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ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

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Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

I assent.

M ARIE- L OUISE

(L.S.)

C OLEIRO P RECA

President

5th August, 2016

16th December, 2016

ACT No. XLIV of 2016

AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice

Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

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:-

A BILL

ACT

Act No.

LVII Constitutional

of 2016

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

The short title of this

is the

Reforms Short title.

entitled

(Justice Sector) Act, 2016.

AN ACT to appropriate a sum not exceeding two billion, seven

PART I million, five hundred and sixty thousand, one

hundred and ninety-nine

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

I. Recurrent Expenditure

Title

Amount

€

Office of the President …………………………………………………………….

1. 4,255,945

House of Representatives …………………………………………...……………………………….

2. 5,604,000

Office of the Prime Minister ………………………………….……………………………….

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

This hundred

and eighty-seven

Euro for

of the

service

and of it the

financial

Part amends

the Constitution

Malta

shall

be Amendments

read and construed as one with the Constitution of Malta, hereinafter the

of Malta.

referred to as "the Constitution".

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

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

In paragraph

(b) of of

sub-article (2)

of article

present 66

of the assembled,

Amendment of and

of the House

Representatives,

in this

Parliament

(inclusive)'' there shall article

Constitution for

by the

the words

''articles

95 to as

authority

of the same,

follows:-

Constitution.

be substituted the words ''articles 95, 96, 96A, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101A,

101B,''.

1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (2017) Act, 2016.

Short title.

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

Immediately after sub-article (2) of article 96 of the Amendment of

article

there 2. shall

Appropriation.

A be

sum added

not exceeding

two new

billion,

seven hundred and

Constitution

the following

sub-articles

Constitution.

million, five hundred and sixty thousand, one hundred and eighty-seven

''(3) Euro

Without

shall be prejudice

to the

provisions

of upon

sub-article

and the same

is hereby

charged

the Consolidated Fund

(4), before

the

Prime

Minister

gives

his

advice

in

accordance

to meet expenditure during the financial year 2017 under the Votes

with sub-article

specified (1)

in in

the respect

of to the

appointment

of a judge of

Schedule

this

Act.

the Superior Courts, (other than the Chief Justice) the

evaluation by the Judicial Appointments Committee established

by article 96A of this Constitution as provided in paragraphs

(c), (d) or (e) of sub-article (6) of the said article 96A shall have

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

33,730,000

Public Service Commission ……………………………………..………………………………………

6. 561,755 Information …………………………………………………………….……………………………….

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Kummissjoni dwar is-Servizz Pubbliku ..................................................................

561,755

7. Informazzjoni .................................................................................................................. 1,246,000

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1,246,000

Government Printing Press ………………………...……………………………………………………

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

1,393,000

Electoral Office …………………………………………………..…………………………………….

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1,947,000

Energy and Projects ……………………………………...………………………………………….

10. 70,463,000

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70,463,000

Ministeru għall-Affarijiet Ewropej u Twettiq tal-Manifest

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

Ministry for European Affairs and Implementation of the

Electoral Manifesto..............................................................................................................

44,989,000

Ministry for Foreign Affairs …………………………………………………...……………………….

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

32,728,000

Ministry for Education and Employment……………………………………………………….

13. 268,222,000 Education …………………………………………………………………………..……………………

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

225,241,000

Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure....................................................

…………………………….

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

96,077,000

Ministry for Gozo ……………………………………………………….…………………………….

16. 30,834,263

Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta — Att 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ATT maħruġ b’liġi mill-Parlament ta’ AN ACT enacted by the Parliament of Malta.

30,834,263

Ministeru għad-Djalogu Soċjali, Affarijiet tal-Konsumatur u

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

Ministry for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and

Civil Liberties......................................................................................................

14,087,000

Industrial and Employment Relations ………………………………………….…………………………

18. 1,585,000

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Impjiegi u Relazzjonijiet Industrijali ........................................................................................................

1,585,000

Ministeru għall-Ekonomija, Investiment u Intrapriżi Żgħar.....................

19. 18,867,000 Kummerċ................................................................................................... 2,072,000

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Business.....................................................

18,867,000

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

Commerce.............................................................................................................

2,072,000

Ministry for Finance …………………………………………………………….

21. 152,603,000 Treasury …………………………………………………………………….………………………….

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

13,643,000

Inland Revenue ……………………………………………………………………………….…………

24. 8,381,000 V.A.T. ………………………………………………………………………………….…………………

25. 5,225,000 Customs ……………………………………………………………………...……………………………

26. 11,514,000 Contracts ……………………………………………………………………...…………………………

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Taxxi Interni .....................................................................................................................

8,381,000

V.A.T. .................................................................................…………….5,225,000

25.

26. Dwana .............................................................................................................................. 11,514,000

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

1,716,000

Economic Policy ………………………………………………………..…………………………………

28. 1,384,000

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Ministeru għall-Familja u Solidarjeta' Soċjali...........................................

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

Ministry for Family and Social Solidarity........................................................................

69,228,000

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

Social Policy.............................................................................................................

288,009,000

Pensions ………………………………………………………………………………...…………………

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

1,657,000

Social Welfare Standards ……………………………………………………………………………….

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

1,322,000

Elderly and Community Care ……………………………………..………………………………………

34. 97,839,000

Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta — Att 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ATT maħruġ b’liġi mill-Parlament ta’ AN ACT enacted by the Parliament of Malta.

Anzjani u Kura fil-Komunità ...........................................................................................................

97,839,000

Ministeru għall-Ġustizzja, Kultura u Gvern Lokali..................................................................................

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

Ministry for Justice, Culture and Local Government................................................................................

40,747,939

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Judicial................................................................................................... 10,833,285

Local Government ………………………………………………...……………………….……………

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

42,492,000

Title

Amount

€

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

Ministry for Tourism...................................................................................................

65,919,000

Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security…………………………………………………………

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

13,654,000

Armed Forces of Malta ………………………………………...………………………………….

40. 49,559,000 Police …………………………………………………………………………………………….………

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Forzi Armati ta' Malta ...................................................................................................

49,559,000

41. Pulizija ................................................................................................................ 58,951,000

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

58,951,000

Correctional Services …………………………………………….……………………………….………

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

11,738,000

Probation and Parole ………………………..……………………………………….

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

1,128,000

Civil Protection ………………………………………………………..…………………………………

44. 5,866,000

Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta — Att 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ATT maħruġ b’liġi mill-Parlament ta’ AN ACT enacted by the Parliament of Malta.

5,866,000

Ministeru għall-Iżvilupp Sostenibbli, l-Ambjent u Tibdil

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment and

Climate Change........................................................................................................

62,011,000

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

Ministry for Competitiveness and digital, Maritime and

Services Economy........................................................................................................

18,812,000

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 57 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.

Ministry for Health........................................................................................

516,898,000

Total Recurrent Expenditure ...................................... 2,405,033,187

II. Capital Programme Expenditure

Title

Amount

€

(2) The provisions of sub-article (1) shall also apply to a

Office of widow

the President...............................................................................................

172,000

or widower of or to the survivor of a civil union

with a

House of member

Representatives

…………………………………………...……………………………….

254,000

of the judiciary

or Attorney General who has not yet

attained

Office of pensionable

the Prime Minister

age at ………………………………………………………….

the time of his death but who, before 21,394,000

such death,

Ministry for

European

Affairs

and Implementation

of service

the

satisfied the requirements

of pensionable

under this Act.

Electoral Manifesto ………………………………………………………….

38,038,000

(3) The

rate

of pension payable under this article

shall be

V Ministry for Foreign

Affairs

…………………………………………………...……………………….

1,366,000

equivalent

to and

five-sixths

of the pension to which the member

of the

VI Ministry for

Education

Employment……………………………………………………….

42,297,000

judiciary

or the

and Attorney

General was entitled, in accordance

with the

VII Ministry for

Transport

Infrastructure....................................................

…………………………….

58,360,000

current

Gozo pensionable

emoluments that would have been applicable

9,241,000 to

VIII Ministry for

……………………………………………………….…………………………….

the Social

member

of the judiciary

Consumer or Affairs

Attorney

and General but for his death.

IX Ministry for

Dialogue,

Civil Liberties......................................................................................................

2,637,000

X Ministry for the (4)

No pension

shall and

be Small

payable

to a widow under

the age of

Economy,

Investment

Business.....................................................

25,384,000

sixty-five

Finance years

during any time in which she is in receipt 65,546,000

of earnings

XI Ministry for

…………………………………………………………….

from a gainful occupation exceeding the amount specified under article

XII Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity........................................................................

6,575,000

32 of the Social Security Act in respect of any period of four weeks.

Ministry for Justice, Culture and Local Government ……………………………………………………

20,920,000

Ministry

for Tourism...................................................................................................

6,705,000

13. The provisions of this Act and any regulations

made

XV Ministry for

Home Affairs

shall and

National

Security…………………………………………………………

17,756,000

thereunder

apply

to all members

of the judiciary and

to persons

XVI Ministry for

Sustainable

the Development,

the Environment

and

occupying

post of Attorney

General appointed

after the 15th

Climate

Change........................................................................................................

44,607,000

January,

1979, and no pension, gratuity or other allowance

shall be

XVII Ministry for

payable under this Act, nor shall any other payment be made

Competitiveness

and

Digital,

Maritime

and

thereunder,

to any person who was a member of the judiciary

or a

Services

Economy........................................................................................................

15,132,000

person

occupying the post of Attorney General before

the 16th

XVIII Ministry for

Health........................................................................................

18,143,000

January, 1979, or to the surviving spouse or surviving partner in a

civil union, child or other relative of any such person.

Total Capital Programme Expenditure .................

394,527,000

Total Schedule ...............................................… 2,799,560,187

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 421 of the

20th July, 2016.

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 460 of the 7th December, 2016.

A NĠLU F ARRUGIA

Objects and Reasons

Speaker

Ċ ensu G alea

Deputy Speaker

This Bill provides for the application of a sum not exceeding €2,799,560,187

for the

service of the financial year 2017 to meet expenditure under the different Votes in the

Schedule to this Bill.

R AYMOND S CICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

€0.54

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