Cap. 234 чл. 375Ratification, etc., of certain treaties, etc., relating to merchant shipping. Cap. 304. 

(1) For the purposes of the Ratification of Treaties Act, the Government of Malta is hereby empowered to ratify, or accede to the treaties or conventions (including protocols, annexes and appendices thereto) referring to merchant shipping listed in sub-

article (2), and the Minister may upon the ratification or accession of any of the said treaties or conventions make regulations giving effect to the provisions thereof, and such power shall include the power to provide that any provision of this Act inconsistent with the provisions of any such treaty or convention shall no longer apply. 

(2) The treaties and conventions to which sub-article (1) refers are the following:

(a) International Convention on Salvage signed in London on the 28th April 1989;

(b) International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea signed in London on the 3rd May 1996;

(c) International Convention for Safe Containers signed in Geneva on the 2nd December 1972;

(d) Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977 signed in Torremolinos on the 2nd April 1993;

(e) International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages signed in Geneva on the 6th May 1993;

(f) International Convention on Arrest of Ships, 1999 signed in Geneva on the 12th March 1999;

(g) International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Arrest of Sea-Going Ships, 1952 signed in Brussels on 10 May 1952;

(h) Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992 signed in London on 16 May 2003;

(i) Protocol of 2005 to the International Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988 signed in London on 14 October 2005;

(j) Protocol of 2005 to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms located on the Continental Shelf, 1988 signed in London on 14 October 2005;

(k) Protocol of 2010 to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 signed in London on 30 April 2010;

(l) International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel signed in London on 7 July 1995;

(m) Agreement concerning specific stability requirements for ro-ro passenger ships undertaking regular scheduled international voyages between or to or from designated ports in North West Europe and the Baltic Sea signed in Stockholm on 27-28 February 1996;

(n) 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 signed in London on 7 November 1996;

(o) Cape Town Agreement of 2012 on the Implementation of the Provisions of the Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977 signed in Cape Town on 11 October 2012;

(p) United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships;

(q) International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969 signed in Brussels on 29 November 1969;

(r) the Protocol relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances other than Oil, 1973 signed in London on 2nd November, 1973;

(s) Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No.185) signed in Geneva on 19 June, 2003.

(3) The Minister shall upon the ratification or accession of any treaty or convention to which this article refers publish a notice in the Gazette stating the date on which such treaty or convention shall come into force with regard to Malta.

(4) The House of Representatives may by resolution add to the list of treaties or conventions in sub-article (2).

(5) Any reference in this article to a treaty or a convention or a protocol shall include reference to any amendment to such treaty or convention or protocol ratified, acceded to or accepted by the Government of Malta.  FIRST SCHEDULE Substituted by:  L.N. 37 of 1989;  [Article 6] L.N. 152 of 1989.  Amended by: Registration Fees  L.N. 86 of 1993.  Substituted by:  L.N. 125 of 1995;  L.N. 278 of 2002.  Amended by:  L.N. 340 of 2002;  Substituted by:  L.N. 411 of 2007;  L.N. 439 of 2007;  L.N. 170 of 2011.  Amended by:  L.N. 83 of 2012. L.N. 127 of 2018.

A. i. The fee on registration and the annual fee for non-tonnage be as follows:

Annual Fee Ships Fee on Registration Basic Fee Register

(i) Ships less than 24 metres length overall a. Fishing Vessel €70 €25

b. Commercial Yacht €115 €150 €250

c. Pleasure Yacht less than 50 gross €115 €25 €175 tonnage

All other ships of less than 24 metres length overall d. less than 50 gross €25 tonnage €115 €400 e. of 50 gross tonnage €150 or more Ships of 24 metres length overall or more

25 cents 40 per net tonnage per net

(ii) Pleasure Yacht €255 subject to subject minimum of €187.50 minimum €625 for year of Rates

(iii) Commercial Yacht which does Rates as appear in para B registration not fall under category (iv) as appear €1095 thereafter Non-propelled Barge, bareboat registered in a foreign up or under €150 excluding ships in Rates as appear in para B Rates as appear in para B subject to reduction as subject to reduction as Commercial Vessel and appear in para C appear in para C Vessel less than 2500 gross €255 do not fall under

(iii) and (iv) above other ships of 24 metres length overall or more and do not fall under categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and

€370 for year of Ship less than 300 gross registration tonnage €840 Rates as appear in para B Rates as appear in para B thereafter subject to reduction or subject to reduction as €625 for increase as appear in para appear in para C year of C Ship of 300 gross registration tonnage or more €1095 thereafter

The fee on registration and the annual fee for tonnage tax ships shall be as

Annual Fee Fee on Ships Registration Basic Fee Register Fee Tonnage Tax

24 metres length overall

Commercial Yacht €115 €150 €100 €250

50 gross tonnage €25 €115 €350 €400 gross tonnage or more €150

metres length overall or more

Rates €625 for year Rates Rates as appear in of registration Commercial Yacht as appear in para as appear in para B €1095 B para B thereafter €370 for year b. Ship less than 300 gross of registration Rates as Rates asappear tonnage €840 appear in para para B subject thereafter B subject to reduction or reduction as increaseasappear €625 for year appear in para of registration in c. Ship of 300 gross tonnage or

C para C more €1095 thereafter

A.iii Subject to the provisions of article 7(4), when there is a particulars or category of a registered ship and the new applicable fee payable on registration or annually is higher than that already payable, the article 19(7) in respect of laid up vessels shall, apply. mutatis mutandis,

B. The rates per net tonnage payable on registration, annual annual tonnage tax when referred to in paragraph A.i and A.ii:

Ship of Net Tonnage (NT) Annual Annual Register Fee Fee on RegisterFeefor Not for non-Exceeding Registration tonnage tax tonnage tax Exceeding ships ships

0 6,250 €1562.50 €2,500 €500

€1562.50 €2,500 €500

plus 25 cents for plus 40 cents plus 8 cents for

6,250 8,000 every NT for every NT every NT

in excess of in excess of in excess of

6,250 NT 6,250 NT 6,250 NT

€2,000 €3,200 €640

plus 7 cents for plus 19 cents plus 1 cent for

8,000 10,000 every NT for every NT every NT

in excess of in excess of in excess of

8,000 NT 8,000 NT 8,000 NT

€2,140 €3,580 €660

plus 7 cents for plus 14 cents plus 1 cent for

10,000 15,000 every NT for every NT every NT

in excess of in excess of in excess of

10,000 NT 10,000 NT 10,000 NT

€2,490 €4,280 €710

plus 7 cents for plus 12 cents plus 1 cent for

15,000 20,000 every NT for every NT every NT

in excess of in excess of in excess of

15,000 NT 15,000 NT 15,000 NT

€4,880 €2,840 €4,880 €760 plus9cents plus 7 cents for plus 9 cents plus 1 cent for for every 30,000 every NT for every NT every NT NT in excess of in excess of in excess of in excess of 20,000 NT 20,000 NT 20,000 NT 20,000 NT €5,780 €3,540 €5,780 €860 plus7cents plus 7 cents for plus 7 cents plus 1 cent for for every 50,000 every NT for every NT every NT NT in excess of in excess of in excess of in excess of 30,000 NT 30,000 NT 30,000 NT 30,000 NT €7,180 €4,940 €7,180 €1060 plus5cents plus 7 cents for plus 5 cents plus 1 cent for for every 50,000 every NT for every NT every NT NT in excess of in excess of in excess of in excess of 50,000 NT 50,000 NT 50,000 NT 50,000 NT

Reduction or increase on the rates per net tonnage on registration, register tonnage tax when referred to in paragraph A.i or A.ii: Reduction or Increase on Register of Ship Reduction on Fee

Fee on Registration and Tonnage Tax Less than

% % Years – 30 5 50 – 15 10 25 – 15 – +5 20 – Subject to 25 – +10 minimum 30 – +25 increase (compoundedfor both register fee and tonnage tax exceeding 30 – +50 as applicable) of €1,500

Annual fees for any one year paid after the anniversary of registration for be increased by ten per cent.

Dues on any ship shall be rounded upwards to the nearest whole euro.

The Minister may, under such conditions as he may deem appropriate, ship or any class of ships from the payment of all or part of the fees, Annual Tonnage Tax payable in terms of this Schedule. G. For the purposes of this Schedule:

"age" in relation to a ship, means the difference between in which the ship was built and the year in respect of which fee is due;

S.L. 499.23 "commercial vessel" means a vessel granted a licence or operate in terms of the Commercial Vessels Regulations, which is valid;

Cap. 425 "fishing vessel" means a vessel registered in the Fishing Register in terms of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act;

"gross tonnage", "length overall" and "net tonnage" shall as may be ascertained in terms of the tonnage regulations under this Act;

"laid up vessel" means a vessel which is not a pleasure yacht commercial yacht and which qualifies as a laid up vessel in article 19(7);

S.L.234.43. "tonnage tax ship" shall have the same meaning as assigned in the Merchant Shipping (Taxation and Other Matters Relating Shipping Organisations) Regulations.

: SECOND SCHEDULE Substituted by  XVII. 1991.82; [ARTICLE 69] XXII. 2000.100. DOCUMENTS TO BE IN THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE MINISTER

Deleted by Act I.2025.100. THIRD SCHEDULE

[A 72] RTICLE

NATIONAL COLOURS FOR MALTESE SHIPS

FOURTH SCHEDULE [A 195] RTICLE

FORM OF MALTESE SEAMAN’S CARD

Act I.2025.101.