Malta Police (A mendment) Regulations, 1989

I..N. 77 of 1989

MALTA I'OLICE ORDINANCE (CAP. 164)

Malta Police (A mendment) Regulations, 1989

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 26 of the Malta

Police Ordinance, th e Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the in-

terior and Justice. has made the following regu lalio n5: -

l. These regu lations may be ciled as the Malta Police (Amend-

ment ) Regulations , 1989, and shall be read and COflSIOIed u one with

the Malta Police Regulations, 1960, hereinafterreferre<l to as " the prin-

ci pal regulations".

For regulation 3 of the principal regulations there shall be sub-

stituted the folJowing: -

A candidate for appointmen t as a oon$lable in Ihe

Force mUSI -

(a) have attained eightee n years of age and nOl be

above thirty· five ye ars of age ;

(b) be oOl le55 in heigh t than, in the case of a man ,

1.676 metres and, in the case of a woman , 1.60 metres;

Cc) satisfy the Chief Govemment Medical Omttr

or his lawful representative for the purpose that the can-

didate -

(i)

has a !;3.tisfactory height to weight ratio ;

(ii) has unaided visual acuity (Snellen) not

worse than 6118 in each eye, or 6/12 in one eye and

6124 in the othe r, provided that it is corrected to , at

least. 616 in the belle r eye and 619 in the other, with

contact lenses;

(iii)

has a satisfactory safe colou r vision; and

(iv) is medicaUy fit in all respects, physically

and mentally, 10 perform aIJ Po li ce duties;

(d) speak and write Maltese and English to the

satisfaction o f the Commissioner, and pass such educa-

tional exam in ation as the Commissioner shall prescribe ;