S.L. 499.63 Art. 5Offences and penalties.

Any party or person who -

(a) obstructs, impedes or assaults an authorised officer in the exercise of the powers granted under these regulations;

(b) fails or refuses to comply with any requirement under these regulations;

(c) alters, suppresses or destroys any documentation which he has been required to produce;

(d) gives misleading information or any other material to the Authority or its authorized officers;

(e) makes a false representation of its true self or pretends to be an Authority official including an authorized officer, or an official of the Government of Malta, or of any other legitimate authority, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine (multa) of not less than ten thousand euro (€10,000) and of not more than one hundred thousand euro (€100,000).

(2) Any person which may feel aggrieved by the decision of the Authority under sub-regulation (1) may appeal before the Administrative Review Tribunal.

(3) With regard to the offences under regulation 3, it shall be lawful for the person to bring forward in his defence the proof that the breach on its part occurred due to weather or force majeure, and it shall be lawful for an operator of an aircraft to bring forward in his defence proof that the breach took place without his or her actual default or knowledge.

(4) Proceedings against offences under regulation 5 shall be brought before the Criminal Court.