S.L. 499.1 Art. 133Licences.

(1) Subject to the provisions of these regulations, all licences issued or renewed by the Authority shall be valid from the date of issue or renewal, unless some other date is indicated thereon for such purpose, and all such licences shall lapse on the thirty-first day of December of the year in which they are issued or renewed, subject to renewal.

(2) Where any licence is issued or renewed after the first day of January of any year, the period between the date on which or with effect from which such licence is issued or renewed and the thirty-first day of December of that year shall be deemed to be a full year for the purposes of the payment of any fees prescribed in relation to such licence in the tariff.

(3) The Authority may at any time cancel any licence or permit issued or given in accordance with the provisions of these regulations whenever it deems fit, and it may refuse to renew any licence.

(4) The Authority may attach to any licence or permit issued or given in accordance with the provisions of these regulations such conditions as it may deem fit, and in the case of each failure to observe such conditions, or any of them, the holder of such licence or permit shall be deemed to have acted without a licence or permit, as the case may be.

(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of regulations 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 28, 34,

35, 37, 38, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 54, 63, 64, 67, 76, 78, 94, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 126 and 128 shall be guilty of offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding one hundred and sixteen euro and forty-seven cents (116.47).

(3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of regulations 3, 5, 6, 21, 26, 30, 33, 39, 53, 56(1), 56(2), 56(3), 56(5), 103(2), 107, 108(1), 109 and 116 shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, liable to fine (multa) not exceeding two hundred and thirty-two euro and ninety-four cents (232.94) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(4) Any person who contravenes the provisions of regulations 10, 14, 27, 31 and 110 shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to fine (multa) not exceeding one hundred and sixteen euro and forty-seven cents (116.47) and to an additional fine (multa) not exceeding eleven euro and sixty-five cents (11.65) for every day during which the default continues.

(5) Any person who contravenes the provisions of regulations 81, 82 and 84 shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding eleven euro and sixty-five cents (11.65) for every day during which the default continues.

(6) Prosecution in respect of offences under these regulations shall be instituted by the Police with the consent of the Authority, and the provisions of this regulation shall be without prejudice to prosecutions in terms of any other law or regulations where the fact constitutes an offence under that law or regulation.