Attorney General with references to the State Advocate

L.N. 212 of 2023

STATE ADVOCATE ACT

(CAP. 603)

Various Laws relating to the substitution of references to the

Attorney General with references to the State Advocate

(Amendment) Regulations, 2023

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 7(2) of the

State Advocate Act, the Minister responsible for justice has made the

following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Various Laws relating to

the substitution of references to the Attorney General with references

to the State Advocate (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 and these

regulations shall be read and construed as one with the State Advocate

Act and with the laws to which reference is made in regulation 2,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal laws".

The words "Attorney General" in the principal laws shall be

substituted by the words "State Advocate" as follows

1. In the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)

(i)

in article 461;

(ii)

in article 462.

2. In the Civil Code (Cap. 16)

(i)

in sub-article (1) of article 661;

(ii)

in the Second Schedule

(a)

in sub-article (3) of article 8;

(b)

in paragraph (d) of sub-article (2) of article 32;

(c)

in paragraph (g) of sub-article (1) of article 38.

In the Agricultural Leases (Reletting) Act (Cap. 199)

(i)

in paragraph (a) of sub-article (6) of article 5.

In the Commissioners for Justice Act (Cap. 291)

(i)

in sub-article (9) of article 4.

In the Consumer Affairs Act (Cap. 378)

(i)

in article 19.

In the Small Claims Tribunal Act (Cap. 380)

(i)

in article 6.

In the Controlled Companies (Procedure for Liquidation)

Act (Cap. 383)

(i)

in sub-article (2) of article 7.

In the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal Act

(Cap. 551)

(i)

in sub-articles (1) and (2) of article 8.

In the Government Lands Act (Cap. 573)

(i)

in sub-article (2) of article 33;

(ii)

in sub-article (1) of article 57.

In the Data Protection Act (Cap. 586)

(i)

in sub-article (2) of article 17.

In the Civil Court (Family Section), The First Hall of the

Civil Court and The Court of Magistrates (Gozo) (Superior

Jurisdiction) (Family Section) Regulations (S.L. 12.20)

(i)

in sub-regulation (4) of regulation 3.

In the Public Procurement Regulations (S.L. 601.03)

(i)

in regulation 255.

In the Adjudicating Panel for Private Residential Leases

Regulations (S.L. 604.01)

(i)

in sub-regulation (2) of regulation 3.

3. (1) The substitution of references to the Attorney General Transitory

with references to the State Advocate as provided in regulation 2 shall provision.

be without prejudice to anything done or which may still have to be

done by the Attorney General in the execution of functions under the

laws referred to in regulation 2.

(2) No formality shall be required for the execution of a

function commenced by the Attorney General before the coming into

force of these regulations to be continued by the State Advocate after

the said coming into force.

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