Cap. 409 Art. 12Authority may delegate executive functions to directorates.

(1) There shall be an executive directorate, to be known as the Enforcement Directorate, which shall be composed of -

(a) one person, appointed by the Authority, who shall act as chairperson; and

(b) two persons appointed by the Authority, one of whom shall be a person holding a warrant to practise as an advocate or a warrant to practise as a legal procurator who has been practising for not less than five years.

(2) There shall also be the executive directorates as listed in the Second Schedule to this Act, which shall be composed as described therein. The Minister may, after consulting the Authority, by order in the Gazette, abolish any one or more of the said directorates, vary their composition and establish such other executive directorates as he may from time to time deem appropriate. Each directorate so established shall be composed of a chairperson and such other members as the Minister may determine, all of whom shall be appointed by him:

Provided that the Minister shall appoint such members from among persons with knowledge and experience in the field of operation of the directorate concerned, one of whom shall have knowledge and experience relating to Gozo: Provided further that a majority of such members shall be appointed from among operators in the tourism sector.

(3) The Authority may delegate to such directorates and require them to perform such of its functions with respect, among other matters, to marketing and promotion, human resource development, product planning and development, tourism support services, standards, and to other matters as it may from time to time deem appropriate; and any such delegation of its functions may be made subject to such conditions as the Authority may deem appropriate and may, at any time, be withdrawn, wholly or in part, by the Authority.

(4) The decisions of the directorates, including any licences issued and classifications made by them, shall be deemed to be, and shall have the same force and effect as, decisions of the Authority, except in respect of matters which the Authority expressly reserves

(b) The executive director of a directorate may attend all meetings of that directorate.

(6) The members of the Enforcement Directorate and of the executive directorates, established by or under subarticle (2), shall hold office for a period not exceeding three years and shall, if otherwise qualified, be eligible for re-appointment.

(7) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this article and to any rules that may be made by the Authority, the directorates may regulate their own procedures.

(8) Any order made under the provisions of this article may be amended, substituted or revoked by a subsequent order made in the same manner.