Cap. 242 Art. 17Regulations and rules of procedure. Cap. 12. Repeal. Cap. 48. Ordinance.

(1) The Minister may make, and when made vary, modify or, without prejudice to the making of new regulations, revoke, regulations to provide for any matter which in his opinion is expedient to give effect to any provision of this Act, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, to -

(a) establish or regulate the procedure, method or manner to be followed and the time limits and other limitations to be observed, in respect of any matter provided for in this Act;

(b) prescribe the manner in which and the person by whom anything which is to be certified or authenticated or duly certified or authenticated under this Act is to be so certified or authenticated;

(c) prescribe the person who is to perform any of the functions or duties provided for in this Act.

(2) Without prejudice to any regulations made under this article, proceedings under this Act shall be regulated by rules made under article 29 of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure

(including any rules so made in respect of proceedings under the Ordinance which shall remain in force and shall apply to proceedings under this Act) and, failing such rules or regulations, by the provisions of the Code aforesaid.

REPEAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS *18. The Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement)

Ordinance is hereby repealed, without prejudice to anything lawfully done thereunder and to the provisions of article 17(2).

* See footnote to Chapter 48. restrictions as may be contained in the order made under article 3

designating that country or territory as a reciprocating country -

(a) the provisions of this Act shall apply to maintenance orders, or maintenance orders of a class specified in the order aforesaid -

(i) made by a court in Malta against a person residing in that country or territory, or

(ii) made by a court in that country or territory against a person residing in Malta, being orders to which, immediately before the date of commencement of the subarticle aforesaid, the Ordinance applied, and any such order which immediately before the date aforesaid was registered under the Ordinance shall be deemed to be and be treated as an order registered under this Act;

(b) any maintenance order, or maintenance orders of a class specified in the order aforesaid, made by a court in that country or territory which has been confirmed under article 6 of the Ordinance and is in force immediately before that date shall be registered by the Registrar under article 8 in like manner as an order confirmed under the said article 8;

(c) any proceedings brought under or by virtue of a provision of the Ordinance in a court in Malta which are pending at that date, being proceedings affecting a person resident in that country or territory or proceedings affecting a person resident in Malta, shall be continued as if they had been brought under or by virtue of the corresponding provision of this Act.

(2) An order made under article 3 may contain such further provision as the President of Malta may consider expedient to give effect to the provisions of subarticle (1). POWER TO APPLY ACT TO OTHER ORDERS AND APPLICATIONS RESPECTING MAINTENANCE