REQUISITION OF COARSE SALT [ S.L.117.23 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 117.23
REQUISITION OF COARSE SALT REGULATIONS
29th July, 1977
LEGAL NOTICE 93 of 1977.
Title.
Regulations.
Interpretation.
requires- 
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for trade;
"requisitionee" means the person from whose possession any
coarse salt is requisitioned by the Minister;
"requisition" means the taking possession of any coarse salt by
the Minister.
Power of 
requisition.
3.  The Minister may, by order under his hand, requisition any
coarse salt from any requisitionee and may give such directions as
appear to him necessary or expedient in order that the requisition
may be put into immediate effect and complied with.
Power of entry.
may enter any premises with a view to securing compliance with
the requisition order. 
Use of 
requisitioned 
coarse salt.
5. The Minister may use or authorise the disposal of any
coarse salt requisitioned by him under these regulations in such
manner and subject to such conditions as he considers expedient
having regard to the public interest.
Offences and 
penalties.
6. (1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with
any requisition order made by the Minister under regulation 3 or
who performs any act or omits to perform any act knowing or
having reasonable cause to believe that such act or omission is
likely to frustrate, hinder or obstruct the execution or the carrying
out of any measure, direction or authorisation given under these
regulations, connected with such requisition order, shall, on
conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six
months and to a fine ( multa ) of not less than two hundred liri and
not exceeding one thousand liri.
(2) The Court shall, besides awarding punishment, order the
offender to comply with these regulations within a time to be fixed
by the Court, and if the offender fails to comply with any such
order he shall be liable to a fine ( multa ) of from two hundred liri to
five hundred liri for every day of default, or part thereof, after the
expiry of the said time.
Compensation.
requisitionee, the compensation payable to the latter shall be such
as is deemed fair and reasonable in all the circumstances of the case
by a Board to be composed as follows:
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( a ) a Magistrate, to be appointed by the Prime Minister, as
Chairman;
( b ) a person to be appointed by the Minister as his
representative; and
( c ) a person to be appointed by the requisitionee as his
representative.
(2) If the requisitionee does not appoint his representative
within the period of seven days from the day on which he is asked
in writing to do so, the Minister shall appoint a third member to
represent the requisitionee.
(3) Before starting the proceedings relative to the assessment
of the compensation payable to the requisitionee, the members of
the board, with the exception of the chairman, shall take before the
Chairman the oath to examine and decide with equity and
impartiality the matter before it.
Cap. 12.
(4) The Board shall regulate its own procedure subject to the
rules of natural justice and shall have the same powers as are by the
Code of Organization and Civil Procedure conferred on the Court
of Magistrates (Malta) or the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) to call
witnesses and hear evidence on oath; summons to witnesses shall
be signed by the Chairman of the Board.
