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ACT No. IV of 2022 AN ACT to amend the Reletting of Urban Property (Regulation) Ordinance, Cap. 69 and the Agricultural Leases (Reletting) Act, Cap.
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
I assent.
(L.S.)
GEORGE VELLA
President
4th February, 2022
ACT No. IV of 2022
AN ACT to amend the Reletting of Urban Property (Regulation)
Ordinance, Cap. 69 and the Agricultural Leases (Reletting) Act, Cap.
199 for the possible avoidance of duplication of work and expense in
obtaining valuations or technical opinions.
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 Reletting of Urban Property
(Regulation) Ordinance and the Agricultural Leases (Reletting) Act
(Amendment) Act, 2022.
PART I
AMENDMENT TO THE RELETTING OF URBAN PROPERTY
(REGULATION) ORDINANCE
This Part amends the Reletting of Urban Property
(Regulation) Ordinance and it shall be read and construed as one with
the Reletting of Urban Property (Regulation) Ordinance, hereinafter in
this Part referred to as "the principal Ordinance".
In sub-article (1) of article 23 of the principal Ordinance, the Amendment of
words "as the Chairman may direct." shall be substituted by the words article
principal
"as the Chairman may direct:" and immediately thereafter, there shall Ordinance.
be added the following new provisos
"Provided that where the valuation of any premises or any
other technical opinion in respect of premises is required before
the board and where
(i) it results that the valuation or other technical
opinion in respect of the same premises was given before a
court by an Architect or Civil Engineer appointed by such
court with the agreement of the lessor and the tenant who
were parties to the said case before the court and who are
also parties to the case before the board; and
(ii) the said valuation or other technical opinion
was confirmed in a final judgment of a court,
the chairman may, after hearing the parties, decide to rely on the
said valuation or technical opinion to such an extent as he deems
fit instead of assigning two (2) members of the Panel to examine
the premises in accordance with this article
Provided further that the chairman may also decide to rely
on any valuation or other technical opinion instead of assigning
two (2) members of the Panel as aforesaid where all the parties to
the case agree.".
PART II
AMENDMENT TO THE AGRICULTURAL LEASES
(RELETTING) ACT
This Part amends the Agricultural Leases (Reletting) Act and Amendment to
it shall be read and construed as one with the Agricultural Leases the
Leases
(Reletting) Act, hereinafter in this Part referred to as "the principal (Reletting)
Act".
In sub-article (8) of article 5 of the principal Act, the words Amendment of
"as the chairman may direct." shall be substituted by the words "as the article
principal Act.
chairman may direct:" and immediately thereafter there shall be added
the following new provisos
"Provided that where the valuation of any agricultural land
or any other technical opinion in respect of any case is required
before the board and where
(i)
it results that the valuation or other technical
opinion in respect of the same agricultural land was given
before a court by an Architect or Civil Engineer or by
another technical expert appointed by such court with the
agreement of the lessor and the tenant who were parties to
the said case before the court and who are also parties to
the case before the board; and
(ii) the said valuation or other technical opinion
was confirmed in a final judgment of a court,
the chairman may, after hearing the parties, decide to rely on the
said valuation or technical opinion to such extent as he deems fit
instead of assigning two (2) members of the panel to examine the
agricultural land in accordance with this article
Provided further that the chairman may also decide to rely
on any valuation or other technical opinion instead of assigning
two (2) members of the panel as aforesaid where all the parties to
the case agree.".
Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 539 of the
26th January, 2022.
ANĠLU FARRUGIA
Speaker
RAYMOND SCICLUNA
Clerk of the House of Representatives
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