S.L. 499.52 Art. 1Citation, commencement and scope.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Small Ships

Regulations.

(2) (a) These regulations, other than regulation 29, shall come into force on their date of publication.

(b) Regulation 29 in respect of mechanically driven small ships shall come into force, where the small ship has an engine or engines with a combined power:

(i) of, or exceeding, 100 H.P., on the 1st September, 2001; and

(ii) of, or exceeding, 30H.P., on the 1st of January, 2011; and

(iii) not exceeding 30 H.P., on such date as the Minister may prescribe.

(3) The scope of these regulations is:

(a) to regulate the registration of small ships under twenty-four metres of length;

(b) to regulate water based recreational activities in the internal and territorial waters of Malta; and

(c) to regulate the preservation of good order in any part of the internal and territorial waters of Malta.