Establishments Regulations, 2004 (ln_2004_174) | MT

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2004 174 — Establishments Regulations, 2004

Preamble — Establishments Regulations, 2004 Open official source

L.N. 174 of 2004

MALTA TRAVEL AND TOURISM SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 409)

Bed and Breakfast (Operations) in Tourism Accommodation

Establishments Regulations, 2004

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 47 of the Malta

Travel and Tourism Services Act, the Minister for Tourism and

Culture on the recommendation of the Malta Tourism Authority,

has made the following regulations>-

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2004 174 — Establishments Regulations, 2004

Reg. 1 — Establishments Regulations, 2004 Open official source

The title of these regulations is the Bed and Breakfast Citation.

(Operations) in Tourism Accommodation Establishments

Regulations, 2004.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2004 174 — Establishments Regulations, 2004

Reg. 2 — Establishments Regulations, 2004 Open official source

(1)

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise Interpretation.

requires>-

“bed and breakfast” means the limited services of bed and

breakfast offered and given to guests in relation to the provision

of the accommodation and meals content in accordance with

the standards set out in the Second Schedule to the Tourism

Accommodation Establishments Regulations, 2002.

L.N. 82 of 2002.

“tourism accommodation establishments” shall have the

same meaning as that given to it in the Tourism Accommodation

Establishments Regulations, 2002.

(2) Words and expressions used in these regulations

which are also used in the Act shall, unless the context otherwise

requires, have the same meaning as in the Act.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2004 174 — Establishments Regulations, 2004

Reg. 3 — Establishments Regulations, 2004 Open official source

These regulations shall apply to tourism accommodation Applicability.

establishments having a maximum of fifty rooms or one hundred

beds, and are limited to Three Star and Two Star accommodation

establishments classified by the Authority in accordance with the

standards set out in the Tourism Accommodation Establishments

Regulations, 2002.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2004 174 — Establishments Regulations, 2004

Reg. 4 — Establishments Regulations, 2004 Open official source

(1) An operator, whose tourism accommodation Applications.

establishment satisfies the criteria mentioned in regulation 3 of these

regulations, may apply to the Authority for his establishment’s

recognition by the Authority as a ‘bed and breakfast’ accommodation

establishment.

(2) Applications for recognition of a ‘bed and breakfast’

accommodation establishment are to be made on an appropriate

application form obtained from the Authority.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2004 174 — Establishments Regulations, 2004

Reg. 5 — Establishments Regulations, 2004 Open official source

The Authority may recognise a tourism accommodation

Recognition by the

establishment as a ‘bed and breakfast’ establishment subject to the

following provisions>

(a) applicant submits to the Authority the required

documentation and information as indicated in the appropriate

application form<

(b) the tourism accommodation establishment shall not

offer restaurant services other than those normally offered for

the provision of breakfast to guests<

(c) the tourism accommodation establishment shall

conform with the provisions of paragraph 9 of the Second

Schedule to the Tourism Accommodation Establishments

Regulations, 2002 in accordance with the requirements set for

the classification assigned to it by the Authority<

(d) the tourism accommodation establishment shall be

licensed by the Authority and classified as Three Star or Two

Star in accordance with the standards set in the Second and

Third Schedules to the Tourism Accommodation Establishments

Regulations, 2002.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2004 174 — Establishments Regulations, 2004

Reg. 6 — Establishments Regulations, 2004 Open official source

(1) When the Authority recognises a tourism

Plaque of “bed and

accommodation establishment as a ‘bed and breakfast’ operation, it

shall issue an appropriate plaque according to a style and design as

may be established by the Authority, indicating that the tourism

accommodation establishment is operating as a ‘bed and breakfast’.

(2) The licensee and operator of a tourism

accommodation establishment whose establishment has been

recognised by the Authority as a ‘bed and breakfast’ establishment,

and who has been assigned a plaque by the Authority denoting such

recognition, shall exhibit such plaque in a prominent place on the

facade of his establishment.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2004 174 — Establishments Regulations, 2004

Reg. 7 Regulations not to prejudice changes in conditions. — Establishments Regulations, 2004 Open official source

The provisions of these regulations shall not prejudice any

changes in the conditions applicable to tourism accommodation

establishments that may be introduced from time to time by the

Authority.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2004 174 — Establishments Regulations, 2004

Reg. 8 Offences and penalties. — Establishments Regulations, 2004 Open official source

Any person who operates a tourism accommodation

establishment on a ‘bed and breakfast’ basis and who has not obtained

the Authority’s approval beforehand, or having obtained the

Authority’s approval fails to comply with any of the provisions of

these regulations, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on

conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand liri.

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Establishments Regulations, 2004

Table of Provisions (9)

Statutory Text (9 Articles)

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