ACT No. XLIV of 2016 AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms in the Justice Sector and for matters consequential or ancillary thereto.
Table of Provisions (43)
Statutory Text (43 Articles)
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
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
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 ………………………………….……………………………….
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
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.
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
33,730,000
Public Service Commission ……………………………………..………………………………………
6. 561,755 Information …………………………………………………………….……………………………….
Kummissjoni dwar is-Servizz Pubbliku ..................................................................
561,755
7. Informazzjoni .................................................................................................................. 1,246,000
1,246,000
Government Printing Press ………………………...……………………………………………………
1,393,000
Electoral Office …………………………………………………..…………………………………….
1,947,000
Energy and Projects ……………………………………...………………………………………….
10. 70,463,000
70,463,000
Ministeru għall-Affarijiet Ewropej u Twettiq tal-Manifest
Ministry for European Affairs and Implementation of the
Electoral Manifesto..............................................................................................................
44,989,000
Ministry for Foreign Affairs …………………………………………………...……………………….
32,728,000
Ministry for Education and Employment……………………………………………………….
13. 268,222,000 Education …………………………………………………………………………..……………………
225,241,000
Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure....................................................
…………………………….
96,077,000
Ministry for Gozo ……………………………………………………….…………………………….
16. 30,834,263
30,834,263
Ministeru għad-Djalogu Soċjali, Affarijiet tal-Konsumatur u
Ministry for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and
Civil Liberties......................................................................................................
14,087,000
Industrial and Employment Relations ………………………………………….…………………………
18. 1,585,000
Impjiegi u Relazzjonijiet Industrijali ........................................................................................................
1,585,000
Ministeru għall-Ekonomija, Investiment u Intrapriżi Żgħar.....................
19. 18,867,000 Kummerċ................................................................................................... 2,072,000
Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Business.....................................................
18,867,000
Commerce.............................................................................................................
2,072,000
Ministry for Finance …………………………………………………………….
21. 152,603,000 Treasury …………………………………………………………………….………………………….
13,643,000
Inland Revenue ……………………………………………………………………………….…………
24. 8,381,000 V.A.T. ………………………………………………………………………………….…………………
25. 5,225,000 Customs ……………………………………………………………………...……………………………
26. 11,514,000 Contracts ……………………………………………………………………...…………………………
Taxxi Interni .....................................................................................................................
8,381,000
V.A.T. .................................................................................…………….5,225,000
25.
26. Dwana .............................................................................................................................. 11,514,000
1,716,000
Economic Policy ………………………………………………………..…………………………………
28. 1,384,000
Ministeru għall-Familja u Solidarjeta' Soċjali...........................................
Ministry for Family and Social Solidarity........................................................................
69,228,000
Social Policy.............................................................................................................
288,009,000
Pensions ………………………………………………………………………………...…………………
1,657,000
Social Welfare Standards ……………………………………………………………………………….
1,322,000
Elderly and Community Care ……………………………………..………………………………………
34. 97,839,000
Anzjani u Kura fil-Komunità ...........................................................................................................
97,839,000
Ministeru għall-Ġustizzja, Kultura u Gvern Lokali..................................................................................
Ministry for Justice, Culture and Local Government................................................................................
40,747,939
Judicial................................................................................................... 10,833,285
Local Government ………………………………………………...……………………….……………
42,492,000
Title
Amount
€
Ministry for Tourism...................................................................................................
65,919,000
Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security…………………………………………………………
13,654,000
Armed Forces of Malta ………………………………………...………………………………….
40. 49,559,000 Police …………………………………………………………………………………………….………
Forzi Armati ta' Malta ...................................................................................................
49,559,000
41. Pulizija ................................................................................................................ 58,951,000
58,951,000
Correctional Services …………………………………………….……………………………….………
11,738,000
Probation and Parole ………………………..……………………………………….
1,128,000
Civil Protection ………………………………………………………..…………………………………
44. 5,866,000
5,866,000
Ministeru għall-Iżvilupp Sostenibbli, l-Ambjent u Tibdil
Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment and
Climate Change........................................................................................................
62,011,000
Ministry for Competitiveness and digital, Maritime and
Services Economy........................................................................................................
18,812,000
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
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