 ARREARS OF MOTOR VEHICLE LICENCES
(REGULARISATION) _g S.L.65.24 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 65.24
ARREARS OF MOTOR VEHICLE LICENCES 
(REGULARISATION) REGULATIONS
29th January, 2004
LEGAL NOTICE 13 of 2004. 
Title. 
Vehicle Licences (Regularisation) Regulations.
Interpretation.
''Authority'' means the Malta Transport Authority;
Cap. 65.
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Regulations;
''the notice'' means the written notice mentioned in regulation 4.
Immunity from 
criminal liability 
and exemption 
from payment.
3. Whosoever on the date of the coming into force of these
regulations has incurred liability under article 57 of the Ordinance
and, or regulation 18 of the motor vehicle regulations, shall be
granted an immunity from criminal liability and a full or partial
exemption from the payment of arrears in road licence fees due to
the Authority upon the fulfilment of the terms and conditions set
out by these regulations.
Written notice of 
default to the 
Authority.
4. Within a period of six months from the date of the coming
into force of these regulations, hereinafter called the regularisation
period, any person to whom regulation 3 applies, shall give written
notice to the Authority of his default and of his intention to
regularise his position in accordance with these regulations.
Processing fee.
of Revenue Unit within the Authority and shall be accompanied by
a processing fee of fifteen liri:
Provided that any notice which is not accompanied by the
prescribed fee shall not constitute valid notice in terms of
regulation 4.
Scrapped vehicles.
which has been scrapped without the necessary formalities outlined
in regulation 26 of the motor vehicle regulations, shall be
accompanied by a sworn statement to that effect. A person who
submits a valid notice under this regulation shall benefit from a
total exemption from criminal liability and from payment of arrears
due by him in relation to the licence of the said vehicle under the
Ordinance and the motor vehicle regulations.
Vehicles which are 
to be scrapped.
7. Any person who submits a notice with respect to a licence
pertaining to a vehicle which he intends to scrap, shall benefit from
a full exemption from payment of all arrears in licence fees due
with respect to the said vehicle and shall be exempt from criminal
liability if and when he fulfils the requirements set out in regulation
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ARREARS OF MOTOR VEHICLE LICENCES
(REGULARISATION)
26 of the motor vehicle regulations:
Provided that if such person fails to fulfil the obligations
set out in this regulation within a maximum period of one month
from the expiration of the regularisation period, such person shall
forfeit his entitlement to benefit from regulation 3 and he shall
remain liable to criminal prosecution and civil liability under the
Ordinance and the motor vehicle regulations.
Garaged vehicles. 8. Any person who submits a notice with respect to a 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 18(4) of the motor vehicle regulations, shall benefit from
a reduction of sixty six per cent of all the arrears in licence fees due
with respect to the said vehicle and shall be exempt from criminal
liability if and when he fulfils the requirements set out in the said
provisos and pays the reduced amount of arrears due by him:
Provided that if such a person fails to fulfil the obligations
set out in this regulation within a maximum period of one month
from the expiration of the regularisation period, such person shall
forfeit his entitlement to benefit from regulation 3 and he shall
remain liable to criminal prosecution and civil liability under the
Ordinance and the motor vehicle regulations.
Vehicles which 
will neither be 
scrapped nor 
garaged.
9. Any person who submits a notice with respect to a licence
pertaining to a vehicle which such person does not intend to garage
in accordance with the provisos to regulation 18(4) of the motor
vehicle regulations, shall benefit from a reduction of thirty three
per cent of all the arrears in licence fees due with respect to the said
vehicle and shall be exempt from criminal liability if and when he
pays the amount of reduced arrears due by him as well as the full
licence fee for the current year:
Provided that if such person fails to fulfil the obligations
set out in this regulation within a period of one month from the
expiration of the regularisation period, such person shall forfeit his
entitlement to benefit from regulation 3 and shall remain liable to
criminal prosecution and civil liability under the Ordinance and the
motor vehicle regulations.
Old number plates. 10. Any vehicle which, at the expiry of a month from the
regularisation period, still bears the identification number plates
allotted to it by the Commissioner of Police prior to 1995 shall be
deemed scrapped in the records of the Authority. In order for such
vehicle to be used on the road again it shall be registered afresh and
a valuation made by the Authority.
