On the 7th of September 2025, the Health and Safety at Work (Minimum Health and Safety Requirements for Work at Constructions Sites) Regulations, 2025 (S.L. 646.27) (the “Regulations”) came into force. These Regulations have repealed the Workplace (Minimum Health and Safety Requirements for Work at Construction Sites) Regulations (S.L. 646.25). In view of the inherent risks and dangers which can be met by persons present on-site, especially by workers, these Regulations include measures which aim to strengthen the health and safety model laid down by Council Directive 92/57/EEC (the “Construction Safety Directive”) to prevent accidents on construction sites and ensure…
Introduction On the 28th of July 2025, the Minister for Agriculture formally launched the Protection of Agricultural Land Regulations (Legal Notice 150 of 2025) under the Agriculture Act, Chapter 639 of the Laws of Malta (hereinafter referred to as “the Regulations”). Grounded in the 2022 Agricultural Land Reform White Paper and aligned with the objectives set out in Malta Vision 2050, the Regulations create a legal framework for safeguarding farmland situated outside the development zone (commonly and hereinafter referred to as “ODZ”). The purpose of the Regulations is to prevent misuse for non-agricultural purposes and to preserve the land’s productive…
On the 21st of August 2025, the FIAU published the AML/CFT Supervisory Plan for 2025-2026, continuing its strategy to strengthen AML/CFT compliance monitoring as part of a broader 2023-2026 framework. The plan builds on a five-year risk-based compliance monitoring approach that started in July 2024. It is designed to target high-risk sectors, prominent risk aspects, and trends identified from national, sectorial, and international risk assessments, as well as data from the CASPAR system which assesses subject persons' ML/FT risks. The Supervisory Plan focuses on effectively monitoring the mitigation of identified risks through a range of supervisory interventions such as AML/CFT…