S.L. 499.68 Art. 7Application for an LPTV1 operator licence. 

(1) An application for the grant of an LPTV1

operator licence shall be made to the Authority and shall be in the form and contain such particulars as the Authority may require, and shall be submitted together with:

(a) a certificate issued by the Police detailing any criminal offences and, or contraventions for which the applicant and, or the persons mentioned in regulation 6(2) and, or 6(3) may have been sentenced together with the punishment thereof:

Provided that where the applicant and, or the persons mentioned in regulation 6(2) and, or 6(3) are not normally resident in Malta, an extract from a judicial record or, failing that, an equivalent document issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority of the country of origin or the country from which such persons derive shall suffice:

Provided further that where the country of origin or the country from where such persons derive does not issue such document, the said document may be replaced by a declaration on oath or by a solemn declaration made by the person concerned in front of a competent judicial or administrative authority or, where appropriate, a notary in that person’s country of origin or the country from where such person derives. Such authority or notary shall issue a certificate attesting the authenticity of the declaration on oath or solemn declaration;

(b) particulars of the number and class or description of all light passenger transport vehicles available for use in the relevant light passenger transport services business or proposed VEHICLE HIRE SERVICES

business. The said vehicles shall be registered with the Authority;

(c) a declaration giving the details of its operating centre;

(d) the applicant shall submit a form signed by him within which he shall provide:

(i) a declaration that he has at his disposal the exclusive use of the garaging facility indicated on his license and specify under which title he is making exclusive use of the described facility;

(ii) the address of his operational centre;

(iii) the address of the site and site plans of each described garaging facility;

(iv) the total number of parking spaces for each garaging facility;

(v) a declaration that these parking spaces are sufficient for the parking of all the light passenger transport vehicles that are registered under the operator’s license:

Provided that when an applicant declares that the title under which he makes exclusive use of the described facility in terms of sub-paragraph (i) is not a title of absolute ownership, the applicant shall also provide a declaration signed by the owner and, or any co-owner, wherein said person declares that he is authorising the applicant to enjoy the exclusive use of the described garage for a period that covers not less than twelve (12) months from the issuance of the license.

(e) Repealed by Legal Notice 171 of 2026.

(2) The documents prescribed in sub-regulation (1)(a) shall not be accepted if produced more than three months after the date of issue.

(3) The Authority may require any particulars given by an applicant in relation to an application mentioned in sub-regulation (1) to be contained in a statutory declaration or in a sworn affidavit in such manner as the Authority shall specify.

(4) An application for the grant of an LPTV1 operator licence shall be accompanied by the payment of the fee stipulated in the First Schedule: Provided that where the applicant for an LPTV1 operator licence shall have more than one (1) garage, the application fee shall nevertheless be as stipulated in the First Schedule for all garages.

(5) In the event that an operator, in addition to an LPTV1 operator licence for a light passenger transport service issued in terms of Part II , also holds an operator’s licence for vehicle hire services in terms of Part V, he shall be liable to the payment of the relative fee for both operator’s licences.