Cap. 321 Art. 5Grant of special licence to exercise profession of inġinier.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of article 3(2), the Board may grant a special licence to any person holding academic qualifications at least equivalent to those listed in article 3(2)(d)

and who is a national of a country outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, and therefore does not fall within the ambit of articles 3 and 5B and holding foreign professional engineering qualifications acceptable to the Board, to exercise that profession in Malta for a definite time and for a particular purpose and subject to such other conditions as may be specified in the licence.

(2) A person to whom a special licence is granted under the preceding sub-article shall be deemed to be a warrant holder during the time and for the purpose specified in the licence and the provisions of this Act and of any other law shall apply to him in the same manner and to the same extent like any other warrant holder.