Cap. 520 Art. 7Decree ordering continuation of proceedings.

(1) The Court shall decree the continuation of proceedings if:

(a) it declares the proceedings as appropriate for collective proceedings in accordance with article 9;

(b) it approves the plaintiff to act as the class representative in accordance with article 12; and

(c) it is satisfied that the claims are pursuant to article 3.

(2) The decree shall include -

(a) the name and address of the class representative;

(b) the name of the defendant;

(c) a description of the class;

(d) the common issues for the claims which the class representative has brought in the collective proceedings;

(e) the claims sought; and

(f) information on the legal effect of a judgment in the collective proceedings: Provided that the decree may also contain such conditions as the Court may deem fit and the Court shall order that such decree is to be published in the Gazette and in a local English and Maltese newspaper and in any other media if the Court deems it fit, provisionally at the expense of the class representative, and shall state that any other third parties who desire to be class members, may do so within a specified date as determined by the Court, which date may not exceed five months from the date of the decree, by registering their claim with the class representative and entering into a collective proceedings agreement.