Local Enforcement System (Establishment as an Agency)

L.N. 184 of 2023

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT

(CAP. 595)

Local Enforcement System (Establishment as an Agency)

(Amendment) Order, 2023

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 26 of the

Public Administration Act, the Prime Minister has made the following

The title of this order is the Local Enforcement System Citation.

(Establishment as an Agency) (Amendment) Order, 2023 and this

order shall be read and construed as one with the Local Enforcement S.L. 595.14.

System (Establishment as an Agency) Order, hereinafter referred to as

"the principal order".

Paragraph (c) of article 3 of the principal order shall be Amends article

3 of the

substituted by the following new paragraph

principal order.

"(c) administering and apportioning between the local

councils any net surpluses, after the apportionments made in

accordance with regulation 8A, resulting from enforcement

operations in accordance with a formula established by

agreement, following consultations between the local councils’

association and the Minister;".

In article 6 of the principal order, immediately after sub- Amends article

6 of the

article (2) there shall be added the following new sub-article

principal order.

"(3) The Chief Executive Officer shall be the

prosecutor in any relevant hearing in the local

tribunal and shall have the same powers assigned to

the Executive Police in accordance with the

Commissioners for Justice Act. Service of any

summons shall be effected by the Chief Executive

Officer as provided in article 6(2) of the

Commissioners for Justice Act or by the Executive

Police or by a community officer;

Provided that the functions of the Chief

Executive Officer in accordance with this sub-article

may be delegated to any other person as the Chief

Executive Officer may determine.".

Immediately after article 8 of the principal order there shall

be added the following new article

(1) There shall be established a fund to

be known as the Contingency Fund, with an

authorised capital as recommended by the Advisory

Board, after taking into account the Agency’s

commitment and future plans, and that the amount

shall be provided from appropriations made from

time to time out of the net surpluses of any Agency.

(2) The Agency shall have the power and

authority to establish an amount from any net

surpluses, which shall be used for the purpose of

funding any worthy social or philanthropic causes,

that may be identified from time to time.".

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