MT · Cap. 371
Banking Act (Cap. 371)
Sommaire
- Art. 1 Short title.
- Art. 2 Interpretation.
- Art. 2A Prohibition from undertaking the business of banking.
- Art. 3 Powers and duties of the Minister.
- Art. 4 Powers and duties of the competent authority.
- Art. 4A Supervisory practices.
- Art. 4B Power to issue directives.
- Art. 4C Functions, powers and duties.
- Art. 5 Licences for banking activities.
- Art. 6 Application for a licence.
- Art. 6A Specific requirements for licensing of credit institutions referred to in point (1)(b) of Article CRR 4(1) of the .
- Art. 7 Issuing of a licence.
- Art. 7A Right of redemption.
- Art. 7B Prior consultation with overseas regulatory authorities.
- Art. 8 Representative offices of non- Maltese banks.
- Art. 8A Companies may be required to pay fees.
- Art. 9 Withdrawal and restriction of a licence.
- Art. 10 Appeals.
- Art. 11 Opening of branches.
- Art. 11A Opening of branches having their head office outside the European Union.
- Art. 11B Approval of financial holding companies and mixed financial holding companies.
- Art. 11C Intermediate European Union parent undertaking.
- Art. 12 Use of the word "bank".
- Art. 13 Participation in a credit institution.
- Art. 13A Assessment procedure.
- Art. 13B Co-operation with overseasregulatory authorities in the case of acquisitions.
- Art. 13C Mergers, reconstructions, divisions and changes in share capital or voting rights.
- Art. 13D Criteria for qualifying holdings.
- Art. 14 Control of a credit institution.
- Art. 15 Prohibited transactions.
- Art. 15A Supervision on a consolidated basis.
- Art. 16 Large exposures.
- Art. 16A Own funds.
- Art. 16B Capital buffers.
- Art. 17 Capital adequacy.
- Art. 17A Measures aimed at addressing credit risks.
- Art. 17B Internal governance and recovery and resolution plans.
- Art. 17C Credit institutions’ internal capital adequacy assessment process.
- Art. 17D Supervisoryreview and evaluation process.
- Art. 17DA Transactions with parent mixed activity holding companies and their subsidiaries.
- Art. 17E Supervisory measures.
- Art. 18 Liquidity.
- Art. 19 Information to be submitted to the competent authority and the Central Bank.
- Art. 19A Outsourcing service providers.
- Art. 19B Access to accounts maintained with a credit institution.
- Art. 19C Management of operational and security risks.
- Art. 19D Incident reporting.
- Art. 20 Supervision of credit institutions.
- Art. 21 Right of entry to obtain information and documents.
- Art. 22 Investigations.
- Art. 23 Suspected breaches.
- Art. 24 Obstruction.
- Art. 25 Co-operation, sharing and transmission of information.
- Art. 25A Co-operation and sharing of information with respect to supervision on a consolidated basis.
- Art. 25B Competent authority as consolidating supervisor.
- Art. 25C Verification of information in specific cases.
- Art. 26 Communicationby auditors, etc., with the competent authority.
- Art. 28 Credit institutions unable to meet obligations.
- Art. 28A Depositor protection.
- Art. 29 Power of competent authority to take control of credit institutions.
- Art. 29AA Supervisory measures related to financial holding companies and mixed financial holding companies.
- Art. 29B Language of regulations.
- Art. 30 Publication of audited financial statements.
- Art. 30A Specific publication requirements.
- Art. 31 Auditors.
- Art. 32 Disqualification of officers.
- Art. 33 Duties of officers of credit institutions.
- Art. 33A Duties of officers of financial holding companies and mixed financial holding companies.
- Art. 34 Confidentiality.
- Art. 34A Data protection.
- Art. 35 Offences.
- Art. 35A Administrative penalties and other administrative measures imposed by the competent authority.
- Art. 35B Publication of administrative penalties.
- Art. 35C Obligationto give reasons.
- Art. 36 Application of Act to the Central Bank.
- Art. 37 Complaints. Cap. 378. Cap. 555.
- Art. 38 Transitory provisions.