S.L. 480.5 Art. 10The Register.

(1) Each licensee shall:

(a) notify the Board within three working days of every acquisition, import, export, storage, transit, transfer or disposal including sale, loss, theft or decommission of any firearm or ammunition belonging to the licensee and the details thereof;

(b) furnish the Board, should it so be required, with sight of each contract of engagement entered into by the licensee with another party to provide security personnel, both armed and unarmed, on board ships for the exclusive purpose of providing protection against piracy or armed robbery at sea in the high risk area;

(c) notify the Board with the details of every new PCASP employed by or contracted by each licensee and furnish the Board with all the information and documentation required in regulation 9(i);

(d) furnish the Board, should it so be required, with sight of each contract of employment or engagement entered into by the licensee with any PCASP to serve as security personnel, both armed and unarmed, on board ships for the exclusive purpose of providing protection against piracy or armed robbery at sea in the high risk area;

(e) notify the Board when a PCASP ceases to be employed, engaged or contracted by the licensee;

(f) notify the Board with copies of any export or import authorization obtained for any of its firearms or ammunition;

(g) notify the Board with a detailed report drafted by the directors of the company whenever there is any incident on board a vessel regarding a PCASP employed, engaged or contracted by the licensee, together with all the relevant documentation related thereto;

(h) furnish the Board with any other additional information which the Board may require from time to time.

(2) (a) Notification shall be made in writing and shall be deemed effected upon receipt.

(b) Notification pursuant to sub-regulation (1)(a) shall be made in the form prescribed in Schedule II.

(c) Notification pursuant to sub-regulation (1)(c), (e), (f) and (g) shall be made in the form prescribed in Schedule III.

(3) (a) Where a licensee fails to notify the Board in accordance with sub-regulation (1)(a), or fails to notify the Board within the prescribed time limit, the licensee shall be liable to a fine (multa) of one thousand and five hundred euro (€1,500) for every firearm or ammunition involved.

(b) Where a licensee fails to notify or furnish the Board with any of the information provided in sub-regulation (1)(b) to (h), the said licensee shall be liable to a fine (multa) of one thousand euro (€1,000) for every notification which was not duly made.

(4) The Board shall keep all the information provided by each licensee in a register which is to be kept and maintained by the Board and which shall not be made available to the public.

(5) The Board shall also keep and maintain a list of all names of the pending applicants as well all the names of the licensee companies, which list shall be made available to the public.