9 tal-1992 – Regolamenti tal-1992 biex majru Persuni jsiru Sid Darhom (Skema għal Sussidju fuq Xogħlijiet ta' Irranġar)

L.X 9 ut 1991.

HOME OWNERSHIP (ENCDURAGEMEN'I) ACT, 1988

(ACT NO. XXVIII OF 1988)

HOII'Oe OwnoersbIp (EDcourapmeal) (Sut.kly on Adaptation Worlu

Sdwme, Rra;ulalions, 1992

IN exera$!: of the POWCIlI conferred by section 3 of the H ome

Ownenhip (Encouragement) Act , 1988, lh l: Dirffior of Social

Housing, with the approval of the Parliamentary Secreta ry in the

Ministry for Social Policy with responsibility fo r Housing , has made the

fo llowing regulations: -

t. These regulations may be cited as I~ Home Ownc~ip

(EnC()IJragemenl) (Subsidy on Adaptatiorl Worb Scheme)

Regulations. 1992. and thei r aim is IOellCOUI1Igc people who live in low

standard housing 10 improve their home$.

TIle Scheme e ntitled Subsidy on Adaptation Works by Tenants

in Private Dwellings Scheme, 1992 (Scheme SH D !.SA) in the Schedule

to these rcgulalionsshall have effect from thecominginlo force of these

I"C'gula lions and shall expire o n the 31s1 J uly. 1992.

SCHED ULE

(Regulation 2)

Sub5ldy on Adaptadon WOI1u; by Tmantlln Private

DwtlliD&s Scbtlllt, 1992

(Schtmt SHD 154)

I. This Sdleme l1'\.IIy be cited as the Subsidy on Adaptation Works

by Tenants in Private Dwellings Scheme , 1992 (Scheme SHD ISA) and

shall apply to a pplications for assistan<.:e in the adaptation and

improvement of placesof habitation thlt are privately owned and leased

and occupH:d by personl for whom this Scheme a pplies.

( Regolament 2)

~mo. t.' \.1992 &hilI SImidJu fuq Xocblijld t.' IITlIftiar

minn Inkwlllnl n Dj ... PriVltJ

(Skeml SUD 15A)

I. Din 1-1skema lisla ' liw:jjah l-Iskema la ' 1-1992 ghal SUSliidju

fuq Xogh lijicl ta' Irrangar minn Inkwilini fi Djar Privali (Skema SHD

ISA) u ghandhl lapplika gIIaIlalbiel mill-inkwilini ghal ghajnuna fl,

irranltar u tiljib la' djar Ill ' abi laujoni tal-privlt mikrija lilhom u

okkupali minnhom ,

Inthi, Scheme unleu the eonteJIt otherwise requires:-

~applicant ~ means a perwn who applies for assistance under

this Scheme for the carryiog out by him of adaptation or

improw:llltnt works in , dwc lling~house that is ()O(:Upied by him as

his oroioary residence

~the A llthority~ mearu the Housing Authori ty established by

5«tioo 3 o f tl\e Housing Authority Act;

~basi<.: ycar~ lIItaos the year immediately preceding the year in

which an application under thil Scheme is made ;

~beneficiary~ hll5lhe $lme meaning assigned to it in section 2

of the principal Act ;

Mthe Director M means the Director of Social Housing and

i""ludes any person authorised to act in his behaJr

-dwelling_hOUK M has the same meaning assigned to it in

sedion 2 of the prineip'!! Ad

-Government ~ means the Goyemment of Malta;

Mordi nary residence ~ does not include a summe r residence ;

Mpresaibed~ means preKTibed by the Dir«tor;

- the principal Ad" mean s

the

Home

Ownership

(ElI(X)Uragemenl) Ad, 1988

- recognised tenant- means a person who hOlds a dwelling-

house by title oflease and is recogni$Cd as such by the OWner of the

house andlor by the Director

"total ann ual income- has the same meaning assigned to it in

clause 5 of this ~heme,

3, ( I) Those woo qualify under this ~hemc may apply on the

j>fescribed form to the Director asking for assistance for work in repai r,

or improvement or bot h, of the kinds spccirled in clause 8 of Ihis

Scheme, in the place of habitation o«upicd by themselves as their

ordinary residence ,

(2) A person shall qualify 10 make an application undcr this

Scheme where , on the date of tbe application

(a) the applicant or, in the case of a married couple, the

applicant'S spouse, is a ci tizen of Malta ; and

(b) the applican t has been residing continuously in Ihe

prcmiseli for which he is requesting subsidyoo adaplalioo works for

not less than ten (10) consecutive years immediately preceding the

dale of his application: and

(c) the annual income of the applicant assessed in

accordance with the provisiortsof clause 5 of this Scheme does IlOl

exceed two thoulan d and five hundred Maltese!iri (Lm 2,SOO) for

the basic year.

(3) A person shall not qualify to make an application unde r

thi, Scheme where ei ther the appl iCll nt himsel f. or hisspousc, or both ,

have benefited under

(a) anyone of the schemes published in Government Not ices

II and 12 in the Government Gazette of\hc 6th January , 1987: or

(b) the ~hc me publi~hocd in Government NOIice No , 138 in

the Gove rnmen t Gazeue of the 201h February, 1987; or

(cl anyone of the sch"rT>es pu blished ,n Governmen t NOIK:es

124, 126, ]27, 128, 129 &00 130 in the Governmen t Gazelle o f the

16th February. 1988: o r

(d) any onc of the schemes published in Legal Notices No.

1l7, 138. 139 and 140 in the suppleme nt 10 the Gove rn ment

Gazetteof the 7th Septe mber, 1990; Of

any assistance under what u:;.cd IQ be known as the

(e)

~ Homc

Ownersh ip Scheme~ or from any other llS5istance for the

encouragement of home ownership by the Department of Social

Housi ng or by the Land De partme nt o r by tile Authorityor by an y

o f the m join tly .

(4) A person shall also not qualify IQ make an application

un<k r this Sche me if he has acquired la nd from the Ciovernme lll which

has been expropriated by virtue of the provi$ionl of tbe Buildi ng a._JW.

Development Areas Act .

(S) Without prej udice to the provisions of dause 13, an y

expemes incurred by the applkan! in connection wit h his application

shall not be recoverable by the applicant whctheror not his application

is sue<.:essful.

(6) A ~ rson who has already be nefited under any scheme

for the subsidisa tion of ren t andlor under an y scheme for &$Sistaocc: to

ha ndicapped ~rsons shall nOl for that re<uon alonebedisqualified from

ma king an application under this SeMme.

(I) Kull min jikkwalifika !lie:.: ;aghmcl bctt la!'lt din I-!stema

jis,.' jaghmd applikazzjoni fuq jl·formola pKSkrilla Iid-Di.ellu , biex

jillob g.bl.jnuna g.baI xogb.1ijiel la' imngl.' jew la' liljib, jew ahl.l-tnejn ,

IU-xOrta msc:mmija flI_IdawiDla 8 la' din I-Iskema, rdar la ' Ibilll22joni

okkupall minnu bllala r-residenza ordinlfja licghu ,

(2) Penuna li kkwalifika biex lapplik. lahl din I-Iskema

mel. , fld-dala la' J·applikazzjoni

(a) I-a pplikanl. jew mart jew f ew! I-a pplikanl fil -kat la '

koppja mittcwp, ikun Quad in la' Malta; u

(b) I·applikant ikun ilu joqghod flI_posl li ghali" qed jillob

5t1Midju gl'Ial mhux inqas minn ghaxar (10) snin konsekutt ivi

minnuflh qabel id·dala la' I -applik~joni u dan gllamlu bllBla

rcsidcn;r.a ord inarja liegllu ; u

I-incomt fls-scna la' l-applikant

(~)

~Imal

skond id-

di~poii12jonijiC I tal-kl awtola 5 1a' din 1·lskema majettedix elrej n u

IIBm es millli.a Maltija (I..m2.500) gl'taHcna baiL

(3) Penuna ma likkwalifikax ~icx tappl i~a t~t d~n I.bkc,m~

jekk l-applikan\ jew mart jewtc"'i1·apphkant , ,ew,t-tneJn , ,kunu dip

bbenefikaw 11.111:-

(a ) xi waMa mil1-iske mi ppubblikati permeu lan·

NOlifikazzjonijiet tal ·Gvern Numri 11 u 12 flI·Gazzeu a tal-G~m

las-6 tB ' JBnnar , I981;jew

(b) [.iskema ppubbl ikata bin-Notifikazzpni tal·G~ern

Numru 138 fil-Ga.uetta 1a/·GW:m ta' 1·20 ta ' Frar. 1987;;ew

(cl ~i wattda miLI-iskemi ppubblikati bin·No\ifikaujonijiel

tal-Gvcm Numri 124. 126. 127. 128, 129 u 130 fil-Gattella tal·

Gycm 1as-16 Ia' FrlT, 1988; Jew

(d) xi wahda mill -iskemi ppubblikali bl· Avviti Legal; Numri

131, 138, 139 u 140 fis-$upplimen tIB)-G;uetta la!·G vern las-7 la'

Scltembru, I990;jew

(c) xi ghaj nuna tal'l l dik li kicnel maghrufa bhala "l-I sl ... ,ma

tal-Home OW=Tship" jew xi ghajnuna ollra biex persuni jig; ml'lajr.

jsiru sid darhom mid· Dipanimcnl ghaU-Akkomodau;on i Sotjal;

jcw mid·D ipartimenl la' I-An Jew milL·Awtorilll Jew minn uhud

minnhom Oimkien.

(4) Pcrsuna wkoli ma ti kkwalifi blI bicK lapplika lal'll din ,.

Iskcma jekk Ikun aktwistal lrt mill·Gvcrn li kknel tiel csproprjata bis--

",hha tad.dispotitzjonijid la' '· AII dwtr Arc; gtlall-Itvilupp tal-Bini.

(5) Bla tlsara gtlad-dispot injonijict tal-klawiola 13. kull

speijez magllmula mill-Ippl ikant rkonncssjoni ma' I-applikazztoni

ticgll u ma jkunux jistgl'lu jintabru luta mill-applikant sew jckk 1-

:.pplikuzjoni licgllu ligl at(lcllata scw jckk le.

(6) Persuna li ttun dita· bbcRC fik8t laM xi skema gbas-

ilUssidjar tal-kera uf",w tabt xi skema la' gl'Iajnuna 1il pcrsuni

bandikappali ma g!l.andhicx sbal dik ir-raiuni wabidlta tip skwali fikata

milli lagllrnel applikuzjoni lab! din 1-lIkema.

An applicant who is legally Kparated f.om his spouse shall

produc:e a oopy of the final judgement of the oompetent ooun

pronouncing sepaOltion or • eopy of the public d«d effecting

separation by mutual COIlsent of the spouses wi th the au thority of the

tompetenl cou rt .

(1) Forthepurposesofth isScheme, the totalannual inoome'

of the applicant shall include:-

(a) gross gains or profits from any trade. business. profasion

or vocation excluding social insuranc:e oonlribtJ tioll5

(b) gn)$$ gains or profits from any employmen t or offICe

excluding social insurance contribtJtions and any earni ngs from

working overtime;

(t) gross gains or profiU arising from the sale of any property

or from the carrying on or tarrying out of any profi t-making

unde rtaki ng OI scheme

(d) divide nds, interests or di'lOOunts;

(e)

an y pension, charge, annuity or an nual payment;

(f) renU, royalties. premiums and any other profits arising

from property;

(g) the value of any produce receivable in respect of the use

of capilal. properl y. seed or stock for the pul'pI)5e of husbandry-Of

any share of profits receivable in re!lpect of such use;

any :social benefit or allowance excluding any Children's

(h)

ALlowanc,:c ,

Spe<;ial

Allowan<:e,

Plll"clllal

Allo wance

and

Handicapped Oiild Allowance payable under the Social Security

Ad . 1987 ;

(i) any gains or profi ts falling un.der the de$aiptions in the

foregoing paragraphs made by the appl icant's spouse ;

G) any other gains or profits.

(2) Where the applicant. and in the cueo!. married couple,

the applicant o r his spouse, Or both . were gainfunyoocupied during ooly

• part of the bask ye ar, the gains or profits from such OCC\Ipalion shall be

projected pro ral4 for the whole basic year provided that tile applicant ,

spou$e or both , lIS Ihe Qlsc may be , is gainfully OQ,;upied on the dale the

Director receives the application .

( I) The applicant shall give all that infonnation regarding

his financial me.ns as he may be required to give by the Director and

for this purpose he shall authorise the Commissione r of Inland

Revenue: , the Director of Social s«urity and any other person !IS may

be nece5IIIry, 10 give the Director any information concerning his

income during the basic year.

(2) The Director may require tbe applicant to sign any

declaration he may consider I>ttt$$ary (01" tbe o:.rrying OUt of this

Scheme and the applicant shall allow the Director to inspect his ordinary

resi~nce and any otiler tenemenl held hy him a$ tile Director may

reqUire.

An application under tltis Scheme mllS! eithe r be lodged

personally or by registered post by tbe applicant with the Director.

The adaptation and improvement worU lo which thisScbeme

applies afe

(a) installation or repai r of the waler system;

(b)

install ation or repair oftbe electricity system;

(~)

imtalJ:lllion or repair of the dm nage syslems;

(d) laying or substitution of tiles ;

(e) ill$lallation of bathroom includ ing a water tank on the

roof,

(f)

repair of a balcony;

construction of sta irs up to no more than 40 steps

(g)

(11) construction of a well;

(i) oonslruction, replacement or Tcp;U r of doors and

windows and of aperture$ penainiD& 10 them

Provided IhDll1K: provisions of this Scheme shalloot apply 10

any work s commenced or carried out before lhe approval by Ihe

Director of the application made in respect of those works .

9, (I) An applicant shan be allowed 10 benefit for one or more CooIop_.

of the items §pecified in claule 8. and shall be awarded ICMh U1Inllilal

would amount 10 80% of the total IXI$t of tne works 10 be carried outl Dd

approved by the Direclor: provided Il1al the 10111 IlOO<mt of Ihe said

cash grant shall not exceed five hundred Maltese liri (Lm5lXl) .

(2) No one shall be allowed 10 ben.c:fit more Ihan once under

Ihi s Scheme.

(1) Applikant jista' jibbenefi ka &ha] xogfIol wicbed jew attar ~ la- n-

talll il-kJawtola 8, U jin&hata gbotj. ta ' 80% t.n-nefqa totali tax·

xogl'tlijicl li jkunu jridu jsil1l u approval; mid·Oirellur, liema &OOlja

m'gbandllicx taqbei il-l'Iames mi tt lira Mallija (LmSOO).

(2) Hadd ma hu pcrmess li jibbenefika aktarminn darba tah!

din ]· Isl":'ma .

Without prejudice 10 the provi§ions of clauses 1 and 9, for I n

application 10 be acnptcd under Ihis Scheme, it must be accompanied

by,

(a) a declaration from the applicant himself and his spouse

and the uid declaration must be made on tJ1c, prescribed form

wllicll would be annend to the application ilKlf. A copy of the

Declaration form is annexed to IlIis notice . In lIis applieation tbe

applican t arK! his spotIK shall declare that all the informa tion liven

in tile application is correct and complete in aIL aspects; and

(b) aIL the documentation and certifica tes that the Director

deems n«essary , a list of wh i(:1I i~ pri nted on the last page of tile

prescribed application form iIKH.

(I) If at any time it feiUl lS thatthe: applicanl has madea fal5e _ r a r_

declaration for the purp<>$C' of any application made by him under tile - -.

provisions of this Scheme the applicant , wilhout prejudice 10 any

punisllment for whicll he may have bewme liable under any other la w,

sllalL be liable to the paymenllO Ihe Dire<:lorof a penalty equivalent to

the amount of any grant r«ei ved by the applicant untkr thi!; Sclleme.

(2) Anype~n who has madea fal5ededaration as providcd

in $ulH:lause (I) of this clause shall be disqualifoed for a period of five

yean from benefi ting from any scheme made willlthe approval of the

Parliament ary Secretary responsible for housing .

The Director shall not approve an application under this

Scheme whereby, upon the: advice of tile Par liamentary s«retary

responsible for Culture, it is not in the public inlc rcSlthat the dwelling

hou!ie in question be slructurally modified as proposed by the applicant ,

due to its lIistorical value.

Eyery person WhOK application . under tile provisions of

tlle5e regulallons, has been approved by tile Dire<;tor. shall be

requested to Cn ter inlO a written agreement with the Oire<;IOT and. if

weh penon, when called upon 10 do !IQ by the Dir«1or. fails to appear

On the wriUen agreement aforementioned. the application of that

penon and the approval of llial same appl ication by tb(, DirC(tOT §haU

be dee med 10 have been abandoned .

Notwithstanding an ything contai ned in the foregoing

provisions of lhis Scheme Ihe Director sliall have the righl la rdU$e any

application .

Declaration by the applicant and hislher spouse ao;:ording 10 the

provisions of ctaU5C 10 of Scheme SHO 15A

(Oclelc wllere not applicable)

Vwe Ihe undel"Signed

(a) do $Olemn!y declare Ihal all Ihe information ~vcn in ,his

application is lroe. oorrea and complete in ,1I~ ;

(b) shan u..e the grant that might be given \0 meJus for the $011'

pu..-.x-s ofSchcme SHD lS A.

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