Cap. 363 ст. 47ACommunities.

(1) The communities shall be those listed in the Ninth

Schedule, which Schedule shall also determine the boundaries of each community and the roads included therein.

(2) The Minister may add or subtract from the list of communities listed in the Ninth Schedule according to procedures established in sub-articles (3) and (4).

(3) The Minister may from time to time after consulting the Local Council of the locality declare an area within the locality as a community for the purposes of the law and accordingly such community shall be added by regulations to the Ninth Schedule.

(4) The residents of any area not included in the Ninth Schedule may make a request to their Local Council for the inclusion of such zone in the Ninth Schedule. The Council shall, within one month from the receipt of the request, discuss it and make its recommendation to the Minister who shall, within two months from the receipt of the Council’s recommendation, take a decision on the request.

(5) The Mayor shall assign the responsibility of the community found within the locality to the councillor having his residence in this community. If more than one councillor resides in that community, the councillors shall vote for one of the councillors who resides in that community and who shall be assigned the responsibility of that community. If none of the councillors resides in that community, the Mayor shall assign this responsibility to the councillor who he deems merits this responsibility:

Provided that for the Swatar Community there shall be assigned two councillors, one from the locality of Birkirkara and another from the locality of l-Imsida.

(6) There shall be a financial allocation for Communities, which shall be part of the Local Council allocation and this shall be computed on the basis of the same funding formula, for the Local Council, found in the Eighth Schedule. Any decision on the use of these funds shall be implemented after ratification by the Local Council of the locality.