New Buildings
Maltese law provides for registration of yachts that are being built or equipped. The requirements relating, inter alia, to survey and safety of yachts already built and to the declaration of ownership where the builders have not yet effected delivery to owner will be suspended until construction is completed or until delivery has been made.
Both for privately or commercially registered yachts a provisional non-operational certificate of Malta registry will be issued once a statement from yard that the yacht is being build to the order of the applicants of registry and under a recognised organisations supervisions for the case of commercial yachts.