Regnlations, 1980

L.N. 16 of 1980

HOTELS AND CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS ACT, 1967

(ACT NO. XII OF 1967)

Hotels and Catering Establishments (Amendment)

Regnlations, 1980

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 15 of the Hotels and

Catering Establishments Act, 1967, the Minister of Tourism, with the

concurrence of the Minister of Finance, Customs and People's Financial

Investments, has made the following regulations:-

l. These regulations may be cited as the Hotels and Catering

Establishments (Amendment) Regulations, 1980, and shaH be read and

construed as one with the Hotels and Catering Establishments Regula­

tions, 1972, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Dawn ir-regolamenti jistgħu jissejħu r-Regolamenti ta' 1-1980

li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar il-Lukandi u l-Istabbilimenti li Jip-

provdu Ikel, u għandhom jinqraw u jiftiehmu ħaġa waħda mar-Regola-

menti ta' 1-1972 dwar il-Lukandi u l-Istabbilimenti li Jipprovdu Ikel,

hawnhekk iżjed 'il quddiem i m se jħa "ir-regolamenti prinċipali".

For regulation 5 of the principal regulations there sha11 be sub­

stituted the following:-

(1) There sha11 be paid to the Board, in respect of

"5.

every licence and certificate issued, transferred or renewed by

the Board under the Act, the appropriate fee specified in the Sixth

Schedule to these regulations.

(2) Whenever a new licence is issued by the Board after

the first day of July of any year, the fee for such licence shaH be

one half of the annual ra te applicab1e for such licence.

(3) Whenever, during the term of validity of the licence,

a hotel or catering establishment is rec1assified in a cJass higher to

the one shown on the licence, the Board shaH issue a new licence

accordingly.

(4) In any case falling under the provisions of para­

graph (3) of this regulation, there shal1 be deducted from the appro­

priate fee payable in respect of the new licence, the fee paid for

the previous licence

Provided that such deduction sha11 be equal to one half

of the fee paid in respect of the previous licence if the new licence

is issued after the first day of July of the same year.

(5) Whenever a hotel's bedroom accommodation is in­

creased and according to the fees specified in the Sixth Schedule

to these regulations such increase would make applicable a higher

rate of the licence fee, there sha11 be paid by the licensee of the

hotel the difference between such higher fee and the fee paid on

the issue of the licence

Provided that when the prOVlS1ons of this paragraph

become applicable in respect of any hoteI licence after the first day

of July of any year, the amount payable shall be equal to one half

of such difference.".

A mends

For paragraph (1) of regulation 8 of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following

"(1) The Board may. sub j ect to the written approva l of the

Minister and by notice published in the Gazette, fix the minimum

or maximum rates, or both, that may be charged by any hotel or

catering establishment in relation to each class. Such rates shall

be effective for such period as the Minister may from time to time

determine after consultation with the Board.".

In regulation 25 of the principal regulations, for the words "by

the Board" there shall be substituted the words "in writing by the

Minister or the Board".

In regulation 29 of the pri n cipa l regulations, for the words

"five pounds but not exceeding fifty pounds" there shall be substituted

the words "fifty pounds but not more than two hundred pounds".

Immediately after the Fifth Schedule to the principal regula-

tions there shall be added the fol1owing new Schedule

"SIXTH SCHEDULE

HOTELS AND CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS

FEES FOR LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES

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FEE F O

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Cass of Hotel.

Holidav Complex.

LICENCE

Tourist Village

Transfer of

Temporary

or Cateri'1g

Rate per

Certificate

Minimum

Licence

Licence

Esta bI ishment

bedroom

payable

per annum

an n u m

p(!r

€

f

f

f

f

5.00

F i r s t Class

A

3.50

First CJass

B

3.50

Second CJass A

2.50

Second Class B

2 0

2.50

Third Class .

2.25

.

.

Fourth Class

2.00

Classification

6.00

Complexes

and Tourist

3.50

I

Class

3.50

I

Third Class . .

IS

3.00

.

l

Classificatiol1

6.00

p"

�R'('

Establishment

Estab1isħments

per annum I '

I

f

Snack Bars)

Class

Third Class .

.

.

Fourth Class

Classification

5.00

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The HoteJs and Catering Establishments (Licences and Certi fi­

cates) (Fees) Regulations, 1972 are hereby revoked.

1972. Pub1ished by tlte

Department of Information

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