Cap. 325 Art. 22Expatriate employees. Cap. 217. Cap. 217.

(1) The Corporation may certify that an individual who is not an exempt person under the Immigration Act would, if granted a licence under the said Act to be employed by a qualifying company, contribute towards the industrial development of Malta through his technical or managerial knowledge and experience.

(2) Where an individual in respect of whom a certificate has been issued under subarticle (1) occupies a senior managerial or technical position or office, if the relative company employs such individual for an extended period, it shall satisfy the Corporation that adequate arrangements are concurrently being made by it to enable another individual of Maltese citizenship to acquire such knowledge and experience as will enable him in due course to occupy the said position or office.

(3) Subject to endorsement by the Corporation, where a person who is not domiciled or ordinarily resident in Malta holds forty per cent or more of the shares of a qualifying company, such person shall be entitled to require that one individual named by him shall, subject to the provisions of the Immigration Act, be granted a licence under that Act to be employed by the company in Malta.

*1st January, 2002 - see Legal Notice 135 of 2001.