REQUISITION OF COARSE SALT REGULATIONS

REQUISITION OF COARSE SALT

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 117.23

REQUISITION OF COARSE SALT REGULATIONS

29th July, 1977

LEGAL NOTICE 93 of 1977, as amended by Legal Notice 409 of 2007.

The title of these regulations is the Requisition of Coarse

Salt Regulations.

In

these

regulations,

unless

the

context

otherwise

requires -

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for trade;

"requisitionee" means the person from whose possession any

coarse salt is requisitioned by the Minister;

"requisition" means the taking possession of any coarse salt by

the Minister.

The Minister may, by order under his hand, requisition any

coarse salt from any requisitionee and may give such directions as

appear to him necessary or expedient in order that the requisition

may be put into immediate effect and complied with.

The Minister, or any person authorised by him in writing,

may enter any premises with a view to securing compliance with

the requisition order.

The Minister may use or authorise the disposal of any

coarse salt requisitioned by him under these regulations in such

manner and subject to such conditions as he considers expedient

having regard to the public interest.

(1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with

any requisition order made by the Minister under regulation 3 or

who performs any act or omits to perform any act knowing or

having reasonable cause to believe that such act or omission is

likely to frustrate, hinder or obstruct the execution or the carrying

out of any measure, direction or authorisation given under these

regulations, connected with such requisition order, shall, on

conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six

months and to a fine (multa) of not less than four hundred and

sixty-five euros and eighty-seven cents (465.87) and not exceeding

two thousand and three hundred and twenty-nine euros and thirty-

seven cents (2,329.37).

(2) The Court shall, besides awarding punishment, order the

offender to comply with these regulations within a time to be fixed

by the Court, and if the offender fails to comply with any such

order he shall be liable to a fine (multa) of from four hundred and

sixty-five euros and eighty-seven cents (465.87) to one thousand

a nd o ne h un dr e d a n d s i xt y- f ou r e u ro s a nd s i xt y- n in e c e nt s

(1,164.69) for every day of default, or part thereof, after the expiry

of the said time.

REQUISITION OF COARSE SALT

(1) In default of agreement between the Minister and the

requisitionee, the compensation payable to the latter shall be such

as is deemed fair and reasonable in all the circumstances of the case

by a Board to be composed as follows

(a) a Magistrate, to be appointed by the Prime Minister, as

Chairman;

(b) a person to be appointed by the Minister as his

representative; and

(c) a person to be appointed by the requisitionee as his

representative.

(2) If the requisitionee does not appoint his representative

within the period of seven days from the day on which he is asked

in writing to do so, the Minister shall appoint a third member to

represent the requisitionee.

(3) Before starting the proceedings relative to the assessment

of the compensation payable to the requisitionee, the members of

the board, with the exception of the chairman, shall take before the

Chairman the oath to examine and decide with equity and

impartiality the matter before it.

(4) The Board shall regulate its own procedure subject to the

rules of natural justice and shall have the same powers as are by the

Code of Organization and Civil Procedure conferred on the Court

of Magistrates (Malta) or the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) to call

witnesses and hear evidence on oath; summons to witnesses shall

be signed by the Chairman of the Board.