Cap. 203 Art. 3Cargo clearance and forwarding agents to be authorised.

(1) No person shall act as a cargo clearance and forwarding agent except under and in accordance with a customs permit granted in that behalf by the Comptroller.

(2) Every such customs permit shall expire on the thirty-first day of December next following the date of issue, but may be renewed by the Comptroller from year to year: against the payment of such fee as the Comptroller, with the concurrence of the Minister, may establish, and shall contain the terms, conditions and restrictions on and subject to which the customs permit is granted.

(4) The holder of a customs permit must at all times be in possession of an operator’s permit issued by the Authority for Transport in Malta.