MT
Regulations, 2009
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
L.N. 204 of 2009
MALTA RESOURCES AUTHORITY ACT
(CAP. 423)
Notification of Groundwater Sources (Amendment)
Regulations, 2009
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 28 of
the Malta Resources Authority Act, the Minister for Resources
and Rural Affairs, after consultation with the Malta Resources
Authority, has made the following regulations:–
(1) The title of these regulations is Notification of
Groundwater Sources (Amendment) Regulations, 2009 and
they shall be read and construed as one with the Notification of
Groundwater Sources Regulations, 2008, hereinafter referred to as
“the principal regulations”.
(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 14th
July 2009.
In sub-regulation (1) of regulation 3 of the principal Amends regulation
regulations, for the words “until the 20th November, 2008.” there regulations.
shall be substituted the words “until the 20th November, 2008:”
and immediately thereafter there shall be added the following
provisos
“Provided that the Authority shall, as from the 15th July,
2009 and until such date as established by the Minister by means
of a notice in the Gazette, accept applications for notifications of
groundwater sources which were not submitted to it by the 20th
November, 2008, when such failure to notify is justified by reasons
owing to appropriate special circumstances
Provided further that only such justified and appropriate
special circumstances, as duly determined by a committee to be
appointed by the Minister in terms of article 25 of the Act, shall be
considered as valid by the Authority
Provided also that together with the notification, a user of a
groundwater source shall also submit an affidavit to be sworn and
confirmed under oath before a commissioner for oaths, specifying
therein the reasons and the appropriate special circumstances
justifying the late notification, together with any such other proof
and documentation which may be necessary to prove the contents
of the affidavit.”
In regulation 4 of the principal regulations, immediately
after the words “two hundred and thirty euro (€230)” there shall be
added the words “and an additional fee of one hundred euro (€100)
in case of late notifications as specified in regulation 3 hereof.”.
€0.19