Cap. 328 Art. 3Incentives for home ownership. Cap. 294. Cap. 239. Cap. 158.

The Housing Authority or the Housing Secretary may make regulations, with the approval of the Minister, providing for schemes for the encouragement of home ownership in Malta, whereby persons are encouraged to acquire a dwelling-house for their own residence by being granted all or any one or more of the following incentives:

(a) relief from the duty chargeable under the Duty on

Documents Act‡;

(b) relief from the duty chargeable under the Death and

†; Donation Duty Act

(c) the right to register the dwelling-house as a decontrolled dwelling-house under the Housing (Decontrol) Ordinance.