[ S.L.164.01 MALTA POLICE 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 164.01 MALTA POLICE REGULATIONS 22nd April, 1960 LEGAL NOTICE 14 of 1960, as amended by Ordinance II of 1961; Legal Notices: 59 of 1975, 89 of 1978, 14 and 72 of 1979, 70 of 1980, 63 of 1981, 40 of 1982, 41 of 1987, 77 of 1989, 28 of 1993, 27 of 1995, 274 of 1998, 202 of 2001, 410 of 2007, 54 of 2015, 146 of 2017 71 of 2019 and 199 and 200 of 2020. 1. The title of these regulations is the Malta Police Regulations. Title. 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires - Interpretation. Amended by: L.N. 71 of 2019. "the Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Police; "the Force" means the Malta Police Force; "these Islands" means the Island of Malta and its Dependencies; "member of the Force" means any person serving in the Malta Police Force, other than the Commissioner or the Acting Commissioner. 3. A candidate for appointment as a constable in the Force must (
- a)have attained eighteen years of age and not be above thirty nine years of age; (
- b)satisfy the Police Medical Officer that the candidate (
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- ii)has a satisfactory height to weight ratio; has unaided visual acuity (Snellen) not worse than 6/18 in each eye, or 6/12 in one eye and 6/ 24 in the other, provided that it is corrected to, at least, 6/6 in the better eye and 6/9 in the other, with contact lenses or spectacles; (iii) has a satisfactory safe colour vision; and (
- iv)is medically fit in all respects, physically and mentally, to perform all Police duties; Qualifications for appointment of constable. Amended by: L.N. 59 of 1975; L.N. 89 of 1978; L.N. 14 of 1979; L.N. 72 of 1979; L.N. 40 of 1982; L.N. 41 of 1987. Substituted by: L.N. 77 of 1989. Amended by: L.N. 28 of 1993; L.N. 202 of 2001. L.N. 146 of 2017; L.N. 199 of 2020; L.N. 200 of 2020. (
- c)speak and write Maltese and English to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, and pass such physical and educational examination as the Commissioner may prescribe; (
- d)be of exemplary character. 4.
(1)Constables shall be classified as Constables First Class, Constables Second Class, Constables Third Class and Probationary Police Constables.
(2)A Probationary Police Constable shall serve in that capacity for a period of not less than two
(2)years; thereafter he Constables. Amended by: L.N. 146 of 2017; L.N. 71 of 2019. 2 [ S.L.164.01 MALTA POLICE may be on extended probation for such period as the Commissioner may, in each particular case, direct: Provided that during the period of probation or extended probation, the services of any constable may be forthwith dispensed with at any time if the Commissioner so directs.
(3)A Probationary Police Constable who has served his' period of probation, or extended probation in a satisfactory manner, may be appointed Constable Third Class by the Commissioner.
(4)A Constable Third Class who has served in that capacity for a period of not less than two
(2)years in a satisfactory manner, may be appointed Constable Second Class by the Commissioner.
(5)A Constable Second Class who has served in that capacity for a period of not less than four
(4)years in a satisfactory manner, may be appointed Constable First Class by the Commissioner.
(6)A Constable First Class who has served in that capacity for a period of not less than four
(4)years in a satisfactory manner, may be appointed as Senior Police Constable by the Commissioner. Sergeants. Amended by: L.N. 71 of 2019. 5.
(1)Sergeants shall be classified as Sergeants First Class, Sergeants Second Class and Sergeants Third Class on probation.
(2)A Sergeant Third Class who has served in that capacity for a period of not less than two
(2)years in a satisfactory manner may be appointed Sergeant Second Class by the Commissioner.
(3)A Sergeant Second Class who has served in that capacity for a period of not less than four
(4)years in a satisfactory manner may be appointed Sergeant First Class by the Commissioner. General probation. Amended by: L.N. 146 of 2017. 6.
(1)Any member of the Force promoted to a rank not above Superintendent shall be on probation in the rank to which he is promoted for a period of not less than one year; thereafter he may be on such extended probation as the Commissioner or Permanent Secretary serving in the Ministry responsible for the Police, as the case may be, may direct.
(2)Where any member of the Force other than a constable is confirmed in an appointment after having served a period of extended probation, his appointment shall be deemed to have commenced twelve months prior to the date of confirmation.
(3)If, during the period of probation or extended probation, the President of Malta directs that a member of the Force shall revert to the rank he held immediately before his promotion on probation, the seniority of such member in the Force shall be the seniority he would have held had he not been promoted on probation. Constitution of Malta Police Association. Representations. Amended by: L.N. 146 of 2017. 7. (Deleted by Legal Notice 54 of 2015). 8.
(1)Without prejudice to the provisions of the Police Act, any member of the Force may make written or oral representations upon any matter by which he considers himself aggrieved, and such representations shall, subject to the provisions of sub-regulation MALTA POLICE [ S.L.164.01 3
(2), be made through the ordinary chain of command.
(2)The Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner or the officer holding the appointment of Adjutant may grant permission for written or oral representations to he made direct to them by any member of the Force.
(3)In any representations made under this regulation no defamatory, insubordinate or undisciplined language shall be used.
- A member of the Force shall be guilty of neglect or violation of duty (hereafter in these Regulations referred to as an offence against discipline) if he commits one or more of the offences against discipline set out in the Second Schedule to the Police Act. Offences against discipline. Amended by: L.N. 146 of
- After having inquired into any charge or complaint of an offence against discipline committed by a member of the Force, the Commissioner shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of the Police Act. Penalty. Substituted by: L.N. 146 of
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(1)The Commissioner may keep at the Police Head Quarters a mess for members of the Force not below the rank of Inspector, styled "the Officers’ Mess", and another mess for members of the Force below the rank of Inspector, styled "the Other Ranks’ Canteen". Messes. Cap. 164.
(2)Both the Officers’ Mess and the Other Ranks’ Canteen shall be managed in accordance with such directives as may be given by the Commissioner from time to time.
(3)Membership of the Officers’ Mess shall be compulsory and on subscription, provided, however, that the subscription fee in respect of officers holding a particular rank shall not be increased without the consent of the majority of the officers of that rank. Membership of the Other Ranks’ Canteen shall be voluntary and on no subscription.
(4)The accounts of the Officers’ Mess and the Other Ranks Canteen shall be audited annually by officers appointed for that purpose by the Commissioner. 12.
(1)The Commissioner shall continue to maintain, for the general benefit of the Force, the fund, commenced in November, 1919, styled "The Malta Police General Fund", to which every member of the Force makes a contribution of thirteen euros and ninety-eight cents (13.98) to be paid every three months.
(2)All members of the Force who joined the Force after the 30th November, 1919, shall be deemed to be required to pay these subscriptions as a condition of their service.
(3)Any other funds of the Force, raised by subscription, shall be voluntary.
(4)The accounts of the Malta Police General Fund shall be audited annually by the Auditor General. The Malta Police General Fund. Amended by: L.N. 72 of 1979; L.N. 70 of 1980; L.N. 63 of 1981; L.N. 27 of 1995; L.N. 274 of 1998; L.N. 410 of 2007.