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B 1953
Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 20,647, 18 ta’ Ġunju, 2021
Taqsima  B
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L.N. 260 of 2021
RETIREMENT PENSIONS ACT
(CAP. 514) 
Retirement Pensions (Cross-Bord er Activities and Cross-Border 
Transfers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 37 of the
Retirement Pensions Act, the Minister responsible for the regul ation of
financial services acting on the advice of the Malta Financial Services
Authority, has made the following regulations:-
Citation and 
scope.
S.L. 514.08.1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Retirement
Pensions (Cross-Border Activities and Cross-Border Transfers)
(Amendment) Regulations, 2021 a nd these regulations shall be re ad
and construed as one with the Re tirement Pensions (Cross-Border
Activities and Cross-Border Transfers) Regulations, hereinafterreferred to as "the principal regulations". 
(2) The objective of these regul ations is to implement Article
33(4) of the Occupational Pensions Directive. 
Amends 
regulation 1 of 
the principal 
regulations.2. In sub-regulation (2) of regulation 1 of the principal
regulations, for the words "Articles 11, 12, 14(3), 19(8), 33(1), 48(5),
48(6), 48(8)(d) and 59 of the Occ upational Pensions Directive,", there
shall be substituted the words "Articles 11, 12, 14(3), 19(8), 33(1),
33(4), 48(5), 48(6), 48(8)(d) and 59 of the Occupational Pensions
Directive,".
Amends 
regulation 2 of 
the principal 
regulations. 3. Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the principal
regulations shall be amended as follows:
(a) immediately after the defi nition "the Act", there shall
be added the following new definition:
" "assets" means movable a nd immovable property of
any kind;"; and
(b) immediately after the definition "cross-border
activity", there shall be added the following new definition: 
" "custodian" means an entity maintaining custody of
the assets of a European IORP and, or a Maltese IORP;".
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B 1954
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Adds regulation 
23A to the 
principal regulations.4. Immediately after regulation 23 of the principal
regulations, there shall be added the following new regulation:  
"Prohibition of the free disposal of 
assets held by 
a custodian located in 
Malta.23A. At the request of a European regulatory
authority of a European IORP, the competent authority
shall prohibit the free disposal of assets held by acustodian located in Malta in accordance with Article 48
of the Occupational Pensions Directive.".
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B 1447
L.N. 224 of 2020
V ALUE ADDED TAX ACT
(CAP. 406)
Value Added Tax Act (Amendm ent of Eleventh Schedule) 
Regulations, 2020
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 75 of the Value
Added Tax Act, the Minister for Finance and Financial Services,  has
made the following regulations:-
Citation, scope 
and commencement.
Cap. 406.1. (1) The title of these regulations is Value Added Tax Act
(Amendment of Eleventh Schedule) Regulations, 2020 and these
regulations shall be read and cons trued as one with the Elevent h
Schedule to the Value Added Tax Act, which Eleventh Schedule is
hereinafter in these regulati ons referred to as "the Eleventh S chedule".
(2) These regulations shall bring into force the provisions of
Article 2 of Council Directive (EU) 2017/2455 of the 5th December
2017 amending Directive 2006/112/ EC and Directive 2009/132/EC a s
regards certain value added ta x obligations for supplies of ser vices and
distance sales of goods and the pr ovisions of Council Directive (EU)
2019/1995 of 21st November 2019 amending Directive 2006/112/EC
as regards provisions relating to distance sales of goods and certain
domestic supplies of goods.
(3) These regulations shall come into force on such date or dat es
as the Minister for Finance and Financial Services, may by noti ce in the
Gazette, establish.
Substitutes item 
8 of the 
Eleventh 
Schedule.2. Item 8 of the Eleventh Sche dule, shall be substituted by the
following:
"Records of distance sales and supplies facilitated through
the use of an electronic interface
8. (1) Every taxable person shall keep records in
sufficient detail as to enable the determination of the value o f
distance sales made by him of goods transported from Malta
including:
(a) a description of the goods and the consideration
charged on each sale;
(b) a copy of the relative invoices;
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(c) all other supporting documents.
(2) (a) Where a taxable person facilitates, through the
use of an electronic interface su ch as a market place, platform ,
portal or similar means, the s upply of goods or services to a non-
taxable person within the Community in accordance with the
provisions of the Third Schedule, the taxable person whofacilitates the supply shall be obliged to keep records of thos e
supplies. Those records shall be sufficiently detailed to enabl e
the tax authorities of the Membe r States where those supplies a re
taxable to verify that V AT has  been accounted for correctly.
(b) The records referred to in paragraph (a) must be
made available electronicall y on request to the Member
States concerned. Those records shall be kept for a periodof ten (10) years from the end of the year during which thetransaction was carried out.".
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L.N. 256 of 2020
PROPORTIONALITY TEST BEFORE ADOPTION OF NEW 
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS ACT
(CAP. 612)
Commencement Notice
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 1(3) of the
Proportionality Test Before Adoption of New Regulation of
Professions Act the Minister re sponsible for education has esta blished
the 30th July 2020 as the date on which all the provisions of t he said
Act shall come into force.
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L.N. 221 of 2020
V ALUE ADDED TAX ACT
(CAP. 406)
Value Added Tax Act (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) 
Regulations, 2020
IN EXERCISE of the powers conf erred by article 75 of the Value
Added Tax Act, the Minister for Finance and Financial Services,  has
made the following regulations:-
Citation, scope 
and commencement.
Cap. 406.1. (1) The title of these regulations is Value Added Tax Act
(Amendment of Fourth Schedule)  Regulations, 2020 and these
regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Fourth
Schedule to the Value Added Tax Act, which Fourth Schedule is
hereinafter in these regulations referred to as "the Fourth Sch edule".
(2) These regulations shall bri ng into force the provisions of
Article 2 of Council Directive (EU) 2017/2455 of the 5th December
2017 amending Directive 2006/112/ EC and Directive 2009/132/EC a s
regards certain value added tax obligations for supplies of services and
distance sales of goods and the provisions of Council Directive  (EU)
2019/1995 of 21st November 2019 amending Directive 2006/112/EC
as regards provisions relating to distance sales of goods and c ertain
domestic supplies of goods.
(3) These regulations shall come into force on s uch date or date s
as the Minister for Finance and Financial Services, may by noti ce in the
Gazette, establish.
Adds new item 
to the Fourth 
Schedule.2. Immediately after item 3 of the Fourth Schedule, there shall
be added the fol lowing new item:
"Chargeable event and chargeabili ty of VAT for the supply
of goods facilitated through an electronic interface
3A. By way of derogation from items 1, 2 and 3, the
chargeable event of the supply of goods by a taxable person who
is deemed to have received and supplied the goods in accordance
with item 12A of the Second Schedule and of the supply of
goods to that taxable person shall occur and V AT shall become
chargeable at the time when the payment has been accepted.".
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L.N. 257 of 2021
 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT
(CAP. 549)
Beverage Containers Recycling (Amendment) Regulations, 2021
 IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 54 and 55 ofth e
Environment Protection Act, the M inister for the Environment,Climate
Change and Planning, after consultation with the Environmentand
Resources Authority, has made the following regulations:-
Citation.
S.L. 549. 134. 1. The title of these regulations is the Beverage Containers
Recycling (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 and these regulations shall
be read and construed as one with the Beverage Containers Recyc ling
Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the "principal regulati ons".
Amends 
regulation 2 of 
the principal 
regulations.2.  Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the principal
regulations shall be amended as follows: 
(a)  the definition "Agency" shall be substituted by the
following new definition 
(b)  the definition "Chief Executive" shall be substituted
by the following new definition: S.L. 595. 28." "Agency" means the Circular Economy Malta
established by virtue of the Circular Economy Malta
(Establishment) Order;"; and
S.L. 595. 28." "Chief Executive" means the Chief
Executive of the Agency established by virtue ofarticle 6 of the Circular Economy Malta
(Establishment) Order;".
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B 2031
B 2031
L.N. 266 of 2022
EMPLOYMENT AND INDSUTRIAL RELACTIONS ACT
(CAP. 452)
Posting of Workers in Malta (Amendment) Regulations, 2022
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 48(2) of the
Employment and Industrial Relations Act, the Minister responsib le for
Employment and Industrial Relations, after consultation with th e
Employment Relations Board, has made the following regulations: -
Citation.
S.L. 452.82.1. The title of these regulations is the Posting of Workers in
Malta (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 and these regulations shall be
read and construed as one with the Posting of Workers in Malta
Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulati ons". 
Adds a new 
regulation to the 
principal 
regulations.2. Immediately after regulation 6 of the principal regulations
there shall be added the following new regulation:
"Additional 
information for posted 
workers.6A. (1) A posted worker shall in addition be
notified of: 
(a) the remuneration to which the worker is
entitled in accordance with the applicable law of the
host Member State; 
(b) where applicable, any allowances
specific to posting and any arrangements for
reimbursing expenditure on travel, board and
lodging; and
(c) the link to the single official national
website developed by the host Member Statepursuant to Article 5(2) of Directive 2014/67/EU of
the European Parliament and of the Council.
(2) The information referred to in paragraph (a) of
sub-regulation (1) may, where appropriate, be given in the
form of a reference to specific provisions of laws,regulations and administrative or statutory acts or
collective agreements governing that information. 
(3) The provisions of sub-regulation (1) shall not
apply if the duration of each work period outside the
Member State in which the worker habitually works isfour (4) consecutive weeks or less.".
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B 3191
L.N. 449 of 2020
TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE
(CAP. 65)
AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT
(CAP. 499)
Motor Vehicles (Driving Li cences) (Amendment No. 3) 
Regulations, 2020
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 54 of the
Traffic Regulation Ordinance and by article 43 of the Authority f o r
Transport in Malta Act, the Minister for Transport, Infrastruct ure and
Capital Projects after consulta tion with the Authority for Tran sport in
Malta, has made the fol lowing regulations:-
Citation.
S.L. 65. 18.1. The title of these regulations is the Motor Vehicles (Driving
Licences) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations, 2020 and these regulat ions
shall be read and construed as one with the Motor Vehicles (Dri ving
Licences) Regulations, hereinafte r referred to as "the principa l
regulations".
Amends the 
Third Schedule 
to the principal 
regulations. 2. The second paragraph under Category A2 of the Third
Schedule to the principal regulat ions shall be substituted by t he
following new paragraph: 
"If the motorcycle is powered by an internal combustion
engine, the cubic capacity of the engine shall be at least 250
cm3".
Amends the 
Fifth Schedule 
to the principal 
regulations. 3. In the second paragraph of paragraph (b) of item 1 of the
Fifth Schedule to the principal r egulations, the words "vehicle s with
automatic transmission." shall be substituted by the words "veh icles
with automatic transmission:" a nd immediately thereafter there shall
be added the following new proviso:
"Provided that no restriction shall be recorded on the
driving licence of an applicant who takes the test of skills an d
behaviour on a vehicle with automatic trans mission for a catego ry BE,
C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 or D1E vehicle when the applicant alr eady
holds a driving licence obtained on a vehicle with manual trans mission
in at least one of the following categories: B, BE, C, CE, C1, C1E, D,
DE, D1 or D1E, and has performed t he actions which are applicab le to
all vehicles irrespective of its mode of transmission during the test of
skills and behaviour.".
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Amends the 
Fourteenth 
Schedule to the principal 
regulations. 4. In the Fourteenth Schedule to  the principal regulations,
immediately under the word "Austra lia" there shall be added the  words
"United Arab Emirates.". 
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B 2222
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L.N. 294 of 2021
MEDICAL AND KINDRED PROFESSIONS ORDINANCE
(CAP. 31)
Drugs (Control) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2021
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 40 of the
Medical and Kindred Professions Or dinance, the Minister for Hea lth
after consultation with the Council of Health, has made the following
regulations:-
Citation and 
scope.
S.L. 31.18.1. (1) The title of these regul ations is Drugs (Control)
(Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2021 and these regulations shall be
read and construed as one with the Drugs (Control) Regulations,
hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".
(2)  These regulations implement Commission Delegated
Directive (EU) 2021/802 of 12 March 2021 amending the Annex toCouncil Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA as regards the inclusion of
the new psychoactive substances methyl 3,3-dimethyl-2-{[1-(pent-4-en-1-yl)-1H -indazole-3-carbonyl] amino}butanoate (MDMB-4en-
PINACA) and methyl 2-{[1-(4-fluorobutyl)-1 H-indole-3-carbonyl]
amino}-3,3-dimethylbutanoate (4F-MDMB- BICA) in the definition
"drug".
Amends the 
Second 
Schedule to the 
principal regulations.2. In the Second Schedule to the principal regulations, there
shall be added the following:
International or other 
nonproprietary name or 
other trivial nameChemical name
"MDMB-4-en-PINACA methyl 3,3-di methyl-2-{[1-(pent-4-en-1-yl)-
1H-indazole-3-carbonyl] amino}butanoate
4F-MDMB-BICA methyl 2-{[1-(4-fluorobutyl)-1 H-indole-3-car-
bonyl] amino}-3,3-dimethylbutanoate".
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B 547
Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 20,366, 13 ta’ Marzu, 2020
Taqsima  B
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L.N. 52 of 2020
RETIREMENT PENSIONS (CONTROL OF ASSETS) 
(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2020
(L.N. 47 of 2020)
Commencement Notice
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by regulation 1(2) of the
Retirement Pensions (Control of Assets) (Amendment) Regulations ,
2020, the Minister responsible for the regulation of financial services
has established the 4th March, 2020 as the date on which the
provisions of the said regulations shall come into force.
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B 548
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B 551
Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 20,366, 13 ta’ Marzu, 2020
Taqsima  B
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L.N. 54 of 2020
RETIREMENT PENSIONS (CROSS-BORDER ACTIVITIES 
AND CROSS-BORDER TRANSFERS) REGULATIONS, 2020
(L.N. 48 of 2020)
Commencement Notice
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by regulation 1(3) of the
Retirement Pensions (Cross-Border Activities and Cross-Border
Transfers) Regulations, 2020, the Minister responsible for the
regulation of financial services h as established the 4th March,  2020 as
the date on which the provisions of the said regulations shall come into
force. 
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B 552
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B 852
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L.N. 133 of 2020
REGULATOR FOR ENERGY AND WATER SERVICES ACT
(CAP. 545)
BUILDING REGULATION ACT
(CAP. 513)
Energy Efficiency and Cogeneration (Amendment) Regulations, 
2020
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 37(1) of the
Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act and article 6(1) and (2)
of the Building Regulation Act, t he Minister responsible for th e
Regulator for Energy and Water Services, and the Minister for
Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects with concurrence of the
Minister for Foreign and European Affairs , has made the following
regulations:-
Citation.
S.L. 545.16.1. The title of these regulations is the Energy Efficiency and
Cogeneration (Amendment) Regulations, 2020, transposing Directv e
(EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
Europe of 30th May 2018 amending Directive 2010/31/EU on the
performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energyefficiency, and these regulations shall be read and construed as one
with the Energy Efficiency and Cogeneration Regulations, herein after
referred to as "the principal regulations".
Amends 
regulation 4 of 
the principal 
regulations.2. Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 4 of the principal
regulations shall be substituted by the f ollowing:
"(2) A first version of the long-term strategy for
mobilising investment in the renovation of the national stock o f
residential and commercial buildings, both public and private,
shall be published by 30 April 2014. An updated version of the
first version of this strategy shall be published by the BuildingRegulation Board every three years, which are to be reckoned as
from the date of the publication of such first version. The
updated versions are also to be submitted by the BuildingRegulation Board to the Minis ter for transmission to the
Commission as part of the National Energy Efficiency ActionPlans.".
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