S.L. 65.19 ст. 5Authorisation.

(1) No undertaking shall engage in the occupation of road haulage operator for hire or reward unless duly authorized by the Authority under these regulations.

(2) The Authority shall issue an operator’s licence for the carriage of goods by road to any undertaking that proposes to use goods transport vehicles and satisfies the conditions of these regulations and other requirements which the Authority may establish.

(3) An operator’s licence for the carriage of goods by road shall be issued in the name of a natural person authorized to represent the undertaking.

(4) An operator’s licence for the carriage of goods by road shall be valid for a period, specified therein, of up to five years from the date on which it was granted unless revoked or suspended and shall not be transferable.

(5) The Authority shall issue -

(a) an international operator’s licence to any undertaking with an operating centre in Malta which, in the course of its road freight operations, intends carrying goods outside Malta;

(b) a national operator’s licence to any undertaking with an operating centre in Malta which, in the course of its road freight operations, intends carrying goods only in Malta:

Provided that an international operator’s licence for the carriage of goods by road shall cover both the carriage of goods by road outside Malta and within Malta.

(6) The number of vehicles authorised on the operator’s licence may be varied at anytime upon a request in writing to the Authority, and once the Authority is satisfied that the licence holder still satisfies the requirement of financial standing, it shall vary the operator’s licence accordingly without however changing the expiry date on that licence.

(7) The holder of an operator’s licence for the carriage of goods by road shall be in possession of an operating centre where vehicles used under the said licence shall be kept while not in use.