Government Borrowing (Cap. 575)

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1. Art. 1 Short title .
2. Art. 2 Interpretation.  Cap. 345. 2 [CAP.  Cap. 330. 575. 3 4 [CAP.    Cap. 330.
3. Art. 3 The aim of the Act.
4. Art. 4 Authority to borrow.
5. Art. 5 Minister vested with authority to borrow.
6. Art. 6 Terms and conditions of borrowing.
7. Art. 7 Objectives of public debt management. 575. 5
8. Art. 8 Borrowing purposes. 6 [CAP.
9. Art. 9 The raising of money by way of loan. S.L. 330.09 Cap. 330.
10. Art. 10 Raising and lending of money in terms of the Loan Facility Agreement with the Single Resolution Board. 575. 7
11. Art. 11 Limits on debt and borrowing.  Cap. 534.
12. Art. 12 Exceptions.
13. Art. 13 Limits on gross borrowing and pre- financing.
14. Art. 14 Monies raised paid into the Consolidated Fund.
15. Art. 15 Paymentsrelatedto public debt to be charged upon public revenues. 8 [CAP.
16. Art. 16 Minister to prepare medium-term debt management strategy.
17. Art. 17 Medium-term debt management strategy.
18. Art. 18 Annual borrowing plan. 575. 9
19. Art. 19 Loan agreements.
20. Art. 20 Loan agreements with other governments and multilateral institutions.
21. Art. 21 Minister to seek advice.
22. Art. 22 Delegation of authority.
23. Art. 23 Issuance of debt securities and debt instruments. 10 [CAP.
24. Art. 24 Methodofissuance of debt securities and debt instruments.
25. Art. 25 Publication of offering circular and Prospectuses.
26. Art. 26 Sale of securities. 575. 11
27. Art. 27 Power of Treasury Department to accept or reject tenders.
28. Art. 28 Possibility of issuanceofsecurity other than by auction.
29. Art. 29 Procedure for issuance other than by auction.
30. Art. 30 Terms and conditions of securities.
31. Art. 31 Registration.
32. Art. 32 Portfolio management and other operations. 12 [CAP.
33. Art. 33 Power of the Minister to exercise certain powers.
34. Art. 34 Other powers of the Minister.
35. Art. 35 Swapsand hedging transactions. 575. 13
36. Art. 36 Reporting.
37. Art. 37 Tabling of annual report.
38. Art. 38 Obligation to maintain comprehensiveand accurate records.
39. Art. 39 Transitional provisions. Repeal and saving. Cap. 133. Cap. 161. Cap. 213. Cap. 229. 14 [CAP.
40. Art. 40 Authority to issue guarantee.
41. Art. 41 Guarantees restricted to third parties situated in Malta.
42. Art. 42 Signature on guarantee.
43. Art. 43 Limit on guarantee.  Cap. 534. 575. 15
44. Art. 44 Charge on Consolidated Fund.
45. Art. 45 Constitution of debt and recovery of money paid under the guarantee.
46. Art. 46 Assessment of requests for guarantees. 16 [CAP.
47. Art. 47 Fee.
48. Art. 48 Reporting on guarantees.  Cap. 534.      Cap. 534.
49. Art. 49 Reassessment of the financing risk.
50. Art. 50 Records.
51. Art. 51 Report to be furnished to the Minister.
52. Art. 52 Request for information. 575. 17
53. Art. 53 Government lending.
54. Art. 54 Authority to lend money.
55. Art. 55 Liquidity buffer stock.
56. Art. 56 Decision on liquidity buffer stock.
57. Art. 57 Responsibility for retaining liquidity buffer stock.
58. Art. 58 Sinking funds. 18 [CAP.
59. Art. 59 Investment of sinking fund.
60. Art. 60 Regulations of special sinking fund.
61. Art. 61 Cessation of contributions to sinking fund.
62. Art. 62 Expenses to be paid out of sinking fund. 575. 19
63. Art. 63 Deficiency in sinkingfundtobea charge upon revenue.
64. Art. 64 Establishment of the Public Debt Management Directorate.
65. Art. 65 Management of the Directorate.
66. Art. 66 Functions of the Directorate.
67. Art. 67 Duties and functions of the Director.
68. Art. 68 Public Debt Management Advisory Committee. 20 [CAP.
69. Art. 69 Cessation of liability to pay interest.
70. Art. 70 Prescription.
71. Art. 71 Power of the Minister to make regulations. 575. 21