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Laws of Malta dealing with water

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This page includes the principal laws and subsidiary legislation relating to water currently in force in Malta, updated with amendments and new legislation approved by the House of Representatives. For the purposes of Maltese Law, this is not considered to be the official authorised version of the Laws of Malta.

Amendments to existing legislation approved by the House of Representatives are integrated within the original text so that the displayed text is the current version of the legislation.

While we did our best to include all laws dealing with water in Malta, we cannot exclude that the list is not exhaustive.

List of the principal laws:

                        Chapter 231 Food, drugs and drinking water ordinance

                        Chapter 355 Water Services Corporation Act

                        Chapter 423 Malta Resources Authority Act

                        Chapter 435 Environment Protection Act

                        Chapter 449 Food Safety Act

Primary legislation

Chapter 231 Food, drugs and drinking water ordinance

 

 

Secondary legislation

LN 71/1988 Irrigation of Crops (Health Precautions) Regulations.

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Chapter 355 Water Services Corporation Act

Secondary legislation

GN133/1948 Water supply regulations

LN120/1997 Groundwater sources registration regulations

LN165/1997 Drilling rigs registration regulations

LN167/1997 Water tankers registration regulations

LN146/1998 Swimming pools control regulations

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Chapter 423 Malta Resources Authority Act

Secondary legislation

LN139/2002 Sewer Discharge Control Regulations

LN203/2002 Regulations for the protection of groundwater against pollution caused by cetain dangerous substances.

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Chapter 435  Environment Protection Act

Secondary legislation

LN212/2001 Sludge (use in agriculture) regulations

LN213/2001 Pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment regulations

LN217/2001 Freedom of access to information on the environment regulations

LN218/2001 Limit values and quality objectives for hexachlorocyclohexane discharges regulations.

LN219/2001 Limit values and quality objectives for mercury discharges by the chlor-alkali electrolysis industry regulations

LN220/2001 Limit values and quality objectives for mercury discharges by sectors other than the chlor-alkali electrolysis industry regulations

LN221/2001 Limit values and quality objectives for cadmium discharges regulations

LN223/2001 Waste from titanium dioxide industry regulations

LN227/2001 Limit values and quality objectives for discharges of certain dangerous substances into the aquatic environment regulations

LN228/2001 Prevention and reduction of environmental pollution by asbestos regulations

LN334/2001 Malta Resources Authority established as the competent authority in Regulations relating to indirect discharges.

LN339/2001 Quality required of Surface Water intended for the Abstraction of Drinking Water Regulations.

LN340/2001 Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations.

LN341/2001 Quality required of Shellfish Waters Regulations.

LN342/2001Quality of Fresh Waters Supporting Fish Life (Protection and Improvement) Regulations.

LN343/2001 Protection of Waters against Pollution caused by Nitrates from Agricultural Sources Regulations.

LN050/2002 Commencement Notice relating to several Regulations.

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Chapter 449 Food Safety Act

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Other sources of Maltese legislation