Cap. 422 Art. 3Establishment of the Malta Statistics Authority.

(1) There shall be a body, to be known as the Malta Statistics Authority, which shall exercise and perform the functions assigned to it by this Act.

(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate having a distinct legal personality and shall be capable, subject to the provisions of this Act, of entering into contracts, of acquiring, holding and disposing of any kind of property for the purposes of its functions, or suing and being sued, and of doing all such things and entering into all such transactions as are incidental or conducive to the exercise or performance of its functions under this Act, including the lending or borrowing of money.