ACT No. X of 2005 AN ACT to make special provision for the designation of fishing waters and the extension of maritime jurisdiction BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament

I assent.

E DWARD F ENECH A DAMI

(L.S.)

President

26th July, 2005

ACT No. X of 2005

AN ACT to make special provision for the designation of fishing waters

and the extension of maritime jurisdiction

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

consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament

assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows>–

The title of this Act is the Fishing Waters (Designation) and Short title.

Extended Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2005.

(1) Subject to the provisions of subarticle (2) hereof, the Sovereign

over designated

Prime Minister may by Order published in the Gazette claim sovereign fishing waters.

rights for Malta, for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving

and managing the living and, or non-living natural resources therein,

over such areas of the marine waters beyond the limits laid down in

article 3(2) of the Territorial Waters and Contiguous Zone Act as may Cap. 226.

be designated in the Order and thereupon the areas so designated shall

consitute part of the fishing waters of Malta as provided in paragraph

(c) of article 3 of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act.

(2) The Prime Minister may also by Order published in the

Gazette provide for the exercise of jurisdiction beyond the territorial

waters of Malta with regard to –

(a) the establishment and use of artificial islands,

installations and structures<

(b) marine scientific research< and

(c) the protection and preservation of the maritime

environment.

(3) Any Order made under this article may contain any such

terms or conditions as the Prime Minister may deem appropriate.

In subarticle (2) of article 3 of the Territorial Waters and

Contiguous Zone Act, hereinafter referred to as “the Act”, for the words

Zone Act, Cap. 226.

“Fish Industry Act” and for the marginal note “Cap. 138.” there shall

be substituted the words “Fisheries Conservation and Management Act”

and “Cap. 425.” respectively, and for the words “Malta shall extend”

there shall be substituted the words “Malta shall, with respect to the

exercise of sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting,

conserving and managing the living and, or non-living natural resources

therein, extend”, and the Act shall be read and construed accordingly.

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 294 of 20th July, 2005.

A NTON T ABONE

Speaker

R ICHARD J. C AUCHI

Clerk to the House of Representatives

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