ACT No. XII of 2020 AN ACT to amend the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2020, ACT No. VIII of 2020.

I assent.

(L.S.)

GEORGE VELLA

President

1st April, 2020

ACT No. XII of 2020

AN ACT to amend the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2020,

ACT No. VIII of 2020.

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 Budget Measures Short title.

Implementation Act, 2020 (Amendment) Act, 2020, and this Act shall

b e r e a d a n d c o n s t r u e d a s o n e w i t h t h e B u d g e t M e a s u r e s ACT No. VIII

Implementation Act, 2020, hereinafter referred to as "the principal of 2020.

Act".

In sub-article (1) of article 4 of the principal Act, the words Amendment of

"four hundred fifty million euro (€450,000,000)" shall be substituted article

principal Act.

by the words "two billion euro (€2,000,000,000)".

In article 5 of the principal Act, paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) Amendment of

shall be re-numbered as paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) respectively, and article

principal Act.

immediately before paragraph (b) as re-numbered, there shall be added

the following new paragraph

"(a) meeting excess expenditure over revenue incurred in

the Consolidated Fund for year 2020; and".

Consequential Amendments

In sub-article (1) of article 44A of the Public Health Act, the

words "to a penalty of between one thousand euro (€1, 000)" shall be

substituted by the words "to a penalty of between one hundred euro

In sub-article (2) of article 13 of the Commissioners for

Justice Act, the words "in the Gazette." shall be substituted by the

words "in the Gazette:" and immediately thereafter there shall be

added the following new proviso

"Provided that the provisions of this sub-article shall

not apply in respect of any regulations and orders

issued by the Superintendent of Public Health in terms

of the Public Health Act and to any amendment to the

Schedule made in pursuance to an order issued by the

Superintendent of Public Health in terms of the Public

Health Act.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 316 of the

30th March, 2020.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

RAYMOND SCICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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