251 tal-2007 - Regolamenti tal-2007 li jistabbilixxu Il-Majjistral, Park ta’ Natura u Storja

L.N. 251 of 2007

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 435)

Establishment of the Majjistral, Nature and History Park

Regulations, 2007

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by article 9 of the

Environment Protection Act, the Minister for Rural Affairs and the

Environment has made the following regulations>-

The title of these Regulations is the Establishment of the

Majjistral, Nature and History Park Regulations, 2007.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms and

expressions in these Regulations, shall have the same meaning as

assigned to them by the Environment Protection Act.

(1) The Minister hereby declares as protected, the area in

the North West of Malta, as delineated in the site map found in Annex I

to these regulations, and for such purpose is hereby establishing a Nature

and History Park that shall incorporate and include the said protected

area.

(2) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, extend the

boundaries of the said Park.

The Park shall be called the Majjistral, Nature and History

Park.

The Park shall be a national park and the various levels of

protection within the park shall be determined, from time to time, by

the relevant competent authorities.

There shall be a management structure for the management of

the Park, which shall be made up of a management board and the

managing organisations.

The management board is hereby established, which is to be

known as the “Majjistral, Nature and History Park Management Board”,

hereinafter referred to as “the Board”.

(1) The Board shall have the responsibility to develop a plan Functions

Board.

for the management of the park, hereinafter referred to as the

“management plan”, which plan is to be submitted to the competent

authority for approval, and to carry out regular updating and review of

the said management plan.

(2) The Board shall supervise the implementation of the

management plan, which shall be implemented by the managing

organisations.

(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of subregulations

(1) and (2), the Board shall act as a contact point between Government,

stakeholders and the managing organizations for the implementation of

the management plan.

(1) The Board shall be composed of not less than five Composition of

the Board.

members and not more than seven members who shall be appointed by

the Minister for a term of five years, renewable for further periods, as

follows>

(a)

a chairperson<

(b) three members representing the Government of Malta

after consultation with the Director General of Lands and the

Director of Environment< and

(c) three members to be nominated respectively from each

of the three non-governmental organisations listed in Annex II to

these regulations.

(2) The Board shall regulate its own procedure.

(3) The Chairperson shall have a casting vote.

(1) For the implementation of the management plan Appointment of

Managing

according to regulation 8(2), the Minister shall appoint managing Organisations.

organisations from time to time by written agreements between the

Minister, or his representative, and the competent authority on the one

hand, and the Managing Organisations on the other, for periods of five

years, renewable for further periods.

(2) The rights and duties of the managing organisations shall

be laid out in the said written agreements.

Subject to regulation 10, the Minister or his representative,

may enter into an agreement with any non government organization

working in the fields of heritage or environmental management to carry

out specific tasks related to the Majjistral, Nature and History Park.

ANNEX I

(Regulation 3)

ANNEX II

Non-Governmental Organisations empowered to nominate one

member each on the Board under regulation 9(1)(c)>–

(a) Nature Trust

(b) Din l-Art {elwa

(c) Gaia Foundation.