Petitions (Local Tribunals) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006

L.N. 140 of 2006

COMMISSIONERS FOR JUSTICE ACT

(CAP. 291)

Petitions (Local Tribunals) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 13 of the

Commissioners for Justice Act, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister

for Justice and Home Affairs, after consulting the Local Councils

Association has made the following regulations>–

The title of these regulations is the Petitions (Local Tribunals)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2006 and they shall be read and construed

as one with the Petitions (Local Tribunal) Regulations, 2005, hereinafter

referred to as the “principal regulations”.

For subregulation (2) of regulation 4 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following>–

“(2) Such petition shall be filed in the Registry of the Board

of Petitions within a reasonable time.”.

For regulation 5 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following>–

“(5) There shall be such number of chambers of the Board

as the Minister may prescribe. The petitions shall be assigned to

the various Boards on a rotation basis by such officers as are

designated by the Registry of the Board of Petitions.”.

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