S.L. 646.27 Art. 9Client representative. 

(1) The client may appoint in respect of every project, a client representative who acts for the Client and who shall be responsible for the design, execution and, or supervision of the execution of a project and who shall be responsible, on the client’s behalf, to carry out the duties imposed by these regulations on the client, mutatis mutandis and any such appointment may be terminated, changed, or renewed as necessary:

Provided that only persons resident in the European Union or the EEA, legal persons incorporated in the European Union or the EEA or entities which are branches recognised in the European Union or the EEA may be appointed as client representative.

(2) When a client representative has been appointed in accordance with these regulations, the obligations imposed by these regulations on the client shall apply and shall be mutatis mutandis carried out by such client representative instead of the client in accordance with these regulations.

(3) The client representative shall be appointed only if the following information is submitted to the Authority:

(a) the date of appointment of the client representative;

(b) the address of the construction site;

(c) a brief description of the project and the construction work that it entails;

(d) the contact details of the client including name, identity card number, address, telephone and, or mobile phone number and an email address;

(e) the contact details of the client representative including name, identity card number, address, telephone and, or mobile phone number and an email address;

(f) a declaration in such form as prescribed by the Authority of acceptance duly signed by the client representative that he has undertaken to accept the role of client representative and to carry out the duties imposed by these regulations on the client; and

(g) a declaration in such form as prescribed by the Authority duly signed by the client and the client’s representative whereby they are expressly consenting to the processing, handling and transmitting of personal data held by the Authority.

(4) Where, during the period of works, the client representative resigns or changes for any reason, he shall be obliged to give notice thereof in writing to the Authority. Until such notice is received and approved in writing by the Authority, he shall still be presumed to be the appointed client representative for the site.

(5) In default of an appointment of a client representative in accordance with these regulations, the client shall remain responsible for fulfilling the duties pertaining to the client under these regulations.

Responsibilities of client or client representative