S.L. 65.33 Art. 47Application for an operator’s licence

(1) An application for the grant of an operator’s licence for vehicle hire services 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) the details of the designated person who must continuously and effectively manage the operations and who, together with the operator, shall be liable for any penalties resulting from an infringement of these regulations;

(b) particulars of the number and class or description of motor vehicles available for use in the relevant vehicle hire services business or proposed business. The said vehicles shall be registered with the Authority;

(c) a declaration relative to the garages and, or off-street parking areas in which the applicant intends to keep the vehicles which will be used in the vehicle hire services operation;

(d) the details of the operating centre from where the business will be conducted; and

(e) a declaration signed by the applicant whereby he undertakes not to leave any vehicle which shall be registered under his licence on the road whilst not rented or leased out.

(2) 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.

(3) An application for the grant of a vehicle hire services operator’s licence shall be accompanied by the fee stipulated in the First Schedule.

(4) Where an operator already established in Malta applies for any additional authorisation, or where an operator established in VEHICLE HIRE SERVICES

another Member State applies for authorisation from the Authority, the operator shall not be required to undergo requirements and controls which are equivalent or essentially comparable as regards their purpose to which the applicant is already subject in Malta or another Member State.

(5) Where an applicant is not already established in Malta or in another Member State and proposes to act as an operator in more than one place in Malta in the same application process (Dual Application) or following the first application (Subsequent Application), the applicant shall:

(a) in the case of a Dual Application, not to be required to provide the information which is common to both places more than once but shall provide any information which is specific or particular to such additional places; and

(b) in the case of a Subsequent Application, provide only that information which was given in the original application and which is at the date of such subsequent application not valid anymore and provide that information which is specific or particular to such additional places in accordance with paragraph (a):

Provided that the term "applicant" shall not include those applicants which have had their application or applications validly and conclusively refused by the Authority.

(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulations

(4) and (5), the applicant shall still complete any application form as may be required by the Authority.