S.L. 431.1 Art. 4Procedure.

(1) A voluntary organisation which is enrolled may indicate its interest in participating in the nomination and election of representatives to the Committee at any time by means of a notice in writing to the Chairperson of the Council.

(2) The organisation shall provide full details of its name, the full address of its registered office and the address where it receives mail and its VO identification number and shall specify the primary sector of activity within civil society under which it wishes to be classified in accordance with regulation 3(2).

(3) The Chairperson of the Council shall acknowledge the same in writing.

(4) The Chairperson of the Council shall verify with the Commissioner that an organisation is enrolled and eligible for the purposes of these regulations.

(5) The Chairperson of the Council shall keep a register of eligible organisations for the purposes of these regulations. The register shall be organised by the sector of activity within civil society indicated in the notice submitted by the relevant organisation under this regulation.

(6) The register shall be available to the public on the web-site of the Council.

(7) If a voluntary organisation is in doubt as to which primary sector of activity within civil society it belongs, such voluntary organisation may apply for a ruling from the Chairperson of the Council regarding such issue. The Chairperson of the Council shall determine this issue after consulting the Commissioner. In case of reasonable doubt as to which sector the voluntary organisation belongs, such organisation shall be included under regulation 3(2)(l) and shall therefore be represented by the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector.

(8) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to the Local Councils Association.