S.L. 368.2 Art. 16AAdministrative fee for vintage vehicles.

(1) A vehicle which is classified as a vintage vehicle by the vintage vehicle classification committee shall be exempt from the payment of a circulation licence fee and in lieu the administrative fee established in the Fourth Schedule to the Act shall apply.

(2) In the event that, upon the renewal of its circulation licence after having undergone a vehicle roadworthiness test, it results that a vintage vehicle has registered three-thousand kilometres (3,000 km) or more on its odometer in one (1) year since the last renewal of its circulation licence, or an average of three-thousand kilometres (3,000 km) or more per year with regard to such vehicles which undergo a vehicle roadworthiness test once every two (2) years, then, in addition to the administrative fee established in the Fourth Schedule to the Act, the owner of the said vehicle shall also be obliged to pay the circulation licence fee established in the Fourth Schedule to the Act for such year or years during which the said vehicle had registered three thousand kilometres (3,000 km) or more on its odometer in one

(1) year or an average of three thousand kilometres (3,000 km) or more per year with regard to such vehicles which undergo a vehicle roadworthiness test once every two (2) years:

Provided that, nevertheless, such vehicle shall not lose its status as a vintage vehicle and shall continue to pay solely the administration fee established in the Fourth Schedule to the Act unless, upon renewal of the circulation licence, it results that the owner thereof shall also be obliged to pay the circulation licence fee established in the Fourth Schedule to the Act as a result of the fact that such vintage vehicle has registered three thousand kilometres (3,000 km) or more in one (1) year or an average of three thousand kilometres (3,000 km) or more per year if it is a vehicle which undergoes a roadworthiness test once every two (2) years.

(3) The owner of a vintage vehicle who wants to travel abroad with the said vehicle may apply with the Authority in order for the mileage which shall be registered on the odometer of the said vehicle during such time that the vintage vehicle is being driven outside Malta not to be computed in the calculation of such vehicle’s mileage for the purpose of sub-regulation (2).

(4) Such application is to be submitted, free of charge, on such form as may be prescribed by the Authority from time to time together with photographic evidence showing the mileage on such vehicle’s odometer on a date which shall not be earlier than ten calendar days prior to the date of departure as well as documentary evidence which shows that the said vehicle shall be taken abroad. The said document must indicate the date of departure, the registration number of the vehicle and the details of its registered owner, and the applicant shall be obliged to provide the Authority with photographic evidence of the mileage on such vehicle’s odometer upon its return to Malta:

Provided that the vintage vehicle classification committee established under the Act shall have the right to make physical inspections of any vehicle with regard to which an application in terms of sub-regulation (4) is submitted, both prior to its departure from Malta as well as after its return to Malta in order to verify and confirm the veracity of the declarations made by the applicant with regards to the mileage on the vehicle’s odometer.

(5) Motor vehicles of fifty (50) years and over and motorcycles which have been classified as vintage by the vintage vehicle classification committee shall continue to be exempt from the payment of a circulation licence fee and shall only be subject to the payment of the administrative fee established in the Fourth Schedule to the Act, irrespective of any mileage considerations.