Armed Forces of Malta (Regular Force)

L.N. 58 of 2008

MALTA ARMED FORCES ACT

(CAP. 220)

Armed Forces of Malta (Regular Force)

(Appointments and Conditions of Service)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2008

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 4 of the Malta

Armed Forces Act, the President of Malta has made the following

regulations>-

The title of these regulations is the Appointments and

Conditions of Service of the Regular Force (Amendment) Regulations,

2008 and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the

Appointments and Conditions of Service of the Regular Force

Regulations, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Immediately after sub-regulation (3) of regulation 12 of the

principal regulations there shall be added the following new sub-

regulation>

“(4) An officer who>

(a)

reaches the age of fifty five years< and

(b) has not upon reaching the said age completed

twenty five years of service in the force< and

(c) upon reaching the age of fifty five years has his

engagement with the force terminated< and

(d) immediately upon his termination of engagement

with the force enlists in the Detention Service< and

(e) does not start receiving a pension in terms of these

regulations upon his termination of engagement with the force

shall, notwithstanding any other provision of these regulations, be

entitled for the purposes of the computation of his pension under

these regulations to have his service with the Detention Service

reckoned as service in the force until such time as the aggregate of

service in the force and service in the Detention Service amounts

to twenty five years when such officer shall be entitled to receive

a pension in terms of these regulations computed on the basis of

twenty five years of service in the force in accordance with the

Pensions Ordinance<

Provided that an officer who after enlisting in the Detention

Service as stipulated in this sub-regulation leaves the said services

or has his enlistment therein terminated before completing a total

of twenty five years of service in accordance with this sub-

regulation shall be entitled to a pension to be computed on the

basis of the aggregate of his service in the force and of his service

in the Detention Service”

Immediately after sub-regulation (2) of regulation 35 of the Adds new sub-

regulation 35(3).

principal regulations there shall be added the following new sub-

regulation>

“(3) An man of the force who>

(a)

reaches the age of fifty five years< and

(b) has not upon reaching the said age or upon having

his enlistment with the force terminated at an age of more

than fifty five years and less than sixty one years completed

twenty five years of service in the force< and

(c) upon reaching an age of at least fifty five years

but less than sixty one years has his engagement with the

force terminated< and

(d) immediately upon his termination of engagement

with the force enlists in the Detention Service< and

(e) does not start receiving a pension in terms of these

regulations upon his termination of engagement with the force

shall, notwithstanding any other provision of these regulations, be

entitled for the purposes of the computation of his pension under

these regulations to have his service with the Detention Service

reckoned as service in the force until such time as the aggregate of

service in the force and service in the Detention Service amounts

to twenty five years when such man of the force shall be entitled

to receive a pension in terms of these regulations computed on the

basis of twenty five years of service in the force in accordance

with the Articles and Rules contained in the Third Schedule of

these Regulations<

Provided that a man of the force who after enlisting in the

Detention Service as stipulated in this sub-regulation leaves the

said services or has his enlistment therein terminated before

completing a total of twenty five years of service in accordance

with this sub-regulation shall be entitled to a pension to be computed

on the basis of the aggregate of his service in the force and of his

service in the Detention Service”

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