Cap. 445 Art. 72Power to make regulations. Renumbered/

The Minister may make regulations to give effect to any of the foregoing provisions of this Act, or to regulate or otherwise provide for any matter relating to activities affecting cultural property, and may in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, make regulations for any of the following purposes:

(a) to establish any fees and dues which may be payable by or under, or for services rendered pursuant to, the provisions of this Act;

(b) to ensure the better fulfilment of the functions of the Entities;

(c) to regulate the appointment of officers and employees with any of the Entities;

(d) to regulate any excavation and exploration;

(e) to establish guidelines for best conservation and restoration practice;

(f) to provide for any forms or procedures which may be necessary or expedient and for which no express procedure is contained in this Act;

(g) to regulate trade and commerce in cultural property;

(h) to regulate movement of cultural property;

(i) to prescribe rules to give effect to the provisions of any international convention concerning the protection of the cultural heritage, ratified by the Government of Malta; or for the compliance with international obligations contracted by the Government of Malta regarding heritage;

(j) where not otherwise provided in this Act, to prescribe rules regulating the powers and duties of, and the procedures to be followed by, any entity, commission, committee or board established by or under this Act;

(k) to set out and publish the requirements for accreditation as established in article 39;

(l) to establish the parameters within which, and the types of cultural property in respect of which, the powers under articles 54 and 55 shall be exercised;

(m) to publish the requirements for accreditation of non-government organizations in accordance with article 7(5)(m);

(n) to establish the list of Heritage Skills;

(o) to provide for the form and procedure in respect of applications and the grant of permits for interventions in cultural property under article 59, and to provide for appeals from decisions of the Superintendent on the same;

(p) to establish the rules relative to the aptitude test;

(q) to establish guidance, rules and regulations and to provide for the form and procedure for the entrustment of public collections and sites;

(r) to provide for administrative infringements and fines including out of court settlements;

(s) to prescribe anything else which may or is to be prescribed under this Act.