Qualifications for Notarial Appointment Regulations, 2018

L.N. 156 of 2018

NOTARIAL PROFESSION AND NOTARIAL ARCHIVES ACT

(CAP. 55)

Qualifications for Notarial Appointment Regulations, 2018

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 152 of the Notarial

Profession and Notarial Archives Act, the Minister for Justice, Culture and

Local Government, has made the following regulations:-

(1)

The title of these regulations is the Qualifications for Title.

Notarial Appointment Regulations, 2018.

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into force on

the 1 st January 2018.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

Interpretation.

"the Act" means the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act;

"trainee" means any person who has obtained the academic degree

mentioned in article 6(c) of the Act, and who intends to sit for the

qualification examination mentioned in the said article.

(1)

For the purposes of article 6 (b) of the Act, any person Offences.

who is found guilty of a crime under Title III Subtitle III, Title V, Title VI,

Title VIII Sub-title IX, article 257 and Title IX Subtitles I and III of the

Criminal Code, shall not be considered to be of good conduct and any Cap. 9.

person who has lost at any time a warrant to practise as a notary, advocate or

legal procurator, shall not be considered to be of good character.

(2) Every prospective candidate shall be bound to present a good

conduct certificate from the Malta Police to the Examination Board, proving

that he has not been convicted of any crime mentioned in this regulation.

For the purposes of article 6(d) of the Act, the trainee shall be Registration.

bound to register the commencement of his notarial practice by logging said

start of practice on the Notarial Council’s website, or register the start of

such practice under such procedures as may be established for this purpose

by the Notarial Council from time to time, and shall provide all necessary

details which may be requested by the said Notarial Council in this regard.

The Council shall be bound to issue an acknowledgement regarding the

conclusion of notarial practice, unless the said practice would have been

terminated or suspended at any time. This sub-regulation shall only have

effect with regards to trainees sitting for their qualifying examination in the

year 2020 and thereafter.

For the purposes of article 6(e) of the Act the trainee shall have Maltese

attained a pass in Maltese language at Intermediate level standard at a language.

session of the Matriculation Examination offered by the MATSEC Board of

the University of Malta, and shall provide to the Board a certificate to this

effect.

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