National Aerospace Centre

L.N. 68 of 2014

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT

(CAP. 497)

National Aerospace Centre

(Establishment as an Agency) Order, 2014

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 National Aerospace Centre Citation.

(Establishment as an Agency) Order.

In this order, unless the context otherwise requires -

Interpretation.

"the Act" means the Public Administration Act;

"aerospace industry" includes the aviation, aeronautical and

space industry;

"Agency Performance Agreement" means the Agreement as

provided for in article 8;

"the Centre" means the National Aerospace Centre;

"local operator" means any person having a commercial interest,

business or concern related to the aerospace industry, which interest,

business or concern is principally carried out within Malta;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for aviation;

"Permanent Secretary" means the Permanent Secretary in the

Ministry responsible for aviation.

(1)

There is hereby established an Agency, to be Establishment

known as the National Aerospace Centre, which shall be responsible of

Aerospace

for development, research, enhancement and innovation in the Centre.

aerospace industry and related policy, including the launching and

management of relevant programs and projects.

(2) The Centre shall be a body corporate having a separate and

distinct legal personality and capable of entering into contracts, of

employing personnel, of acquiring, holding and disposing of any kind

of property for the purposes of its operations, and of suing and being

sued.

(3) Public officers detailed with the Centre shall be deemed to

be so detailed with the Centre in accordance with article 43 of the

Act.

(1)

The Centre shall have the following functions

(a)

to undertake and co-ordinate research in

technological developments and innovation in the aerospace

industry and related activities, including assessing the current

state of the aerospace industry and relevant policy;

(b)

to support and assist in initiatives, whether public

or private, within the aerospace industry;

(c)

to participate in, and where necessary lead, public-

private initiatives aimed at enhancing the aerospace industry;

(d)

to support and deliver training and retraining

programs, including but not limited to the provision of tuition

and courses, with a view to facilitate and enhance the

development of the aerospace industry;

(e)

to participate in and benefit from European Union

and international programs related to the aerospace industry;

(f)

to promote and facilitate investment, both local and

foreign, in the national aerospace industry; and

(g)

to advise the Government, its agencies and local

operators on matters relating to the aerospace industry.

(2) The Centre shall have the following duties

(a)

to develop any infrastructure devolved or assigned

to it by Government in order to meet its functions and duties

herein assigned;

(b)

to assist Government in the development of a

national aerospace policy;

(c)

to represent, as instructed, the Government on

matters relating to the aerospace industry;

(d)

to liaise with and ensure the necessary coordination

between Government departments and other agencies in the

implementation of aerospace policy and measures or initiatives

proposed by the Government or the Centre from time to time;

and

(e)

to assist Government in any other related activity

as directed by the Minister from time to time.

(1)

The Minister responsible for the Centre shall be the Minister

responsible for

Minister responsible for aviation.

the Centre.

(2) The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry responsible for

aviation shall supervise the Centre in terms of article 39 of the Act.

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

subject to the

Part III of the Act and shall be regulated thereby.

Act.

The Centre shall be governed by the provisions of the Financial

Financial Administration and Audit Act unless otherwise stated in the arrangements.

Agency Performance Agreement between the Permanent Secretary

and the Centre, in which case the provisions of the Agency

Performance Agreement shall prevail.

The operations of the Centre shall be carried out in Agency

accordance with an Agency Performance Agreement which is to be Performance

Agreement.

agreed between the Permanent Secretary and the Centre.

(1)

The Centre shall be headed by the Chief Executive Head of the

Officer who shall perform all the functions and duties of the Chief Centre.

Executive Officer of the Centre as stipulated in the Act.

(2) The Minister shall appoint the Chief Executive Officer

who shall be a person in possession of the necessary qualifications

and experience. Such appointment shall be for a period of three years

which may be extended for further periods of three years each.

(3) The legal and juridical representation of the Centre shall

lie with the Chief Executive Officer, or such other officer of the

Centre as the Minister may from time to time appoint by notice in the

Gazette.

(1)

The Minister responsible for the Centre may Advisory Board.

establish an Advisory Board to assist the Chief Executive Officer in

the discharge of his duties.

(2) The Advisory Board established under this article shall be

chaired by the Chief Executive Officer and shall consist of not less

than two and not more than four members appointed by the Minister

responsible for the Centre.

(3) The remuneration paid to members of the Centre’s

Advisory Board shall be in accordance with the directives and

guidelines issued by the Centre from time to time.

In the Fourth Schedule to the Public Administration Act,

Amends the

Fourth Schedule

immediately after the agency "Management Efficiency Unit" there

to the Act.

shall be added the following

Agency

Agency Function

"National

To develop, research, enhance the

Aerospace

aerospace industry and related

Centre

policy, including the launching and

management of relevant programs

and projects.".

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