Cap. 473 Art. 27Confidentiality. Cap. 9.

(1) Except where otherwise provided by law, a person shall not knowingly disclose information obtained by him while performing the duties of a member, officer or employee of the authority or of an adviser or consultant to the authority, unless he is duly authorised by the authority to do so.

(2) A person who contravenes this article shall be guilty of an offence against article 257 of the Criminal Code.

(3) Nothing in this article shall prevent the disclosure of any information to the authority or, by or on behalf of the authority to the Minister or as may be required at law or for the purpose of prosecuting an offence under this Act or regulations made thereunder. FIRST SCHEDULE

Eco-Contribution Tariff

Act XVI of 2017.84. SECOND SCHEDULE Added by: II. 2009.68. (Article 3(1)) Amended by: L.N. 383 of 2009; L.N. 421 of 2010; L.N. 174 of 2016; III.2026.78. CODE DESCRIPTION TIME WHEN NUMBER CONTRIBUTION CONTRI-BUTION FALLS DUE *S 201001 Accommodation, whether The time when One euro provided for a the invoice is (€1.50) consideration or raised by the person otherwise, provided in producer or at (18) years any premises which for the time of the at the start the purpose of providing check-in, but in any such service requires the whichever is the a maximum license in virtue of the earlier. two euro Malta Travel and Tourism (€22.50) Services Act, or any other visit. The Act which may be shall substituted therefor. uninterrupted

(1) or more Malta requiring licensed the second hereof: Provided where a stays of days in premises, in Malta which do be licensed with the Tourism (hereinafter "interruption"), notwithstanding, shall still as constituting visit for calculating contribution sohowever contrib charged days of the *in force as from the 1st June, 2016, and applicable for visits commencing on or THIRD SCHEDULE

(Article 9)

Registration and Reporting Procedure

Every producer must apply to the competent authority, or another may be delegated by the competent authority on the prescribed form or on such other form approved by the competent authority, within entry into force of the Act or within thirty days from the date on which becomes a producer in terms of the Act, whichever is the later or as may be way of guidelines issued by the competent authority. the coming into force of the Act, a producer may be requested to competent authority of his opening stock of products as at such date as may determine:

Provided that the recognised producers of products falling under HS Code to 2206 inclusive, and 2208 in the First Schedule, duly recognised by authority in virtue of regulations made under the Act, must inform the their opening stock as may be prescribed, as on the 4th September, 2004, eco-contribution thereon must be paid at such time as is provided in the made under the Act: Provided further that for the purposes of the above proviso "opening stock" the quantity of products owned by the recognised producers and located in the factory, warehouse, bottling plant, or other stores utilised recognised producers in the exercise of their business.

registration, a registration number shall be assigned to the producer. any person -applies to be registered pursuant to sub-article (1), and the authority is satisfied that that person is liable to be registered under the Act, that person shall be a registered person for the purposes of the Act with effect from such date as the Authority may determine; has not made an application for registration pursuant to sub-article (1), and the authority is satisfied that the person is liable to be so registered, the Authority shall proceed to so register him and that person shall be deemed a registered person for the purposes of the Act with effect from the date on which that person first became liable to be registered. In such an event, the producer’s opening stock of products as at the date when he first became liable to be registered shall be determined by the authority. application for registration purporting to be made by or on behalf of any for all purposes be deemed to have been made by that person or by that authority, as the case may be, unless the contrary is proved. person who ceases to be liable to be registered may request the authority cancel that registration, and if the authority is at any time satisfied, such request or otherwise, that that person is no longer liable to pay an eco-contribution, the authority shall cancel that person’s registration with effect from the last day of the quarter during which such person ceased to registered, or from such other date as may be determined by the authority, notify that person of the date on which the cancellation of registration

(7) The obligations and liabilities under the Act of any person anything done, or omitted to be done, by that person while that registered person shall not be affected by the fact that that person registered person.

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