Malta (Reconstruction) Act 1947
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1947 c. 9 |
| Year | 1947 |
Malta (Reconstruction) Act, 1947
(10 & 11 Geo. 6.) CHAPTER 9.
An Act to assist the government of Malta to meet their liabilities for war damage and other expenses, and for purposes connected therewith.
[18th February 1947]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Grant of 20,000,000 out of Consolidated Fund to Malta.
(1) A sum of twenty million pounds shall be charged on and issued out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom or the growing produce thereof towards the expenses incurred or to be incurred by the government of the Island of Malta and its dependencies (in this Act referred to as ‘Malta’)—
(a ) in making good war damage;
(b ) in making payments in respect of war damage;
(c ) in carrying out other works incidental to the making good of war damage;
(d ) in carrying out works in connection with general reconstruction and planning.
(2) In this Act the expressions ‘making good’ and ‘war damage’ have the meaning assigned to them by the enactments in force in Malta relating to war damage, whether enacted before or after the passing of this Act.
(3) Expenses incurred by the government of Malta in making good war damage to property owned by that government or otherwise owned by the Crown (other than property owned by the naval, military or air force authority), or in carrying out works incidental to the making good of that war damage, shall, notwithstanding anything in any such enactment as aforesaid be included among the expenses to which subsection (1) of this section refers.
(4) The grant in aid amounting to ten million pounds, made in the year nineteen hundred and forty-three for the restoration of war damage and other post-war expenditure in Malta, may, notwithstanding any instrument relating to that grant, be applied for the same purposes and in the same manner as the said sum of twenty million pounds; and no payment shall be made under this Act until the said grant, and the produce thereof, have been expended.
2 Accounts, estimates and payments.
(1) The government of Malta shall submit annually to a Secretary of State accounts and estimates of the expenses incurred or to be incurred by them in each financial year, being expenses towards which...
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