These Regulations define the criteria and guidelines for the designation of Special Designated Areas, which are exempted from the prohibition of acquisition of immovable property in Malta by non residents. The Minister of Finance shall issue an order designating an area as a Special Designated Area upon application by non residents who intend to acquire immovable property.

Implements: Immovable Property (Acquisition by Non-Residents) Act. (2005)
Amended by: Immovable Property (Designation of Special Areas) (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 (L.N. 320 of 2007). (2007)

La présente loi fixe le cadre qui détermine les différents statuts des terres et pose les principes qui doivent les présider. La loi, par la suite, énumère les différents statuts des terres en donnant leur définition, consistance, régime juridique et mode de gestion. Ces statuts concernent notamment : les terres dépendant des domaines de l’Etat, des collectivités décentralisées et des autres personnes morales de droit public ; les terrains des personnes privées et les terrains constitutifs d’aires soumises à un régime juridique de protection spécifiques.

The present Ordinance implements the Federal Agricultural Lease Act of 4 October 1985. Farmers living in the area enjoy priority rights in case of lease of alpine pastures. Otherwise the competent authority shall advertise such a lease in the legal gazette. The text consists of 19 articles divided into 5 Parts as follows: Purpose (1); Definitions (2); Completing cantonal provsions (3); Cantonal authorities (4); Final provisions (5).

Implements: Loi fédérale sur le bail à ferme agricole. (2014-01-01)

The present Law is composed of 12 Sections dealing with: (a) general provisions (Sect. 1); (b) the right of ownership (Sect. 2); (c) purchase and amortization (Sect. 3); (d) lease (Sect. 4); (e) other rights related to immovable property (Sect. 5); (f) expropriation for public needs (Sect. 6); (g) right of use of public immovable property (Sect. 7); (h) land consolidation (Sect. 8); (i) cadastre and land registration (Sect. 9); (j) cessation of the right of ownership and its legal protection (Sect. 10); (k) dispute settlement (Sect. 11); (l) coming into effect of the Law (Sect. 12).

This Law lays down some amendments and addenda to Law No. 9235 of 2004. The amendment extends the scope of the Law to the immovable properties created before 7 April 1939 and sequestrated according to Law No. 37 of 1945 on the extraordinary tax on war profits. It also revises the list of the properties that cannot be restituted and that of the properties that serve the public interest. Furthermore, the amendment revises the regulations dealing with State-owned land and residences.

The present Law lays down some amendments and addenda to Law No. 9235 of 2004 on restitution and compensation of property. The amendments extend the deadlines set by the Law above-mentioned, such as the deadlines for requesting the verification of the issued decisions (from 6 to 18 months) and those for submitting new requests from the expropriated persons from 1 to 2 years.

Amends: Law No. 9235 on restitution and compensation of property. (2004-07-29)

The object of this Law is: (a) the just regulation of the issues of property rights that have arisen from expropriation, nationalization, or confiscation; (b) restitution and compensation, whenever restitution is not possible; (c) the procedures for accomplishing restitution and compensation of property and the administrative bodies charged with its completion.

This Regulation concerns the refusal to own or possess land. There are hereby regulated the procedures appicable to requests for land. The land above-mentioned is considered to be State-owned land to be administered and distributed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The refusal must be in written form and submitted to the village land distribution committee. Refusal of the land from village families does not affect their entitlement to social aid, whereas the refusal from agriculture enterprises families render the family ineligible for social aid.

El objeto de la presente Ley es regular el régimen de la propiedad comunal de las tierras de las comunidades indígenas y étnicas de la Costa Atlántica y las cuencas de los ríos Coco, Bocay, Indio y Maíz.

El presente Acuerdo establece los requisitos de inscripción y registro y los criterios de elegibilidad y selección que deben cumplir los hombres y mujeres de escasos recursos que hubieren sido desplazados del campo de manera forzosa por causa de la violencia para acceder a los Programas de Desarrollo Rural y Reforma Agraria.

This Decree contains rules relative to various stages of and the procedures for the partition of land in accordance with the Land Partition Act. It also defines the duties of local authorities in this process. The stages are, among other things, survey and mapping, the establishment of borders of land, distribution of registration numbers and assignment of an official address.

Implements: Act No. 70 of 1978 relative to survey, partition, and registration of real property (Land Partition Act). (2008-03-14)

The present Law sets the regulatory framework for carrying out activities concerning electricity and heat, optimization of the primary energy sources in compliance with the environmental protection norms.