S.L. 65.33 Art. 65Application for authorisation. 

(1) No person may act as an intermediary booking service platform without an authorization from the Authority.

(2) The Authority shall issue an authorisation to act as an intermediary booking service platform for light passenger transport services and to register under Part 5 of the Register any undertaking which shall file an application with the Authority for such purpose and satisfies the conditions of these regulations and other requirements which the Authority may establish.

(3) The application for such authorisation and registration 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) documents relative to the juridical personality of the undertaking together with the name, address and relative details of its members and officials;

(b) copies of contracts of service with licensed operators registered under Part 1 of the Register for whose services the undertaking shall act as an intermediary booking service platform; and

(c) the name, address and relative details of a designated person who shall have his ordinary residence in Malta who shall be responsible for all effects and purposes of these regulations for the operation and administration of the intermediary booking service platform.

(4) An application for the grant of an authorisation in terms of sub-regulation (1) shall be accompanied by payment of the fee prescribed in the First Schedule.

(5) The authorisation shall be issued in the name of the undertaking having filed the application and renewed every two (2) years, subject to the payment of the annual authorisation fee prescribed in the First Schedule, unless and until it is revoked, suspended or surrendered:

"Provided that notwithstanding the renewal period prescribed in terms of sub-regulation (5), the payment of the authorisation fee prescribed in the First Schedule shall be construed for all intents and purposes as an annual fee independent from the renewal of the authorisation grant itself.

(6) The authorisation may be subject to any such conditions which the Authority, in its absolute discretion, may deem to be fit and proper to impose and the undertaking shall be obliged to abide by such conditions:

Provided further that where an intermediary service provider provides a booking platform for operators of light passenger transport services, it shall:

(i) have an office established in Malta where all booking data shall be kept;

(ii) make all booking data available to the Authority at any time upon request by the Authority;

(iii) have notified the Authority in writing about its intention to provide such a booking service and has provided all details requested by the Authority;

(iv) make available to the client during a service booking operation and through the provision of the service the name and other contact details of the operator of light passenger transport services with whom the service has been booked and who shall ultimately provide the service.