REQUISITION OF WATER-TANKERS ġ S.L.117.26 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 117.26
REQUISITION OF WATER-TANKERS 
REGULATIONS
23rd July, 1986
LEGAL NOTICE 43 of 1986.
Title.
Tankers Regulations.
Interpretation.
requires- 
"water-tankers" includes any motor vehicle with a tanker for the
conveyance of water, liquids or other material;
"Minister" means the Prime Minister, or the Parliamentary
Secretary to whom are assigned duties in connection with the Water
Services Corporation;
"person" includes a body or association of persons; 
"requisition" means the taking possession by the Minister of any
water-tanker;
"requisitionee" means the person from whose possession any
water-tanker is requisitioned by the Minister.
Power of 
requisition.
3. The Minister may, by order under his hand, requisition any
water-tanker from any requisitionee and may give such directions
as appear to him necessary or expedient in order that the requisition
may be put into effect and complied with.
Power of entry.
enter any premises with a view to securing compliance with the
requisition order.
Use of 
requisitioned 
water-tanker.
5. (1) The Minister may authorise any other person to use any
requisitioned water-tanker. 
(2) The Minister may also, in his discretion, hand over to any
person any requisitioned water-tanker to be used by such person
under the direction of the manager of the Water Services
Corporation.
Offences and 
penalties.
6. 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 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.
Compensation.
and the requisitionee, the compensation payable to the latter shall
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be such as is deemed fair and treasonable in all the circumstances
of the case by a Board to be composed as follows:
( a ) a Magistrate, to be appointed by the Prime Minister, as
Chairman;
( b ) a person to be appointed by the Prime 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 by the Prime Minister, the Prime 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.
(5) An appeal from the decision of the Board shall lie to the
Court of Appeal and shall be brought by means of an application to
be filed within six working days from the day on which the
decision of the Board is delivered.
