Cap. 462 Art. 16Recommendations. ontheRightsofthe Child.

(1) The Commissioner may make recommendations for action to be taken by other persons or body as may be necessary or expedient and may publish such recommendations, if the Commissioner deems fit, without revealing the identity of the person to whom the report refers.

(2) In those cases where the Commissioner decides to make recommendations, a report shall be drawn up by the Commissioner explaining the reasons for the recommendations and the

Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as ratified by Malta, then the Commissioner may make recommendations in the form of a compliance notice, which shall state the Commissioner’s opinion as to the way in which the provisions of the Convention are not being complied with and what action should be taken to comply.

(2) Any person or body receiving a recommendation in accordance with the preceding sub-article, shall consider the recommendation and notify the Commissioner within such time as the Commissioner may stipulate in the compliance notice, of the action which has been taken or it is intended to take in response to the recommendation.

(3) Where any person or body to whom a recommendation is directed intends not to comply with it, they shall furnish the Commissioner with reasons for not doing so, and the Commissioner may, if deemed fit, publish these reasons.

(4) The Commissioner may require a person or body to whom a recommendation has been directed to furnish such information as may be reasonably required to verify whether the recommendation has been complied with or not.

(5) The Commissioner shall establish and maintain a Register of Compliance Notices and the register may be inspected by any person.