S.L. 368.2 чл. 21Validity of licences.

(1) Licences granted under these regulations are to be renewed annually upon the payment of the relevant fee as provided for in the Fourth Schedule to the Act and the presentation of a copy of the vehicle insurance policy.

(2) Where the registered owner of the motor vehicle, prior to the lapse of the validity of the vehicle licence, informs the Authority that the vehicle is not going to be used on the road and is going to be garaged during the said period of non-use, and provided that the said owner hands over to the Authority the certificate of registration and plates of the relative motor vehicle, the licence of that the vehicle vehicle may not be renewed after its expiry date until that time that it remains kept in a garage. The Authority shall return to the owner the registration certificate and plates of the vehicle upon the renewal of the licence of the said vehicle: Provided that the registered owner shall be obliged to provide the Authority with a written declaration indicating the address where the said motor vehicle shall be kept garaged.

(3) (a) A refund in respect of the licence fee shall be allowed by the Authority if it is proved to its satisfaction that that vehicle as been scrapped or garaged or has been stolen and not recovered during the currency of the relative licence or has been exported and has not been re-imported or brought into Malta during the currency of the relative licence.

(b) Any refund as is referred to in paragraph (a) shall be 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.

(4) (a) Where the licence of a motor vehicle on resale expires while the vehicle is still in the possession of an authorised dealer, the licence may not be renewed until the vehicle remains in the possession of the said dealer: Provided that, the said vehicle shall not be used on the public highway until that time that its licence is renewed.

(b) The licence of a motor vehicle on resale shall be renewed upon the transfer of the vehicle from the authorized dealer to the purchaser and there shall be paid the licence fee applicable to that vehicle from the date of transfer.