PERMITS (PROTECTION OF FOREIGN DIGNITARIES) REGULATIONS

PERMITS (PROTECTION OF FOREIGN DIGNITARIES)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 480.06

PERMITS (PROTECTION OF FOREIGN

DIGNITARIES) REGULATIONS

10th November, 2015

LEGAL NOTICE 361 of 2015.

The title of these regulations is the Permits (Protection of

Foreign Dignitaries) Regulations.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

"Act" means the Arms Act;

"ammunition" means the ammunition listed under item 10 of Part

I of Schedule II to the Act;

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Police;

"firearms" means the firearms listed under items 1 and 3 of Part I

of Schedule II to the Act;

"foreign dignitary" means any person present in Malta and who

is a dignitary or a high official of a State other than Malta or of an

international organisation recognised by the Minister for Foreign

Affairs;

"security officers" means officers employed by a foreign

Government or by an international organisation whose competence

to act as such has been certified by an authority outside Malta, who

are authorised to carry firearms in the course of their duties outside

Malta and who have been officially entrusted with the

responsibility of providing protection services to a foreign

dignitary visiting Malta.

(1) The Commissioner may in special circumstances issue

a permit in terms of these regulations for the import and carriage of

firearms and ammunition, for the purpose of the protection of the

life and security of a foreign dignitary, to security officers

accompanying foreign dignitaries whilst visiting Malta.

(2) A request for a permit under these regulations shall be

received through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and forwarded

for processing by the Commissioner.

(3) The said permit may only be issued to security officers as

defined in regulation 2.

(4) In issuing a permit under these regulations the

Commissioner may provide for such conditions, procedures or

restrictions as he may deem appropriate.

A permit issued under these regulations shall not be subject

to a fee and will be for a specified period.