Consumer Affairs Act (Cap. 378), article 28

28. A registered consumer association is a consumer association which satisfies the Council that it complies with the following requirements: (a) that the association has a minimum paid up membership of one hundred members of majority age who are citizens of Malta or permanent residents in Malta; (b) that the statute of the association states in substance that the principal object of the association is to promote consumer protection, and to guide, inform and educate consumers; (c) that the statute makes provision for the association to be managed by persons freely elected by the members of the association in an election which is held at least once every calendar year; (d) that the association does not have the making of profit as one of its objects; and (e) that the association is independent of any other association, organisation or grouping whose principal object is not the protection of consumers. Application for recognition. Amended by: L.N. 426 of 2012.