Cap. 654 чл. 7Registration of interpreters.                             S.L. 451.02.

A person shall qualify for registration as an interpreter with the Council, following a decision of the Board, if such person:

(a) is a citizen of Malta or a citizen of a Member State or otherwise permitted to work in Malta under any other law;

(b) is of good conduct; and

(c) satisfies the Council in respect of:

(i) being in possession of academic qualifications obtained after successful completion of a course of study at undergraduate level, in respect of which a prescribed score or classification would have been obtained or exceeded, at the University of Malta or such other university or academic institution as may be recognised for the purpose by the Council, after having consulted the Association;

(ii) having successfully completed:

- prescribed training in Maltese Sign

Language, offered by the Deaf People

Association (Malta) in conjunction with the

Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology of the University of Malta, or by any other institution as may be recognised for the purpose by the Council, after having consulted the

Association, and that includes standardised fluency testing in Maltese Sign Language led by

Deaf users of this language; and, or

- prescribed training in International

Sign and, or in at least one (1) sign language not being Maltese Sign Language, offered by such university or academic institution as may be recognised in accordance with the Mutual

Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications in the European Region Regulations, and attestations or proof in respect of fluency in International Sign and, or in such other sign languages; and

(iii) being fluent in the Maltese and English languages in the case of Maltese Sign Language interpreters and, or in a corresponding spoken language in the case of interpreters for another sign language and, or in at least one (1) spoken language in the case of International Sign interpreters:

Provided that an interpreter may request to be registered for one (1) or more language pairs, with International Sign able to be a component of any such pair:

Provided further that a deaf person applying to register as an interpreter for any sign language or for International Sign shall only be required to fulfil the requirements of sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii):

Provided further that the Council, after having consulted the Association, may allow for time-limited derogations from any one (1) or more of the provisions contained in this paragraph, should it be deemed that such derogations would be necessary to ensure continued provision of LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS

interpretation services to any part of the deaf community residing locally:

Provided further that the requirements in respect of sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii), as amended from time to time, as well as the general rules on registration stipulated in this Act, and any derogation thereto promulgated from time to time shall be made publicly available in an accessible manner by the Council on apposite websites.