ACT No. XXVI of 2021 AN ACT to amend the Constitution of Malta with the aim of reforming the procedure by which the appointments of the Principal Permanent Secretary and Permanent Secretaries are made.

I assent.

(L.S.)

GEORGE VELLA

President

28th May, 2021

ACT No. XXVI of 2021

AN ACT to amend the Constitution of Malta with the aim of

reforming the procedure by which the appointments of the Principal

Permanent Secretary and Permanent Secretaries are made.

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 Constitution of Malta Short title.

(Amendment) Act, 2021 and this Act shall be read and construed as

one with the Constitution, hereinafter referred to as "the Constitution".

Article 92 of the Constitution shall be amended as follows

Amendment of

article 92 of the

Constitution.

(a)

sub-article (3) thereof shall be substituted by the

following

"(3) Power to appoint public officers to hold or act

in the office of Permanent Secretary and to remove from

office persons holding or acting in such office shall vest in

the President of Malta acting in accordance with the advice

of the Public Service Commission:", and immediately

thereafter there shall be added the following proviso

"Provided that the Public Service Commission

shall give its advice to the President after having received

and evaluated the recommendation given by the Principal

Permanent Secretary."; and

(b)

sub-article (5) thereof shall be amended as follows

(i) immediately before the proviso thereof, there

shall be added the following new proviso

"Provided that the power to appoint the

Principal Permanent Secretary shall vest in the

President acting in accordance with the advice of the

Cabinet of Ministers and after consulting the Public

Service Commission:" and

(ii) in the proviso thereof, the words "Provided

that" shall be substituted by the words ‘Provided further

that".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 464 of the

24th May, 2021.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

RAYMOND SCICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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