A total of 395 vehicles benefited from the €300,000 scrappage grant announced by the government in the 2014 Budget.

This means the scheme has been fully taken up.

Owners who applied were entitled to a payment of between €500 and €900 when buying a new car that qualified if they de-registered a vehicle in the same category.

The initiative aimed to encourage people to dispose of their old vehicles and invest in new cars with lower emissions, Transport Malta said.

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