MT
Waste Management Regulations, 2023
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
L.N. 222 of 2023
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT
(CAP. 363)
Processing of Personal Data for the Purpose of Ensuring Proper
Waste Management Regulations, 2023
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 72(1) of the
Local Government Act, the Minister responsible for local government
has made the following regulations:-
The title of these regulations is the Processing of Personal Citation.
Data for the Purpose of Ensuring Proper Waste Management, 2023.
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires
Interpretation.
"Act" means the Local Government Act;
"holiday premises" shall have the same meaning as
assigned to in the Holiday Premises Regulations;
"Local Council" shall have the same meaning as assigned
to it in the Act;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for local
government;
"Regulation (EU) 2016/679" means Regulation (EU) 2016/
679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April
2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the
processing of personal data and on the free movement of such
data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection
Regulations).
In the exercise of its functions pursuant to article 33(1)(q) Power to
of the Act, the Local Council shall have the power to request, by request
information.
means of a notice in writing, any information from the Malta Tourism
Authority in relation to persons licensed to operate holiday premises in
accordance with the Holiday Premises Regulations, which premises S.L. 409.11.
are situated within that particular locality
Provided that the said information shall be exclusively
necessary for the purpose of ensuring proper waste management
within the locality in which the holiday premises are located.
(1)
These regulations shall not prejudice the
applicability of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and of the Data Protection
Act, including the regulations made thereunder, and the fundamental
rights and freedoms of the data subjects.
(2) The Local Council acting in its capacity of a controller in
accordance with Article 4(7) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 shall
perform the relevant data processing operations which are limited to
the extent necessary and proportionate to the objective pursued by the
Local Council.
(3) For the purposes of these regulations, the processing of
personal data shall fully comply with all the principles relating to the
processing of personal data pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EU)
2016/679.
(4) The Local Council shall provide the data subjects with the
information stipulated in Article 14(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU)
2016/679 which is necessary to ensure fair and transparent processing.
(5) The Local Council shall take all reasonable steps and
measures to ensure that the personal data processed for the purpose of
these regulations are accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.
(6) The Local Council, whilst taking into account the nature,
scope, context and purposes of processing, as well as the risks of
varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of the data
subjects, at the time of the determination of the means for processing
as well as at the time of the processing itself, shall implement
appropriate technical and organisational measures in an effective
manner and integrate the necessary safeguards into the processing, in
order to protect the rights of the data subjects and to ensure a level of
security appropriate to the risk.
(7) For the purposes of ensuring and to be able to demonstrate
compliance with the principles relating to the processing of personal
data, the Local Council shall implement the appropriate data
protection policies, which policies shall be periodically reviewed and
updated where necessary.
(8) The data protection officer designated by the controller in
accordance with Article 37 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 shall be
involved and consulted in a timely manner on all issues in relation to
the protection of personal data processed for the purposes of these
regulations.
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