Publ ic Senice Commisliion (D~iplinary Procedure)

I.. N. 39 or 1988

THE CONSTITUTION OF MALTA

Publ ic Senice Commisliion (D~iplinary Procedure)

(Amendment ) (No. 2) Regulations , 1988

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 121 of the Con-

stitution of Mal ta, the Public Service Commission has. with the consent

of the Prime Minister, made Ihe following regulations:-

(1) These regulations may be cited as the Public Service

Commission (Disci plinary Procedure) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regula-

tio ns, 1988 and shall be read and construed as one with the Public Ser-

vice Commission (Disciplinary Proced ure) Regulations, ICJ77 , hereinaf-

ter referred to as "the principal regulatio ns".

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into

force on the 11th April, 1988.

The Public Service Commission (Disci plinary Procedure)

(Am endment) Regulations, 1988 shall be repealed and shall be deemed

never to have been read and construed as one with the principal regula-

tions ; and the principal regulations shall be deemed never to have been

amended by those Regulations.

For regul ation 19 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted tll.: following new regulation

Minnufih wara r-regolamcnt 23 tar-regolamenti prinCipali

gbam.lu jidhol ir-rcgolarnent gdid li gej

B A. (I) Kull min hu Jew Idcn ufficjal pubbliku u li

" R .. Ltjoni

to' ,.Ho-

kien instab hati mill -Kummissjoni ta' reat taht dawn ir-

m.n<I",·

Regolamenti jista' jitlob liIl-Kurnmissjoni sabiex tirrevedi 1-

'joni

kat tiegh u bi[-ghan illi tig; rcvokata Jew cmendata r-

h tku"

p .. n:t

rak ko rn anda7-zjoni li I-Kllmm issjoni tkun gha m[et kontra

mill·

tiegh ll.

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(2) It-talba ghandha ssir bil-miktub u ghundha

tintbagliat dircH lill-Kumm issjoni jew penneti', tas-Segrctarju

Arnministratt iv.

(3) Jek k iss;r talba diretta lill-Kummissjoni, il-

Kummi ssjO lli glialldha mbagliad libgl'lat kopja tal-talba liIl-

Prim Minislru ghal dawk il- kummenti li jisla' jkun irid

jaghmcl fi zmien xahar minn meta jircievi dik il- kopja, Mela

jiskadi dak it,zmien il-Kummissjoni ghandha mbaghad

tghaddi biex lezamina I-talba.

(4) Il-Kummissjon i lista' tippermetli revi:i;joni tal-

kat jekk, fid-diskrezzjoni tagliha, tkun sodisfatta iHi prima

facie kien hemm kat ta' nuqqas ta' osservanza serja tar-

rcgolamcnti tad-di:u:iplina jcw li jkun sar nuqqas gravi fil-

twettiq tal-gustizzja li jirritulta fi vjolazzjoni ta ' gustizzja

naturali jew ta' drittijiet fundamental;

l:!:da I- Kummissjoni ma ghandbie~ likkunsidra talba

ghal revizjoni la' Takkomandazzjoni li tkun gliamlct jekk min

iressaq it-talba jkun ga gl'lamcllalba bl'lal dik li tkun incal'ldet

fuq il-merlu lal-kaz,

(5) II-Kummissjon i ma ghandhie~ tippermetli li

titressaq xiebda gdida mela din tkun qieghda tirrevedi

rakkomandazzjoni li tkun gliamlet blief jekk din tkun

sodisfatta li dik ix-xicbda ma kinit~ maglirufa minll , jew ma

setgl'lctx titressall min n, min ikun gl'lame! it-lalba meta kien

instema' I-kaz tieghu gliall·ewwcl darba,

(6) Wara li I-Kummissjoni Ikun semgliet is-

sotlomissjonijiet verbali ta' min jaglimel it-Ialba u tal-Kap

tad-Dipartimellt konCcrnat. jew tar-rappre"clllanli jew

assistcnti laghbom rispcttivi , hija gha lldha tipprocedi sabiex

lirrakkomanda lill-Prim Minimu jew li gliandu jikkonferma

r-rakkomandazzjoni origi nali taghha jew !i gliandu jcmen-

daha jcw jirrcvokaha,

(7) Jekk il -kwisljoni ma tergax tigi rifcrila Iura lill -

Kummissjoni fi :i:mien xahrcjn jcw ma tincfiidx xi azzjoni fuq

ir-rakkomandazzjoni tal- Kummissjoni fl -istess i mien , il -

Kummissjoni ghalldha tinforma lil min ikun ghamel iHalba

bir-rakkomandazzjoni li hija (kun gliamlel lill·Prim

Ministru, ~.

S. Fil-paragrafu (1) tar-rcgolamcnt 25 tar-regolamenti prinCipali

hassar il-klicm "I; la jkuo avubt u la nqas prokuralur legali",

The Head of the Departmen t and the officer

charged may be represented or assisted, respectively, by an

officer in the public scrvice or by a representative of the Staff

Associatio n or Union to which the officer charged belongs, or

by any other person of his choice. " .

4. Immediately after regulation 23 of the principal regulations

there shall be inserted the following new regulation

(I) An y person who is or has been a public of-

ficer and who had been found guilty by the Commission of an

offence under these Regulations may petition the Commis-

sion to review his case for the purpose of revoking or amend-

ing the recommendation 'which the Commission had tendered

against him.

(2) The petition shall be made in writing and shall

be senl to the Commission directly or through the Adminis-

trative Secretary.

(3) If a petition is made direct to the Commission,

the Commission sha ll thereupon send a copy of the petition to

the Prime Minister for any comments he may wish 10 make

within one month from the receipt of that copy. On the expi·

ration of that time the Commission shall thereupon proceed

to examine the petition.

(4) The Commission may allow a review of the

case if, in its discretion. il is satisfied that there was apriltUJ

facit: case of g'ross disregard of the disciplinary regulations or

a serious miscarriage of justice result ing in a violation of natu-

ral justice or fundamental rights

Provided Ihal the Commission shall nOI consider a

petition for a review of its past recommendation if the

petitioner had already made a similar request whi ch had been

rejected on the merits of the case.

(5)

The Commission shall not allow any new evi-

dence 10 be produced whenever it is reviewing its paSI recom-

mendation unless it is satisfied that such evidence was uo-

known 10 or could DOl be produced by t he petitioner when his

case was first heard.

(6) The Commission. afte r hearing the or,,1 rep-

resentations of the petitioner and of the Head of the Depan-

ment ooncerned, or their respective representatives or assis-

tants, shall proceed to reoommend to the Prime Minister

either that he should oonfinn its original reu>mmendation or

Iha! he should amend or revoke it.

(7) If the matter is not referred back to the Com-

mission within two months or action on the recommendation

of the Commission is nO! taken within the same period, the

Commission shall infonn the petitioner of the reoommenda-

tion it had made to the Prime Minister. ".

s. In paragraph (1) of regula tio n 25 of the principal regulations

delete the words "not being an advocate o r legal procura tor" .

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