Permits (Protection of Foreign Dignitaries) Regulations, 2015

L.N. 361 of 2015

ARMS ACT

(CAP. 480)

Permits (Protection of Foreign Dignitaries) Regulations, 2015

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 65 of the Arms

Act, the Minister for Home Affairs and National Security, has made

the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Permits (Protection of Citation.

Foreign Dignitaries) Regulations, 2015.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

Interpretation.

"Act" means the Arms Act;

"ammunition" means the ammunition listed under item 10 of

Part I of Schedule II to the Act;

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Police;

"firearms" means the firearms listed under items 1 and 3 of Part

I of Schedule II to the Act;

"foreign dignitary" means any person present in Malta and who

is a dignitary or a high official of a State other than Malta or of an

international organisation recognised by the Minister for Foreign

Affairs;

"security officers" means officers employed by a foreign

Government or by an international organisation whose competence to

act as such has been certified by an authority outside Malta, who are

authorised to carry firearms in the course of their duties outside Malta

and who have been officially entrusted with the responsibility of

providing protection services to a foreign dignitary visiting Malta.

(1) The Commissioner may in special circumstances Permits.

issue a permit in terms of these regulations for the import and carriage

of firearms and ammunition, for the purpose of the protection of the

life and security of a foreign dignitary, to security officers

accompanying foreign dignitaries whilst visiting Malta.

(2) A request for a permit under these regulations shall be

received through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and forwarded for

processing by the Commissioner.

(3) The said permit may only be issued to security officers as

defined in regulation 2.

(4) In issuing a permit under these regulations the

Commissioner may provide for such conditions, procedures or

restrictions as he may deem appropriate.

A permit issued under these regulations shall not be

subject to a fee and will be for a specified period.

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