S.L. 460.17 Art. 9Residence and self- employment.

(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of article 3 and subject to any restrictions or conditions as may be imposed by this

Order, a citizen of the Union may reside in Malta in order to pursue activities as a self-employed person.

(2) Where a Union citizen is pursuing an activity as a self-employed person in Malta, his family members may, even if they are third country nationals, install themselves with such person, and for such purposes, they shall be issued with a registration certificate or a residence card, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of article 7, subject to the same rights and conditions applicable to the Union citizen, including the right to take up an activity as an employed or self-employed person in Malta.

(3) The Director shall give due and proper consideration to the admission of an other family member of the Union citizen referred to in subarticle (1) of this article as provided for in article 3(5).

(4) Entitlement to a registration certificate by the Union citizen who is a self-employed person shall be evidenced as follows:

(a) with the production of a valid identification document with which the citizen of the Union entered Malta; and

(b) proof that the Union citizen mentioned in subarticle

(1) is a self-employed person.

(5) The provisions of article 8(7)(b) relating to the issue of a registration certificate or a residence card, as applicable, shall apply in respect of family members and other mutatis mutandis family members of the Union citizen who is self-employed.

(6) The provisions of article 8(8) shall apply mutatis mutandis to self-employed persons who shall, in such case, retain the status of self-employed persons.

(7) No citizen of the Union or his family members can pursue activities as a self-employed person unless he -

(a) is a bona fide self-employed person;

(b) operates from a registered address and satisfies all other requirements that are normally required of a self-employed Maltese national, including all matters relating to registration and taxation.