Agricultural Leases (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 (L.N. 246 of 2019)

VERZJONI ELETTRONIKA L.N. 246 of 2019 AGRICULTURAL LEASES (RELETTING) ACT (CAP. 199) Agricultural Leases (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 19 of the Agricultural Leases (Reletting) Act the Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government has made the following regulations: 1. ( 1) The title of these regulations is the Agricultural Leases (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 and they shall be read and construed as one with the Agricultural Leases Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations". (2) These regulations shall come into force on the 30th September 2019. B 1921 Citation and commencement. S.L. 199.01. 2. Immediately after the definition "Board" there shall be Amends added the following new definition: re2ulation 2 of the principal regulations. " "by electronic means" means online;. 3. Immediately after regulation 4 of the principal regulations Adds new there shall be added the following new regulations: ili!~;~~:al0 "Running of the online system. Responsibility of the Registrar and date when online acts are deemed filed. 4A. ( 1) There shall be an electronic mechanism by means of which applications that initiate a procedure or a reply thereto, may be filed by electronic means in the Board. (2) These regulations shall apply only to those acts indicated in the electronic mechanism mentioned in regulation 4A(l). (3) Any advocate or legal procurator who wants to file these acts, as indicated in these regulations, by electronic means, may do so by filing such acts online through the appropriate site and paying the prescribed fee. 4B. (1) The Registrar or persons delegated by him may receive acts filed by electronic means. (2) The Registrar shall issue a copy of the acts filed by electronic means and the said copies issued by the Registrar shall for all intents and purposes of law be considered as the original. regulations. B 1922 Cap. 12. VERZJONI ELETTRONIKA (3) Acts filed by electronic means shall, for all intents and purposes of law, be deemed filed as if they have been filed directly in the Registry of the Board: Provided that when an act is filed by electronic means outside registry opening hours as established by the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure, such act shall be deemed to have been filed on the first following day of the opening of the said Registry.". lppubblikat mid-Dipartiment tal-lufonnazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) - Valletta - Published by the Depam11e11t of hifomwtion (doi.gov.mt) - Valletta Mitbugh 0-Istamperija tal-Gvern fuq karta FSC - Pritlted at the Government Printing Press on FSC certified paper PrewPrice €0.18