                MINISTERS (DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS) [ CAP. 324.       1
CHAPTER 324
MINISTERS (DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS) ACT 
To enable Ministers to delegate functions of their office to
Parliamentary Secretaries.
(20th May, 1988) *
Enacted by ACT XVI of 1988.
Short title.
Functions) Act.
Interpretation.
"functions" includes powers and duties;
"law" means an Act of Parliament or other Act passed by the
Legislature of Malta or an Ordinance;
"Minister" means the holder of an office under section 80 of the
Constitution.
Delegation of 
functions.
3. (1) A Minister may delegate to a Parliamentary Secretary
assisting him in the performance of his duties, any functions which
in virtue of his office are conferred on him by or under any law.
(2) A delegation of functions under this section shall be
without prejudice to the exercise of those functions by the Minister.
(3) The power so delegated to make orders, rules or regulations
shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as
including a power to revoke, amend or vary orders, rules or
regulations.
Notice of delegated 
functions.
4. Every delegation of functions and any addition to, or
amendment, variation, substitution or rescission of such delegation
shall be made in writing under the hand of the Minister, and notice
thereof shall be published in the Gazette.
Legal proceedings.
any functions delegated to him under this Act, and may continue
any legal proceedings commenced in respect of those functions
before the date when the delegation is made.
* See  Government Notice No. 370 of the 20th May, 1988.
