Malta Marittima (Establishment as an Agency)

L.N. 90 of 2017

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT

(CAP. 497)

Malta Marittima (Establishment as an Agency)

(Amendment) Order, 2017

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 36(4)(b) of the

Public Administration Act, the Prime Minister has made the

following Order:-

The title of this Order is the Malta Marittima Citation.

(Establishment as an Agency) (Amendment) Order, 2017, and this

Order shall be read and construed as one with the Malta Marittima S.L. 497.16.

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

principal Order".

In article 2 of the principal Order, the definition "Minister" Amends article

2 of the

shall be substituted by the following new definition

principal Order.

" "Minister" means the Minister responsible for the

Agency;".

Sub-article (4) of article 3 of the principal Order shall be Amends article

3 of the

deleted.

principal Order.

Article 4 of the principal Order shall be amended as Amends article

4 of the

follows

principal Order.

(a)

the words "and duties" wherever they occur shall

be deleted;

(b)

in paragraph (c) thereof, the words "to strengthen"

shall be substituted by the words "to promote";

(c)

in paragraph (d) thereof, the words "to lead" shall

be substituted by the words "to promote";

(d)

in paragraph (g) thereof, the words "to lead

towards" shall be substituted by the words "to promote the

creation";

(e)

in paragraph (h) thereof, the words "to encourage

transfer of knowledge between academy and" shall be

substituted by the words "to encourage cooperation between

educational institutions and businesses";

(f)

paragraph (j) thereof shall be deleted;

(g)

paragraph (k) thereof shall be renumbered as

paragraph (j); and

(h)

immediately after the new paragraph (j) as

renumbered, there shall be added the following new paragraph

"(k) any other function which the Minister

responsible for the Agency may from time to time delegate

to the Agency.".

In sub-article (1) of article 5 of the Maltese version of the

Order, the words "Il-Ministru responsabbli għall-Aġenzija għandu

jkun il-Ministru responsabbli għall-Ekonomija, l-Investiment u l-

Intrapriżi Żgħar;" shall be deleted and shall be substituted by the

words "Il-Ministru responsabbli għall-Aġenzija għandu jkun il-

Ministru responsabbli għall-Iżvilupp u t-Tkabbir tas-Settur

Marittimu.".

In article 7 of the Order, immediately after the words "and

the Agency" there shall be added the following words

"or as may be directed by the Permanent Secretary from

time to time".

Immediately after article 9 of the principal Order there

shall be added the following new article

The Chairperson and any of the directors of

"Exemption from

liability.

the Board of the Agency, officers and employees of the

Agency, in the performance of their functions under this

Order or any other law administered by the Agency,

shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by

any person by reason of anything done or omitted to be

done in the course of the administration of this Order or

of any other law.".

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