S.L. 65.33 Art. 42Application for a driver’s permit. 

An application for the grant of a driver’s permit shall be submitted to the Authority in the form stipulated by the same and shall contain such particulars as the Authority may require. The said application shall be submitted together with:

(a) a certificate issued by the Police detailing any criminal offences and, or contraventions mentioned in regulation 9 for which the applicant may have been sentenced together with the punishment thereof:

Provided that where the applicant is not normally resident in Malta, an extract from a judicial VEHICLE HIRE SERVICES

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) the relevant application fee fixed by the Authority in terms of the First Schedule;

(c) a medical certificate;

(d) evidence of the skills to act as a driver required in terms of regulation 40;

(e) in the case of a driver who is a citizen of a third country, certified copies of the employment licence and the residence permit, including but not limited to the single permit, in accordance with the provisions of the Single Application Procedure for a

Single Permit as regards Residence and Work and a

Common Set of Rights for those Third-Country

Workers legally residing in Malta Regulations, issued by the Identity Malta Agency established by the Identity Malta Agency (Establishment) Order and authorised by the Director for Citizenship and Expatriate Affairs to process and issue such permits;

(f) in the case where the driver is employed by a holder of any operator’s licence related to the provision of light passenger transport services issued under these regulations, the details regarding the specific operator who employs him;

(g) a declaration regarding the employment conditions in which the driver indicates whether he works full-time or part-time, the normal working hours excluding over-time, and the conditions for over-time, stipulated in the employment contract: Provided that in the case that a driver is a citizen of a third country, and indicates in the declaration mentioned in this paragraph that he works on a part-time basis, he shall also provide to the Authority an attested true copy of his applicable employment licence issued in accordance with the provisions of regulation 5 of the Immigration Regulations by the Jobsplus Corporation established by virtue of article 5 of the Employment and Training Services Act.