Maltese Legislation

List of Malta Aviation Legislation

The following legislation may be accessed through the internet site: https://legislation.mt/

DISCLAIMER: This list of legislation is being provided for information only, and by no means is intended to be an exhaustive and complete list of all applicable and amended laws.

A: Civil Aviation Act (Cap 232)

(ACT XLIII of 1972, as amended by Acts XXXII of 1979, XIII of 1983, XXXVII of 1988 and XX of 1989; Legal Notice 176 of 1990; and Acts XX of 1998, IX of 2003 and XV of 2006; Legal Notice 411 of 2007; and Acts XV of 2009 and VIII of 2010 and XL of 2023) [to regulate civil aviation]

B: The EUROCONTROL Act (Cap 333)

(ACT X of 1989, as amended by Acts XIII of 1997 and IX of 2003; and Legal Notice 424 of 2007 and Act XL of 2023) [to provide for Malta’s membership to EUROCONTROL]

- S.L. 333.01 Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations
- S.L. 333.02 Civil Aviation (Terminal Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations

C: Civil Aviation (Security) Act (Cap 353)

(ACT XX of 1991, as amended by Legal Notice 425 of 2007 and Act XX of 2016 and LIV of 2020)

[To give effect to the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (Tokyo, 1963); the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (The Hague, 1970); and the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation (Montreal 1971); and the Protocol to the Montreal Convention (1988)]

D: Airports and Civil Aviation (Security) Act (Cap 405)

(ACT XX of 1998, as amended by Legal Notice 426 of 2007; and Acts VIII of 2010, XIV of 2014 and XXIII of 2015 and XL of 2023) [to give effect to certain enactments relating to aviation security]

- S.L. 405.01 Regulated Agents Regulations
- S.L. 405.02 Designated Airports (Policing) Order
- S.L. 405.03 Civil Aviation Security Regulations
- S.L. 405.04 Airport Security (Background Checks) Regulations

E: Code of Conduct for Computerised Reservation Systems Act (Cap 434)

(ACT XIX of 2001, as amended by Legal Notice 426 of 2007) [to provide for a code of conduct for computerised reservation systems]

F: Mutual Recognition of Qualifications Act (Cap 451)

(ACT XVIII of 2002, as amended by Acts XVII of 2003 and X of 2004; Legal Notices 248 of 2004 and 422 of 2007; Act XV of 2009; Legal Notice 69 of 2014; and Acts XXXIV of 2014, XXV of 2015 and XXXIV of 2016, XXIX of 2019, XL of 2023 and XXXIII of 2024) [relating to the Mutual Recognition of Qualifications]

G: Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap 452)

(ACT XXII of 2002, as amended by Acts IX of 2003, III of 2004 and XIX of 2006; Legal Notice 427 of 2007; Acts V of 2009, V of 2011 and XVI of 2012; Legal Notice 426 of 2012; and Acts IV of 2015* and XXXIII of 2016 , XIII of 2018, VI , XXIX of 2019 , LVIII of 2020 , XX of 2022 and XXXV , XLII and XLIII of 2023 and XXXIII of 2024) [to consolidate, with amendments, the Conditions of Employment (Regulation) Act (Cap 135) and the Industrial Relations Act (Cap 266)]

- S.L. 452.90 Organisation of Working Time (Civil Aviation) Regulations

H: European Union Act (Cap 460)

(ACT V of 2003, as amended by Act III of 2006; Legal Notice 427 of 2007; and Act VII of 2012) [to provide for Malta’s accession to the European Union and to make provision consequent and ancillary thereto]

NOTE: Article 3 of Act No V of 2003, the European Union Act (Cap 460), makes the provisions of the Treaties of the European Community part of domestic law in Malta. Article 249 of the ’Consolidated Version of the Treaty Establishing the European Community’ specifies that regulations made by the European Parliament / EC Council / EC Commission shall be binding and directly applicable in all EU Member States.

All EU Regulations relating to air transport are therefore legal in Malta, and any provision of any other legislation incompatible with such EU Regulations is without effect and unenforceable (Article 3 (2) Act V of 2003 - CAP 460).

EU aviation-related Regulations may be accessed through the internet site. https://transport.ec.europa.eu/transport-modes/air_en

J: Aircraft Registration Act (Cap 503)

(ACT VIII of 2010, as amended by Acts LII of 2016 and XXXVII of 2021 and XL of 2023) [to regulate the registration of aircraft and aircraft mortgages and to repeal and re-enact various existing laws relating to such matters; and to regulate the aircraft register, to introduce rules on aircraft mortgages, their registration and their enforcement, to introduce rules on special privileges on aircraft, and to implement the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and Protocol thereto on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment]

- S.L. 503.01 Aircraft Registration (International Registrant) Regulations
- S.L. 503.02 Aircraft Registration (Approved Jurisdiction) Regulations

K: Air Navigation Act (Cap. 641)

(ACT XL of 2023) [an Act to regulate Air Navigation]