Award of Honoris Causa Degrees (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

L.N. 307 of 2023

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Award of Honoris Causa Degrees (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74 (5) and 75 (6) of the

Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of the University of Malta has promulgated

the following regulations made by the Senate of the University of Malta by virtue of

the powers conferred upon it by articles 75 (3) and 79 (b) of the said Act

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Award of Honoris Causa Degrees

(Amendment) Regulations, 2023 and shall be read and construed as one with the

Award of Honoris Causa Degrees Regulations, 2017, published as Legal Notice 182

of 2017, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable from 1 January 2024 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 1 of the principal regulations

In paragraph (2) of regulation 1 of the principal regulations, for the

interpretation of “the Committee,” there shall be substituted the following

“ “the Committee” means the Honours Committee (which inter alia covers

the Award of Fellowships and the Naming of Buildings and Spaces)”.

Amendment to regulation 4 of the principal regulations

For the title and for paragraphs (1) and (2) of regulation 4 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following

“Honours Committee

4. (1) Senate and Council shall establish an Honours Committee to propose to

Senate and Council individuals for the conferral of honoris causa degrees.

(2) The Committee shall consist of

The Rector (Chair);

Three members appointed by and from Council; and

Three members of the academic staff appointed by Senate.”

Amendment to regulation 8 of the principal regulations

For the title of regulation 8 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following

“Proceedings of the Honours Committee”

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