Cap. 566 Art. 27Relations with the Minister. Cap. 327. Cap. 595. Cap. 595. Transfer of property.

(1) Article 134 of the Education Act shall apply to the

Institute’s relations with the Minister:

Provided that any reference to the Minister in the said article shall, for the purposes of this article, mean the Minister responsible for tourism.

(2) The Institute shall afford to the Minister facilities for obtaining any information with respect to the property and activities of the Institute, and for this purpose the Chief Executive Officer shall furnish the Minister with returns, accounts and other information with respect thereto, and shall afford to him facilities for the verification of any information furnished, in such manner and at such times as the Minister may reasonably require.

(3) Save as otherwise provided in the Act or in regulations made thereunder, the Institute shall be under the general direction of the Minister and, subject to such direction, under the supervision of the Permanent Secretary.

(4) The Minister may, in relation to matters that appear to him to affect the public interest, from time to time give to the Institute directions in writing of a general character not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, on the policy to be followed by the Institute in the carrying out of its functions, under this Act, and the Institute shall, as soon as possible, give effect to all such directions.

(5) Any guidelines issued by the Institute as provided in this Act require approval by the Minister for them to have effect.

(6) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, article 28 of the Public Administration Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the

Institute.

(7) The Minister may establish an Advisory Board to assist the Director in the manner provided under article 32 of the Public Administration Act;

(8) The Minister may, by virtue of this Act, make regulations governing the functions and duties of any board, committee or body established under this Act;

(9) The Minister may, subject to the provisions of this Act, make regulations to give effect to any of the provisions of this Act,

Government and used by it immediately before the date of the coming into force of this Act, where used by it for the operation of any of the functions vested in the Institute by virtue of this Act shall, on the date aforesaid, by virtue of this Act and without further assurance, be transferred to and be vested in the Institute under the same title by which they were held by the Government immediately before the said date. The provisions of this article shall not apply to immovable property.

(2) The use and administration of the immovable assets from time to time specified in an order made by the President of Malta and published in the Gazette (hereinafter referred to as "the immovable assets") being immovable assets which, immediately before the coming into force of this Act, were owned by the Government and used by it for the exercise of any of the functions which by this Act are being transferred to or vested in the Institute, shall, with effect from such day as may be specified in any such Order and by virtue of this Act and without any further assurance, be transferred to and vested in the Institute under the same title by which they were held by the Government before such day.

(3) The transfer and vesting aforesaid shall extend to the whole of such property and undertakings and, without prejudice to the generality aforesaid, shall include all plant, equipment, apparatus, instruments, vehicles, craft, buildings, structures, installations, land, roads, works, stocks and other property movable or immovable, assets, powers, rights and privileges and all things necessary or ancillary thereto which are held or enjoyed in connection therewith or appertaining thereto, as well as all obligations affecting or relating to any of the aforesaid property or undertakings or other things included therein as aforesaid.

(4) Any transfer of property, whether movable or immovable, shall be subject to all those terms and conditions that the President of Malta, in consultation with the Minister, may deem necessary to ensure that such property is exclusively used for the purposes of the functions of the Institute or purposes ancillary thereto.