ACT No. VIII of 2005 AN ACT to amend the Malta Membership of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Act, Cap. 347.

I assent.

E DWARD F ENECH ADAMI

(L.S.)

President

5th July, 2005

ACT No. VIII of 2005

AN ACT to amend the Malta Membership of the European Bank for

Reconstruction and Development Act, Cap. 347.

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>

(1) This Act may be cited as the Malta Membership of the Short title.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Amendment) Act,

2005, and it shall be read and construed as one with the Malta

Membership of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Act, hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act.”.

In article 2 of the principal Act, in the definition “Agreement”, Amendment of

article 2 of the

the words “, and for the purposes of sections 4 and 6 of this Act,” shall principal Act.

be deleted.

For article 3 of the principal Act there shall be substituted the Substitution of

article 3 of the

following>–

principal Act.

“Authorisation

3. In virtue of this Act, and in compliance with the

for acceding

provisions of the Ratification of Treaties Act -

to the

Agreement.

(a) the Government of Malta is hereby authorised

to ratify the Agreement< and

(b) the Government of Malta is hereby authorised to

ratify any amendment as may be made to the Agreement from

time to time.”.

For article 6 of the principal Act there shall be substituted by

the following>

The Minister may make regulations as may be

necessary for carrying into effect any of the provisions of the

Agreement and in particular, but without prejudice to the

generality of the foregoing, for the amendment of the Schedule

to this Act for the purpose of aligning it to the Agreement as

it may be amended from time to time.”.

5. Immediately at the end of Article 1 of Chapter 1 of the Schedule

to the principal Act, there shall be added the following>

“The purpose of the Bank may also be carried out in Mongolia

subject to the same conditions. Accordingly, any reference in this

Agreement and its annexes to “Central and Eastern European

countries”, “countries from central and Eastern Europe”, “recipient

country (or countries)”, “or “recipient member country (or

countries)” shall refer to Mongolia as well.”.

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 285 of 28th June, 2005.

A NTON T ABONE

Speaker

R ICHARD J. C AUCHI

Clerk to the House of Representatives