NCPE Remit
- Last updated: 23/10/2026
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The primary task of the NCPE is to monitor the implementation of:
- Cap 456 – Equality for Men and Women Act
- S.L. 460.15 – Equal Treatment of Persons Order
- S.L. 456.01 – Access to Goods and Services and their Supply (Equal Treatment) Regulations
- S.L. 456.02 – Procedure for Investigations Regulations
- S.L. 456.03 – Exercise of Rights Conferred on Workers (Freedom of Movement) Regulations
- S.L. 456.04 – Promotion of Gender Balance among Directors of Listed Companies Regulations
The NCPE’s mission
The Commission works to ensure that Maltese society is a society free from any form of discrimination based on:
(i) sex/gender and family responsibilities, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, racial or ethnic origin, and gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics in employment; banks and financial institutions, as well as education; and
(ii) racial / ethnic origin and gender in the provision of goods and services and their supply; and
The NCPE is also empowered by law:
- To safeguard freedom of movement for workers in the EU.
Please refer to the FAQs here - To promote, analyse, monitor and support gender balance on boards of listed companies.
Please refer to the Women on Boards Directive Factsheet here. - To fulfil the competences given to equality bodies with regards to pay transparency as per the Equal Pay (Transparency and Reporting) Regulations.
Please refer to the leaflet available here
FAQs on the NCPE available here
