Access to Restricted Areas (Amendment) Regulations, 1990

L. N, 58 of 1990

CIVIL AVIATION ACT

(CAP , 232)

Access to Restricted Areas (Amendment) Regulations, 1990

IN exercise of the powel'll conferred by section 3 of the Civil

Aviation Act, the Prime Minister has made the followingregulations:-

I , These regulations may be cited 3S the Access to Restricted

Areas(Amendment) Regulations, 1990 and shall be reada ndoonslrued

as onc with the Access 10 Restricted Areas Regulat ions, 1988,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations",

For paragmph (a) of the definition "restricted area", in ,~~

regulation 2 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the pn"';l"'l

following new paragraph:-

Luqa airport, excludin g those parts thereof which are

~(a)

accessible to the general public; and",

3, Regu lation 3 of the principal regulations shall be amended as ,~ ~

(a) for paragraph (1) thereof. there shall be substi tuted the

following

"(I) Notwithstanding any othe r Jaw, no person shall

enter a restricted area unless he is in possession of a security

pass or a temporary authOriUltion in wri ting issued by the

Director

Provided that travellel'll may , for the purpose of

embarking on or disembarking from an ai rcraft, enter and pass

through such parts of a restricted area as may be indicated by

the Director

Provided fUrlher that where the exigencies of the moment

so require, a member of the Po lice Force or of the Armed

Forces of Malta may, in pUl'lluance of his duty, enter a

restri cted area without the security pass or the temporary

authorization mentioned above

Provided further that the Director may allow any person

to enter a restricted area without a securi ty pass or te mporary

authorization whe neve r he deems it expedient to do so, ";

(b) in paragraph (2) thereof, the words "or an identity card"

and ~or the Commissioner of Police or the Commander of the

Armed Forces of Malta, as the case may be," shall be deleted; and

(c) for paragraph (3) thereof, there shall be substituted the

following

~(3) Wheoeve r tile Director soorders, a person granted

a Kcu rity pass shall display such pass in a prominent position

on hi5 pcrwn whi le he is in a restricted area. A person gran ted

a te mporary authorization in writing shall produce such

au thorizat ion o n demand 10 an authorized officer.

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For paragraph (2) of regul ation 8 of the principal regulati ons,

~",I.,""" 8 of ,he there shall be substitut ed th e followin"

"(2) Any person who con travenes Ihe provisio ns of

paragraph (3) of regulation 3, or of paragraph (2) of regulat ion 4 of

these regulations or any condition under wh ic;b a securi ty pass or

temporary authorization is issued under paragraph (2) o f regulation 3.

shall be guilty o f an offence and shall , on conviction . be liable to a fine

(multa) nOI exceeding LmSO.".

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