L.S. 425.05 Regolamenti dwar Ħlasijiet għal Servizzi għas-Sajd u l-Akkwakultura

FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SERVICES PAYMENTS [ S.L.425.05 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 425.05 FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SERVICES PAYMENTS REGULATIONS 4th June, 1991 LEGAL NOTICE 83 of 1991, as amended by Legal Notice 426 of 2007; Act XIII of 2015; and Legal Notice 344 of 2015 and 431 of 2020. 1. The title of these regulations is Fisheries and Aquaculture Services Payments Regulations. 2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires - "Act" means the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act; "Department" means the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department; and Citation. Substituted by: L.N. 344 of 2015. Interpretation. Substituted by: L.N. 344 of 2015. Cap. 425. "Director" means the most senior public officer appointed by the Prime Minister who is not a Permanent Secretary and who has responsibility for the management and conservation of fisheries and aquaculture. 3. When any service by a Fisheries Officer is given outside the precincts of the Department or outside the normal working hours of the Department, there shall be paid to the Director, on his demand, by the person at whose request such service is given, a charge equivalent to the overtime rate which is calculated at such rates as the Government from time to time pays to such officers for similar attendances for overtime, together with an administrative charge of five and a half per cent calculated on the overall charge and expenses, if any: Service fees. Amended by: XIII. 2015.156. Provided that where the duration of such service by an officer of the Department is of less than two hours, the charge shall be calculated at a minimum equivalent of two whole hours. 4. When the attendance of a Fisheries Officer is required at any place, unless the person requesting such an attendance provides satisfactory transport (

1. a)when a route bus service is available, there shall be made a charge for transport at the current fares for such service; Transport charges. Amended by: L.N. 426 of 2007. Substituted by: XIII. 2015.156. Renumbered by: L.N. 431 of 2020. (
2. b)when a route bus service is not available, there shall be made a charge for transport at the rate of 31c per kilometre. 5. Where (
3. a)a Fisheries Officer attends to his duties at a place situated more than five kilometres away from his station; or (
4. b)the duties of a Fisheries Officer exceed five hours in duration; or Subsistence charge. Renumbered by: L.N. 431 of 2020 2 [ S.L.425.05 FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SERVICES PAYMENTS (
5. c)there is no route bus service between the place of attendance and the station of the Fisheries Officer, a subsistence charge shall be made from the person requesting such service at the rates applicable by Government to such officers for similar attendances. Payments to be made to the Director. Added by: L.N. 344 of 2015. Renumbered by: L.N. 431 of 2020 6. Any payment referred to in these regulations shall be made to the Director and the same payment shall be in favour of the Director, without prejudice to those contractual arrangements relating to the contracts of service of fisheries protection officers: Provided that, the Director may delegate the receipt and processing of payments to a public officer as may be indicated by notice in the Gazette.