Regulations, 2011

L.N. 232 of 2011

COMMISSIONERS FOR JUSTICE ACT

(CAP. 291)

Local Tribunals (Establishment of Tribunals and Designation

of Registry, Registrar and Other Officers) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2011

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 9 and 13 of the

Commissioners for Justice Act, the Minister for Justice and Home

Affairs has made the following regulations

The title of these regulations is the Local Tribunals

(Establishment of Tribunals and Designation of Registry, Registrar

and Other Officers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2011, and these

regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Local

Tribunals (Establishment of Tribunals and Designation of Registry,

Registrar and Other Officers) Regulations, hereinafter referred to

as “the principal regulations”.

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations, immediately

after the definition “Minister”, there shall be added the following

new definition

“ “Regional Committee” means any Committee set

up under article 37(4) of the Local Councils Act, and shall

be composed of a representative of each local council from

each locality that forms part of the Region according to the

Eleventh Schedule to the Local Councils Act, presided by

a regional representative elected under the Local Councils

(Association) Regulations;”.

Regulation 3 shall be amended as follows

(a) for paragraph (h) thereof, there shall be substituted

the following

“(h)

St.Paul’s Bay; and,

(b) in paragraph (i) thereof, for the word “Victoria”

there shall be substituted the word “Xewkija”.

In sub-regulation (2) of regulation 4 of the principal

regulations, immediately after the words “of the Joint Committee”,

there shall be added the words “or Regional Committee”.

Immediately after sub-regulation (2) of regulation 5 of

the principal regulations, there shall be added the following new

sub-regulation

“(3) The Registry of a Tribunal shall be open between

Fir-regolament 6 tar-regolamenti prinċipali, minnufih

wara l-kliem “mill-Kumitat Konġunt”, għandhom jiżdiedu l-kliem

“jew mill-Kumitat Reġjonali”.

Minflok ir-regolament 7 tar-regolamenti prinċipali,

għandu jidħol dan li ġej

“7. Għall-finijiet ta’ l-artikolu 10(5) ta’ l-Att penali,

inklużi penali addizzjonali u spejjeż li jiġu imposti mit-

Tribunali, u inklużi penali għal disprezz tal-qorti, li jkollhom

x’jaqsmu ma’ proċedimenti taħt xi liġi jew regolament,

li jkollhom l-infurzar tagħhom delegat lill-kunsilli lokali,

għandhom ikunu dovuti lill-Kunsill Lokali u għandhom

jinġabru f ’isem dak il-Kunsill mill-persuna li jkollha

r-rapprezentanza legali ta’ dak il-Kunsill Lokali.”.

Ir-regolamenti 8 u 9 tar-regolamenti prinċipali għandhom

jiġu enumerati mill-ġdid bħala r-regolamenti 9 u 10 rispettivament.

00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. from the 1st November to the 30th

March and between 9.00 a.m. and noon from the 1st April to

the 30th October.”.

6. In regulation 6 of the principal regulations, immediately

after the words “by the Joint Committee”, there shall be added the

words “or Regional Committee”.

7. For regulation 7 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following

“7. For the purposes of article 10(5) of the Act

penalties, including additional penalties and expenses inflicted

by the Tribunal, and including penalties for contempt of

court, related to proceedings under any law or regulation, the

enforcement of which has been delegated to local councils,

shall be due to the Local Council and shall be collected on its

behalf by the person having the legal representation of that

Local Council.”.

8. Regulations 8 and 9 of the principal regulations shall be

renumbered as regulations 9 and 10 respectively.

9. Immediately after regulation 7 of the principal

regulations, there shall be added the following new regulation

8. Penalties, including additional penalties

“Penalties due

to Regional

and

expenses

inflicted by the Tribunal, and including

Committee.

penalties for contempt of court, related to proceedings

under any law or regulation the enforcement of which

has been delegated to Regional Committees, shall be

due to the Regional Committee and shall be collected on

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its behalf by the person having the legal representation

of that Regional Committee.”.

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