ADDRESS REGISTER AND RELATED LOCATION (GEOSPATIAL) REGISTERS REGULATIONS (geospatial)

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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 546.04

ADDRESS REGISTER AND RELATED LOCATION

(GEOSPATIAL) REGISTERS REGULATIONS

21st April, 2026 *

LEGAL NOTICE 205 of 2025.

(1)

The title of these regulations is the Address

Register and related Location (Geospatial) Registers Regulations.

(2)

The scope of these regulations is to establish a set of

registers relating to the keeping and updating of an address of an

existing or planned officially identified structure in Malta, as may be

required in order to ensure consistent and coherent use of such data.

These regulations further provide that such registers are to be used

either in conjunction with each other or as individual registers to

provide official records pertinent to that specific type of geospatial

location.

(3)

These regulations shall come into force on such date or

dates as the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette establish, and

different dates may be so established for different provisions and, or

different purposes of these regulations.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise

requires

"Act" means the Re-Use of Public Sector Information

Act;

"address" means the combination of details describing an

addressable object being a bounded place used for habitation,

work, entertainment or any other type of human related activity

which is based on a hierarchical combination of geographic

names of regions or localities, streets, buildings and doors or

entry points together with a post code which uniquely identify a

place where items or services may be delivered;

"addressable object" means any built structure or

geographic location which is generally known by one (1) or

more names, having specific geocodes for the latitude,

longitude and elevation, where applicable, for such structures

or place names and which can be plotted on a map;

*Vide Legal Notice 103 of 2026.

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"base map" or "official base map" means the digital

national geographical database managed by the Planning

Authority as referred to in article 38(1)(e) of the Development

Planning Act, which is designed to serve as the underlying

geospatial layer on which other spatial information may be

referenced and linked to;

"building" means a specific type of location which

represents a built structure which is included in the Buildings

Register. Every building listed in the Buildings Register shall

be identified in accordance with the location uniform resource

identifier and geospatial details;

"building entry point" means any form of passageway or

opening as part of a building accessible from a street and which

is used to enter or exit such a building;

"country" means the specific type of location which

includes the name of a geographical area or territory recognised

at international level and as published by the International

Standards Organisation through the ISO 3166 list of countries,

which also includes names and codes of countries that

previously existed. Every country shall be identified in

accordance with the location uniform resource identifier and

geospatial details;

"Data Governance Council" means the Data Governance

Council as established by Part XI of the Organisational

Structures for Data Sharing and Re-Use Regulations and for the

purposes of these regulations shall have the same functions

therein established;

"data owner" shall have the same meaning assigned to it

in the Organisational Structures for Data Sharing and Re-Use

Regulations;

"data source" means the data as identified and requested

by the Registrar for the purposes of the creation and

maintenance of the Register and subsidiary registers;

"entity" means any entity or body corporate of any

nature, whether public or private;

"good quality data" means data which is complete,

unique, consistent, timely, valid and accurate, in the method of

transmission as required by the Registrar;

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"locality" means a specific type of location which

identifies a geographical area which has its geographical

boundary clearly defined and, or is included in the base map

and is recognised by the Local Government Act. Every locality

shall be identified in accordance with the location uniform

resource identifier and geospatial details;

"location" means the record containing the human

readable information which, together with the geographic

coordinates and spatial data of an addressable object from the

base map, represent a particular place or physical structure;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for public

sector information;

"official record" shall have the same meaning as assigned

to it in regulation 2 of the Organisational Structures for Data

Sharing and Re-Use Regulations;

"official register" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in regulation 2 of the Organisational Structures

for Data Sharing and Re-Use Regulations;

"post code" means the system of codes created and

applied, from time to time, by the postal services provider as

authorised by the authority responsible for the regulation of

communications. Every post code shall be identified in

accordance with the location uniform resource identifier and

geospatial details;

"public officer" shall have the same meaning as assigned

to it in article 124 of the Constitution;

"public sector body" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Act;

"public sector entity" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Act;

"public service" shall have the same meaning as assigned

to it in the Public Administration Act;

"region" means a specific type of location which

represents a subdivision of Malta as may be identified and

included by the Registrar. Every region shall be identified in

accordance with its location uniform resource identifier and

geospatial details;

"Register" means the Address Register as established in

regulation 4;

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"Registrar" means the Registrar of Addresses who shall

be responsible for the Register and subsidiary registers;

"regulatory authority" means the regulatory authority

established by regulation 4 of the Organisational Structures for

Data Sharing and Re-use Regulations;

"street" means a specific location which is public or

private and which serves as a thoroughfare or any other type of

passageway and has a name recognised by the Registrar. Every

street thus identified shall be linked to, and form part of, only

one (1) locality or sub-locality. Every street shall be identified

in accordance with the location uniform resource identifier and

geospatial details;

"sub-locality" means a specific area within a locality.

Every sub-locality shall be identified in accordance with its

location uniform resource identifier and geospatial details;

"subsidiary register" means the subsidiary registers as

established in regulation 4, as follows

(a)

the Buildings Register;

(b)

the Streets Register;

(c)

the Localities Register;

(d)

the Post Codes Register;

(e)

the Regions Register;

(f)

the Countries Register; and

(g)

any other subsidiary register as the

Registrar may establish from time to time;

"uniform resource identifier" or "URI" is a web-

compliant format for the allocation of a machine-readable

persistent identifier for every record in an official register,

including the different identifiers assigned to the different

versions of each record;

"user" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in

regulation 2 of the Organizational Structures for Data Sharing

and Re-Use Regulations.

(1)

There shall be established the Office of the

Address Registrar, which shall be under the management of the

Registrar, whose functions shall be as defined in these regulations.

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(2)

The Registrar shall be designated as the data owner in

respect of the data as processed following its inclusion in the Register

and subsidiary registers.

(3)

The Registrar shall be the public officer holding the office

of Chief Electoral Commissioner in his capacity as Head of Department

in the Electoral Office for the purposes of the Public Administration

(4)

The Registrar shall carry out all the functions required

for the purpose of any matter connected with the establishment and

management of the Register and subsidiary registers

Provided that without prejudice to the generality of the

provisions of sub-regulation (1), the functions of the Registrar shall

include

(a) * the creation and maintenance of address records,

ensuring the quality and accuracy of the address records within

the Register and subsidiary registers in so far as the details may

be ascertained or verified on the basis of other official registers

and other official data sources as the Registrar may deem fit and

as may be required from time to time;

(b) † the regulation related to the manner in which the

Register and subsidiary registers are to be made and kept;

(c) ‡ the retention of an audit trail of the changes and

amendments to the Register and subsidiary registers;

(d)

the issuance of standards related to

(i)

street naming;

(ii)

building and door naming;

(iii)

door numbering; and

(iv)

any other matter that the Registrar deems

necessary;

(e) § the establishment, together with such entities as

the Registrar considers appropriate, as far as possible, of the

geocoding of addressable objects;

(f)

the establishment of official processes for the

implementation of functions of the Registrar, maintenance of

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†Not yet in force.

‡Not yet in force.

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the Register and subsidiary registers, creation of new addresses

or changes to an existing address;

(g) *

the creation of the relative URI;

(h)

prescribing the formalities that are to be observed,

the precautions that are to be taken, the instruments that are to

be used, the notices that are to be issued, and the evidence that

is to be brought in all processes before the Registrar or in

connection with the registration;

(i) † regulating the custody of any data which from

time to time comes into the Registrar’s possession, with power

to direct the destruction of any such data where it would have

become altogether superseded by entries in the Register, or

have ceased to have any effect;

(j)

the conduct of official searches and address

certification;

(k)

prescribing the way any notices required by these

regulations are to be issued;

(l)

any other functions ancillary thereto, including

the issuing of orders in the Gazette.

(5)

The Registrar may, in accordance with the provisions of

these Regulations, delegate any one or more of its functions under

such conditions as it may deem appropriate.

(6)

The Registrar may appoint officers, as may be required

from time to time, as provided by the Public Administration Act, in

order to ensure that the functions of the Office of the Address

Registrar are duly carried out.

(1)

There shall be established a Register, which shall

contain therein the details of all addresses in Malta, and which shall be

based on data derived from the Location Base Register in accordance

with the First Schedule, which shall hold records containing the

necessary information required to identify any type of land, sea or air

parcel including geocoding and which shall be linked to the relevant

geospatial record from the official base map of Malta, and the

following subsidiary registers

(a)

the Buildings Register which shall hold records of

all buildings together with their entry points;

(b)

the Streets Register which shall hold records of all

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†Not yet in force.

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streets which are publicly or privately-owned and which serve

as thoroughfares or any other type of passageway and which are

assigned a name by the Registrar;

(c)

the Localities Register which shall hold records of

all the localities, communities and sub-localities which are

identified on the official base map;

(d)

the Post Codes Register which shall hold records

that represent defined physical areas as established from time to

time by the postal services provider as mandated by the

authority responsible for the regulation of communications to

provide postal services in Malta;

(e)

the Regions Register which shall hold the list of

officially recognized geographical regions which represent a

sub-division of Malta, as may be identified and included by the

Registrar; and

(f)

the Countries Register which shall hold records of

countries and territories

Provided that the Registrar, may from time to time, after

the publication of a notice in the Gazette, establish the data elements

and data types which are mandatory for each register, add new data

elements and data types to the Register and subsidiary registers, and

establish other subsidiary registers made up of the relevant data

elements

Provided further that data elements may not be populated

with the required content as from initial implementation of the

Register and subsidiary registers.

(2) * The subsidiary registers shall be an extension of the

Location Base Register establishing the Address Register, and shall

contain the data elements as provided under the First to the Eighth

Schedules.

(3)

The Registrar shall request, at his discretion, and receive

from the entities concerned, without incurring any costs, the relevant

and good quality data together with its metadata, in machine-readable

format from the competent data sources. The entity concerned shall

comply with this request within a reasonable time-frame as established

by the Registrar.

(4)

New address records or changes to existing address

details may be created only by the processes as established by the

Registrar.

*Not yet in force.

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(1)

The entities requested by the Registrar to provide

data relevant to the Register and subsidiary registers shall make

available and give the data requested by the Registrar and shall also

have the responsibility to

(a)

maintain their records and, or data elements listed

in the First to the Eighth Schedules and ensure that the

information shared with the Registrar is good quality data,

which reflects true and updated information;

(b)

facilitate the machine to machine communication

of information that shall be shared or re-used on the basis of

these regulations; and

(c) * indicate, when sharing data with the Registrar, the

unique identifier of every entry included in the Register and in

respect of which a record is required to be kept.

(2)

The sharing of data is required to

(a)

establish and maintain the Register and Subsidiary

Registers, for the implementation of these regulations;

(b)

facilitate the re-use and exchange of address

related data to

(i)

reduce

the

duplication

and

increase

efficiency; and

(ii)

facilitate and improve the correctness and

quality of services being delivered;

(c)

assist in the identification or correction of any

erroneous data held by one or more of the data sources

concerned to establish an address record.

(1)

Data pertaining to planning permits and building

development shall be made available by the responsible authorities, in

the format as shall be established by the Registrar, from time to time.

(2)

The data shall be good quality data and made available

upon the issuance of the permits by the authorities responsible for

planning and building development.

(3)

The purpose of the sharing of this data is to establish the

address record at the earliest instance to serve for all the other related

processes and permits relating to the said building development.

(4)

The data requested by the Registrar shall be shared by the

*Not yet in force.

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entities concerned with the Registrar without any costs incurred by the

Registrar, within reasonable time-frames as established by the

Registrar.

(1)

The postal services provider, as mandated by the

authority responsible for the regulation of communications established

by the Malta Communications Authority Act to maintain the national

list of post codes for Malta, shall be required to participate and assist

the Registrar in the maintenance of the address records, and to provide

good quality data in the format as shall be established by the Registrar,

from time to time.

(2)

The data shall be made available immediately upon

(a)

any amendment to the list of post codes; or

(b)

upon the creation of a new address by the

Registrar.

(3)

The purpose of the sharing of this data is to establish the

link between a post code and a door number or a building entry point.

(4)

The data requested by the Registrar shall be shared by the

entities concerned with the Registrar without any costs incurred by the

Registrar, within reasonable time-frames as established by the

Registrar.

(1)

The Registrar may request the sharing of good

quality data by any entity in possession of data relating to the address.

The requested data shall be shared in the format as established by the

Registrar from time to time.

(2)

The purpose of sharing of this data is to maintain the

Register.

*

The Registrar shall ensure transparency in its processes

by establishing a record version control mechanism of the Register,

through which each change to the record details shall be retained and

kept distinct but linked to an identifiable record, with timestamps

indicating the start and end of each version of the record that is kept,

and the session details, including information of the user changing

details.

† The Registrar shall endeavour to make specific data

elements from the Register and subsidiary registers available as open

data

Provided that the Registrar shall specify the licence

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†Not yet in force.

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under which the data shall be made available

Provided further that such data shall not include any data

that is of a personal nature.

* 11.

The Registrar shall ensure the publication of the Register

on the national data portal as provided by the Organisational Structures

for Data Sharing and Re-Use Regulations

Provided that the Registrar, as data owner of the data

held in the Register and subsidiary registers, may set-up a data portal

for the Register.

† The public service, all public sector bodies and all

entities obliged to provide a service to the public, and any other body

or entity which the Registrar may designate from time to time, by

virtue of an notice published in the Gazette, shall link to the register

through the uniform resource identifiers in order to establish an

information technology data link between the locally stored records

and the centrally maintained register.

The Data Governance Council shall receive complaints

or claims from the Registrar, any public sector body, public sector

entity or public service, on breaches of these regulations, to take such

remedial action as may be deemed necessary or as may be prescribed

by the Act and the Organisational Structures for Data Sharing and Re-

Use Regulations, and inform the said public sector body, public sector

entity or public service of the outcome of its decision, which decision

shall be final.

‡ (1)

The Minister shall appoint an arbiter for a period

of five (5) years. The said arbiter shall be a warranted lawyer able to

practice in Malta and who has been exercising the profession for at

least seven (7) years.

(2)

The arbiter shall be assisted by a secretary appointed by

the Minister, who shall have the duty of receiving appeals, keeping

minutes and assume such other duties as the arbiter may require.

(3)

The arbiter shall not be precluded from the exercise of

his respective profession provided that during the term of his

appointment he shall not exercise his profession with respect to

applications filed in accordance with these regulations.

(4)

A person shall not be qualified to hold office as an arbiter

if such person

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(a)

is a member of the House or of the European

Parliament or of a Local Council; or

(b)

has an interest that is likely to prejudice the

discharge of the functions as an arbiter.

(5)

The arbiter shall be disqualified from hearing an appeal

filed before it in such circumstances as would disqualify a judge in a

civil suit, and in any such case the arbiter shall be substituted.

(6)

The arbiter shall hear and determine applications filed by

a person, including a legal person who feels aggrieved by a decision of

the Registrar to include, amend, archive or change a record on the

register or any subsidiary register.

(7)

The application to appeal a decision of the Registrar shall

be filed within sixty (60) days from the date when the applicant could

have become aware of the inclusion or exclusion of a record from the

Register or subsidiary register.

(8)

The arbiter shall have the power to determine the

procedure for the hearing of all appeals filed before it and shall ensure

that during the hearing all interested parties are given the opportunity

to make their case.

(9)

The arbiter may appoint experts to relate on any matter

before it whilst exercising its functions.

(10) The arbiter shall have the right to request from the

Registrar information in respect of any application submitted before

the arbiter and may request the Registrar to provide him with

documentation relating to the case being heard. It shall be the duty of

the Registrar to provide the requested information and, or documents

without delay.

(11) The arbiter shall have the power to confirm, cancel or

revoke with or without conditions, and to substitute any decision of the

Registrar upon any appeal in accordance with these regulations.

(12) The Registrar, the applicant or any person who feels

aggrieved by the decision of the arbiter may appeal to the

Administrative Review Tribunal in accordance with the provisions of

the Administrative Justice Act.

No action shall be taken against the Registrar or any of

the officers or employees of the Registrar, or the public service, any

public sector body, public sector entity, or any authorised entity duly

delegated, providing information in accordance with these regulations,

in respect of any act done or omitted to be done in good faith by the

Registrar, any of the officers or employees, the public service, public

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sector body, public sector entity or authorised entity duly delegated in

the execution of their functions in accordance with these regulations.

If the Registrar is satisfied that a public sector body or

the public service has failed to comply with these regulations, the

Registrar shall refer the matter to the regulatory authority to take the

required action as provided in articles 24A to 24C, both articles

included, of the Act

Provided that the regulatory authority may also issue

enforcement notices as provided in article 24A of the Act also against

a public sector body or the public service.

(1)

Any person who fraudulently procures, or

attempts to fraudulently procure, or is aware of the fraudulent

procurement of, any record on, erasure from, or alteration of the

register, or any other document held at or issued by the Registrar shall

be guilty of an offence under Book II - Title V - Of Crimes affecting

Public Trust in the Criminal Code.

(2)

Any record, erasure or alteration made by fraud shall be

void between all persons who are parties or aware of the fraud.

* Immediately after the last item of the subsidiary

legislation in the Second Schedule of the Administrative Justice Act,

there shall be added the following new item

"Address Register and related Location (Geospatial)

Registers Regulations, 2025, S.L. 546.04, Inferior

Competence".

First Schedule

Location Base Register

The Location Base Register shall include the following data

elements

Location URI – An automatically generated numeric value that

is used as the persistent and unique identifier on which the remaining

information contained in the Location record can be kept and

retrieved.

Location Name – A short name with a meaning or description

that enables the identification of the location.

Location Type – The selection of one of the values from a

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controlled list as may be established from time to time by the Registrar

of permitted values which link the location record to one of the

subsidiary registers as explained in the Address related subsidiary

registers.

Location Geocoding – The necessary codes and values together

with the referencing system used to store the longitude, latitude and

altitude as may be applicable to represent point, line or area (polygon)

information.

Country – The ISO 3166 code (Countries and Territories) to

identify the Country within which the location is found.

Location Version Control Number – An automated system of

version control audit trail distinct identifiers linked to the original

identifier used to enable the identification of changes applied to the

original record and its subsequent substitutions over a period of time

with a start and an end date for each version record.

Second Schedule

Address Register

The Address Register shall include the following data elements

Address URI – The number automatically generated by the

Location Base Register and which is also used to identify the address

point record when the location type is an address point. The relevant

spatial information shall be available to this register accordingly.

Address Type – The classification applied to the address point

from a controlled list, as established by the Registrar.

Building Entry Point – The link between the address point and

the building entry point when the address is part of a multi-address

structure or a building with separate units.

Building – The building that is linked to the building entry

point when such a link is applicable.

Door Number – The door number identification when such a

door number exists or has been allocated.

Door/Property Name – The name or other identification as

prescribed by the owner or the responsible entity through which the

door can be uniquely identified within the building or the street or

when in combination with the door number.

Floor Level – An indication of the altitude or the floor level

where the entry point of the unit is located.

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Street – The link between the address point and the street which

is inherited from the building entry point when such details are part of

the address point record or as maintained when the Address Point is

not part of a building from the Building Register.

Post Code – The post code which is linked to the address point

and which is either directly maintained or inherited from the building

entry point record when such a link exists.

Locality – The link between an address point and a locality

which is inherited from the building details when such a link exists or

is directly maintained when the address point is not within the

definition of a condominium.

Region – The link between an address point and the region

which is derived from the Locality details as applicable to the Address

Record.

Country – The name of the country from the Countries

Register.

Address Version Control Number – An automated system of

version control audit trail distinct identifiers linked to the original

identifier used to enable the identification of changes applied to the

original record and its subsequent replacements over a time period

with a start-date and end-date for each version record.

Third Schedule

Buildings Register

The Buildings Register shall include the following data

elements

Building URI – The number automatically generated by the

Location Base Register and which is also used to identify the building

when the Location Type is a Building. The relevant spatial information

shall be available to this register accordingly.

Building Name – The name of the building as provided by the

owner or entity responsible for the building which is within the

definition of a condominium according to the Condominium Act.

(Cap. 398).

Building Type – The classification applied to the building from

a controlled list to determine the specific features to be expected, as

established by the Registrar.

Locality – The link between the building and a specific locality

from the Locality Register enabling the building to inherit all the

relevant details pertinent to the locality to be added to the building

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details.

Building Version Control Number – An automated system of

version control audit trail distinct identifiers linked to the original

identifier used to enable the identification of changes applied to the

original record and its subsequent replacements over a time period

with a start-date and end-date for each version record.

Building Entry Point URI – The number automatically

generated by the Location Base Register and which is also used to

identify the building entry point when the location type is a building

entry point. The relevant spatial information shall be available to this

register accordingly.

Building Entry Point Name – The name of the building entry

point as provided by the owner or entity responsible for the building

which is within the definition of the Condominium Act. (Cap. 398.)

Building Entry Point Type – The type of entry point derived

from a controlled list, as established by the Registrar.

Building – The link between the entry point and the building

where there is more than one entry point for the same building which

may also be from different streets.

Street – The link between the entry point and the street where

such access exists.

Post Code – The link between the entry point and the applicable

post code.

Building Entry Point Version Control Number – An

automated system of version control audit trail distinct identifiers

linked to the original identifier used to enable the identification of

changes applied to the original record and its subsequent replacements

over a time period with a start-date and end-date for each version

record.

Fourth Schedule

Streets Register

The Streets Register shall include the following data elements

Street URI – The number automatically generated by the

Location Base Register and which is also used to identify the street

when the location type is a street. The relevant spatial information

shall be available to this register accordingly.

Street Name – The name of the street as officially published in

the Gazette, or any other temporary name as assigned by the Registrar

from time to time.

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Street Type – The classification applied to the street by

selecting from a controlled list to enable the differentiation between

public, private, arterial, local and any other criteria into which a street

may be classified.

Locality – The link between the street and a parent locality and

all the locality and region details together to become an integral part of

the Streets Register.

Street Version Control Number – An automated system of

version control audit trail distinct identifiers linked to the original

identifier used to enable the identification of changes applied to the

original record and its subsequent replacements over a time period

with a start-date and end-date for each version record.

Fifth Schedule

Localities Register

The Localities Register shall include the following data

elements

Locality URI – The number automatically generated by the

Location Base Register and which is also used to identify the Locality

when the Location Type is a Locality. The relevant spatial information

shall be available to this register accordingly.

Locality Name – The name of the Locality and which in the

case of localities in the Gozo region may also for ease of identification

include the Region Name to which the locality is linked.

Locality Type – The applicable classification of the selected

locality from a controlled list, and which enables the distinction

between parent localities and sub-localities and other types of

localities as may be decided from time to time.

Parent Locality – The link between a sub-locality and its parent

locality where in the case of the major localities the parent locality

shall be the same identifier of the locality.

Local Council – The link established between a locality and the

local council, and which is derived from the official list of Local

Councils as provided by the Local Government Act. (Cap. 363.)

Region – The link established between a Locality and the

Region within which it is located and which shall be derived from the

Regions Register with all the pertinent information that may be

derived from the Regions Register as annexed to the Localities

Register.

Locality Version Control Number – An automated system of

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version control audit trail distinct identifiers linked to the original

identifier used to enable the identification of changes applied to the

original record and its subsequent replacements over a time period

with a start-date and end-date for each version record.

Sixth Schedule

Post Codes Register

The Post Codes Register shall include the following data

elements

Post Code URI – The number automatically generated by the

Location Base Register and which is also used to identify the Post

Code when the Location Type is a Post Code. The relevant spatial

information shall be available to this register accordingly.

Post Code – The combination of locality, street and specific

part of the street identifiers that make up the post code as maintained

by postal services provider as authorised by the authority responsible

for the regulation of communications.

Street – The details of the street, or part thereof, within which

the post code is assigned and consequently all the information relating

to locality and region can be amalgamated to the post code.

Post Code Version Control Number – An automated system of

version control audit trail distinct identifiers linked to the original

identifier used to enable the identification of changes applied to the

original record and its subsequent replacements over a time period

with a start-date and end-date for each version record.

Seventh Schedule

Regions Register

The Regions Register shall include the following data elements

Region URI – The number automatically generated by the

Location Base Register and which is also used to identify the region

when the location type is a region. The relevant spatial information

shall be available to this register accordingly.

Region Name – The name of the Region.

Region Type – The selected classification of region which shall

be derived from a controlled list of different regions and which shall

be linked to officially recognised boundaries.

Country – The link established between a region and a Country

in accordance with the relevant Country Register and which in most

cases shall be Malta.

(GEOSPATIAL) REGISTERS

Region Version Control Number – An automated system of

version control audit trail distinct identifiers linked to the original

identifier used to enable the identification of changes applied to the

original record and its subsequent replacements over a time period

with a start-date and end-date for each version record.

Eighth Schedule

Countries Register

The Countries Register shall include the following data

elements

Country URI – The number automatically generated by the

Location Base Register and which is also used to identify the Country

when the Location Type is a Country. The relevant spatial information

shall be available to this register accordingly.

Country Name – The name of the country or territory as

provided by the ISO-3166 official list.

Alpha-2 Code – As provided by the ISO-3166 official list.

Alpha-3 Code – As provided by the ISO-3166 official list.

Numeric Code – As provided by the ISO 3166 official list.

Country Version Control Number – An automated system of

version control audit trail distinct identifiers linked to the original

identifier used to enable the identification of changes applied to the

original record and its subsequent replacements over a time period

with a start-date and end-date for each version record.