S.L. 65.15 Art. 19Results of tests.

(1) Subject to the provisions of these regulations, testers and inspectors shall, after the testing of a motor vehicle is completed and, on the same date as that on which the test is completed -

(a) endorse a passed test result, where it is found on the testing of a vehicle that the prescribed requirements are complied with; or

(b) endorse a notice of a negative test result, in the case where the prescribed requirements have not been complied with, and stating the grounds thereof: Provided that if the necessary repairs to comply with the prescribed requirements are effected, the vehicle may be submitted for a re-test within sixteen days, which appointment will have been set prior to the vehicle owner leaving the station following the original test, and if a passed test result is issued after such re-test certifying that the necessary repairs have been carried out on the motor vehicle to comply with the prescribed requirements, a fee not exceeding fifty per cent of the full test fee as specified in the Eighth Schedule, shall be payable: Provided further that if the vehicle is not submitted for the re-test within sixteen days, all the provisions of these regulations relating to tests shall apply: Provided further that with effect from 20 May 2018 the above two provisos shall no longer apply and the provisos to sub-regulations (5)(b) and (5)(c) of regulation 18E shall apply instead

(2) Every positive test result and every notice of a negative test result shall be issued in the form of a VRT certificate indicating at least the standardised elements of the corresponding harmonised Union codes as stipulated in the Fifteenth Schedule.

(3) Every passed test result and every notice of a negative test result issued in accordance with the provisions of this regulation and regulation 15 shall, after the test has been carried out, be signed -

(a) by the operator in whose station the test has been carried out;

(b) where the test is carried out by an inspector, by that inspector, who shall specify the authority by whom he has been authorised to carry out the test, and any signature on a passed test result or notice of a negative test result by a operator or by an inspector, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by an embossment or by a stamp of the operator or of the Authority on whose behalf the passed test result notice or notice of a negative test result is signed.

(3a) The results of a roadworthiness test may only be modified, where appropriate, by the Authority, if, following an investigation conducted by the same Authority, it results that the findings of the roadworthiness test are manifestly incorrect.

(4) (a) The operator shall update the vehicle database in use by the Authority by means of the online retrieval system referred to in the Fourth Schedule, with all the information required by the Authority, for every VRT certificate issued on the same date that the test is carried out. The information to be updated shall include, but shall not be limited to:

(i) the vehicle registration number;

(ii) the system number appearing on the vehicle’s registration certificate;

(iii) the last three characters of the vehicle’s chassis number;

(iv) the class of the vehicle;

(v) the number of the vehicle test result certificate issued by the operator;

(vi) the test receipt number;

(vii) whether the test was passed successfully or otherwise;

(viii) the identified deficiencies and their level of severity (applicable with effect from 20 May 2018);

(ix) the date of the test;

(x) the mileage of the vehicle as reflected by the odometer;

(xi) any discrepancies with the details appearing on the vehicle’s registration certificate.

(b) An operator who does not update daily the vehicle database in use by the Authority as aforesaid, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (ammenda) of fifty-eight euros and twenty-three cents (58.23) for every day that elapses from the date by which the said updating should have been carried out in accordance with this regulation.

(c) In the event of a breakdown in, or faulty operation of, the online retrieval system, the operator shall immediately inform the Authority of such breakdown or faulty operation.

(d) The Authority shall retain the required information in paragraph (a) in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Data Protection Act for a period of not less than thirty six (36) months from the date when such information is received.

(5) No licence as specified in regulation 15 of the Motor

Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, shall be issued by the Authority for Transport in Malta unless the owner of the vehicle concerned produces to the Authority the passed test result in relation to the vehicle together with the relative receipt in respect to the Authority’s administration charge as specified in the Ninth Schedule.