ACT No. I of 2021 AN ACT to amend the Authority for Transport in Malta Act to provide for the transfer of the functions exercised by the Malta Maritime Agency to the Authority for Transport in Malta, Cap. 499.

I assent.

(L.S.)

GEORGE VELLA

President

29th January, 2021

ACT No. I of 2021

AN ACT to amend the Authority for Transport in Malta Act to

provide for the transfer of the functions exercised by the Malta

Maritime Agency to the Authority for Transport in Malta, Cap. 499.

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 Authority for Transport in Short title.

Malta (Amendment) Act, 2021, and this Act shall be read and

construed as one with the Authority for Transport in Malta Act, Cap. 499.

hereinafter referred to as ''the principal Act''.

Sub-article (1) of article 6 of the principal Act shall be Amendment of

article 6 of the

amended as follows

principal Act.

(a) in the Maltese version immediately after paragraph

(m) thereof, the word "u" shall be deleted;

(b) in paragraph (n) thereof, the words "any other laws."

shall be substituted by the words "any other laws; and"; and

(c) immediately after paragraph (n) thereof, there shall

be added the following new paragraph

"(o) to create and promote maritime sectoral

clusters and the competitiveness and strengthening thereof,

to promote the sectors towards innovation based

economies and environmentally sustainable projects, to

propose to Government maritime policy and infrastructural

improvements and promote the creation of maritime

cultural awareness both locally and through participation in

European Union and international fora and encourage

cooperation between educational institutions and

businesses with regard to maritime sectoral clusters.".

Immediately after article 38 of the principal Act, there shall

be added the following new article

" Applicability.

38A. The provisions of articles 36 to 38 shall

also apply mutatis mutandis to Malta Marittima

Agency.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 419 of the

25th January, 2021.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

RAYMOND SCICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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