S.L. 546.2 Art. 1Citation and scope.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Business

Register and Information Sharing Regulations.

(2) These regulations establish:

(a) a Registrar for Business whose responsibility shall be the administration of the Business Register;

(b) a Business Register which records all businesses established in Malta and the assignment of a unique machine-readable identifier for every business whose details are recorded in the Business Register; and

(c) a Business Portal which will facilitate sharing of business information between public sector bodies and between public sector bodies and businesses.

(3) These regulations provide for measures which are necessary for giving full effect to the Act by facilitating the sharing of commonly used business data between public sector bodies.

(4) These regulations also provide for the establishment and maintenance of a business profile within which businesses may store information relative to their activities and share them with public sector bodies as may be necessary from time to time.