S.L. 65.19 ст. 7Application for an operator’s licence for the carriage of goods by road.

(1) An application for the grant or renewal of an operator’s licence for the carriage of goods by road shall be made to the

Authority and shall be in the form and contain such particulars as the Authority may require together with:

(a) the particulars of any relevant offence of which the applicant may have been convicted of in the five years prior to the date of the making of the application;

(b) a certificate of competence granted to the applicant or to a person designated by the applicant;

(c) a declaration signed by an auditor or an accountant in the form set out in the First Schedule;

(d) particulars of the number or class or description of any motor vehicle available for use in the relevant road freight business or proposed such business. The said vehicles shall be registered with the Authority or leased from another Member State: Provided that for vehicles leased from another Member State to be used in the relevant road freight business, the lease agreements for the respective vehicles confirming that these vehicles shall be at the sole disposal of the applicant, shall also be submitted: Provided further that a vehicle leased from another Member State may not be used in Malta for more than two (2) consecutive months in any given calendar year;;

(e) where the vehicle to be covered by the operator’s licence is yet not registered in the name of the applicant, a signed declaration from the registered owner in favour of the operation of the said vehicle under that particular operator’s licence;

(f) particulars of the financial resources available as regards any relevant such business; and

(g) particulars of mobile workers, if any, employed or to be employed by the applicant.

(2) The Authority may require any particulars given by an applicant in relation to an application mentioned in subregulation

(1) to be contained in a statutory declaration or in a sworn affidavit in such manner as the Authority shall specify.

(3) An application shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee fixed by the Authority.