L.S. 210.01 Regolamenti dwar ir-Reġistrazzjoni u Appell dwar Persuni b`Diżabilità

(1)In these Regulations, "the Act" means the Persons with Disability (Employment) Act. Interpretation. Cap. 210.

(2)Words and phrases used in these Regulations shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning as is assigned to them in the Act. 3.

(1)Any person who desires to have his name entered in the register shall make an application to the Corporation.

(2)Any registered person whose period of registration is about to expire may, not earlier than two months and not later than fifteen days before the expiration of that period, make an application to the Corporation for the retention of his name in the register: Application for registration. Amended by: L.N. 321 of 2019. Provided that, if a final decision by the Corporation or by the Authority, as the case may be, on such an application is not arrived at prior to the date of expiration of the period of registration, the name of the applicant shall, pending such final decision, be retained in the register.

(3)Any person applying to have his name entered in the register shall fill in the relevant application and provide any supporting documentation mentioned therein. 4. No application for the entry or retention of a person’s name in the register shall be entertained unless the applicant has a reasonable prospect of obtaining and keeping some form of employment or of working on his own account. Condition for entry or retention of name in register. 5. No person’s name shall be entered in the register, as the case may be, if - Disqualifications from entry or retention of name in register. Amended by: L.N. 321 of 2019. (

1. a)he is serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention; (
2. b)he is a whole-time patient at any hospital or institution in circumstances which make it impossible for him, within a reasonable time, to undertake employment or work on his own account or to attend a vocational training or industrial rehabilitation course, if such a course is considered necessary in his case; (
3. c)he is not, at the time, ordinarily resident in Malta. 2 [ S.L.210.01 Form of certificate of registration. Amended by: L.N. 321 of 2019. 6.

(1)When a person’s name is entered in the register in accordance with the provisions of the Act, there shall be issued to such person, free of any charge, a certificate.

(2)Issue of duplicate certificate. REGISTRATION AND APPEAL OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY Any such certificate shall be signed by the Corporation. 7.

(1)Where a person proves to the satisfaction of the Corporation that the certificate of registration issued to him in accordance with the provisions of regulation 6 has been stolen or lost or is defaced or has been accidentally destroyed, the Corporation shall issue to such person, free of any charge, a duplicate certificate, clearly marked as such, and signed by the Corporation.

(2)The Corporation may, prior to the issue of any duplicate certificate, require the person requesting such issue to prove his identity and to sign a declaration containing such particulars referring to the theft, loss, defacement or destruction, as the case may be, as the Corporation may determine.

(3)If any person to whom a duplicate certificate has been issued in substitution of the one which had been stolen or lost subsequently regains possession of the original certificate, he shall, wi thin twenty-fou r ho urs, surrender to t he Corp oratio n the duplicate certificate. Cessation of registration.

1. Where the name of any person is, for any reason contemplated in the Act or in these regulations, removed from the register, the relative certificate of registration issued to him in accordance with these Regulations shall become null and void and the holder thereof shall, within twenty-four hours of a notification made to him in this sense by the Corporation, surrender to the Corporation that certificate. Notification of decision by the Corporation.
2. Where, in pursuance of the provision of article 13

(1)of the Act, the Corporation notifies any decision to the person to whom it relates, he shall attach to such decision a copy of sub-article

(2)of the said article and of regulation 10. Mode and time of appeal. 10.

(1)Where any person desires to appeal against any decision taken under or in pursuance of the provisions of the Act, he may, within thirty days of the receipt of the notification referred to in regulation 9, make an application to the Authority.

(2)Where an application is made to the Authority under subregulation

(1), such application shall contain (

1. a)the name and address of the applicant; and (
2. b)in clear language the reason or reasons in support of his appeal.

(3)For the purposes of this regulation, any notification made by means of a letter through the post and directed to the address shown on the relative application made under regulation 3

(1)shall be deemed, unless the contrary is proved, to have been received by the person concerned not later than the second day after the date of posting of the letter. REGISTRATION AND APPEAL OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY [ S.L.210.01 11.

(1)Any register kept by any person in accordance with the provision of article 20

(1)of the Act shall be preserved by such person for a period not shorter than five years from the date of the last entry therein.

(2)Any record kept by any person in accordance with the provision of article 20

(2)of the Act shall be preserved by such person for a period not shorter than five years from the date to which the records relate. Preservation of registers and records. 3 4 [ S.L.210.01 REGISTRATION AND APPEAL OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY FIRST SCHEDULE (Regulation 3

(1)) Application for entry of name in Register of Persons with Disability Deleted by Legal Notice 321 of 2019. SECOND SCHEDULE (Regulation 3

(2)) Application for retention of name in Register of Persons with Disability Deleted by Legal Notice 321 of 2019. THIRD SCHEDULE (Regulation 6) Certificate of Registration Deleted by Legal Notice 321 of 2019.