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Malta Armed Forces Act (Cap. 220) Armed Forces Of Malta (Regular Force) (Appointments And Conditions Of Service)(Amendment) Regulations, 2008 (L.N. 58 Of 2008 )

MALTA ARMED FORCES ACT (CAP. 220)
Armed Forces of Malta (Regular Force) (Appointments and Conditions of Service) (Amendment) Regulations, 2008
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 4 of the Malta Armed Forces Act, the President of Malta has made the following regulations>-

Title.

Adds new sub- regulation 12(4).

1. The title of these regulations is the Appointments and
Conditions of Service of the Regular Force (Amendment) Regulations,
2008 and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Appointments and Conditions of Service of the Regular Force Regulations, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.
2. Immediately after sub-regulation (3) of regulation 12 of the principal regulations there shall be added the following new sub- regulation>
“(4) An officer who>
(a) reaches the age of fifty five years< and
(b) has not upon reaching the said age completed twenty five years of service in the force< and
(c) upon reaching the age of fifty five years has his engagement with the force terminated< and
(d) immediately upon his termination of engagement with the force enlists in the Detention Service< and
(e) does not start receiving a pension in terms of these regulations upon his termination of engagement with the force
shall, notwithstanding any other provision of these regulations, be entitled for the purposes of the computation of his pension under these regulations to have his service with the Detention Service reckoned as service in the force until such time as the aggregate of service in the force and service in the Detention Service amounts to twenty five years when such officer shall be entitled to receive a pension in terms of these regulations computed on the basis of
twenty five years of service in the force in accordance with the
Pensions Ordinance<
Provided that an officer who after enlisting in the Detention Service as stipulated in this sub-regulation leaves the said services or has his enlistment therein terminated before completing a total of twenty five years of service in accordance with this sub- regulation shall be entitled to a pension to be computed on the basis of the aggregate of his service in the force and of his service in the Detention Service”
3. Immediately after sub-regulation (2) of regulation 35 of the principal regulations there shall be added the following new sub- regulation>
“(3) An man of the force who>
(a) reaches the age of fifty five years< and
(b) has not upon reaching the said age or upon having his enlistment with the force terminated at an age of more than fifty five years and less than sixty one years completed twenty five years of service in the force< and
(c) upon reaching an age of at least fifty five years but less than sixty one years has his engagement with the force terminated< and
(d) immediately upon his termination of engagement with the force enlists in the Detention Service< and
(e) does not start receiving a pension in terms of these regulations upon his termination of engagement with the force
shall, notwithstanding any other provision of these regulations, be entitled for the purposes of the computation of his pension under these regulations to have his service with the Detention Service reckoned as service in the force until such time as the aggregate of service in the force and service in the Detention Service amounts to twenty five years when such man of the force shall be entitled to receive a pension in terms of these regulations computed on the basis of twenty five years of service in the force in accordance with the Articles and Rules contained in the Third Schedule of these Regulations<
B 1017

Adds new sub- regulation 35(3).

B 1018
Provided that a man of the force who after enlisting in the Detention Service as stipulated in this sub-regulation leaves the said services or has his enlistment therein terminated before completing a total of twenty five years of service in accordance with this sub-regulation shall be entitled to a pension to be computed on the basis of the aggregate of his service in the force and of his service in the Detention Service”

Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment ta’ l-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta

Mitbug[ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern — Printed at the Government Printing Press

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