Malta Residence Visa (Establishment of an Agency) (Amendment)

L. N. 201 of 2017

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT

(CAP. 497)

Malta Residence Visa (Establishment of an Agency) (Amendment)

Order, 2017

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 36 of the

Public Administration Act, the Prime Minister has made the following

Order:-

(1) The title of this order is the Malta Residence Visa Citation and

(Establishment of an Agency) (Amendment) Order, 2017, and this commencement.

order shall be read and construed as one with the Malta Residence Visa S.L. 497.21.

(Establishment of an Agency) Order, hereinafter referred to as "the

principal order".

(2)

This order shall be deemed to have come into force on the

5 th June 2017.

Article 2 of the principal order shall be amended as Amends article

2 of the

follows

principal order.

(a) for the definition "Minister" there shall be substituted

the following

" "Minister" means the Prime Minister"; and

(b) for the definition "Permanent Secretary" there shall

be substituted the following

" "Permanent Secretary" means the Permanent

Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister.".

In paragraph (b) of article 3 of the principal order, the Amends article

words "including participating on the Advisory Board and in relation 3 principal

to the printing of residence documents" shall be deleted.

Article 10 of the principal order shall be deleted and Deletes article

articles 11 and 12 shall be re-numbered as articles 10 and 11 10

principal order.

respectively.

Article 10 of the principal order as re-numbered shall be Substitutes

article 10 of the

principal order.

B

substituted by the following

The Minister responsible for the Agency shall

"Advisory Board.

establish an Advisory Board to review cases submitted

to it for final approval and prior to the issuance of the

residency card.".

6. Sub-article (1) of article 11 of the principal order as re-

Amends article

11 of the

numbered shall be substituted with the following

principal order.

"(1) The Advisory Board shall be composed of

(a)

the Executive Chairman; and

(b) three other persons nominated by the

responsible Minister.".

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