Cap. 538 Art. 23Application for restricted warrant.

(1) Any person not eligible to a temporary warrant or full warrant under this Act who on the date of entry into force of this

Act is employed with an agency or institution with training given or recognised only by the same agency or institution, may by not later than sixty six months from the date of entry into force of this Act, apply to the Council to be given a restricted warrant. When given the restricted warrant, such person may only be employed with the agency or institution with which he was employed when given the restricted warrant and such warrant shall not be transferable to the practice of the counselling profession in a self-employed capacity: Provided that the restricted warrant may be transferable to another agency or institution, so long as such other agency or institution recognises the training given by the agency or institution, upon an authorisation in writing by the Council.

(2) The provisions of sub-articles (1), (2), (3), and (6) of article 3 and articles 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17 and 18 shall mutatis apply to persons with a restricted warrant. mutandis

(3) A person shall only qualify to be registered in the Register for Counselling Trainees unless he:

(a) is a citizen of Malta or a citizen of the EU, or is otherwise legally entitled or authorised to work in Malta;

(b) is in possession of a clean conduct and is of a good moral character;

(c) has full legal capacity;

(d) has obtained a Bachelor's degree in one of the human and/or social sciences; and

(e) has been accepted for training in a Masters degree in Counselling recognized by the Council.

(4) No person can function as a Counselling Trainee unless being registered in the Register for Counselling Trainees.