1 Fully responsible status of Malta. U.K.

(1) On and after such day as Her Majesty may by Order in Council appoint (in this Act referred to as “the appointed day”) Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom shall have no responsibility for the government of Malta.

(2) No Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after the appointed day shall extend, or be deemed to extend, to Malta as part of its law; and on and after that day the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the legislative powers of Malta.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 21.9.1964 appointed under s. 1(1) by S.I. 1964/1398, art. 2

2, 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 2, 3 repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), Sch. 9

4 Consequential modification and repeal of other enactments. U.K.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

F3 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) On and after the appointed day the provisions specified in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments respectively specified in that Schedule, . . . F5

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5 , Schedule 2 to this Act and. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5 subsection (4) of this section shall not extend to Malta as part of its law.

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 4(1) repealed by Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30, SIF 115:1), Sch. 3

F3 S. 4(2) repealed (28.3.2009 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)

F4 S. 4(3) repealed (28.3.2009 for specified purposes) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)

F5 Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. VI

F6 S. 4(5) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. VI

F7 S. 4(6), Sch. 3 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI

5 Interpretation. U.K.

(1) In this Act, and in any amendment made by this Act in any other enactment, “Malta” means the Island of Malta and all other territories which at the passing of this Act are comprised in the State of Malta, and “the existing Constitution Order” means the Malta (Constitution) Order in Council 1961 as amended by the Malta (Constitution) (Amendment) Order in Council 1962 and by the Malta (Constitution) (Modification) Order in Council 1963 and by any further Order in Council made before the appointed day.

(2) References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment.

6 Short title. U.K.

This Act may be cited as the Malta Independence Act 1964.