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Before the Local Tribunals Regulations
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
L.N. 262 of 2009
COMMISSIONERS FOR JUSTICE ACT
(CAP. 291)
2009 Regulations to Amend the Petitions
Before the Local Tribunals Regulations
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 13 of the
Commissioners for Justice Act and Legal Notice 193 of 2008, the
Prime Minister has made the following regulations:-
The title of these regulations is the 2009 Regulations Title.
to Amend the Petitions Before the Local Tribunals Regulations,
and shall be read and construed as one with the Petitions Before
the Local Tribunals Regulations, hereinafter referred to as “the L.N. 414 of 2005.
principal regulations”.
(1) Regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be
renumbered as subregulation 5 (1).
(2)
There shall be added the new subregulation (2) as
follows
“The Board of Petitions shall process immediately
the petitions received immediately by sending an
acknowledgement within three (3) working days from when
such petition is registered, and this shall immediately be
forwarded for the comments of the Authorised Officer or the
Police, as applicable. The Authorised Officer or the Police
shall forward their comments within three (3) weeks.
(3)
There shall be added the new subregulation (3) as
follows
“After receiving all the required information, including
the comments of the Authorised Officer or the Police and all
other necessary documentation, the Board shall immediately
decide on the petition which shall be made by not later than
fifteen (15) days from when the Board receives the comments
from the Authorised Officer or the Police.”
(4)
There shall be added the new subregulation (4) as
follows
“If the Authorised Officer or the Police do not forward
the information or the documentation asked within three (3)
weeks from when asked, the Board shall immediately decide
the petition.”
(5) There shall be added the new subregulation (5) as
follows
“As soon as the Board decides, the Registry of the Board
shall communicate the decision to the person who has made
the petition within five (5) working days.”
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