S.L. 499.34 Art. 6AExemptions from notification.

(1) The Authority may exempt scheduled services performed between ports in Malta from the requirements laid down in regulation 6 if the following conditions are met:

(a) the person or company operating the scheduled services referred to in this regulation keeps and updates a list of ships concerned and sends it to the Authority; and

(b) for each voyage performed, the information listed in regulation 6(3) is kept available for the Authority upon request. The person or company shall establish the internal system to ensure that the said information can be sent to the Authority, twenty-four hours a day and without delay, in such format and by such means as may be required by the Authority.

(2) The Authority may exempt scheduled services performed between a port in Malta and a port in another Member State or other coastal state from the requirements laid down in regulation 6 if the Authority agrees with the competent authority of the other state that such exemption is required and the conditions of sub-regulation (1) are met.

(3) Any deviations from the estimated time of arrival at a port of destination or pilot station in Malta of three hours or more must be notified to the Authority in accordance with the requirements laid down in regulation 6.

(4) The Authority reserves the right that if a person or company, which is operating a scheduled service and is exempted under sub-regulations (1) and (2), fails to meet any one of the established conditions, the Authority shall immediately withdraw the privilege of the exemption from the person or company concerned.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation:

(a) the service shall not be regarded as a scheduled service unless it is intended to be operated for a minimum of one month;

(b) exemptions to regulation 6 shall be limited to voyages of a scheduled duration of up to twelve hours; and

(c) exemptions shall only be granted to individual ships as regards a specific service.