REGISTRATION OF CRAFTSMEN AND ENTERPRENEURS (MALTA CRAFTS COUNCIL) REGULATIONS (maltacraftscouncil)

REGISTRATION OF CRAFTSMEN

AND ENTERPRENEURS (MALTA CRAFTS COUNCIL)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 421.01

REGISTRATION OF CRAFTSMEN AND

ENTERPRENEURS (MALTA CRAFTS

COUNCIL) REGULATIONS

1st July, 2001

LEGAL NOTICE 157 of 2001.

The title of these regulations is the Registration of

Craftsmen and Entrepreneurs (Malta Crafts Council) Regulations.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Act" means the Malta Crafts Council Act;

"the Council" means the Malta Crafts Council set up under

article 4 of the Act;

"election" means an election of members to the Council from

among craftsmen and entrepreneurs registered with the Council.

(1) Any craftsman or entrepreneur who is a citizen of

Malta, or who is not a citizen of Malta but who has the necessary

permits according to law to operate in Malta, may submit, on a

voluntary basis, his registration with the Council in terms of the

conditions laid down in this regulation.

(2)

A craftsman -

(a)

shall produce a certificate demonstrating his

competence in the practice of any Maltese craft and, or

any document or evidence showing that the craftsman

had been practising any Maltese craft for at least two

years up to the date of his registration;

(b) may register himself in the craftsmen register and be

called as a craftsman, if he operates as an individual,

sohowever that a registered craftsman shall be an

individual who only files an application in his own

name;

(c) shall be eighteen years or over up to the date of his

filing an application for registration.

(3)

An entrepreneur -

(a) shall produce the following documents together with

his application for registration

(i) his VAT registration number,

(ii) his trading licence registration number;

(b) shall be eighteen years or over up to the date of his

filing an application for registration.

The application shall be made on an appropriate form to be

provided by the Council.

REGISTRATION OF CRAFTSMEN

AND ENTERPRENEURS (MALTA CRAFTS COUNCIL)

(1) Any person who functions both as a craftsman and as

an entrepreneur may apply under both categories for the purpose of

registering himself with the Council, insofar as he conforms with

the provisions of the Act and regulations thereunder.

(2) For the purpose of election to the Council, however, a

person who functions both as a craftsman and as an entrepreneur

shall declare under which category he opts to function, and may

participate therein only under that category.

Any application filed on a voluntary basis before the

coming into force of these regulations shall be considered as an

application for the purpose of these regulations.

(1) The Council shall have the right to consider, interpret,

accept or refuse any application for registration both by craftsmen

and by entrepreneurs.

(2) The Council’s decision is final and the Council shall not be

bound in any way of giving any explanation.

Any craftsman or entrepreneur who is registered with the

Council shall be eligible to participate in any benefit or scheme

which the Council may, from time to time, launch according to the

particular conditions of such benefit or scheme.