Cap. 542 Art. 36Power to make regulations. Cap. 515.

(1) In order to achieve the purposes of this Act, the Minister may, after consultation with the Council, make regulations to give effect to the provisions of this Act and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such regulations may include provision with respect to:

(a) the establishment of policies for implementation by the Council;

(b) any matter related to the expenditure and income of the Council, its estimates and accounts, and their verification;

(c) the definition and interpretation of terms and concepts to be used in regulations and guidelines;

(d) amending, substituting or repealing any of the Schedules;

(e) the creation of any entity, organisation, or person to exercise any of the functions of Arts Council Malta, or of the Public Cultural Organisations;

(f) the setting up of relevant classification systems;

(g) age-classification;

(h) schemes for the purpose of funding or investing in the sectors, cultural and artistic programmes, initiatives and events;

(i) any matter referred to in this Act; and

(j) the deletion or the transposition of any provisions in the relevant legislation into regulations with such modifications as the Minister may consider appropriate or necessary: Provided that in so far as existing projects are concerned, nothing in any regulations made pursuant to this power shall affect any right, benefit or incentive currently in force in favour of any undertaking or beneficiary nor impose any more onerous conditions or obligations than currently in force and in case of conflict between the regulations and the relevant legislation, the provisions of the relevant legislation shall prevail.

(2) The Minister, in concurrence with the Minister responsible for foreign affairs, may establish a Maltese Cultural Institute, referred to the Council for Maltese Living Abroad Act, for the promotion and development of the sector outside Malta, and for such purpose to regulate the functions and operation of such Institute.

(3) The Minister, in concurrence with the Minister responsible for finance, may propose to make or modify regulations in accordance with the provisions of this Act to provide that an undertaking may be wholly or partly exempted from being liable to any tax which, but for the provisions of such regulations, would have been payable, or may introduce any other measure of a fiscal nature.