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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 and 93 of 2003.
Title.
Regulations.
Interpretation.
Amended by:
G.N. 808 of 1957;
L.N. 52 of 1979.
Substituted by:
L.N. 327 of 2001.
Amended by:
L.N. 435 of 2002.
2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -
"battery driven electric moped" means a heavily built motor
bicycle with pedals and an engine whose power output does not
exceed 0.373kW;
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Police;
"goods carrying motor vehicle" means a vehicle of any class or
description other than a public service vehicle, used exclusively for
the conveyance of goods or materials. This category of vehicles
includes all kinds of lorries, trucks, vans, tankers, motor hearses
and self loading vehicles;
"gross combined weight (g.c.w.)" means the aggregated sums of
the gross vehicle weight of the motor vehicle used for traction and
the gross vehicle weight of the coupled (by means of a special
coupling device) trailer and, or semi-trailer together with its
maximum specified load;
L.S.65.15
"gross vehicle weight (g.v.w.)" has the same meaning as is
assigned to it in the Motor Vehicle Roadworthiness Test
Regulations;
Cap. 128.
Act;
"motor-car" means any vehicle propelled by mechanical power;
L.S.65.15
"public service vehicle" has the same meaning as is assigned to it
in the Motor Vehicle Roadworthiness Test Regulations;
"semi-trailer" means a trailer that has wheels only at the rear, the
front end being supported by the towing motor vehicle;
"shop" means any shop, stall, kiosk, store, public-house, inn,
restaurant, eating house, tavern or other place where wares,
merchandise, commodities or other goods are sold, whether by
wholesale or retail, or where any art or trade is carried on;
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"special purpose motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle specially
constructed or adapted, equipped with various devices that enable it
to perform certain non-transport functions, that is, the primary
purpose of such a vehicle is not the transport of persons or goods.
This category of vehicles includes -
- motor breakdown lorries;
- motor pump vehicles (for example - fire fighting
vehicles);
- lorries fitted with ladders or elevator platforms and, or
adjustable arm (for example - cherry pickers);
- lorries used for cleaning streets, gutters, etc. (for
example - sweepers, sprinklers and cesspool emptiers);
- spraying lorries of all kinds, whether or not fitted with
heating equipment;
- crane lorries, not for the transport of goods;
- mobile drilling derricks;
- lorries fitted with stacking mechanisms, that is, with a
platform which moves on a vertical support and is
generally powered by the vehicle engine;
- concrete mixer lorries;
- mobile electric generator sets;
- mobile radiological units, clinics and laboratories;
- outside broadcasting units (motor vehicles),
telegraphy, radio-telegraphy or radio-telephony
transmitting and receiving vans, radar vans;
- searchlight lorries;
- mobile kiosks;
- other motor vehicles (excluding motor invalid chairs
or carriages) not specified in other items under the
heading Motor Vehicles of Part 1 of these regulations;
"tractor" means any motor vehicle which is not constructed in
such a manner as to carry itself any load, but is intended for towing
any trailer;
"trailer" means any vehicle without mechanical power of its own
designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle and intended for the
purpose of the carriage of goods.
Form of licence.
Amended by:
G.N. 808 of 1957.
3. (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.
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(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.
Validity of licence.
Amended by:
G.N. 107 of 1953;
G.N. 384 of 1953;
G.N. 808 of 1957;
L.N. 74 of 1979.
Substituted by:
L.N. 187 of 1991.
4. (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 sub-regulation (3) of this
regulation, 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:
Provided that a licence issued in respect of the use of a
motor vehicle and any licence to drive a motor vehicle shall lapse
on such date as is indicated thereon.
(2) Where any licence, other than a licence for the use of a
motor vehicle, 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) The following licences shall lapse on the date indicated
thereon:
( a ) licences issued or renewed in respect of one or more
specified dates or periods;
( b ) international driving permits;
( c ) international certificates and fiscal permits in respect
of motor-cars.
(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 sub-regulation of
this regulation 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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Fees.
Amended by:
G.N. 384 of 1951;
G.N. 107 of 1953;
G.N. 672 of 1953;
G.N. 609 of 1956;
L.N. 12 of 1960;
L.N. 20 of 1964;
L.N. 40 of 1970;
L.N. 20 of 1971;
L.N. 21 of 1978;
L.N. 74 of 1979.
5. (1) The relevant fees specified in the First Schedule or
Second Schedule to these Regulations 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 fifty cents is leviable and which is neither the use
of a motor vehicle, or a motor vehicle driving licence,
or an international driving permit, or an international
certificate of motor vehicle, or a sporting licence, the
fee leviable in respect of that licence (other than the
fee leviable under the proviso to item 62 of the First
Schedule to these Regulations), 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 ) on the renewal of a licence for the use of a motor
vehicle after the expiration of one or more quarters of
a year, the licence fee shall be reduced by as many
fourths as there are quarters which have expired since
the lapse of the previous licence, provided the
licensee, prior to the lapse of the validity of the
licence, informs the Commissioner that the vehicle is
not going to be used on the road during one or more
quarters of the year beginning on the date of the said
lapse and is going to be garaged during the said period
of non-use, and provided also that the said licensee
hands over to the Commissioner the relative certificate
of motor vehicle as well as the number plates of the
relative motor vehicle;
( c ) if the owner of a motor vehicle who does not intend
using such vehicle for one or more quarters fails to
comply with the conditions set out in paragraph ( b ) of
this proviso prior to the lapse of the relative licence
but gives his written notice and complies with the
other said conditions at a later date, and moreover
confirms on oath that he has not made use of the said
vehicle since the lapse of its licence, he shall be bound
to pay that proportionate part of the annual licence as
shall represent the number of quarters from the date of
its lapse to and including the quarter then current but
shall not be liable for the payment of the prescribed
fine if such notice is given not later than one month
immediately after the relative licence had lapsed;
( d ) the fees leviable in respect of item 17 of the First
Schedule to these Regulations 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
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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) All Consular Officers of the United States of America or of
the Republics of France or Italy who are serving in Malta and the
employees of such Consular Officers shall be exempt from the
payment of any motor-car licence fee. For the purposes of this sub-
regulation:
(i) the words ''Consular Officer'' mean any person
who is granted an exaquatur or provisional or
other authorisation by the authorities
appropriate for that purpose in Malta;
(ii) the words ''employee of a Consular Officer''
mean any consular employee who is not a British
or Maltese-British subject, who is not engaged
in private occupation for gain in the Island of
Malta and its Dependencies, and who is a
permanent employee of the Government of the
United States of America or of the Republics of
France or Italy or, alternatively, was not resident
in Malta and its Dependencies at the
commencement of his employment at the
Consulate.
(4) ( a ) A refund in respect of the licence fee (other than the
fee leviable under the proviso to item 62 of the First
Schedule to these Regulations) for a motor vehicle
shall be allowed by the Commissioner if it is proved to
his satisfaction that that vehicle has been scrapped or
has been stolen and not recovered during the currency
of the relative licence or has been exported and has not
been re-imported during the currency of the relative
licence.
( b ) Any refund as is referred to in paragraph ( a ) of this
sub-regulation shall be of one or more quarters of the
fee paid for the licence which shall correspond to the
complete quarter or quarters of the year or period for
which the licence had been issued during which year or
period the vehicle had been scrapped, stolen or
exported.
(5) The Minister responsible for Police may remit or reduce
any fee specified in the First Schedule to these Regulations.
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Licence fee to be 
based on rental 
value of premises.
Amended by:
G.N. 100 of 1950.
6. (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.
Applications. 7. (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.
Conditions. 8. Each licence shall contain any condition under which it is
granted.
Licences to be used 
only by the 
licensee. 
9. (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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Certificate of 
motor vehicle.
Added by:
L.N. 74 of 1979.
10. The Commissioner shall not issue or renew any licence in
respect of a motor vehicle unless there is in force, in respect of that
motor vehicle, a certificate of motor vehicle.
Licences to be kept 
on premises.
11. (1) Licences in respect of a shop shall be constantly kept
on the premises to which they refer and, if they are issued
otherwise than in booklet form, they shall be enframed and
conspicuously displayed in the premises.
(2) Licences in respect of motor vehicles shall be affixed to the
windscreen, and licences in respect of other vehicles shall be
affixed to such part of the vehicle as may be directed by the
Commissioner.
(3) Licences other than those referred to in sub-regulations (1)
and (2) of this regulation 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.
Badge.
Amended by:
G.N. 100 of 1950.
12. (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 under 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 fee
appropriate under 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.
Conditions.
law regulating any one or more classes of licences, 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.
Age of licensees.
Amended by:
G.N. 100 of 1950.
14. (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.
Cap. 13.
(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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Offences.
Cap. 9.
15. Any person who fails to comply with or contravenes any of
the provisions contained in regulation 3(2) or in regulations 9 or
11, or who knowingly or recklessly gives false information
required under regulation 6, or who in making an application to the
Commissioner under 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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FIRST SCHEDULE
(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.
PART I
Fees leviable in respect of police licences and permits
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Amusement Machine
 1. To keep an amusement machine known as Kiddie Ride
Machine, per annum ...................................................................... 20.00
Arms
 2.  To carry a firearm for the purpose of guarding crops, per
annum ........................................................................................... 0.50
3. To purchase a firearm and/or to keep a firearm and/or
ammunition to the end of the year within which the purchase is
made ............................................................................................. 7.00
4. To keep a firearm or firearms during any year following the
year of purchase thereof, per annum ............................................... 7.00
5. To carry a firearm, ammunition, an arm proper, a knife or
pointed instrument outside any premises or the appurtenance
thereof, for any purpose other than those specified under items 2
and 7 hereof, per annum ................................................................ 1.50
5A To hold target shooting activities with air weapons in mobile
shooting ranges, for each day ......................................................... 30.00
6. To deal in firearms, ammunition, arms proper or to keep or
expose for sale such arms or ammunition, per annum ..................... 50.00
7. ( a )  To carry a firearm for sporting purposes or for the
purpose of killing game on land (other than the hunting of wild
rabbit), per annum ......................................................................... 12.00
Provided that a person who is licensed in terms of item 7 ( a )
shall pay for a functional shot gun or shot guns during any year
following the year of purchase thereof, a fee of .............................. 7.00
( b ) To carry a firearm for hunting from on board any
seacraft, three kilometres from the coast line, per annum ................ 30.00
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Provided that a person who is licensed in terms of item 7
( b ) shall pay the fees payable in terms of item 7 ( a ) and the relative
proviso as applicable 
8. To carry firearms for the purpose of hunting wild rabbit,
per annum ..................................................................................... 5.00
Provided that a person who is licensed in terms of item 8
shall pay the fees payable in terms of item 7 ( a ) and the relative
proviso as applicable.
Billiard Tables (Public)
9. To keep a billiard table for public use, per annum .............. 10.00
10. For each additional billiard table for public use beyond the
first one, per annum ....................................................................... 5.00
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 ..................................................................................... 1.00
Boats and other Seacraft
12. To use a passage boat for hire, per annum .......................... 0.50
13. To keep or use a mechanically-driven boat for the transport
of passengers on payment, per annum -
  ( a ) if the boat does not exceed 5 tonnes gross ................ 10.00
( b ) if the boat exceeds 5 tonnes gross ............................  50.00
14. To use a cargo boat, a lighter, a water-tanker, a trading
boat, a ferry-boat, a tugboat, per annum -
( a ) if the boat does not exceed 50 tonnes gross ..............  5.00
( b ) if the boat exceeds 50 tonnes gross .......................... 10.00
15. ( a )  To keep or use any boat or craft, including a
pleasure boat (other than those mentioned specifically elsewhere in
this Schedule), every 5 years - 
 not mechanically propelled boats from 12 feet upwards ................  15.00
( b ) To keep or use any mechanically driven boat or
craft, including a pleasure boat (other than those mentioned
specifically elsewhere in this Schedule) -
every 5 years, where the boat has no engine and is 12 feet and over
in length, or has an engine of 
up to 10 h.p. .................................................................................. 15.00
per annum, where the boat has an engine of
from 10 to 25 h.p. .......................................................................... 20.00
over 25 to 50 h.p. ........................................................................... 25.00
over 50 to 75 h.p. ........................................................................... 35.00
over 75 to 150 h.p. ........................................................................  45.00
over 150 h.p. .................................................................................  60.00
Provided that for the grant of a licence in respect of a pleasure boat
there shall be levied the following fee: 
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where the boat has no engine, and is 12 feet and over in
length or is propelled by an engine
up to 10 h.p. ..................................................................................  25.00
where the boat has an engine of
from 10 to 25 h.p. ..........................................................................  200.00
over 25 to 50 h.p. ...........................................................................  250.00
over 50 to 75 h.p. ..........................................................................  300.00
over 7.5 to 150 h.p. ........................................................................  325.00
over 150 h.p. .................................................................................  500.00
For the purpose of this item a pleasure boat means all those
craft which, by the nature of their built or construction or use, are
considered as pleasure boats by the Commissioner of Police.
Crafts which are registered with the Director of Fisheries
for fishing purposes will not be registered as such unless the owner
thereof produces to the Director of Fisheries a certificate by a
qualified shipwright to the effect that the said craft is constructed
and meant for fishing purposes.
16. ( a )  To act as boatman or coxswain, per annum ............... 0.50
( b )  For the issue of a boatman’s badge .......................... 0.20
Building or other materials (deposit of)
17. For depositing building or other materials or other goods in
any place of public passage or any wharf, other than goods in
respect of which storage rates are payable under the Port Rates
Regulations, for every m 2  or part thereof in respect of each day or
portion thereof ............................................................................... 1.00
18. For depositing any cranes or other heavy machinery in any
place of public passage during the erection, construction or
demolishing of any building or other similar project, for each such
machinery in respect of each day or part thereof ............................. 10.00
Cab driver
19. ( a ) To act as cab driver, per annum ................................ 0.50
( b ) For the issue of a cab drivers’ badge ........................ 0.20
Clap-nets
20. ( a ) To take birds, per annum ......................................... 6.00
( b ) To take wild rabbit, per annum ................................ 6.00
20A. For the ringing of birds from the 1st January to the 31st
December of the same year ............................................................ 3.00
Conduct Certificates
21. For the issue of a certificate of conduct .............................. 1.00
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Dogs
22. To keep a dog, per annum .................................................. 1.00
23. To keep a watchdog in fields or in rooms or other structure
annexed to fields solely for tending cattle or crops, per annum .......  0.50
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 ...................... 0.20
Encroachment
25. ( a ) To place one table and chairs not exceeding four in
number on a public site, per annum ................................................ 5.00
( b ) To place any other object on a public site, excluding
kiosks, for every m 2  or part thereof, per annum ..............................  0.30
26. For a permit to erect street decorations for a particular
event ............................................................................................. 1.00
27. For a permit to break up the road surfaces in any public
street or public site, for each occasion ............................................ 1.00
28. For any other licence or permit not subject to renewal
involving:
. ( a ) a temporary encroachment not otherwise provided
for herein ....................................................................................... 0.50
( b ) a permanent encroachment ....................................... 1.00
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 .................................................................................... 3.00
31. To hold a band programme and/or band marches in any
town or village on any specified day .............................................. 1.00
32. To hold aquatic or other sports on a specified day .............. 1.00
33. To hold any other occasional entertainment on a specified
day ................................................................................................ 3.00
Explosives
34. To import gunpowder, ammunition or other explosives and
to transport same to authorised storage sites, per annum .................  50.00
35. To keep a fireworks factory or to manufacture explosives,
per annum ..................................................................................... 10.00
36.  To purchase explosives in terms of article 6 of the
Explosives Ordinance .................................................................... 1.00
37. To keep and/or store explosives for sale, per annum -
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( a ) if the quantity does not exceed 20 kg. ......................  2.00
( b ) if the quantity exceeds 20 kg. ................................... 10.00
38. For each sale, transfer or delivery of explosives otherwise
than by a licensed dealer ................................................................ 1.00
39. To keep explosives (not for sale) in terms of article 16 of
the Explosives Ordinance, per annum ............................................ 20.00
40.  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 ............................................................................. 1.00
41. 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 .......................................... 3.00
Free licences and permits
42. Burial permit ..................................................................... NIL
 Firemen in cinemas
43. To act as fireman in cinemas, per annum ...........................  0.50
Hawkers and pedlars
44. Per annum, to act as:
( a ) a pedlar or a hawker using an animal-drawn vehicle  10.00
( b ) a hawker using a motor vehicle for the sale of bread
and fresh foodstuffs (excluding fruits and vegetables) ....................  10.00
( c ) a hawker using a motor vehicle for the sale of fruits
and vegetables ............................................................................... 20.00
  ( d ) a hawker of any commodity at open air markets (in
any locality excluding Valletta) ..................................................... 30.00
( e ) a hawker using a motor vehicle or seacraft ............... 40.00
( f ) a hawker at a fixed site at the Valletta open air
market or a fixed site elsewhere ..................................................... 50.00
Itinerant craftsmen
45. To act as itinerant grinder or tinsmith, per annum .............. 0.50
46. To act as street photographer, per annum ...........................  5.00
Lace dealers
47. To deal only in hand made lace in a shop licensed solely
for that purpose, per annum ...........................................................  2.00
Liquor Licences
48. For an extension of the closing time of a shop licensed for
the sale of wine, beer and spirituous liquors beyond 11 p.m. up to 1
a.m., per annum ............................................................................. 20.00
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49. For an extension of the closing time of a shop licensed for
the sale of wine, beer and spirituous liquors beyond 1 a.m., per
annum ........................................................................................... 50.00
50. 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. .................................... 1.00
51. For a temporary permit for the sale of wine, beer and
spirituous liquors by the tot on a specified day ............................... 2.00
52. For the sale of wine, beer and spirituous liquors by the tot
on a ferryboat, per annum .............................................................. 25.00
53. For the sale of wine, beer and spirituous liquors in
quantities of not less than one full bottle not to be consumed in the
place where it is sold, per annum ................................................... 2.00
54. ( a )  To serve wine and beer with meals in an eating
house, tavern, inn, etc. not licensed under the Hotels and Catering
Establishments Act, per annum ...................................................... 5.00
( b ) For an extension of the time during which wine and
beer may be sold during meals from an eating-house, tavern, inn,
etc., not licensed under the Hotels and Catering Establishments
Act, for every hour beyond 11 p.m., per annum ..............................  2.00
55. To employ a person to act as a substitute of a licensee in a
wines and spirits shop, per annum .................................................. 10.00
56. ( a )  To act as artiste, barmaid or waiter in a wines and
spirits shop licensed for the employment of barmaids, per annum ...  1.00
( b ) For a badge to be worn by an artiste, barmaid or
waiter ............................................................................................ 0.20
57. For every alteration of a licence or endorsement on a
licence issued in booklet form concerning a change of the place of
employment of an artiste, barmaid or waiter ................................... 0.15
58. To employ a person to act as artiste, barmaid or waiter in a
wines and spirits shop licensed for the employment of barmaids or
as waitresses or female cashiers for every person thus employed,
per annum ..................................................................................... 0.50
59.  To employ a female assistant of a widow licensee or a lady
cashier, per annum ........................................................................ 0.50
Motor Vehicles
60. To act as a motor car dealer, per annum ............................. 100.00
61. To keep a motoring school, per annum ..............................  50.00
62. For the use of a private car, per annum -
( a ) Classic, vintage and veteran vehicles (manufactured
before the 1st January, 1971) certified authentic by a
body approved by the Malta Transport Authority:
(i)  up to 1300 c.c. ................................................ 15.00
(ii)  over 1300 c.c. to 1500 c.c. .............................. 20.00
(iii) over 1500 c.c. to 1800 c.c. .............................. 23.00
(iv) over 1800 c.c. to 2000 c.c. .............................. 36.00
(v) over 2000 c.c. ................................................. 75.00
Lm
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63. For the use of a tractor,  per annum :
( a ) intended to be used on national territory only:
( b ) intended to be used also abroad:
( b Other:
(i)  up to 1300 c.c. ................................................ 30.00
(ii)  over 1300 c.c. to 1500 c.c. .............................. 40.00
(iii) over 1500 c.c. to 1800 c.c. .............................. 45.00
(iv) over 1800 c.c. to 2000 c.c. .............................. 75.00
(v) over 2000 c.c. ................................................. 150.00
No. of 
axles
Gross Combined Weight
Kgs
Driving axle(s) 
with air 
suspension or 
recognised 
equivalent
Lm
Other driving 
axle(s) suspension 
systems
Lm
up to 11,999 40 40
from 12,000 to 13,999 40 40
from 14,000 to 15,999 40 40
from 16,000 to 17,999 40 40
2 + 1 from 18,000 to 19,999 40 40
from 20,000 to 21,999 40 40
from 22,000 to 22,999 40 40
from 23,000 to 24,999 40 40
25,000 and over 40 40
from 23,000 to 24,999 40 40
from 25,000 to 25,999 40 40
from 26,000 to 27,999 40 40
from 28,000 to 28,999 40 40
2 + 2 from 29,000 to 30,999 40 40
from 31,000 to 32,999 75 105
from 33,000 to 35,999 105 160
36,000 and over 105 160
2 + 3 from 36,000 to 37,999 85 11538,000 and over 115 155
from 36,000 to 37,999 75 100
3 + 2 from 38,000 to 39,999 100 140
40,000 and over 140 205
from 36,000 to 37,999 45 50
3 + 3 from 38,000 to 39,999 50 75
40,000 and over 75 120
No. of 
axles
Gross Combined Weight
Kgs
Driving axle(s) 
with air 
suspension or 
recognised 
equivalent
Lm
Other driving 
axle(s) suspension 
systems
Lm
up to 11,999 58 58
Lm
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from 12,000 to 13,999 58 58
from 14,000 to 15,999 58 58
from 16,000 to 17,999 58 58
2 + 1 from 18,000 to 19,999 58 58
from 20,000 to 21,999 58 58
from 22,000 to 22,999 58 58
from 23,000 to 24,999 58 58
25,000 and over 58 58
from 23,000 to 24,999 58 58
from 25,000 to 25,999 58 58
from 26,000 to 27,999 58 58
from 28,000 to 28,999 58 58
2 + 2 from 29,000 to 30,999 58 58
from 31,000 to 32,999 75 105
from 33,000 to 35,999 105 160
36,000 and over 105 160
2 + 3 from 36,000 to 37,999 85 11538,000 and over 115 155
from 36,000 to 37,999 75 100
3 + 2 from 38,000 to 39,999 100 140
40,000 and over 140 205
from 36,000 to 37,999 58 58
3 + 3 from 38,000 to 39,999 58 75
40,000 and over 75 120
64. For each permit for a tractor or trailer to proceed abroad ....  3.00
65. For the use of a taxicab, per annum .................................... 5.00
66. For the use of a motor omnibus, per annum -
(i) in Malta ................................................................... 8.00
Provided that - 
( a ) where the vehicle is to be used on scheduled service
only, there shall be paid an additional fee of ...................................  2.00
( b ) where the vehicle is to be used on scheduled and
unscheduled service other than tourist, there shall be paid an
additional fee of ............................................................................  27.00
( c ) where the vehicle is to be used on unscheduled
service only, other than tourist service, there shall be paid an
additional fee of ............................................................................ 67.00
( d ) where the vehicle is to be used on unscheduled and
tourist service only, there shall be paid an additional fee of ............ 92.00
( e ) where the vehicle is to be used on tourist service
only, there shall be paid an additional fee of ................................... 192.00
No. of 
axles
Gross Combined Weight
Kgs
Driving axle(s) 
with air 
suspension or 
recognised 
equivalent
Lm
Other driving 
axle(s) suspension 
systems
Lm
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70A. For the use of a goods carrying motor vehicle, excluding
classic, vintage and veteran vehicles (manufactured before the 1st
January, 1971) certified authentic by a body approved by the Malta
Transport Authority,  per annum :
( a ) intended to be used on national territory only:
( f ) where the vehicle is a motor minibus, there shall be
paid an additional fee of .................................................................  50.00
(ii) in Gozo ................................................................... 3.15
67. ( a ) For the use of a self drive car, per annum ................. 60.00
( b ) For the use of a chauffeur driven vehicle (other than
a taxi cab), per annum ....................................................................  37.00
68. For the use of a motor cycle, per annum:
( a ) classic, vintage and veteran vehicles (manufactured
before the 1st January, 1971) certified authentic by a
body approved by the Malta Transport Authority ..... 10.00
( b ) battery driven electric mopeds ................................. 0
( c ) other ........................................................................ 20.00
69. For the use of any kind of agricultural tractor or machine
intended and used solely for agricultural purposes, per annum ........ 5.00
70. For the use of a special purpose motor vehicle, per annum 40.00
No. of 
axles
Gross Combined Weight
Kgs
Driving axle(s) 
with air 
suspension or 
recognised 
equivalent
Lm
Other driving 
axle(s) suspension 
systems
Lm
2
up to 11,999 40 40
from 12,000 to 12,999 40 40
from 13,000 to 13,999 40 40
from 14,000 to 14,999 40 40
15,000 and over 40 40
from 15,000 to 16,999 40 40
from 17,000 to 18,999 40 40
3 from 19,000 to 20,999 40 40from 21,000 to 22,999 40 45
from 23,000 to 24,999 45 70
25,000 and over 45 70
from 23,000 to 24,999 45 60
from 25,000 to 26,999 45 60
4 from 27,000 to 28,999 45 75
from 29,000 to 30,999 75 110
31,000 and over 75 110
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( b ) intended to be used also abroad:
No. of 
axles
Gross Combined Weight
Kgs
Driving axle(s) 
with air 
suspension or 
recognised 
equivalent
Lm
Other driving 
axle(s) suspension 
systems
Lm
2
up to 11,999 58 58
from 12,000 to 12,999 58 58
from 13,000 to 13,999 58 58
from 14,000 to 14,999 58 58
15,000 and over 58 58
from 15,000 to 16,999 58 58
from 17,000 to 18,999 58 58
3 from 19,000 to 20,999 58 58from 21,000 to 22,999 58 58
from 23,000 to 24,999 58 70
25,000 and over 58 70
from 23,000 to 24,999 58 60
from 25,000 to 26,999 58 60
4 from 27,000 to 28,999 58 75
from 29,000 to 30,999 75 110
31,000 and over 75 110
70B. For the use of a goods carrying motor vehicle certified as
an authentic classic, vintage or veteran vehicle (manufactured
before the 1st January, 1971) by a body approved by the Malta
Transport Authority ....................................................................... 20.00
71. For a licence to enter Valletta in addition to any other fee
prescribed in this Schedule, when the registered owner of the motor
vehicle is not a resident of Valletta, per annum .............................. 20.00
Provided that the additional fee in this item shall not apply
to the vehicles mentioned in items 65, 66, 67, 68, or to a motor
invalid chair or carriage, and to battery driven electric motor
vehicles.
72. For a permit to learn to drive ............................................. 10.00
73. For each test for the issue of a certificate of competency in
motor driving ................................................................................  10.00
Provided that no fee shall he levied for any test undergone
by invalids for the issue of a certificate of competency in driving a
motor invalid chair or carriage.
74. For any one or more categories contained in one driving
licence valid for a period of ten years.............................................. 20.00
Provided that, where the licence is intended to authorise
the licensee to drive any commercial vehicle abroad, there shall be
payable an additional fee, per annum, of ........................................ 10.00
Provided further that no fee shall be paid in respect of any
driving licence issued to personnel of Government Departments
authorised to drive only vehicles belonging to the Government.
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75.  For a licence to drive any kind of agricultural tractor or
machine, per annum ....................................................................... 0.12c5
76. For an International Driving Permit ................................... 10.00
77. ( a ) For the issue of an annual licence to use a set of trial
run plates, per annum .....................................................................  20.00
( b ) For the issue of a permit to use a set of trial run
plates for a period of any one day ...................................................  2.00
These fees shall be irrespective of the deposit made with
the Commissioner of Police for each set of plates.
78. ( a ) For an examination of a motor omnibus ................... 0.25
( b ) For any re-examination ............................................ 0.50
79. ( a ) For the issue of a licence as licensed tester under the
Motor Vehicle Roadworthiness Test Regulations ........................... 10.00
( b ) Fee to be paid by contracted operator for each test
lane in authorised testing stations in accordance with the Motor
Vehicle Roadworthiness Test Regulations, per annum .................... 500.00
80. ( Revoked by L.N. 93 of 2003 )
81 . ( a )  To act as motor omnibus conductor, per annum ........ 0.25
( b ) For a badge to be worn by a motor omnibus
conductor ...................................................................................... 0.20
82. ( a ) To act as motor omnibus ticket inspector, per annum  0.50
( b )  For a badge to be worn by a motor omnibus ticket
inspector ....................................................................................... 0.20
( c ) To act as driving instructor with a motoring school,
per annum ..................................................................................... 5.00
Musical Instruments
83.  ( a ) For the playing of musical instruments and/or the
use of loudspeakers and/or amplifiers in licensed premises, per
annum ........................................................................................... 5.00
( b ) For the playing of musical instruments and/or the
use of loudspeakers and/or amplifiers for any one day or part
thereof ........................................................................................... 2.00
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
84. ( 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 ........................................................................................... 10.00
( c ) For the sale of non-intoxicants from premises
licensed under the Hotels and Catering Establishment Act, per
annum ..........................................................................................  10.00
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85. 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 ........................................................................................... 10.00
86. For an extension of the business hours of a non-intoxicants
shop beyond 11 p.m., per annum .................................................... 5.00
The above fee shall be levied irrespective of the time-
extension fee for the sale of wine and beer during meals where
such licence prevails.
87.  For a special extension on a specified day of the business
hours of a non-intoxicants shop beyond 11 p.m. ............................. 1.00
Petrol Pumps
88. To sell petrol, oil or other fuel from a stand pump, per
pump per annum ............................................................................ 1.00
89. For a licence, per annum, under the Enemalta Act or any
regulations thereunder to keep or store petroleum or any
inflammable, explosive or corrosive substance to which the
provisions of the said Act have been made to apply:
( a ) for the storage of quantities not exceeding 2,700
litres .............................................................................................. 0.50
( b ) for the storage of quantities exceeding 2,700 litres
but not exceeding 9,000 litres ........................................................  1.00
( c ) for the storage of quantities exceeding 9,000 litres ... 5.00
Shepherds and Goatherds
90.  To act as shepherd or goatherd, per annum ........................ 0.25
Shoeblacks
91. ( a ) To act as shoeblack, per annum ................................ 0.25
( b ) For a badge to be worn by a shoe black ................... 0.20
Public Collections
92. To hold a public collection ................................................ 1.00
Street Itinerant Vendors
93. To sell mineral water and nonalcoholic drinks and
refreshments in specified places on certain occasions, for each
specified day ................................................................................. 0.50
Street refuse collector (private)
94. ( a ) To act as private street refuse collector, per annum .. 0.22c5
( b ) For a badge to he worn by a private street refuse
collector ........................................................................................ 0.20
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Stone
95. ( a ) To quarry and/or sell soft stone, per annum .............. 300.00
( b ) To quarry and/or sell any hard stone derivative, per
annum ........................................................................................... 300.00
Vehicles for hire and carts for private use
96. To let on hire an animal-drawn vehicle for the conveyance
of persons or for the carriage of goods, per annum ......................... 0.50
97. To keep a cart for private use, per annum ........................... 0.25
98.  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 ....... 0.25
Vending machines
99. To sell any commodity by means of a vending machine,
per annum ..................................................................................... 10.00
Discotheques
100.  ( a ) To keep and operate premises for the holding of
disco dances, per annum ................................................................  500.00
( b ) For an extension of the closing time of the premises
in subparagraph ( a ) beyond 11.00 p.m. and up to 1.00 a.m., per
annum ........................................................................................... 50.00
( c ) For an extension of the closing time of the premises
in subparagraph ( a ) beyond 1.00 a.m., per annum ........................... 50.00
Batching Plants
101.  To keep and operate a batching plant, per annum ...............  1000.00
Supplementary Fees
102. Licence alteration fee for the issue of a licence in
substitution of an existing one in view of a personal transfer, a
transfer of premises or of any other alteration or additional
wording effected any one time in any existing licence, provided
that no other fee is leviable under these regulations in respect of
such alteration or transfer .............................................................. 1.00
This fee is also leviable in respect of an endorsement
entered on an existing licence issued in booklet form.
103. Licence alteration fee for the issue of a licence in
substitution of an existing one in view of a personal transfer of a
Monti hawker’s licence and any other licence relating to a kiosk of
any nature, except when such transfer relates to the husband or
wife, or any person in the direct descending line including adopted
children through  inter vivos  or  causa mortis  transmission, on proof
of the family relationship to the existing licence-holder ................. 1000.00
104. Duplicate licence: for the issue of any duplicate licence ..... 0.25
105. Any other licence or permit required by law not otherwise
provided for in this Schedule, per annum ....................................... 3.00
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PART II
Rental Value Licences
1. For a licence to keep u 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%  Lm250
Category 2 .............................................     8%  Lm130
Category 3 .............................................     8%  Lm 80
Category 4 .............................................     8% Lm 50
Locality B
Category 1 .............................................  7%   Lm200
Category 2 .............................................  7%   Lm100
Category 3 .............................................  7%  Lm 60
Category 4 .............................................  7%  Lm 40
Locality C
Category 1 .............................................  6%  Lm 105
Category 2 .............................................  6%  Lm 50
Category 3 ............................................. 6%  Lm 30
Category 4 .............................................  6%  Lm 20
Locality D
Category 1 .............................................  5%  Lm 50
Category 2 .............................................  5%  Lm 25
Category 3 ............................................. 5%  Lm 20
Category 4 .............................................  5% Lm 15
106.  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 ........... 1.00
107. For a taxidermist’s licence, per annum ............................... 10.00
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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
Bakery Street.
}amrun........................... St Joseph High Road.
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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;
Pope John XXIII Square.
Guardamangia ................. St Luke’s Road/Triq il-Mimosa.
G \ira-Msida .................... The Strand; 
Testaferrata Street; 
Msida Sea-Front.
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Marsascala ....................  Dun Tarcisio Agius Square; 
Marina Street; 
Salini Street;
Mifsud Bonnici Square.
Mdina ...........................  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.
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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.
5.  Fodder retailers.
6.  Meatsellers.
7.  Bakers and breadsellers.
8.  Wine shop.
9.  Tea and coffee (non-intoxicants) shops.
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10.  Any other object not specifically provided for, which in the opinion of the
Commissioner of Police, should properly be classified under this category.
2 For any special extension of the closing time of places of public
entertainment after 1 a.m. on each occasion, a fee of Lm 10.
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  ...................................................................  300.00
( b ) local insurance companies (excluding agents of local and
foreign insurance companies, brokers, operators registered as salesmen
under the Insurance Business Act) . .......................................................... 400.00
( c ) an advertising and/or public relations agency  .......................... 250.00
( d ) a financial institution, a bank and investment house  ................ 500.00
( 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 ...................... 150.00
(ii) where the capacity is over 200 persons but less 
than 500 ................................................................... 250.00
(iii)  where the capacity is over 500 persons  ....................... 400.00
28 [ S.L.128.01 POLICE LICENCES
Added by:  SECOND SCHEDULE
L.N. 74 of 1979.
(Regulation 5)
Date of payment Registration 
number
Validity of licence
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,
1980
48,001 to 56,000 1st January to 31st October, 1980
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 November,
1980
68,001 to 76,000 1st January to 31st December,
1980
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
