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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 234.06
MERCHANT SHIPPING FEES REGULATIONS
8th June, 1973
LEGAL NOTICE 64 of 1973, as amended by Legal Notices 151 of 1977,
128 of 1992, 279 and 341 of 2002, and 76 of 2003.
Title.
Regulations.
Fees for services, 
etc.
Substituted by:
L.N. 128 of 1992.
Amended by:
L.N. 279 of 2002.
2. The fees payable for the services and certificates specified
in the Schedule shall be the fee specified in relation to each such
service or certificate in that Schedule:
Provided that the Minister may, under such conditions as
deemed appropriate, exempt any person or class of persons, or any
ship or class of ships, from all or part of the fees payable in terms
of these regulations.
Amended by:
L.N. 151 of 1977;
L.N. 128 of 1992;
L.N. 279 of 2002;
L.N. 341 of 2002;
L.N. 76 of 2003.
SCHEDULE
(Regulation 2)
Fee
PART 1. Fees for Services and Certificates in
connection with Registration and other services
given by the Directorate of Merchant Shipping of the
Malta Maritime Authority, hereinafter referred to as
the Directorate of Merchant Shipping
Extension of any certificate of registry ..................... Lm20
Registry of any change in the registered ownership
of a registered ship ................................................... Lm100
Registration of mortgage or special privilege on a
registered ship .......................................................... Lm200
Any transaction related to a registered mortgage or
special privilege other than discharge of a mortgage
or a special privilege the registration of which was
recorded by the Registrar on or after the 1st January,
2003 ......................................................................... Lm100
Registry of any other change in the register of a ship  Lm50
Endorsement of any certificate of registry ................ Lm10
Issue of certificate denoting change in the register of
a ship ....................................................................... Lm20
For reservation of name of ship ................................ Lm5
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Approval of an international owner as a person
qualified to own a Maltese ship ................................ Lm100 and 
Lm50 
annually 
thereafter
Issue of a transcript or extract of the register of any
one particular ship .................................................... Lm10
For a certified copy of, or extract from, any
declaration or document, per page, subject to a
minimum of Lm10 .................................................... Lm5
Issue of certificate of insurance or other financial
security in respect of civil liability for oil pollution
damage .................................................................... Lm20
Issue of consent, or extension thereto, for the
bareboat charter registration of a Maltese ship in
another registry ........................................................ Lm20
Issue of any other certificate in terms of the
Merchant Shipping Act not specified above and
which is not any certificate of registry or any
certificate denoting renewal thereto Lm20
Issue of any other certificate or licence, including
exemption certificates, in terms of international
conventions, not specified above .............................. Lm10
Issue of safe manning certificate .............................. Lm50
Re-issue of safe manning certificate Lm10
Any other service not specified above and which is
not an issue or renewal of any certificate of registry .. Lm10
In addition to the fees specified above, any service requiring the
attendance of the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen or a
Registrar of Maltese Ships or the Shipping Master or any other
official of the Directorate of Merchant Shipping or their
representative outside the normal hours of business of that
Directorate, hereinafter referred to as the normal hours, is subject
to a fee as specified hereunder:
( a ) if the service started during normal hours and finished
within one hour after normal hours - Lm 10;
( b ) if the service started within one hour before normal
hours and finished during normal hours - Lm 10;
( c ) otherwise, Lm 10 per hour or part thereof subject to a
minimum of three hours, so however that if the
service is given on any day between 2100 hours and
0700 hours, or at any time on Saturdays, Sundays and
Public Holidays the rate per hour or part thereof shall
be Lm 20 subject to a minimum of three hours:
Provided that other additional fees for the provision of services
outside of the offices of the Directorate of Merchant Shipping of
the Malta Maritime Authority or outside harbour or outside Malta
may be established by the Registrar-General at his discretion.
PART 2. Fees for Certificates and other documents
issued to seafarers
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For the purpose of this Part ''certification
regulations'' means the Merchant Shipping (A.B. and
E.D.H Certificates) Regulations, and the Merchant
Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations.
Issue or revalidation of any certificate in terms of the
certification regulations other than an endorsement
certificate in recognition of a certificate not issued in
terms of the certification regulations ......................... Lm10
Issue or revalidation of an endorsement certificate in
recognition of any certificate not issued in terms of
the certification regulations ...................................... Lm22
Re-issue or replacement of any certificate issued in
terms of the certification regulations ......................... 50% of fee 
applicable 
for issue of 
original 
certificate
Issue of Maltese Seaman Identity Card or Seaman’s
Record Book, new, in substitution of or in
continuation of ......................................................... Lm5
