S.L. 653.5 Art. 6Physicalprotection requirements for the import into, transit through or export from Malteseterritoryof nuclear material. Amended bby: XV. 2009.49.

(1) No person shall, with regards to nuclear material -

(a) export or authorize the export of such material from Malta;

(b) import or authorize the import of such material into

Malta;

(c) transit Maltese territory by land or through its airports or seaports, unless prior authorisation has been granted by the Board, acting in close co-ordination with the Authority for Transport in Malta and the Department of Civil Aviation, which may stipulate any conditions and levy any charges in this regard.

(2) The Board shall not grant authorisations for -

(a) importation of nuclear material from, or transit through Maltese territory of such material en route to, States which are not party to the Convention, or

(b) the export of such material from Malta, unless the Board receives assurances that such material will be protected at the levels described in Annex I of the Sixth Schedule during the international nuclear transport and is supplied with all relevant information to enable it to inform in advance the States which the nuclear material is expected to transit by land or internal waterways or whose airports and seaports it is expected to enter.