AN ACT to pr o v ide for the relief of h a r d ship caused by the floods of October 1979 by the distribution o f moneys donated, or provided out of the Consolidated Fund, for that purpose, as well as other m oney s derived from the winding u p of certain public funds that have outlived their purpose, and t o make provision for matters con­

I assent.

(L.S.)

ANTON BUTTIGIEG

President

20th June, 1980

AeT No. XIX of 1980

AN ACT to pr o v ide for the relief of h a r d ship caused by the floods of

October 1979 by the distribution o f moneys donated, or provided

out of the Consolidated Fund, for that purpose, as well as other

m oney s derived from the winding u p of certain public funds that

have outlived their purpose, and t o make provision for matters con­

nected with or ancillary to a n y of the purposes.

BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and

con s ent of the House of Representatives, in this pr e s ent Par1iament

as s embled and by the authority of the same, as fol1ows:-

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This Act may be cited as the F l ood s Relief Act, 1980.

In t h is Act, unless the c o n te x t otherwise requires -

"the Committee" means the Floods R e l i e f Committee estab·

lished by s ec tion 3 of this Act;

"fund" means any mo n e y s securities and other v a lua b le s given,

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do n ated or otherwise collected or obtained, and he l d or adminis­

tered for the relief of ha r d s h i p of other charitable, philanthropic

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or s i m i lar purpose, and i n c ludes any trust for any of the above pur­

poses;

"Minister" means the Min i ste r responsible for finance.

(l) There is h e r eby established a committee. to be known as Floods Relief

th Floods Relief Committee. which shall co n sist of the P r es iden t as Committee.

Chairman and two other members a p po i n t e d by the Minister of whom

one shall be a public officer perforrning duties at the Ministry of

Finance and the other shall b e a p erson from among the members of the

Board of Cooperatives.

(2) The Minister may also appoint a public officer to act as

Secretary to the Committee.

The functions of the Committee shalI be -

(3)

(a)

to receive the moneys payable to it in accordance with

the provisions of this Act, and any other sum given or donated

for the purposes of its functions under this Act;

to wind up the funds to which this Act applies;

(b)

(c) to distribute, in accordance with the provisions of this

Act, the moneys so received and the proceeds derived from the

said winding up,

and for any of the purposes aforesaid the Committee shall have such

powers as may be necessary or expedient to carry out its functions in

accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(4) The Committee shall place all moneys received or derived

by it into a special account with the Central Bank of Malta; and 110

moneys shall be withdrawn from that account except under the signa­

ture of two of the members of the Committee.

( 1 ) The funds to which this Act applies shall be wound up

by the Committee and all moneys and other assets comprised in or

forming part of those funds shall be transferred to the Committee for

that purpose.

(2)

The funds to which this Act app1ies are

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The Malta Relief Fund;

(a)

The Maltese in Egypt Relief Fund;

(b)

The Save the Children Account;

(c)

(d)

The United World Colleges Fund for Local Students;

The Eric Rice Charity; and

(e)

(f)

The Cassar Cup Fund.

There shall be paid or transferred to the Committee --

(a) out of the Consolidated Fund, by virtue of this Act and

without further authority, a sum equal to the proceeds derived from

the winding up of the funds to which this Act applies;

(b) the sum donated by Socialist People's Libyan Arab J ama­

hiriya for the relief of hardship caused by the floods which hit the

Maltese Islands in October 1979.

( l ) All moneys received or derived by the Committee shaH be

distributed by it among citizens of Malta who have suffered loss of, or

damage to, property (except to the extent that in respect of such loss or

damage compensation has been paid or is payable, whether under a

contract of insurance or otherwise) as result or in consequence of the

heavy rains and resulting floods which devestated large areas of the

Maltese Islands in October 1979.

(2) In distribliting the above sums, the Committee shall take

into account the actual loss or damage sustained but may also, if the

circumstances so warrant, particularly if the moneys available are not

sufficient to meet all c1aims, take account of the financial condition

of the claimants and other circumstances in order that the distribution

may be as equitable as practicable.

(3) Subject to the provisions of this Act. the Committee shall

regulate its own procedure. the time and manner in which c 1aims are

to be submitted and proved, and all other matters that require to be

regulated.

( 1) As soon as practicable after it has distributed the moneys

placed by this Act under its charge, the Committee shall draw up a

report on its activities under this Act. together with an audited account

of all income and expenditure, and a list of the persons between whom

the moneys were distributed and the amounts paid to each of them, and

shall forward such report with all its annexes to the Minister.

(2) As soon as practicable after he has received it, the Minis­

ter sha1 11ay a copy of the report and its annexes on the Table of the

House.

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 403 of the 17th June, 1980.

C.AGIUS

Speaker

C. MIFSUD

Clerk to the House of Representatżves

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