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CHAPTER 193
UNITED KINGDOM LANDS (VESTING) ACT 
To make provision for the vesting in or reversion to the Government of
Malta of certain properties and rights which on the 20th September, 1964
were vested in or belonged or pertained to or were held or were
exercisable by certain departments or authorities of the Government of the
United Kingdom or an authorized service organization.
(1st February, 1966) *
Enacted by ACT XIII of 1966.
Short title
(Vesting) Act.
Interpretation.
 "authorized service organization" means the Navy, Army and
Air Force Institutes, the Royal Naval Film Corporation, the Army
Kinema Corporation, the Royal Air Force Cinema Corporation and
such other non-profit making organization authorized by the
Government of the United Kingdom to accompany the armed forces
of the Government in Malta to provide for the need of members of
those forces and their dependants as may be designated for the
purposes of this Act by the Prime Minister by notice published in
the Government Gazette;
"land" means immovable property of any kind, including
buildings and structures and other works in, on, under or over land
and includes land wholly or partially covered by water;
"Malta" has the same meaning as is assigned to it by section 124
of the Constitution of Malta;
"United Kingdom" means the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland.
Vesting of certain 
properties.
3. (1) The absolute ownership, right and title in all land in
Malta which on the 20th September, 1964 was vested or belonged,
in absolute ownership, in or to any department or authority of the
armed services of the United Kingdom or any authorized service
organization, or in or to any such other department or authority of
the Government of the United Kingdom as may be designated by
the Prime Minister by notice in the Government Gazette, and all
rights in or over land or territorial waters in Malta, whether real or
personal, which on the date aforesaid pertained to or were held or
were exercisable by any such department or authority or
organization as aforesaid shall vest, with effect from the 21st
September, 1964, in the Government of Malta by virtue of this Act
and without further assurance.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to such rights
as derived from emphyteutical grants made for a period not
* See  Government Notice No. 107 of the 1st of February, 1966.
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exceeding fifty years otherwise than by the Government of Malta
nor shall it apply to such personal rights (including rights of
occupation and use) as derived from leases or other agreements
entered into other than with the Government of Malta:
  Provided that in respect of such rights as derived from
emphyteutical grants made for a period not exceeding fifty years
otherwise than by the Government of Malta and as are designated
by the Prime Minister by notice in the Government Gazette,
subsection (1) of this section shall apply with effect from the date
of such notice or such later date as may be specified in the notice.
Cap. 88.
(3) Nothing in subsection (2) of this section shall be construed
as excluding the application of subsection (1) of this section to any
right acquired or exercisable by any department or authority of the
armed services of the United Kingdom by virtue or in pursuance of
the Land Acquisition (Public Purposes) Ordinance or of any other
law authorizing the compulsory acquisition or exercise of such
right.
Cap.157.
(4) The vesting by virtue of this section of the assets referred to
in section 3 of the Malta Dockyard Emergency Ordinance, shall
extend also to all other property which is the subject of a lease
dated the 28th March, 1959, granted under the said Ordinance in
the terms set out in the Second Schedule thereto.
Reversion of 
certain properties.
4. All land in Malta which on the 20th September, 1964 was
held by any department or authority of the armed services of the
United Kingdom under clause 25 of the Order in Council dated the
26th October, 1896, and published in the Government Gazette on
the 19th November, 1896, shall, notwithstanding anything
contained in that Order, revert to the Government of Malta by
virtue of this Act with effect from the 21st September, 1964.
Act not to affect 
certain rights.
5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the
continuance of any right in or over any land referred to in section 3
of this Act which, immediately before the date on which the vesting
of such land takes effect under the provisions of that section, was
held or enjoyed by any person or body other than a department or
authority of the Government of the United Kingdom or an
authorized service organization, or as affecting any right of any
department or authority of the Government of the United Kingdom
or of any authorized service organization deriving from the
Agreement on Mutual Defence and Assistance between the
Government of Malta and the Government of the United Kingdom
signed on the 21st September, 1964.
