Passport (Amendment) Regulations, 2009

L.N. 97 of 2009

PASSPORTS ORDINANCE

(CAP. 61)

Passport (Amendment) Regulations, 2009

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 9 of the

Passports Ordinance, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and

Communication, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance,

the Economy and Investment, has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Passport

(Amendment) Regulations, 2009 and they shall be read and construed

as one with the Passport Regulations, 1993, herinafter referred to as

“the principal regulations”.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 27

March 2009.

Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the principal

regulations shall be amended as following

(a) in paragraph (b) thereof for the words “citizens,”

there shall be substituted the words “citizens; or”; and

(b) immediately after paragraph (b) thereof, there shall

be added the following new paragraph

“(c) other persons who are not persons of Maltese

nationality and are in Malta without a valid passport

in terms of the provisions of regulation 2A of these

regulations.”.

Immediately after regulation 2 of the principal regulations,

there shall be added the following new regulation

2A. (1) In the case of persons mentioned in

paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2, a

alien persons,

travel document or passport issued under these regulations

shall

(a) be of a different colour and have different

wording which distinguishes it from passports

issued to persons mentioned in paragraphs (a) and

(b) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2;

B

(b) contain a clear indication showing that

the document does not purport to give any right of

residence in Malta, or any social or work benefit in

Malta, unless there is explicit authorization to this

effect on the document itself;

(c) be indicated as an “Alien Travel

Document” or as an “Alien’s Passport”, as the case

may be;

(d) be issued according to standards applicable

for the issuing of passports in the European Union

and be valid for travel to all countries;

(e) contain an indication that this document

or passport was only issued so that the person will

be in possession of a travel document and that

without any prejudice, it does not affect or change

the nationality of its holder in any way whatsoever;

(f) be valid for a period of one year from the

date of issue.

(2) Insofar as the “Alien Travel Document”

or an “Alien’s Passport” are concerned, the provisions

of regulations 4, 9 and 10 of these regulations shall not

apply.”.

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