The fatal incident which took place on the 19th June 2016 involving a 76-year old Welshman, Allan Michael Stanley was followed by criminal proceedings issued against 23-year-old Matthew Grech who was manoeuvring a dinghy at the time of the incident. The victim was swimming out of the swimmers’ zone without any marker buoys when he...
By virtue of L.N. 285 of 2020, the External Transactions Act, Chapter 233 of the Laws of Malta introduced the Cash Control Regulations, 2020. These Regulations require any individual who enters, leaves or transits through Malta, carrying a sum of a value of ten thousand Euro (€10,000) or more to declare such sum to the...
LN 247 of 2020 – Changes to the Companies Act (Register of Beneficial Owners) Regulations, 2017 Once LN 247 of 2020 comes into force, changes will be made to the Companies Act (Register of Beneficial Owners) Regulations, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Regulations’). The Regulations already provide for notification to be submitted to the...
The Private Residential Leases (Tax Rebate) Rules, 2020, were published on the 23rd June, 2020, by virtue of Legal Notice 258 of 2020. In terms of the Rules, as from 1st January 2020, any person who in the year immediately preceding the year of assessment derives income from a private residential lease having an original...
The Cohabitation Act, 2020 The Cohabitation Act was originally enacted on the 27th April, 2017. Its raison d’être is to cater for couples who do not wish to be bound by either marriage or civil union, but who are nevertheless desirous of having their relationship recognised and protected. The Cohabitation Act thereby provided for 3...
The COVID-19 outbreak has been formally recognised as a serious disturbance to the Maltese economy, within the meaning of article 107 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union which as a consequence also seriously threatens financial stability in Malta. Pursuant to article 107 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European...
The fatal incident which took place on the 2nd March in Hamrun led to the arraignment of four people: two architects, a contractor and a construction worker. They were charged with the involuntary homicide of Miriam Pace, 54, whose residence collapsed due to being adjacent to a building site which was being excavated at the...
Temporary Licences for Persons that have a Farmer’s Market permit A person who is in possession of a valid permit issued by the Market Administration Unit or any other section or entity vested with the power to issue permits under the Farmers’ Markets Regulations (“Unit”), shall automatically be deemed to be in possession of a...
