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Transport Malta amends fee and revenue structure.
Transport Malta will be revising some of its administrative fees for registration and licensing of motor vehicles and driving licences with effect from the 1 July 2011.
These administrative fees are charged for a number of administrative services rendered by Transport Malta, which fees have been unchanged since 2004.
The actual road licence and driving licence fees will remain unchanged.
“The revision of fees will enable Transport Malta to be less dependent on government subventions, and will also partly compensate for increases in driving licence card production costs due to added security requirements imposed by EU Directives, and also additional security enhancements being made to the annual circulation licence disc, vehicle registration plates and vehicle registration certificates,” the authority said in a statement.
The revision affects primarily those services which are considered non-essential, which include customized number plates – increasing from €1,165 to €1,500 – and personalized number plates, which will go up from €60 to €100.
The fee for inspections of used cars coming from the EU goes up from €35 to €50 due to the valuation system that was introduced by Transport Malta which enables customers to have a clear indication of the total cost of registration tax on any vehicle they intend to buy, before they commit to buying it.
Issuing of driving licence photo card goes up to €8 from €6; declaration for lost driving licences increases to €8 from €7; issuing generic number plates up to €35 from €30; printing of documents from €6 to €10; and registration of vehicles from €10 to €15.
There will be no increases in fees where transactions are carried out online, making it cheaper for customers to transact online, where the services are available.
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Time to scrap TM and also MEPA and all other authorities simply created to find good jobs for the blue-eyed boys and gals and give back the power and administration to the various Government Departments and the Police.
Things were managed much better and much cheaper then.
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Is there somebody, such as an audit department or something similar, looking, from time to time, at the efficiency of the organisation. Who is controlling the regulators? I have seen one/two man digging a hole, 2 wardens in their nice uniforms supervising the transport going through, or smoking a cigarette as the case may be, a couple of men from the transport authority in their shining safety clothing pretending they know what it is, they are supposed to be doing, and a driver and a supervisor to round up the complement. I saw something like this in Burmarrad a few weeks ago.
The national employment figures are relatively good, but in truth, how many of those employed with government or government related organisations are really necessary and productive.
Fees charged went up by as much as 67%. How can anybody justify such an increase? We as taxpayers/consumers must get value for money from these organisations and it is the government's responsiblity to ensure that it does not loose control of the proceedings.
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Kif tridu ihallas dawk il qabda ghazzenin li qatt ma ghamlu xejn li dahal l - essenza austin gatt fi transport malta. Il bravura ta job creation tal gvern ta gonzi jikrea agenzijjja jew xi skuza ohra biex jigborl iskart. u jimpresssjona L EU. Fejn int Muscat iccasat iehor ma tindunawx li qed jghereq il pajjiz? jew qieghed bhal neruni iddoq il kitarra waqt li malta qed taqbad jew tghereq?? Nivottazikk lil zewg purcinelli. hadd ghax kolla pezza wahda
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This shows that they are in dire need for funding! Very good timing to increase the fees! Another blow to the maltese workers adding insult to injury!
