UNITED KINGDOM LANDS (VESTING) ACT (vesting)

UNITED KINGDOM LANDS (VESTING)

CHAPTER 193

UNITED KINGDOM LANDS (VESTING) ACT

To make provision for the vesting in or reversion to the Government of

Malta of certain properties and rights which on the 20th September, 1964

were vested in or belonged or pertained to or were held or were

exercisable by certain departments or authorities of the Government of the

United Kingdom or an authorized service organization.

(1st February, 1966) *

Enacted by ACT XIII of 1966.

This Act may be cited as the United Kingdom Lands

(Vesting) Act.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"authorized service organization" means the Navy, Army and

Air Force Institutes, the Royal Naval Film Corporation, the Army

Kinema Corporation, the Royal Air Force Cinema Corporation and

such other non-profit making organization authorized by the

Government of the United Kingdom to accompany the armed forces

of the Government in Malta to provide for the need of members of

those forces and their dependants as may be designated for the

purposes of this Act by the Prime Minister by notice published in

the Government Gazette;

"land" means immovable property of any kind, including

buildings and structures and other works in, on, under or over land

and includes land wholly or partially covered by water;

"Malta" has the same meaning as is assigned to it by article 124

of the Constitution of Malta;

"United Kingdom" means the United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland.

(1) The absolute ownership, right and title in all land in

Malta which on the 20th September, 1964 was vested or belonged,

in absolute ownership, in or to any department or authority of the

armed services of the United Kingdom or any authorized service

organization, or in or to any such other department or authority of

the Government of the United Kingdom as may be designated by

the Prime Minister by notice in the Government Gazette, and all

rights in or over land or territorial waters in Malta, whether real or

personal, which on the date aforesaid pertained to or were held or

were exercisable by any such department or authority or

organization as aforesaid shall vest, with effect from the 21st

September, 1964, in the Government of Malta by virtue of this Act

and without further assurance.

(2) Subarticle (1) shall not apply to such rights as derived from

emphyteutical grants made for a period not exceeding fifty years

*See Government Notice No. 107 of the 1st of February, 1966.

UNITED KINGDOM LANDS (VESTING)

otherwise than by the Government of Malta nor shall it apply to

such personal rights (including rights of occupation and use) as

derived from leases or other agreements entered into other than

with the Government of Malta

Provided that in respect of such rights as derived from

emphyteutical grants made for a period not exceeding fifty years

otherwise than by the Government of Malta and as are designated

by the Prime Minister by notice in the Government Gazette,

subarticle (1) shall apply with effect from the date of such notice or

such later date as may be specified in the notice.

(3) Nothing in subarticle (2) shall be construed as excluding

the application of subarticle (1) to any right acquired or exercisable

by any department or authority of the armed services of the United

Kingdom by virtue or in pursuance of the Land Acquisition (Public

Purposes) Ordinance or of any other law authorizing the

compulsory acquisition or exercise of such right.

(4) The vesting by virtue of this article of the assets referred to

in article 3 of the Malta Dockyard Emergency Ordinance, shall

extend also to all other property which is the subject of a lease

dated the 28th March, 1959, granted under the said Ordinance in

the terms set out in the Second Schedule thereto.

All land in Malta which on the 20th September, 1964 was

held by any department or authority of the armed services of the

United Kingdom under clause 25 of the Order in Council dated the

26th October, 1896, and published in the Government Gazette on

the 19th November, 1896, shall, notwithstanding anything

contained in that Order, revert to the Government of Malta by

virtue of this Act with effect from the 21st September, 1964.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the

continuance of any right in or over any land referred to in article 3

which, immediately before the date on which the vesting of such

land takes effect under the provisions of that article, was held or

enjoyed by any person or body other than a department or authority

of the Government of the United Kingdom or an authorized service

organization, or as affecting any right of any department or

authority of the Government of the United Kingdom or of any

authorized service organization deriving from the Agreement on

Mutual Defence and Assistance between the Government of Malta

and the Government of the United Kingdom signed on the 21st

September, 1964.