ACT No. XXXVII of 2024 AN ACT to amend various laws related to veterinary services and animal welfare.

I assent.

(L.S.)

MYRIAM SPITERI DEBONO

President

3rd December, 2024

ACT No. XXXVII of 2024

AN ACT to amend various laws related to veterinary services and

animal welfare.

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 Various Laws related to Short title.

Veterinary Services and Animal Welfare (Amendment) Act, 2024.

PART I

AMENDMENTS TO THE VETERINARY SERVICES ACT

This Part amends the Veterinary Services Act and it shall be Amendments to

read and construed as one with the Veterinary Services Act, hereinafter the

Services Act.

in this Part referred to as the "principal Act".

In article 25 of the principal Act, in the Maltese version only, Amendment of

the words ", wara konsultazzjoni mal-Kap tal-Laboratorju Veterinarju article

principal Act.

Nazzjonali," shall be deleted.

In article 26 of the principal Act, in the Maltese version only, Amendment of

the words ", wara konsultazzjoni mal-Kap tal-Laboratorju Veterinarju article

principal Act.

Nazzjonali," shall be deleted.

In article 27 of the principal Act, in the Maltese version only,

the words ", wara konsultazzjoni mal-Kap tal-Laboratorju Veterinarju

Nazzjonali," shall be deleted.

Article 43 of the principal Act shall be amended as follows

(1) sub-article (5) thereof shall be substituted by the

following new sub-article

"(5) Without prejudice to sub-articles (2) and (3),

and in accordance with the Mutual Recognition of

Qualifications Act and the Recognition of Professional

Qualifications Regulations, a person may provide

veterinary services in Malta, on a temporary and

occasional basis, provided that he is legally established

in another Member State for the purpose of pursuing the

profession of a veterinary surgeon in such Member

State.";

(2)

sub-article (6) thereof shall be amended as follows

(a)

paragraph (a) thereof shall be amended as

follows

(i) in sub-paragraph (iii) thereof the words

"and of his practice during the preceding ten years"

shall be deleted;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (iv) thereof the words

"as it may be applicable;" shall be substituted by the

words "as it may be applicable."; and

(iii) sub-paragraph (v) thereof shall be deleted;

and

(b) sub-paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of

paragraph (b) thereof shall be deleted;

(3) in paragraph (a) of sub-article (6A) thereof the words

"of languages necessary for practising the profession in Malta"

shall be substituted by the words "of either the Maltese language

or the English language"; and

(4)

sub-article (7) thereof shall be amended as follows

(a) in paragraph (a) thereof the words "approved

for the provision of" shall be substituted by the word

"providing"; and

(b) in paragraph (b) thereof the words "during that

year:" shall be substituted by the words "during that year."

and the proviso thereof shall be deleted.

PART II

AMENDMENT TO THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT

This Part amends the Animal Welfare Act and it shall be Amendment to

read and construed as one with the Animal Welfare Act, hereinafter in the

Welfare Act.

this Part referred to as the "principal Act".

Sub-article (1) of article 45 of the principal Act shall be Amendment of

article 45 of the

amended as follows

principal Act.

(a) in the first proviso thereof immediately after the

words "as the Court may determine" there shall be added the

words "and shall order the Registrar of the Criminal Courts and

Tribunals to notify the Commissioner with the judgement

imposing such prohibition"; and

(b) in the second proviso thereof immediately after the

words "becomes res judicata" there shall be added the words

"and shall order the Registrar of the Criminal Courts and

Tribunals to notify the Commissioner with the decree imposing

such prohibition".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 289 of the

27th November, 2024.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

ELEANOR SCERRI

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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