Passport (Amendment) Regulations, 2007

L.N. 141 of 2007

PASSPORTS ORDINANCE

(CAP. 61)

Passport (Amendment) Regulations, 2007

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 9 of the Passports

Ordinance, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Justice and

Home Affairs, has made the following regulations>–

The title of these regulations is the Passport (Amendment) Citation.

Regulations, 2007, and they shall be read and construed as one with the

Passport Regulations, 1993, hereinafter referred to as “the principal L.N. 131 of 1993.

regulations”.

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be amended as Amends

regulation 4

follows>–

of the principal

regulations.

(a) sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be renumbered as sub-

regulation (5)<

(b) for sub-regulation (1) thereof there shall be substituted

the following>

“(1) The recommender’s declaration in support of the

application contained in the said forms is required in the case

of –

(a) an application by an adult person for the issue

of a passport for the first time<

(b) an application for the issue of a minor’s

passport where the recommender witnesses the signature

of both parents or curators<

(c)

Maltese citizens residing abroad< and

(d) the Director of Passport and Civil Registration

encountering any difficulty in ascertaining an applicant’s

identity.

(2) (a) The recommender’s declaration must be

completed and signed by a Maltese citizen who is a minister

of religion, or a medical or legal practitioner, or an architect,

or a civil servant at the discretion of the Director of Passport

and Civil Registration, or a bank manager or any other person

who, in the opinion of the Director of Passport and Civil

Registration is of similar standing.

(b) The recommender must have been personally

acquainted with the applicant for at least two years

immediately preceding the signing of the declaration.”<

(c) immediately after sub-regulation (2) there

shall be added the following sub-regulations>

“(3) The recommender’s declaration shall not be

required in the case of the renewal of a passport for an

adult person, where a valid Identity Document is

presented and the old passport is surrendered for

cancellation.

(4) If the person applying for a passport resides

abroad or is, at the moment of the application, outside

Malta, the declaration in support of such application may

be completed and signed by any Commonwealth citizen

who is qualified for this purpose as provided in this

regulation.”< and

(d) in sub-regulation (5) as renumbered, for the

words “in sub-regulation (1) of this regulation” there shall be

substituted the words “in this regulation”.

Mitbug[ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern — Printed at the Government Printing Press

Lm0.08 (€0.19)