ACT No. XLIII of 2015 AN ACT to amend the Malta Armed Forces Act, Cap. 220.

I assent.

M ARIE L OUISE

(L.S.)

C OLEIRO P RECA

President

18th December, 2015

ACT No. XLIII of 2015

AN ACT to amend the Malta Armed Forces Act, Cap. 220.

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 short title of this Act is the Malta Armed Forces

(Amendment) Act, 2015 and it shall be read and construed as one

with the Malta Armed Forces Act hereinafter referred to as "the

principal Act".

In sub-article (2) of article 7 of the principal Act, for the

words ''may think fit:'' there shall be substituted the words ''may think

fit.'', and the proviso thereto shall be deleted.

In sub-article (2) of article 16 of the principal Act, for the

words ''at the time of his conviction:'' there shall be substituted the

words ''at the time of his conviction.'', and the proviso thereto shall be

deleted.

Fis-subartikolu (2) tal-artikolu 16 tal-Att prinċipali, Emenda tal-

minflok il-kliem ''fiż-żmien li hu kien misjub ħati:'' għandhom jidħlu artikolu

Att prinċipali.

l-kliem ''fiż-żmien li hu kien misjub ħati.'', u l-proviso għas-

subartikolu (2) għandu jiġi mħassar.

Sub-article (2) of article 17 of the principal Act shall be

deleted and sub-articles (3) and (4) shall be renumbered as sub-articles

(2) and (3).

Article 31 of the principal Act shall be amended as

follows

(a)

for sub-article (1) thereof there shall be substituted

the following

"(1) The reserve force shall consist of the reserve of

the regular force body.";

(b)

sub-article (2) thereof shall be deleted; and

(c)

sub-article (3) thereof shall be renumbered as sub-

article (2).

Immediately after article 35 of the principal Act there shall Addition of a

new article 35A

be added the following new article

to the principal

Act.

(1)

The Commander may, for the

purpose of national missions or any other task,

authorise Commanding Officers or any other officer

under their instruction to call out any reservist from the

Volunteer Reserve Force in order to participate and

assist the regular force in any said national mission or

other task.

(2) Commanding Officers or any other officer

under their instruction shall set with the reservist’s

consent, the date, time, duration and place at which the

reservist is to be present and a call out notice shall be

deemed to be served on the reservist if it is

communicated to him personally by any means.

(3) A call out notice may be revoked or varied

by the Commander by a subsequent communication.".

7. For sub-article (1) of article 36 of the principal Act there Amendment of

article 36 of the

shall be substituted the following

principal Act.

"(1) A member of a reserve force may, in accordance

with such provisions as may be prescribed, be called out in any

year for minimum training consisting of two hundred and forty

hours of training per year, with each training session being of

not less than four consecutive hours but not in excess of eight

continuous days

Provided that during the first year of engagement,

training periods shall consist mainly of basic soldiering skills.

During the second and subsequent years, training shall be made

up of specialised skills training which may also include on the

job training with any body of the force.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 338 of the

9th December, 2015.

A NĠLU F ARRUGIA

Speaker

R AYMOND S CICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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