Malta
1. Legal Gazette
1.1. Overview
Il-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta
The Malta Government Gazette
Published by:
Dipartiment tal-Informazzjoni (DOI)
(Department of Information (DOI))
Malta
3, Castille Place — Valletta — VLT 1062
Tel. +356 2200 1700
E-mail: info@doi.gov.mt
Website: http://www.doi.gov.mt
| Official journal / legal gazette |
In Malta there is a single official journal containing legislation as well as legal notices and other official information; see point 1.2 for details. |
| First edition |
27 October 1813 |
| First online edition |
December 2003 |
| Paper edition |
Il-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta
Price
Depending on page content. Average EUR 3. |
| Online edition |
https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/DOI/Government%20Gazette/Pages/default.aspx
Available texts
PDF from June 2003
Access and price
Free |
| CD/DVD edition |
Not applicable |
1.2. Details on the legal gazette in general
| Content |
- All acts of legislation
- Government notices
- Calls for public tenders
- Calls for filling civil service vacancies
- Planning Authority permits for development
- Court notices and decrees
- Land registration
Supplements:
- Laws passed by the parliament
- House of Representative bills.
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| Legal basis |
Article 72 (4) of the Maltese Constitution states that when a law has received presidential assent it will be published in the Gazette without delay and does not come into force until it has been published. Article 16 of the Interpretation Act — Chapter 249 of the Laws of Malta — refers to electronic publishing. The Statute Law Revision Act of 1980 also makes reference to the publication of legal texts after periodic revision, with Section 11A making specific reference to the publication of laws on the Internet.
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| Legally binding |
Paper edition |
| Financing |
Sales revenue and state budget |
1.3. Details on the online edition
https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/DOI/Government%20Gazette/Pages/default.aspx
See also point 1.1
| Functionalities |
Download |
| Format description |
PDF |
| Authenticity |
The original files of the Gazette are saved in InDesign format. |
| Archiving |
There are no legal provisions for archiving the electronic editions of legislation; nevertheless, the Department of Information (DOI) provides this service as an extra facility for the public. |
1.4. Details on the publishing institution
Dipartiment tal-Informazzjoni (DOI)
(Department of Information (DOI))
For contact details, please refer to point 1.1
| Form and nature |
Part of the Prime Minister’s Office |
| Basic tasks |
- Pre-press: yes
- Printing: yes
- Dissemination/distribution: yes
- Legal gazette online: yes
- Consolidation: yes
- Legislation database: yes
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| Other services offered |
- Publishing the Malta Government Gazette, as well as other printed matters for government.
- Assuring the management, development and updating of the Government Gazzette on the subsite of the Department of Information (DOI) website
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1.5. Drafting and publishing procedures
Text processing
systems |
Standard software packages such as Microsoft Word are normally used.
Drafts in Word format are compiled as a publication with InDesign at the Publishing Unit of the Department of Information and referred in PDF format for printing at the Government Printing Press. The same system is used for primary and secondary legislation but this is done at the Government Printing Press. |
| Workflow |
- There is no single integrated electronic workflow system for drafting, adopting and publishing legislation. Transmission is done electronically.
- Proofreading and editing are realised by the DOI Publishing Unit.
- The minimum period between reception of the draft by the publishing workflow and the availability of the published text is one day (or hours if need be), or at the discretion of the respective ministries.
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| Publishing |
The paper and electronic editions are published at the same time and they are derived from the same final text file. From January 2009, the Government Gazette and Legislation have started to be printed on recycled paper. |
2. Collections of consolidated Legislation
See full details >>
Ligijiet ta’ Malta
(Laws of Malta)
http://www.justiceservices.gov.mt/LOM.aspx?pageid=27&mode=chrono/lom/home.asp
Body carrying out
consolidation |
Ministeru tal-Gustizzja, Kultura u Gvern Lokali
(Ministry for Justice, Culture and Local Government) |
Status of the
consolidated texts |
The collection of the Laws of Malta on the website is an official collection of consolidated legislation — see the Statute Law Revision Act, 1984, which is reproduced at the beginning of the Laws of Malta collection on the website. |
Deadline for
consolidation |
Amendments to existing legislation approved by the House of Representatives are integrated within the original text, once they come into force, so that the displayed text is the current version of the legislation. The latest version update (date last updated) is displayed accordingly. |
3. Legislative portals and online databases
3.1. Official portals
No official portal is available.
3.2. Official databases
For the Il-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta online, see point 1.3
Ligijiet ta’ Malta
(Laws of Malta)
http://www.justiceservices.gov.mt/LOM.aspx?pageid=27&mode=chrono/lom/home.asp
Organisation
responsible |
Ministeru tal-Gustizzja, Kultura u Gvern Lokali
(Ministry for Justice, Culture and Local Government) |
| Content |
Contains all the chapters of the Laws of Malta including the Constitution of Malta and the Statute Law Revision Act; subsidiary legislation and chronological and analytical indexes for all legislation in consolidated form. |
| Access |
Free of charge |
| Free of charge |
Yes |
3.3. Additional information: other commonly used legal databases
Legal (publishing) enterprises
Printed legal services (provided by the enterprise) have ceased, following the introduction of an online edition of the Laws of Malta, as quoted at Section 3.2.
