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The Joint Office was set up in 1993, in line with Act No. IV of 1992 – Ecclesiastical Entities (properties) Act, Chapter 358 to “provide for the implementation of the Agreement signed on the 28th day of November, 1991, between the Holy See and Malta relative to the transfer to the State of such immovable property in Malta as is not required by the Catholic Church for pastoral purposes and on the determination of certain issues pertaining to the relations between the Church and the State as regards matters of patrimony”. The official in charge of the Joint Office is appointed by agreement between the Government of Malta and the Holy See.
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Registration of property by the Joint Office
Chapter 358 of the Laws of Malta, entitled Ecclesiastical Entities (Properties Act) gives the Joint Office the right to register title with the Land Registry of all the property passed to the Government of Malta by virtue of the Agreement. Once registered with the Land Registration Agency, the property is transferred to the Lands Authority for administration.
