Resource, Recovery and Recycling Agency

L. N. 286 of 2018

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT

(CAP. 497)

Resource, Recovery and Recycling Agency

(Establishment) Order, 2018

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 36 of the

Public Administration Act, the Prime Minister has made the

following order

The title of this order is the Resource, Recovery and

Recycling Agency (Establishment) Order, 2018.

In this order, unless the context otherwise requires –

"the Act" means the Public Administration Act;

"Agency" means the Resource, Recovery and Recycling Agency

established by this order;

"Agency Agreement" means the Agreement as provided for in

article 9;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for the environment;

"Permanent Secretary" means the Permanent Secretary in the

Ministry responsible for the environment.

(1)

There is hereby established an Agency, to be

known as the Resource, Recovery and Recycling Agency, which shall

carry out the functions and duties of the public administration in the

following matters

(a)

to foster a transition towards, and implement

measures, for the growth and development of the circular

economy;

(b)

to promote, manage and implement measures,

projects and initiatives that support the transition to a more

circular economy;

(c)

to promote, manage and implement measures,

projects and initiatives that support enhanced resource

productivity, lengthening the resource life cycle and the

retention of materials in the economy for a longer period of

time;

(d)

to provide the right climate for efficient, effective,

convenient, accessible and reliable circular economy action;

(e)

to develop and propose schemes that focus on

selected resources to promote their better management,

productivity and foster resource aggregation;

(f)

to ensure that, where applicable, government’s

policy and regulatory frameworks are more aligned to

circularity principles;

(g)

to promote the development of secondary markets

for end of life resources;

(h)

to promote a transition towards more sustainable

production and consumption patterns in both products and

(i)

to increase the attractiveness of research and

innovation in the sector as well as the piloting of new

approaches towards resource recovery and use;

(j)

to promote the eco-design of products to increase

their durability, repairability and upgradability;

(k)

to foster public education and awareness initiatives

on the appreciation of the potential of the circular economy to

contribute towards sustainable development;

(l)

to promote collaboration that could positively

contribute towards the transition to a more circular economy;

(m)

to adopt, or where not available, establish

indicators that permit the measurement of progress achieved in

the transition to a more circular economy;

(n)

to advise the Minister on measures or new

initiatives relating to the circular economy;

(o)

to conduct market sector or sub-sector studies in

order to determine the feasibility of promoting circular concepts

and initiatives;

(p)

to promote research and innovation of aspects

related to the circular economy;

(q)

to provide or develop training programmes in

relation to the above;

(r)

to conduct market studies to determine whether

there are any structural failures that are impeding circular

actions and propose corrective or support measures thereto;

(s)

such other matters which are ancillary, incidental

or consequential to the matters stipulated above as the Minister

may from time to time determine and;

(t)

the general regulation of its own procedures,

provided it does not violate the provisions of any other law.

The Minister responsible for the Agency shall be

the Minister responsible for the environment.

(2) The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry responsible for

the environment shall supervise the Agency in terms of article 39 of

Provided that the Prime Minister may assign the

responsibility of the Agency to another Minister and its supervision to

the Permanent Secretary of that Ministry.

The Agency shall, in consultation with the

Minister, establish and re-organise units, divisions and sections as

appropriate in order to exercise its functions.

(2) The operations of the Agency shall follow an Agreement

which is to be agreed upon in writing between the Permanent

Secretary and the Agency.

Subject to the other provisions of this order, the

executive conduct of the Agency, its administration and organisation

and the administrative control of its officers and employees, shall be

the responsibility of a Chief Executive, who shall be appointed by the

(2) The Chief Executive shall be responsible for the

implementation of the objectives of the Agency in the exercise of its

functions and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, he

(a)

assume full responsibility for the overall

supervision and control of the units, divisions and sections;

(b)

assign to each unit, division and section such duties

which he considers necessary or expedient;

(c)

co-ordinate the work of the units, divisions and

sections;

(d)

develop the necessary strategies

for

the

implementation of the objectives of the Agency; and

(e)

perform such other duties as the responsible

Minister may assign to him from time to time.

(1)

Il-Ministru responsabbli għall-Aġenzija jkun il- Il-Ministru

responsabbli

Ministru responsabbli għall-ambjent.

għall-Aġenzija.

(2) Is-Segretarju Permanenti fil-Ministeru responsabbli għall-

ambjent għandu jissorvelja l-Aġenzija skont l-artikolu 39 tal-Att

Iżda l-Prim Ministru jista’ jassenja r-responsabbiltà għall-

Aġenzija lil Ministru ieħor u s-superviżjoni tagħha lis-Segretarju

Permanenti ta’ dak il-Ministeru.

(1)

L-Aġenzija,

b’konsultazzjoni

mal-Ministru, L-istruttura

twaqqaf u tirrijorganizza unitajiet, diviżjonijiet u sezzjonijiet kif ikun operattiva

Aġenzija.

adegwat biex teżerċita l-funzjonijiet tagħha.

(2) L-operazzjonijiet tal-Aġenzija għandha ssegwi Ftehim li

għandu jiġi miftiehem bil-miktub bejn is-Segretarju Permanenti u l-

Aġenzija.

(1)

Bla ħsara għad-dispożizzjonijiet oħra ta’ dan l- Ir-rwol tal-Kap

ordni, l-aġir eżekuttiv tal-Aġenzija, l-amministrazzjoni u l- Uffiċjal

Eżekuttiv.

organizzazzjoni tagħha u l-kontroll amministrattiv tal-uffiċjali u l-

impjegati tagħha, għandhom ikunu ir-responsabbiltà tal-Kap

Eżekuttiv, li jkun appuntat mill-Ministru.

(2) Il-Kap Eżekuttiv ikun responsabbli għall-implimentazzjoni

tal-għanijiet tal-Aġenzija fl-eżerċizzju tal-funzjonijiet tagħha u,

mingħajr preġudizzju għall-ġeneralità ta’ li ġej, huwa għandu

(a)

jassumi r-responsabbiltà kollha għas-superviżjoni u

kontroll ġenerali tal-unitajiet, diviżjonijiet u sezzjonijiet;

(b)

jassenja lil kull unità, diviżjoni u sezzjoni tali

dmirijiet li huwa jikkunsidra neċessarji jew espedjenti;

(ċ)

jikoordina x-xogħol tal-unitajiet, tad-diviżjonijiet u

tas-sezzjonijiet;

(d)

jiżviluppa

l-istrateġiji

neċessarji

għall-

implimentazzjoni tal-għanijiet tal-Aġenzija; u

(e)

iwettaq dawk id-dmirijiet oħra li l-Ministru

responsabbli jista’ jassenja lilu minn żmien għal żmien.

(1)

Public officers deployed with the Agency shall be Deployment of

deemed to be detailed with the Agency in accordance with article 43 public

and recruitment

of the Act .

with the

Agency.

(2) Subject to the provisions of the Act and of any other

legislation, the Agency shall have authority to engage its own

employees.

The Agency shall be governed by the provisions of the Financial

Financial Administration and Audit Act unless otherwise stated in the arrangements.

Agency agreement between the Permanent Secretary and the Agency,

in which case the provisions of the Agency agreement shall prevail.

The operations of the Agency shall follow an Agency Other special

performance agreement which is to be agreed between the Permanent arrangements

applying to the

Secretary and the Agency. The provisions of article 40 of the Act Agency.

shall apply.

(1)

The Minister may establish an Advisory Board to Advisory Board.

assist the Chief Executive Officer in the discharge of his duties.

(2) The Advisory Board established under this article shall be

chaired by the Chief Executive Officer and shall consist of not less

than two and not more than four members appointed by the Minister.

(3) The remuneration paid to members of the Advisory Board

shall be in accordance with the directives and guidelines issued by the

Agency from time to time.

In the Fourth Schedule of the Public Administration Act, Amends the

immediately after the item "Public Administration – Human Resource Fourth

of the Act.

Development Unit Agency" there shall be added the following

"

Agency

Agency Function

Resource, Recovery and to execute the functions and duties

Recycling Agency

relating to circular economy

".

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