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Identity Malta Agency (Establishment)
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
L.N. 95 of 2018
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT
(CAP. 497)
Identity Malta Agency (Establishment)
(Amendment) Order, 2018
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 36 of the
Public Administration Act, the Prime Minister has made the following
The title of this order is the Identity Malta Agency Title.
(Establishment) (Amendment) Order, 2018 and this order shall be read
and construed as one with the Identity Malta Agency (Establishment) S.L. 497.07.
Order, hereinafter referred to as the "principal order".
Article 8 of the principal order shall be substituted by the Substitutes
(1) As a special arrangement in terms of
article 36(2)(d), in conjunction with article 39 of the
Act, the Agency shall be directed by a Board of
Directors composed of five (5) members.
(2) All the Directors shall be non-Executive
Directors, each having one (1) vote.
(3) One (1) of the five (5) Directors shall be a
non-Executive Chairperson.
(4) The Directors, including the non-Executive
Chairperson who shall be appointed from amongst the
Directors, shall be appointed by the Minister.
(5) The members of the Board shall hold office
for a period not exceeding three (3) years. Any member
may, before the expiration of his term of office, resign
by letter addressed to the Minister
Provided that the members of the Board
may be removed from office by the Minister prior to
the expiry of their term of office where, in the opinion
of the Minister, they have been found guilty of
misconduct or where they are, in the opinion of the
Minister, unable to perform the duties of their office.
(6) The Minister shall appoint a person to act as
a Secretary of the Board.
(7) The remuneration paid to members of the
Board shall be in accordance with the Act and
established guidelines.".
3. Immediately after article 8 of the principal order there shall
be added the following new articles
(1) The Agency shall have a Chief
Executive Officer to be styled as the ‘Chief Executive
Officer, Identity Management and Ancillary Services’
who shall be responsible for the performance,
functions and duties of the Agency and who shall be
responsible for the daily management of the Agency in
accordance with the Act.
(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall be
appointed by the Minister.
(3) The Chief Executive Officer shall be
answerable to the Board, and this save the powers
granted to the Minister, the Principal Permanent
Secretary and the Permanent Secretary, by articles 38
and 39 of the Act.
The legal and judicial representation of the
Agency shall vest in the Chief Executive Officer or in
such other officer of the Agency whom the Minister
may, for this purpose, appoint from time to time.".
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