Registration of a Drilling Rig / Boring Equipment
The Registration of Drilling Rigs Regulations establishes that any person who has effective control of the use of a drilling rig is required to inform and register such equipment with the Regulator for Energy and Water Services.
Drilling rig is defined as any equipment intended for use to drill holes of a diameter greater than one hundred millimeters and of a depth in excess of fifteen meters. It also includes also any equipment which is temporarily or permanently altered mechanically so as to drill such holes.
Registration Form
Registration Form
Registration of a Drilling Rig/Boring Equipment Form REWS/062e/v5-02-05/22
Registration of a Drilling Rig/Boring Equipment e-Form
Registration of Drilling Rigs Regulations
- Details of Identity card/s or passport number/s of the owner/s of drilling rig.
- Handwritten signature of applicant required on the application form.
- In the case of a company or Legal organisation the details of the Legal Representative should be submitted.
- Signed application form.
- Technical Details of the Drilling Rig.
- Technical details of the Truck.
Application fee to be paid by the applicant to the Regulator upon registration of a drilling rig = €69.88.
Regulation 6 of the Registration of Drilling Rigs Regulations establishes that any user who fails to inform the Regulator as prescribed in regulations 3 and 4, or who submits incorrect, incomplete or false information, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine (multa) of not less than nine thousand and three hundred and seventeen euro and forty-nine cents (€9,317.49) but not exceeding eighteen thousand and six hundred and thirty- four euro and ninety-nine cents (€18.634.99) and to the confiscation of the drilling rig.
In addition, the Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act provides that any:
- any person who carries out any such activity without a licence or who acts in breach of any condition of such licence, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine (multa) not exceeding one hundred and fifteen thousand euro (€115,000) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and imprisonment;
- the Regulator may impose an administrative penalty upon any person who infringes any provision of the Act, or regulations prescribed thereunder or of any other law which the Regulator is entitled to enforce, or who fails to comply with any directive or decision given by the Regulator or who fails to comply with any condition of any authorisation granted under the Act. Such administrative penalty shall not exceed:
- one hundred thousand euro (€100,000) for each contravention and, or six hundred euro (€600) for each day of non-compliance, from the date of the decision given by the Regulator; and, or
- in the case of an undertaking (including a vertically integrated undertaking) or a body corporate, up to 10% of the total turnover concerned in the preceding business year. Provided that in the case of an undertaking, including a vertically integrated undertaking or a body corporate, a fine of up to 10% of the annual turnover concerned in the preceding business year, which amount exceeds one hundred thousand euro (€100,000) may, in any such case be imposed.
- No specific period for completion of the procedure is established at law.
- Generally, an application to register a drilling rig is determined by the Regulator within 5 working days.
In general, the Maltese Administrative Law establishes that in the absence of a reply this is construed to be tantamount to a refusal and the applicant has a right to appeal.
Any decision taken by the Regulator, including refusal of an application for or withdrawal of an authorisation or a licence, may be subject to appeal before the Administrative Review Tribunal established by Article 5 of the Administrative Justice Act.
You may submit the application form together with all associated documentation and relevant payments referred to in the application form either by post or by hand to:
Regulator for Energy and Water Services,
Zentrum Business Centre
Level 1
Mdina Road
Qormi, QRM 9010
Malta.
