Regulations, 2024

L.N. 57 of 2024

IMMIGRATION ACT

(CAP. 217)

Malta Permanent Residence Programme (Amendment)

Regulations, 2024

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 7A and 36 of

the Immigration Act, the Minister responsible for immigration has

made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Malta Permanent Citation.

Residence Programme (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 and these

regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Malta S.L. 217.26.

Permanent Residence Programme Regulations, hereinafter referred to

as "the principal regulations".

Regulation 15 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 15 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be amended as

follows

(i) in paragraph (a) thereof, immediately after the

word "national;" there shall be added the word "and";

(ii) in paragraph (b) thereof, the words "Residence

Programme Rules;" shall be substituted by the words

"Residence Programme Rules."; and

(iii) paragraph (c) thereof shall be deleted; and

(b) immediately after sub-regulation (2) thereof, as

amended, there shall be added the following new sub-regulation

"(3) An approved dependant included on a

certificate shall not be issued with a residence card unless

he proves to the satisfaction of the Agency that he is in

possession of sickness insurance in respect of all risks

normally covered for Maltese nationals. An approved

dependant issued with a residence card shall at all times

maintain such sickness insurance to the satisfaction of the

Agency for the entire duration of the residence card, in

default the Agency shall remove the approved dependant

from the certificate issued in accordance with regulation

17(4).".

Immediately after sub-regulation (9) of regulation 17 of the

principal regulations there shall be added the following new sub-

regulation

"(10) Until the Agency investigates and determines

whether there are grounds for the cessation of the benefits of a

certificate issued in accordance with sub-regulations (2) and (4),

the Agency shall have the power to give such orders and

directions as it deems appropriate in the circumstances including

ordering a beneficiary and, or dependent to deposit his residence

card with the Agency.".

Regulation 21 of the principal regulations shall be amended

as follows

(a)

sub-regulation (3) thereof shall be amended as

follows

(i) the words "Commissioner for Revenue," shall

be substituted by the words "Commissioner for Tax and

Customs,"; and

(ii) the words "Malta Financial Services Authority,"

shall be substituted by the words "Malta Financial Services

Authority, the Malta Business Registry,"; and

(b) immediately after sub-regulation (4) thereof there

shall be added the following new sub-regulation

"(5) Without prejudice to the provisions of the other

sub-regulations, the Agency shall also have the power to

furnish to the Commissioner for Tax and Customs the name

and surname, nationality, date of birth, residence address in

the original jurisdiction of tax residence and tax

information registration number of the beneficiary and the

dependants included on a certificate issued in accordance

with these regulations.".

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