158 tal-1993
Table of Provisions (10)
Statutory Text (10 Articles)
L.N. 158 of 1993
LOCAL COUNCILS ACf, "93
(ACf NO. XV OF 1993)
IN uercise oflhe powers conferred bysubsection (2) of section !53
and by section 72 of the Local Councils Act , 1993, the Prime: Minister
has made the following regulations
PART I
G~,,~rtll Prtl~isjons
I . These regulations may beci led as the 1...ot31 Councils( Human
RellOUrccJ) Regulations, 1993.
In thelOC: regulalions. unle" the conlext otherwise requires -
~ ACI ~ means the Local Councils ACI. 1993;
~e mplo~ee~ shall have the same meaning as dCSl:ribc:d in Ihe
ACI ;
~ H uman R~rccJ Procedures~
means Ihe Local Councib
Human Resources Procedures iMued by the Minister.
PART 11
R~mU"Ullrio"
(I) The following rem uneration shall he payable 10 Council
employees:-
Council Secretaries
(a)
Full·time Secretaries
(i)
where lhe Council
SUClS -
9to 13 memhers LmSOOOperannum
Lm41SOpe r annum
1 members
Lm4SOOpe r arm um
!5 members
(ii)
Pan-li me Secretary
(allending at least
20 hours per wee k)
L.m1 2OJ per annum ;
(b) all otller employees shall be paid the equivalent
rem uneration payable to Gov~mment employees in comparable
grades.
(2) The Council may also, at itsdiscretion, award to any of its
employees. at the ~nd of any calendar year, a perfonnance bonus nm
exceeding 5% ofllle employee's current ..,muner. tion .
PART III
Appointmt,1IS
All appointmen ts in the service of Ihe Council shall be on a
three·year co ntracl which m.y be rcne_d for suo:essive periods of
three years .
S. (I) Acting Secretaries may only be appointw in terms of
wb5c<.:tions (I) and (4) of section 49 of !he Act.
(2) 1be appoin tm~nt of Council Secretaries a nd othe r
employees from outside the public service shall be regulated by the
provi~ons of subsection (6) of section 110 of the Constitution.
( I) Aten l; Segretarji jislghu jinhatru biss skand is-
wbln ikoli (I) u (4) ta' I·anikolu 49 la' I.An.
(2) It·halra ta' SegretBrji lal.KunsiU u la' impjegali ohra
minn baITa s·servizz pubbliku Ikun rego lala bid-dispotizzjonijiet Ills-
wbani!toJu (6) ,,' I·anikolu 110 lal· Kostihll;:ljoni.
No appoimment sha ll be offered in the service of Ihe Council 1l<I<f_.
unlCSll two acceptable wrillen references are received.
1be appoinlmem of new employees in tile service of the
Council shall be subject to a teon of probation of ~ ICSII then three
mont'" and not more than six month$.
PA RT IV
S. (1) If it oomes 10 Ihe knowledge of an employee that a ,..".,..". .... _ .
contract in which he has 8ny pecuniary interest, whether direct or
indi rect, not being a contract to which be is a party, has been, or is
proposed 10 be, entered into by the Council, be shall as soon as
practicable, disclose the interesl in writing 10 the Secretary.
(2) The Secretal}'wll rccoro such disclosure and report the
fact 10 the Council.
(3) Any employee who knowingly does not disclose such
interest will be subject to disciplin ary action which could lead to
dismi55l1.
( I) Jekk impjegal i5ir jaf Ii kunlrall
fih ikollu intereSll 10.",_
pc:kunjarju . dirctl jew indirell, li ma jkunx kunlrall li fi h hu jkun pekuntorjo ·
~rti . jkun ~r jew ikun se jsir mill-Kunsill , dan ghand u kcmm jisla'
jkun malaj r, jiu e( I-jnleress bi'-miklub lis-Segrelarju.
(2) Is-Segrelarju ghandu jirrepslra dak ]-i nleress u
jirrapporta I-fin 'ilL- Kunsill ,
(3) Kull impje&al Ii xjenle menl ma jihi&' dak I-inleress
ikun suUetl &ha' azzjoni diuiplinari li lisla' I""usal &hal-lkcffi}a.
9, EMa impje&al la'-Ku 8$iU ma gl'l andu jiel'lu sehem fil- R<1aajoooi
prot:eduri la' rakkomandazzjoni jew la' internSls la' kandidal li .... ~
japplika ghal impic& mal· KunsiJI jekk dak il-kandidal ikun qarib la' proop<I';"
'-impjegat. Gl'lall-fini ta' dan ir-re&Olamenl kandidal jilqies li hu
hekt qarib jekk jaqa' lal'll xi wal'lda mir-relazzjonijiel familj ari
speCifikati fis-subll1ikolu (4) la' l-Irtikolu 20 la' '-All.
TAQSIMA V
DispotilZ;oniji~1 M ixxeUilIIji
10, ( I ) Impjegal m'ghandux jikkomunika IiI Jri pc:rsu na K r ,
I-konlenut la' dokumcnli dwar i'-Kunsill jekk mhux hekk mel'llieg
bil·ligi jew aw\orizz.al cspreSllamenl li jagl'lmel hekk mill· Kunsill.
(2) lmpjegali ma jilhaUewx jagl'lmlu inlerv lslI Jew
di kjar.u:qonij iel pubblia Ianqas jiufu xi laghrif li jkunu sa ru jafu
bih waql il-qadi la' dmirijelhom jekk ma jkun ux hekk mctllicga li
jaghmlu tl<ond I- All jew jekk ma jkunux hek k awlorizzali bil·miklub
mis-Sindku.
No employee of the Council shall partICIpate in the :~:,~,;,~
reoommendation or interview procedures of . candidate appl yi", for po , ~ ..
employment with the Council if such candidate is related to the • 11) •
emplo)'e('. For the purpose of Ih is regUlation a candidate shall be
deemed to be so related if he falls under any of the relationships
stipulated unde r subs.ection (4) of SCdion 20 of lbe Act.
PART V
(1) An employee shall not eommunicate 10 any person the
content of documents rdatinl tO the Council un n requ ired by law or
expreuly authorised 10 do 10 by the Council.
(2) Employ«5 shall nol be permilled 10 give public
interviews or stalemc:nts no r 10 disclose any information acquired
during the course of their dut ies unless SO required 10do in accordance
with the Act o r autOOrised by Ihe Ma yor in writing.