S.L. 460.14 Art. 1Citation and purpose.

(1) The title of this Order is the Assistance in the Case of

Transit for the Purpose of Removal by Air Order.

(2) The purpose of this Order is to:

(a) define the measures of assistance to be granted by the Maltese authorities in airports in the case of transit with regard to unescorted and escorted removal of third country nationals by air as well as the rules applicable when the Maltese authorities can make such requests for assistance in transit to other Member States; and

(b) transpose the provisions of Council Directive 2003/ 110/EC of 25 November, 2003 on assistance in cases of transit for the purposes of removal by air.

(3) This order shall without prejudice apply to the obligations arising from the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951, as amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967, from international conventions on human rights and fundamental freedoms and from international conventions on the extradition of persons.