Identity Malta Agency (Establishment) Order, 2013

L.N. 269 of 2013

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT

(CAP. 497)

Identity Malta Agency (Establishment) Order, 2013

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 36 of the Public

Administration Act, the Prime Minister has made the following

Order:-

The title of this Order is the Identity Malta Agency

(Establishment) Order, 2013.

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Act" means the Public Administration Act;

"Agency" means the Identity Malta Agency established by this

Order;

"Agency Agreement" means the Agreement as provided for in

article 7;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Home Affairs;

"Permanent Secretary" means the Permanent Secretary in the

Ministry responsible for Home Affairs.

(1)

There is hereby established an Agency, to be

known as the Identity Malta Agency or as "Identity Malta", which

shall carry out functions and duties of the public administration in the

following matters

(a)

citizenship, residence permits, work permits and

other administrative matters related to expatriates;

(b)

passports;

(c)

identity cards and other identity documents;

(d)

acts of civil status;

(e)

land registration and registration of public deeds;

(f)

individual investment programmes for expatriates

or for persons who acquire Maltese citizenship, including the

administration of funds deriving from such programmes;

(g)

such other matters which are ancillary, incidental

or consequential to the matters stipulated in paragraphs (a) to (f)

as the Minister may from time to time determine

Provided that when such matters as are referred to in this

sub-article consist of or include the administration or investment of

funds, the Minister shall act with the concurrence of the Minister

responsible for Finance in making the said determination.

(2) In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the

provisions of sub-article (1), the Agency shall

(a)

assist the Minister, from time to time, responsible

for matters relating to Maltese citizenship in the execution of his

duties and functions under the Maltese Citizenship Act;

(b)

see to the carrying out the functions and duties of

the "authorised officer" under the Identity Card and Other

Identity Documents Act;

(c)

assist the Minister, from time to time, responsible

for matters relating to passports and any other officer in charge

of passports in the execution of his functions and duties in terms

of the Passports Ordinance;

(d)

see to the carrying out of the functions and duties

of the Director of the Public Registry including those under the

Civil Code and the Public Registry Act; and

(e)

assist the Minister, from time to time, responsible

for matters relating to land registration and see to the carrying

out of the functions and duties of the Land Registrar appointed

under the Land Registration Act.

The Minister responsible for home affairs shall be the Minister

responsible for

Minister responsible for the Agency.

the Agency.

The Agency shall be subject to the provisions of Title 2 of Agency to be

subject to the

Part III of the Act and shall be regulated thereby.

Act.

The Agency shall be governed by the provisions of the Financial

Financial Administration and Audit Act unless otherwise authorised arrangements.

in the Agency Agreement.

The operations of the Agency shall be carried out in Agency

accordance with an Agency Agreement which shall be agreed agreement.

between the Permanent Secretary and the Agency.

The Agency shall be headed by the Executive Chairperson

Head of the

Agency.

who shall perform all the functions and duties of the Chief Executive

Officer of the Agency as stipulated in the Act.

In the Fourth Schedule to the Public Administration Act,

Amends the

Fourth Schedule

immediately after the item "National Agency for Examinations" there

to the Act.

shall be added the following

Agency

Agency Function

"Identity Malta

To execute the functions and duties

Agency

of the public administration in

matters relating to passports, identity

documents, work and residence

permits

for

expatriates,

land

registration and registration of public

deeds, acts of civil status and

individual investment programmes".

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