of all

arrears in circulation licence fees due in respect of the

said vehicle,

(b) be exempt from criminal liability if and when he

fulfils the requirements set out in regulation 10 of the

Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles

Regulations, and

(c) be exempt from the payment of any outstanding

administrative fines which are due in terms of article

21(5) of the Motor Vehicles Registration and

Licensing Act and regulation 14(2) of the Registration

and Licensing of Motor Vehicles Regulations.

(2) The form mentioned in sub-regulation (1) shall be

accompanied by a sworn statement confirming that the vehicle was

not used on the road

Provided that if the vehicle has been transferred on another

person without such transfer having been registered with the

Authority, the form mentioned in sub-regulation (1) shall be

accompanied by a declaration confirming that the registered owner

does not know where such vehicle is.

(1) Any person who submits a form in respect of a

circulation licence pertaining to a vehicle which is no longer used

on the road but which has not been garaged in accordance with the

provisos to regulation 14(3) of the Registration and Licensing of

Motor Vehicles Regulations shall -

(a) benefit from a reduction of fifty per cent (50%) of all

the arrears in licence fees due in respect of the said

vehicle, and

(b) be exempt from all administration fines in terms of the

provisions of regulation 6(2)(b) and from all criminal

liability if and when such person fulfils the

requirements set out in the said provisos and pays the

reduced amount of arrears due by such person

Provided that when such a person fulfils the requirements

of this regulation and makes a request in writing to the Authority to

renew the licence of that vehicle, that licence shall only come into

force six (6) months from the date in which the Authority had

received the request for renewal.

(2) The form mentioned in sub-regulation (1) shall be

accompanied by a sworn statement confirming that the vehicle was

not used on the road.

An applicant for an exemption or partial exemption under

regulations 6, 7 and 8 who still has to pay any outstanding fines

awarded by a court of criminal jurisdiction or penalties awarded by

a Commissioner of Justice or any outstanding access fees in terms

of the Vehicle Access Zones (Control) Regulations shall also have

to settle all the circulation licence fees due up to the date on which

he had committed the most recent offence for which a fine was

awarded by the court or the Commissioner of Justice or on which

he last accessed a charging zone.

Any person who submits a form in respect of a licence

pertaining to a vehicle which such person does not intend to garage

i n ac c o r d a n c e w it h t he p ro v i s o s t o r e g u la t i on 1 4 ( 3) o f t he

Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles Regulations shall be

exempt from all administration fines in terms of the provisions of

regulation 6(2)(b) and from all criminal liability.

Where a person fails to settle any outstanding licence

arrears on any one vehicle registered in his name, the Authority

shall not register, in his name, any other vehicle, whether new or

used, until such time that he continues to fail to settle the said

outstanding arrears

Provided that the provisions of this regulation shall not

apply in respect of companies, partnerships and cooperative

societies as defined in the Companies Act.