ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW TRIBUNAL (ESTABLISHMENT OF PANELS) REGULATIONS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 490.04

ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW TRIBUNAL

(ESTABLISHMENT OF PANELS)

REGULATIONS

1st January, 2009

LEGAL NOTICE 350 of 2008, as amended by Legal Notices 244, 333 of

2009, 334 of 2010, 30, 133, 212, 327, 487 of 2011, 90, 176, 179, 181, 183,

220, 227, 310, 401 of 2012; Act XXV of 2015, 4 of 2018, 10 of 2019 and 90

of 2019 and Acts XXIX of 2019 and XVII of 2024.

The title of these regulations is the Administrative Review

Tribunal (Establishment of Panels) Regulations.

There are hereby established the following Panels of the

Administrative Review Tribunal

Health Panel

Agriculture Panel

Products and Services Panel

Transport Panel

Fiscal Panel

Media and the Arts Panel

Professions’ Regulation Panel

Communications Panel

Regulation Panel

Lands Panel

Gaming Panel

Digital Innovation Panel

General Jurisdiction Panel.

(1) The assistants appointed on the Health Panel shall be

competent to deal with disputes under the Lepers Ordinance.

(2) The assistants appointed on the Agriculture Panel shall be

competent to deal with disputes under the following legislation

(a) Agriculture Produce (Export) Ordinance;

(b) Animal Welfare Act;

(c) the Producer Organisations Act; and

(d) Importation of Dogs and Cats Regulations.

(3) The assistants appointed on the Products and Services

Panel shall be competent to deal with disputes under the following

legislation

(a) Spirits Ordinance;

(b) Wine Act;

(c) Airport (Groundhandling Services) Regulations;

(d) the Business Promotion Act;

(e) the Supplies and Services Act;

(f)

the Control of Kerosene Regulations;

(g) the Farmers’ Market Regulations.

(4) The assistants appointed on the Transport Panel shall be

competent to deal with disputes under the following legislation

(a) Motor Vehicles Roadworthiness Test Regulations;

(b) Motor Vehicles

(Carriage

of

Goods

by

Road)

Regulations;

(c) Exemption from Motor Vehicles Registration Tax

Rules;

(d) Registration and

Licensing

of

Motor

Vehicles

Regulations; and

(e) the Malta Freeports Act.

(5) The assistants appointed on the Fiscal Panel shall be

competent to deal with disputes under the following legislation

(a) the Income Tax Act;

(b) the Import Duties Act;

(c) the Duty on Documents and Transfers Act;

(d) the Income Tax Management Act;

(e) the Excise Duty Act;

(f)

the Customs and Excise Tax Act; and

(g) the Value Added Tax Act.

(6) The assistants appointed on the Media and the Arts Panel

shall be competent to deal with disputes under the Cinema and

Stage Regulations.

(7) The assistants appointed on the Professions’ Regulation

Panel shall be competent to deal with disputes under the following

legislation

(a) the Accountancy Profession Act;

(b) the Inġiniera Act; and

(c) the Periti Act.

(8) The assistants appointed on the Communications Panel

shall be competent to deal with disputes under the following

legislation

(a) the Utilities and Services (Regulation of Certain

Works) Act;

(b) Postal Services Act;

(c) Postal Services (General) Regulations;

(d) Electronic Communications (Regulation) Act;

(e) Directives by the Malta Communications Authority;

(f) Deleted by Legal Notice 90 of 2019.

(g) Electronic Communications Networks and Services

(General) Regulations;

(h) Malta Communications Authority Act;

(i) Electronic Commerce Act; and

(j) Accessibility of the Website and Mobile Applications of

Public Sector Bodies Regulations.

(9) The assistants appointed on the Regulation Panel shall be

competent to deal with disputes under the Regulator for Energy and

Water Services Act and the Regulator for Energy and Water Services

Act.

(10) The assistants appointed on the Lands Panel shall be

competent to deal with disputes under the following legislation

(a) the Lands Authority Act; and

(b) the Government Lands Act.

(11) The assistants appointed on the Gaming Panel shall be

competent to deal with disputes under the Gaming Act.

(12) The assistants appointed on the Digital Innovation Panel

shall be competent to deal with disputes under the Malta Digital

Innovation Authority Act.

(13) The assistants appointed on the General Jurisdiction Panel

shall be competent to deal with disputes under the following

legislation

(a) Private Guards and Community Officers Act;

(b) Co-operative Societies Act;

(c) Control of

Fireworks

and

other

Explosives

Regulations;

(d) Civil Explosives Regulations;

(e) Airport Security (Background Checks) Regulations;

(f)

National Malta Library Regulations;

(g) Malta Public Library Regulations;

(h) the Voluntary Organisations Act;

(i)

the Identity Card and other Identity Documents Act; and

(j)

the Education Act.

(14) The General Jurisdiction Panel shall also be competent to

deal with disputes not falling under any of the legislation referred

to in these regulations and shall therefore also be competent to

decide that a particular dispute does not fall within the competence

of any of the Panels established by these regulations.