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L.N. 418 of 2015

FISHERIES CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT

(CAP. 425)

Fishing Vessels (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by article 38 of the

Fisheries Conservation and Management Act, the Minister for

Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change, in

conjunction with the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture,

Fisheries and Animal Rights, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Fishing Vessels Citation.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2015 and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Fishing Vessels Regulations, S.L. 425.07

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 5 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

sub-regulation (3) thereof shall be substituted by the

following

"(3) Without prejudice to sub-regulation

(4), the owner, charterer and master of the local

fishing vessel shall be resident in Malta in terms

of the provisions of the Immovable Property

(Acquisition by Non-Residents) Act."; and

(b) immediately after sub-regulation (3), as substituted,

there shall be added the following new sub-regulations

"(4) The Director shall provide separate and

specific application forms requiring that information and,

or documentation which he may deem appropriate, for the

registration of a local fishing vessel whose master is not a

citizen of a Member State of the European Union and, or

does not fulfil the residency requirements of sub-

regulation (3)

Provided that such application forms shall

clearly indicate that these are being submitted for the

purposes of this sub-regulation and that such application

forms, if duly completed, shall be submitted by the

Director to the Minister for the consideration of the latter

in accordance with this regulation

Provided further that, no master shall be

validly registered and licensed to operate a local fishing

vessel by the Director under this sub-regulation unless the

Minister orders so in writing after considering that there

are exceptional circumstances which call for such an order

and that the prospective master is duly qualified to act as

such according to law

Provided further that the Minister may, at any

time, delegate his powers under this sub-regulation to the

Director.

(5) The registration and licensing of a master of a

local fishing vessel as ordered by the Minister under sub-

regulation (4) shall be valid for renewable periods of not

more than one year.".

Regulations 13 and 15 of the principal regulations shall be

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