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Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 58 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No.

Preamble — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

I assent.

M ARIE- L OUISE

(L.S.)

C OLEIRO P RECA

President

5th August, 2016

16th December, 2016

ACT No. XLIV of 2016

A BILL

AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms

entitled in the Justice

ACT No.

LVIII of 2016

Sector and for matters consequential

or ancillary

thereto.

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

consent of the House AN

of ACT

to appropriate

in a this

sum

not exceeding

one hundred and

Representatives,

present

Parliament

forty-one

million,

five same

hundred

and forty-four thousand Euro for the

assembled, and by

the authority

of the

as follows:-

service of the financial year 2016.

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 58 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No.

Art. 1 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

The short title of this Act is the Constitutional Reforms Short title.

(Justice Sector) Act, 2016.

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

consent of the PART

House

I of Representatives, in this present Parliament

assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 58 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No.

First Schedule — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

Title

Amount

€

1. Office of the President ....................................................................... 875,000

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Art. 2 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

This Part amends the Constitution of Malta and it shall be Amendments to

(2016) the

and construed as 1.

one This

with Act

may be cited of as Malta,

the Second

read

the Constitution

hereinafter

Short title.

of Malta.

referred to as "the Act,

2016. Constitution".

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Second Schedule — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

Title

Amount

€

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

5. Office of the Prime Minister .......................................................................

widow or widower of or to the survivor of a civil union with a

10. Government

Property

of Division

member

the judiciary

or Attorney General who has not yet attained

20. Ministry for

the Economy,

age Investment

at the time and

of Small

Business

pensionable

his death

but who,

before such death,

22. Ministry for

satisfied the requirements of pensionable service under this Act. 1

Finance

32. Health ..................................................................................................

(3) Culture

The rate

and of Local

pension

payable .........................................................................

under this article shall 1 be

38. Ministry for Justice,

Government

equivalent

to

five-sixths

of

the

pension

to

which the member of 2 the

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

judiciary

or Affairs

the Attorney

General was entitled,

of the in accordance with the

Ministry for

European

and Implementation

current

pensionable

emoluments

that

would

have been applicable

4 to

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

the member of the judiciary or Attorney General but for his death.

V Ministry for Education and Employment ...........................................................................

VI Ministry for Sustainable

(4) No Development,

pension shall the

be Environment

payable to a widow under the age of

and Climate

Change

sixty-five years during any time in which she is in receipt of earnings

VII Ministry for

Transport

and occupation

Infrastructure

from

a gainful

exceeding

the amount specified under article

for

Gozo

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

318. IX Ministry for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and

Civil Liberties 13.

The provisions of this Act and any regulations made

thereunder shall apply to all members of the judiciary and to persons

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

occupying the post of Attorney General appointed after the 15th

XII Ministry for Energy and Health .......................................................

January, 1979, and no pension, gratuity or other allowance shall be

XIII Ministry for

the Family

and this

Social

Solidarity

payable

under

Act,

nor shall

any other payment be made

XIV Ministry for

thereunder, to any person who was a member of the judiciary 1 or a

Justice,

Culture

and

Local

Government

XV Ministry for

Tourism

the post of Attorney General before the 3 16th

person

occupying

XVI Ministry for

Home Affairs

and to National

Security spouse

or surviving partner 3 in a

January,

1979, or

the surviving

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

Total Schedule ......................................

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.

Objects and Reasons

€141,543,960

This Bill provides for the application of a sum not exceeding

F ARRUGIA for

A NĠLU

the service of the Financial year 2016 to meet expenditure under the Speaker

Votes specified

Ċ ensu G alea

in the First Schedule to the Bill in addition to €2,599,705,338 appropriated

by Act

Deputy Speaker

No. XLI of 2015 and for the appropriation of a further €40 for the service of the

financial year 2016 to repay an equivalent amount withdrawn from the Contingencies

Fund during the financial year 2016 under the Votes specified in the Second

Schedule to the Bill.

R AYMOND S CICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

€0.54

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Art. 3 million, of five — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

In paragraph

2. (b)

of sub-article

(2) one

of hundred

article 66

and of

the Amendment

A sum

not exceeding

forty-one

Appropriation

article 66 of the

Constitution for the words ''articles 95 to 100 (inclusive)'' there shall

2016. hundred and forty-three thousand, nine hundred and sixty

Constitution.

be substituted the service

words of

''articles

95, 96, year

96A,

97, under

98, 99,

the 100,

101A,

the financial

Votes

specified in the First

101B,''.

Schedule to this Act shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the

Consolidated

after Fund.

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Art. 4 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

Immediately

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

article 96 of the

Constitution there shall be added the following new sub-articles

Constitution.

3. A further sum not exceeding forty Euro, to meet expenditure in

Further

appropriation 2016

respect

Without of prejudice

the financial

year

2016 under

the Votes specified in the

and transfer to ''(3)

to the

provisions

of sub-article

(4), before Second

Schedule

to this

Act his

shall

be and

the same is hereby charged

the Prime

Minister

gives

advice

in accordance

Contingencies

Fund.

with sub-article

upon (1)

in respect of Fund,

the appointment

provided that of such

a judge

of be transferred

the Consolidated

sum shall

the Superior

Courts,

(other Fund

than in the

Chief Justice)

the

to the

Contingencies

replacement

of withdrawals

evaluation by

this the

Judicial

Appointments

the services Committee

detailed in established

Fund

to cover

regard to such Votes in the

by article 96A

of

this

Constitution

as

provided

in

paragraphs

Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 2016.

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

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 58 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No.

Art. 5 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

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

7,999,998

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 58 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No.

Art. 10 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

Government Property Division .......................................................................................

3,399,999

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 58 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No.

Art. 13 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

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

13,499,985

14. Education ............................................................................................... 3,000,000

Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta — Att 2016 58 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ATT Nru LVIII tal-2016 ACT No. LVIII of 2016 Edward Scicluna, M.P., Ministru għall-

Art. 14 — ATT Nru LVIII tal-2016 ACT No. LVIII of 2016 Edward Scicluna, M.P., Ministru għall- Open official source

Edukazzjoni ...........................................................................................

3,000,000

Ministeru għall-Iżvilupp Sostenibbli, l-Ambjent u Tibdil

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Art. 15 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment

and Climate Change ....................................................................................................

2,100,000

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 58 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No.

Art. 18 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

Ministry for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and

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

1,215,000

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Art. 19 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

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

180,000

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Art. 20 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

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

3,099,999

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2016 58 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No.

Art. 26 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

Inland Revenue ............................................................................................................................

600,000

28. Customs ............................................................................................. 80,000

Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta — Att 2016 58 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ATT Nru LVIII tal-2016 ACT No. LVIII of 2016 Edward Scicluna, M.P., Ministru għall-

Art. 28 — ATT Nru LVIII tal-2016 ACT No. LVIII of 2016 Edward Scicluna, M.P., Ministru għall- Open official source

Dwana ..............................................................................................

80,000

Ministeru għall-Enerġija u s-Saħħa ............................................

31. 4,600,000 Is-Saħħa .............................................................................................31,999,998

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Art. 31 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

Ministry for Energy and Health .........................................................................

4,600,000

32. Health ........................................................................................... 31,999,998

Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta — Att 2016 58 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,698 – 16.12.2016 — ATT Nru LVIII tal-2016 ACT No. LVIII of 2016 Edward Scicluna, M.P., Ministru għall-

Art. 32 — ATT Nru LVIII tal-2016 ACT No. LVIII of 2016 Edward Scicluna, M.P., Ministru għall- Open official source

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

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Art. 33 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

Ministry for Family and Social Security ...........................................................................................

1,200,000

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Art. 34 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

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

5,000,000

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Art. 37 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

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

8,500,000

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Art. 38 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

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

2,599,999

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Art. 41 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

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

17,700,000

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Art. 43 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

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

710,000

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Art. 45 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

Correctional Services ...........................................................................................

800,000

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Art. 46 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

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

15,000

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Art. 47 — ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No. Open official source

Civil Protection .............................................................................................

200,000

Title

Amount

€

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

2,233,998

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

250,000

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

6,199,998

Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment

and Climate Change ..........................................................................................

929,995

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

44,999

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

9,499,999

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

509,999

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

10,499,997

Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security ................................................................................

1,999,997

Total Schedule ................................................

141,543,960

ACT No. XLIV of 2016 A BILL AN ACT to provide for Constitutional reforms entitled in the Justice ACT No.

Table of Provisions (28)

Statutory Text (28 Articles)

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