S.L. 499.56 Art. 31Passengertransport vehicle licence renewal.

(1) A passenger transport vehicle licence shall be valid for up to five years and can be transferred to any other person provided that if such person is an operator and intends to use the vehicle for his business, the operator shall be obliged to notify the authority of such transfer within seven days thereof and the authority shall thereupon amend the register accordingly.

(2) A passenger transport vehicle licence shall not be renewed beyond thirty-five years from the date of manufacture of the vehicle, provided that this sub-regulation shall not apply in the case of vintage buses and Malta heritage buses the licence of which shall be renewed as long as the particular vintage bus or Malta Heritage bus is considered by the Authority to be road worthy and safe to carry passengers: Provided that, notwithstanding the provisions of this sub-regulation, the licence of such passenger transport vehicles which reach the age of thirty-five years (to be reckoned from the year of manufacture) on or after the 1st January, 2015 (unless such licence has already been withdrawn) shall be extended up to the 31st October, 2015.