ACT No. VI of 2021 AN ACT to amend the Immigration Act, Cap. 217.

I assent.

(L.S.)

GEORGE VELLA

President

5th March, 2021

ACT No. VI of 2021

AN ACT to amend the Immigration Act, Cap. 217.

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 Immigration (Amendment) Short title.

Act, 2021 and this Act shall be read and construed as one with the

Immigration Act, hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act".

Immediately after article 7 of the principal Act there shall be Addition of new

added the following new article

" Permanent

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act

residence

or any other Act, the Minister may grant a residency

certificates.

certificate to reside permanently in Malta to a third

country national on the basis of investment and who

satisfies the requirements prescribed under this Act

Provided that residency rights may also be

granted to eligible dependants or family members of the

said third country national.

(2) Any residency certificate issued in terms of this

article may be revoked and article 7(3) shall apply

mutatis mutandis

Provided that a third country national or his

eligible dependants and family members shall also cease

to benefit from a residency certificate in those instances

that the Minister may by regulations provide.

(3) The Minister may by regulations make

provisions for carrying into effect the provisions of this

article, including, without prejudice to the generality of

the foregoing, for the establishment and implementation

of a programme for the grant of permanent residency

rights on the basis of investment and for the cessation of

certificates of permanent residence.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 433 of the 1st

March, 2021.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

RAYMOND SCICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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