S.L. 368.2 Art. 44Offences and penalties.

(1) No person shall deface or mutilate any vehicle registration certificate or any motor vehicle licence or alter or obliterate any entry made therein.

(2) A person who, with intent to deceive forges, alters, uses, produces, provides or sends a document to which regulations 4 to 6 apply, or makes a statement which he knows to be false or deface or mutilate a registration certificate shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) A person who, either by writing, drawing or in any other manner, alters, defaces, mutilates or adds anything to any licence for any motor vehicle, or exhibits upon any vehicle any licence disc which has been altered, defaced, mutilated or added to as aforesaid shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) A person who alters, rearranges or defaces a vehicle registration mark on a motor vehicle or otherwise tampers with the registration plates of a motor vehicle commits an offence.

(5) Any person who makes use of a motor vehicle registration mark other than that allotted by the Authority in relation to a particular vehicle shall be guilty of an offence.

(6) A person who is found guilty of an offence under sub-regulations (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding one thousand and two hundred euro (€1,200), or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment, unless a higher punishment is applicable under any other law, in which case the Court shall apply that other punishment or this punishment increased by one or two degrees, whichever is the higher.

(7) Fines for other offences under these regulations shall be the following:

(a) driving a motor vehicle without being covered by a valid vehicle licence............. not exceeding €235 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months

(b) driving a motor vehicle with a vehicle licence altered, defaced, mutilated or added to or with a licence belonging to another vehicle ....................... €70

(c) driving, or causing to stand, a motor vehicle without the vehicle licence disc being affixed to the vehicle windscreen or motor cycle handlebar ............................... €25

(d) driving a motor vehicle not bearing registration plates ....... €25 to €60

(e) driving a motor vehicle bearing registration plates altered, defaced, mutilated or added to .................................. €25 to €60

(f) using a motor vehicle not in accordance to specific licence . €35

(g) driving a motor vehicle bearing registration plates obstructed from clear view by bumpers or other attachments, or which are not easily decipherable ........................... €25 to €60

(h) driving a motor vehicle without the driver being in possession of vehicle registration certificate and insurance document ................ €25 to €60

(i) owner fails to give notice to the Authority within the stipulated time of any alteration made to a motor vehicle ................................... €25 to €60

(j) driving an unregistered motor vehicle without Trial Run plates ..................................... €25 to €60

(k) failure by authorised motor car dealer to return Trial Run plates following their withdrawal by the Authority...... €235

(l) driving a motor vehicle without the driver being in possession of registered user documentation, where applicable ................. €25 to €60. FIRST SCHEDULE Amended L.N. (Regulation 30) Substituted L.N. Amended L.N. L.N. Motor Vehicles’ Registration Marks and Fees payable to the Authority for the issue of plates

TYPE DESCRIPTION Standard Composed of two sets of three characters each, Alphanumeric composed of three Roman Alphabet characters Format (Random) second set composed of three Arabic numerals, 111

Fee for a pair of vehicle registration plates: €70. fee for the replacement of vintage vehicle plates characters with new plates carrying silver characters €17.50 per plate. Standard Composed of two sets of three characters each, Alphanumeric composed of three Roman Alphabet characters Format second set composed of three Arabic numerals, (Personalised) 111, where the choice of the characters and numerals lie with the person requesting the Numbers. Fee for a pair of plates: €200 Special Numer ic Composed solely of any Arabic numeral. Format Fee payable for a pair of plates: €1,500 Special Alphabetical Composed of any character of the Roman Alphabet. Format Fee for a pair of plates: €1,500 Special Numeric and Composed of a mixture of numeric and alphabetical. Alphabetical Format Fee for a pair of plates: €1,500 Registration marks Composed as prescribed in the Taxi Services allotted to taxis (S.L. 499.59) Fee for a pair of plates: €60 Issue of duplicate Fee for each plate: €35 registration mark plates

Where the registration mark is of the Standard Alphanumeric Format type, the first letter shall stand for the month in which the licence of the be renewed. SECOND SCHEDULE

(Regulation 34)

Specifications of Vehicle Registration Plates registration mark of a motor vehicle registered and licensed in Malta shall be a rectangular plate which shall correspond with either diagram No 1 or shown below.

which a registration mark is exhibited shall not contain any words, numbers, emblems or other marks of any kind other then those required under regulations. on which a registration mark is exhibited shall exhibit the flag of the Union and the Letter M. specifications for the distinguishing sign on the registration plate shall be: Retro-reflecting blue background (Munsell reference 5, 9 pb 3,4/ 15,1) 12 retro-reflecting yellow stars

Retro-reflecting distinguishing sign of Malta, of a white colour and dimensions: The blue background shall be not less than 98mm in height, with a width of not less than 40 mm and not more than 50 mm The centrepoints of the 12 stars shall form a circle with a 15 mm radius and the straight forming the apexes of the stars shall be 4 mm to 5 mm in length The distinguishing sign of Malta shall have a height of 20 mm and a stroke width of between 4 mm and 5 mm, and shall appear underneath the circle of stars.

dimensions of the blue background have been reduced for registration up two lines (as in diagram 2) and, or for registration plates intended three-wheel motor cycles, the dimensions of the stars and of the sign may be proportionately reduced. periphery of the plate shall be marked all around by a black border having a of 5 millimetres. shall be made from metal material. registration mark, with the exception of vintage vehicles and vehicles registered article 8(4) of the Act, shall be formed of black characters and shall be white reflective material in such a way that the black characters will at appear on a white background. There shall be a watermark in the space between the letters and the numbers.

The plate on which the registration mark of a vintage vehicle is exhibited silver characters on a black background.

The plate on which the registration mark of a vehicle registered for in Malta solely and exclusively on Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays public holidays in terms of article 8(4) of the Act shall carry red characters. The plates for vintage vehicles and vehicles registered in terms of article Act shall, with the exception of the colour of the characters, the periphery and, in the case of vintage vehicles, the colour of the plate, have the same and composition of all other registration plates as defined in this Schedule.