ACT No. XLVI of 2016 AN ACT to amend the Malta Armed Forces Act, Cap. 220.

I assent.

M ARIE- L OUISE

(L.S.)

C OLEIRO P RECA

President

12th August, 2016

ACT No. XLVI of 2016

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:-

(1) The short title of this Act is the Malta Armed Forces Short title and

(Amendment) Act, 2016, and this Act shall be read and construed as commencement.

one with the Malta Armed Forces Act, hereinafter in this Act referred Cap. 220.

to as "the principal Act".

(2) This Act shall come into force on such a date as the

Minister responsible for defence may by notice in the Gazette

establish, and different dates may be so established for different

provisions or different purposes of this Act.

Immediately after sub-article (4) of article 4 of the Amendment of

article 4 of the

principal Act, there shall be added the following new sub-article

principal Act.

"(5) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this

article, in so far as the granting of pensions is concerned

(a) any regulations made under this article may

have retrospective effect in order to confer a benefit

upon, or remove a disability attaching to any person or

class of persons;

(b) no regulation made under this article shall have

effect unless it has received the prior approval of the

House of Representatives signified by resolution; and

(c) any pension granted under this Act shall be

computed in accordance with the provisions in force at

the actual date of the officer’s retirement.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 422 of the

25th July, 2016.

A NĠLU F ARRUGIA

Speaker

R AYMOND S CICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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