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PERSONS WITH DISABILITY ġ S.L.210.01 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 210.01
REGISTRATION AND APPEAL OF PERSONS 
WITH DISABILITY REGULATIONS
10th November, 1995
LEGAL NOTICE 156 of 1995.
Title .
Persons with Disability Regulations.
Interpretation.
Cap. 210.
2. (1) In these Regulations, "the Act" means the Persons with
Disability (Employment) Act.
(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.
Application for 
registration.
3.  (1) Any person who desires to have his name entered in the
register shall make an application to the Corporation in the form set
out in the First Schedule.
(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 in the form
set out in the Second Schedule:
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 attach to his application -
( a ) his birth certificate, and
( b ) a medical certificate in support of his application.
Condition for entry 
or retention of 
name in register.
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.
Disqualifications 
from entry or 
retention of name 
in register.
5.  No person’s name shall be entered or retained in the
register, as the case may be, if -
( a ) he has attained the age of sixty-three years;
( b ) he is serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention;
( c ) 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
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course is considered necessary in his case;
( d ) he is a person of habitual bad character;
( e ) he has at any time, after being requested to attend a
vocational training or industrial rehabilitation course,
refused, failed or neglected, without reasonable cause,
to attend or complete such course;
( f ) he has, without reasonable cause, refused to accept, or
failed to keep, suitable employment; or
( g ) he is not, at the time, ordinarily resident in Malta.
Form of certificate 
of registration.
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 in the form set out in
the Third Schedule.
(2)  Any such certificate shall be signed by the Corporation.
Issue of duplicate 
certificate.
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,
within twenty-four hours, surrender to the Corporation the
duplicate certificate.
Cessation of 
registration.
8.  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.
9.  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 sub-
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regulation (1), such application shall contain -
( a ) the name and address of the applicant; and
( 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.
Preservation of 
registers and 
records.
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.
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FIRST SCHEDULE
(Regulation 3(1))
Application for entry of name in Register of 
Persons with Disability
1. Name in full .................................................................................................
2.  Address .......................................................................................................
(Write in BLOCK letters)
3.  Nationality ....................................................... 4. Age ...............................
5. Has there been a previous application' .......................... If yes, state when
.......................................................................................
6.  Are you NOW employed or working on your own account' ..........................
(a) If so, state occupation ............................................................ and name and
address of employer ...................................................................................
(b) If not, state (i) previous occupation ..............................................................
(ii) period from .......................................................... to ...................................
7. Occupation desired by you ...........................................................................
I hereto attach my birth certificate and medical certificate. I further declare that the
above information is true and correct, and I apply for my name to be entered in the
Register of Persons with Disability.
................................................. .................................................
Date Signature or mark
.................................................
I.D. Number
Witness to mark only ..................................
Address of witness .....................................
I D Number ...............................................
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SECOND SCHEDULE
(Regulation 3(2))
Application for retention of name in Register of Persons with Disability
1. Name in full .................................................................................................
(Write in BLOCK letters)
2. Address .......................................................................................................
3. Number of Certificate of Registration ..........................................................
4.  Date of expiry of Certificate of Registration .................................................
5.  Present occupation .......................................................................................
6. Name and address of employer .....................................................................
I apply for my name to be retained in the Register of Persons with Disability.
................................................. .................................................
Date Signature or mark
.................................................
I.D. Number
Witness to mark only ..................................
Address of witness .....................................
I D Number ...............................................
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THIRD SCHEDULE
(Regulation 6)
Certificate of Registration
Registration No...................................
1.  Holder’s name .............................................................................................
2. Holder’s address ..........................................................................................
The name of the above-named person is entered in the Register of Persons with
Disability in terms and for the purposes of the Persons with Disability (Employment)
Act.
The registration expires on ....................................................
Signature of Employment and Training Corporation ..............
Date ......................................................................................
Holder’s signature or mark ....................................................
I.D. number ...........................................................................
Witness to mark only .............................................................
Address of witness ................................................................
I.D. number ...........................................................................
