Regulations, 2026

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 21,686, 14 ta’ Lulju, 2026 B 2171

L.N. 194 of 2026

INVESTMENT SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 370)

Investment Services Act (UCITS Mergers) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2026

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 12 of the

Investment Services Act, the Minister responsible for the regulation of

financial services, acting on the advice of the Malta Financial Services

Authority, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Investment Services Act Citation.

(UCITS Mergers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026 and these

regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Investment S.L. 370.19.

Services Act (UCITS Mergers) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as

the "principal regulations".

Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the principal Amends

regulation 2 of

regulations shall be amended as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

the definition "custodian" shall be deleted;

(b) immediately after the definition "cross border

merger" there shall be added the following new definition

" "depositary" means an institution entrusted with the

duties of a depositary in terms of the UCITS Directive and

includes a depositary licensed in accordance with the Act;".

In paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 5 of the Amends

principal regulations the word "custodians" shall be substituted by the regulation

the principal

word "depositaries".

regulations.

In the principal regulations the word "custodian", wherever General

amendment to

it occurs, shall be substituted by the word "depositary".

the principal

regulations.

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