Vehicles will not be de-registered unless their owner presents a certificate of destruction issued by an authorised treatment facility, Transport Malta and Mepa said today.

This procedure will apply for all passenger vehicles used for the carriage of persons and which may carry no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver and  vehicles used for the carriage of goods not exceeding 3.5 tonnes.

This process will be mandatory as of November 1.

To officially de-register/scrap a vehicle, the owner must personally notify Transport Malta about his intentions and submit the Log book (registration certificate), Road Licence (if still valid), Registration Plates and Application Form VEH 13

Any pending road licences due or pending contraventions will have to be paid prior to the scrapping process.

If the scrapping is not effected within three months from the date of expiry of the road licence, then an additional administrative penalty fee of €10 monthly will apply.

If a vehicle is not officially registered as scrapped with Transport Malta, it will be deemed as being used on the road, and therefore road licence payments would still be due.

After informing Transport Malta, the vehicle owner must take his vehicle to an authorised treatment facility whereby he will be given a certificate of destruction confirming that the vehicle was transferred to the authorised treatment facility in accordance with the Waste Management (End-of Life Vehicles) Regulations.

Further details at www.transport.gov.mt