Cap. 352 Art. 3Declaration of ports.

(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Authority, by order -

(a) declare any place together with any land area in Malta to be a port, or a yachting centre, within the meaning of this Act;

(b) establish the limits of any place declared to be a port, or yachting centre in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subarticle;

(c) declare any navigable water or land area to be an approach to a port or yachting centre, within the meaning of this Act.

(2) Without prejudice to the other provisions of this article the places specified in Part I and II of the Schedule to this Act are hereby declared to be ports; the places specified in Part III of the said Schedule are hereby declared to be compulsory pilotage ports and the places specified in Part IV of the said Schedule are hereby declared to be yachting centres.

(3) Without prejudice to his powers of revoking, varying or substituting any order made under this article, the Minister may also, after consultation with the Authority, by order revoke, vary or substitute the Schedule to this Act. registered under the Merchant Shipping Act, or unless such boat or ship is registered or documented to the satisfaction of the Authority under the law of any country other than Malta.

(2) No boat or ship shall be used for or in connection with any trade, business or calling in the territorial and inland waters of Malta -

(a) unless such boat or ship is duly licensed by the Authority for that specific trade, business or calling; or

(b) unless, when such boat or ship is being used as a fishing vessel, it is licensed for such purpose by the Minister responsible for fisheries.

(3) The Minister may make regulations:

(a) regulating the mode of registration of any boat or ship in a Small Ships Register mentioned in subarticle (1);

(b) prescribing the requirements that have to be satisfied for such registration, including its renewal and termination;

(c) prescribing without prejudice to the generality of this subarticle, the fees payable upon such registration and for any service in respect thereof;

(d) prescribing the requirements for the use of any boat or ship in the territorial and inland waters of Malta, and for the use of any boat or ship registered in the Small Ships Register provided for in this article; and

(e) regulating the use of any boat or ship in the territorial and inland waters of Malta;

(f) regulating -

(i) the services that are to be provided in a ship or boat licensed to be used in any trade, business or calling; and

(ii) the services that may or may not be provided under any licence as aforesaid;

(g) regulating the licensing of any trade business or calling involving the use of boats or ships referred to in subsection (2).