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An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, the attainment by Malta of fully responsible status within the Commonwealth
[31st July 1964]
(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.
C121.9.1964 appointed under s. 1(1) by S.I. 1964/1398, art. 2
F1Ss. 2, 3 repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), Sch. 9
(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(2)On and after the appointed day—
(a)the expression “colony” in the Army M1Act 1955, the Air Force M2Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline M3Act 1957 shall not include Malta; and
(b)in the definitions of “Commonwealth force” in sections 225(1) and 223(1) respectively of the said Acts of 1955, and in the definition of “Commonwealth country” in section 135(1) of the said Act of 1957, at the end there shall be added the words “or Malta”.
(3)No Order in Council made on or after the appointed day under section 1 of the Army and Air Force M4Act 1961 shall operate to continue either of the said Acts of 1955 in force as part of the law of Malta.
(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, . . . F2
(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2, Schedule 2 to this Act and. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 subsection (4) of this section shall not extend to Malta as part of its law.
F1S. 4(1) repealed by Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30, SIF 115:1), Sch. 3
F2Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. VI
F3S. 4(5) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. VI
F4S. 4(6), Sch. 3 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI
C1The text of s. 4(2)(b), Sch. 2 paras. 4, 6(a, 7, 8, 14 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
M11955 c. 18(7:1).
M21955 c. 19(7:1).
M31957 c. 53(7:1).
M41961 c. 52(7:1).
(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.
This Act may be cited as the Malta Independence Act 1964.
Malta Independence Act 1964