S.L. 36.39 Art. 3Notice to Director.

(1) Any person who intends to import hatching eggs and poultry chicks into Malta shall, not later than twenty-four hours before the proposed time of import, give to the Director a written notice in the form set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) The Director may, at his discretion, accept such shorter notice as he may deem reasonable.

(3) The Director may also order that the quantity of hatching eggs and poultry chicks to be imported shall be limited to such number as he may determine after taking into account the capacity of the importer’s hatchery or breeding stock farm.

(4) The importer may import a smaller quantity than that shown in the notice mentioned in paragraph (5) of the First Schedule to these Regulations.