S.L. 499.52 Art. 29Nautical licence.

(1) No person shall drive any mechanically driven small ship, or tow any person for the purpose of water skiing, in the internal and territorial waters of Malta unless he is in possession of a nautical licence issued by the Authority, and is covered by a policy of insurance for an amount to be approved by the Authority which indemnifies such person, persons or classes of persons as may be authorised and covered by the policy against any liability which may be incurred by such persons or classes thereof in respect of physical death or injury or damage to third party property caused by or arising out of the use of the mechanically driven small ship, or under the specific conditions laid down in regulation 36.

(2) The Authority shall not issue a nautical licence unless the applicant is eighteen years old and is competent to drive a mechanically driven small ship.

(3) The Authority may attach to any nautical licence any such conditions as it may deem fit.

(4) For the purpose of this regulation, "mechanically driven small ship" means any mechanically driven small ship navigating in the internal and territorial waters of Malta registered according to regulation 3.