GAMINGMALTA FUND REGULATIONS
Table of Provisions (7)
Statutory Text (7 Articles)
GAMINGMALTA FUND
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 583.02
GAMINGMALTA FUND REGULATIONS
27th March, 2015
LEGAL NOTICE 110 of 2015.
The title of these regulations is the GamingMalta Fund
Regulations.
In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires
"the Act" means Gaming Act;
"the Authority" means the authority established in article 9 of the
Act;
"the constitutive instrument" means the public deed which shall
establish the Foundation and includes a reference to all those
related attached documents which shall be delivered to, and filed
with, the Registrar according to law;
"the Foundation" means GamingMalta;
"the Fund" means the GamingMalta Fund;
"gaming companies" means companies operating in the field of
remote and, or land-based gaming, gambling or betting which fall
to be regulated by the Authority;
"the Minister" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by the
Act;
"the Registrar" means the Registrar for Legal Persons.
(1) There shall be a fund to be known as "the GamingMalta
Fund" which shall be composed of monies collected for the
fulfilment of the objectives of the Foundation as defined in
regulation 5.
(2) The Fund shall be administered by and under the general
control of the Foundation.
(1) There shall be a foundation to be known as
"GamingMalta" which shall be created by public deed in
a c c o r d a n c e w i t h l a w t o a d m i n i s te r t h e F u n d a n d f u l f i l t h e
objectives defined in regulation 5.
(2) The Foundation shall be a purpose foundation and shall be
regulated by
(a) the relevant provisions of the Second Schedule to the
Civil Code which regulate purpose foundations; and
(b) the constitutive instrument.
(3) The administration and management of the Foundation
shall be entrusted to a board of administrators which shall be
appointed by the constitutive instrument.
(4) The legal and judicial representation of the Foundation
shall be vested in the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman acting
jointly.
GAMINGMALTA FUND
The Foundation shall have the main objective of promoting
and advancing Malta as a gaming jurisdiction and a centre of
excellence in gaming, in pursuit of which it shall have more
specific objectives as defined in the constitutive instrument.
The Foundation shall have the following powers
(a) to register the foundation as a legal person in terms of
law;
(b) to utilise or pay out such percentage of monies
belonging to the Fund as may be determined by the
board of administrators from time to time, for ordinary
expenses incurred in the running and administration of
the Foundation;
(c) to collect, distribute, pay or apply the whole or such
part of the Fund for the fulfilment of the objectives of
the Foundation;
(d) to co-ordinate with organisations embarking on
initiatives consistent with the objectives of the
Foundation;
(e) to undergo or commission research into the promotion
of Malta as a jurisdiction for the licensing of gaming
companies;
(f)
to apply, if eligible, for European Union funding with
regards to projects consistent with the objectives of the
Foundation;
(g) to enter into collaborative agreements with other
organisations which have a similar purpose to the
Foundation, as may be determined by the board of
administrators;
(h) to do all such acts as are considered conducive towards
the attainment of the objectives of the Foundation.