Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 19,333 of 24 October 2014

IT is notified for general informationthat the following Bill is published in the Supplement to this Gazette:

Bill No. 66 entitled the Victims of CrimeAct, 2014.

IT is notified for general information that, acting onthe advice of the Prime Minister, the President of Malta has directed that theHon. Louis Grech, BA, MA (Oxon), MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister forEuropean Affairs and Implementation of the Electoral Manifesto, assumes theadditional duties of the Prime Minister, on Thursday, 23rd October, 2014,during the absence from Malta of the Hon. Joseph Muscat, KUOM, BCom, BA (Hons),MA (European Studies), PhD (Bristol), MP.

IT is hereby notified that pursuant to andfor the purposes of Article 96(1) of the Notarial Profession and NotarialArchives Act (Cap. 55), the Prime Minister of Malta has designated Dr KeithFrancis German, BA, LLD, Chief Notary to Government, to carry out the duties ofKeeper or Archivist at the Notarial Archives in Malta.

Appointment of a Memberon the Consumer Affairs Council

IN exercise of the powers conferred byArticle 4 of the Consumer Affairs Act, and for the purpose of that Act, theMinister for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties hasappointed Ms Evelyn Chetcuti as member on the Consumer Affairs Council.

Designation of RegionalTribunal

IN exercise of thepowers conferred by subarticle (11) of Article 4 of the Commissioner forJustice Act, the Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government hasdesignated the Żejtun Regional Tribunal, situated at “Ġnien San Girgor”, Triqid-Daħla ta’ San Tumas, Żejtun, as the place where, with effect from 1stNovember, 2014, sittings of the Commissioner for Justice shall be held for thehearing of charges for scheduled offences, delegated and committed in anylocality of the South East Region.

IN exercise of the powers conferred by subarticle (11) of Article 4 ofthe Commissioners for Justice Act, the Minister for Justice, Culture and LocalGovernment has designated the following Regional Tribunals as the places wheresittings of the Commissioners for Justice shall be held with immediate effect.

Northern RegionalTribunal situated at the 116, Triq Ġulju, San Pawl il-Baħar, for the hearing ofcharges for scheduled offences, delegated and committed in any locality of theNorthern Region.

Gozo RegionalTribunal situated at the NGO Centre, Triq il-Madonna Tar-Rummiena, Xewkija, forthe hearing of charges for scheduled offences, delegated and committed in anylocality of the Gozo Region.

Southern RegionalTribunal situated at 395, Triq il-Vitorja, Ħal Qormi, for the hearing ofcharges for scheduled offences, delegated and committed in any locality of theSouth Region.

Central Regional Tribunal situated at Triq San Mikiel, San Ġwann, forthe hearing of charges for scheduled offences, delegated and committed in anylocality of the Central Region.

South EastRegional Tribunal situated at Ġnien San Girgor, Triq id-Daħla ta’ San Tumas,Żejtun, for the hearing of charges for scheduled offences, delegated andcommitted in any locality of the South East Region.

The Regionsmentioned are in accordance with the provisions of the Local Councils Act, Cap.363 of the Laws of Malta.

Declaration of Result ofa Casual Election

WE, the undersigned, ElectoralCommissioners at the Casual Election of a Councillor, held on the 20th day ofOctober, 2014, to fill the seat vacated by Grech Saverio, an elected Councillorfor the said locality, do hereby give notice that the ballot papers in thesealed parcel of the vacating Councillor were duly examined and transferredaccording to the validly nominated candidate and that the result is as shownhereunder:–

IT is notified for general informationthat Mr Peter Paul Caruana has been appointed as Member on the Refugee AppealsBoard - Chamber 3 in lieu of Mr George Doublesin, BA (Gen.) Dip. Ar. Studies(Riyadh), MA Cert. Diplomatic Studies (Oxon).

The nomination willremain valid until the 31st July, 2016.

Noticein terms of Article 29

IN terms of the proviso to article 29(1)of the Income Tax Management Act, the Director General (Inland RevenueDepartment) hereby notifies the persons/companies listed hereunder to call atthe Tax Audits Section/Tax Compliance Unit at Block 4 of the Inland RevenueDepartment, Floriana, within thirty days of this notice to collect the noticesmade on such persons/companies.

Name                                                                        Reference

AO Operations Limited                                        993444031

Bonnett Bartholomew                                          444966M

Cassar Francis                                                        515465M

Falzon Noel                                                            87362M

Fortudol Company Limited                                993142220

JF Caterers Limited                                               992993521

Sammut Jason                                                       478074M

T & TMC Limited                                                 995280403

Vassallo Anthony                                                  314959M

Xuereb Dennis                                                        197261M

By an order given by the Court of Revisionof Notarial Acts, dated 13th August, 2014, the temporary incapacitation fromthe exercise of the notarial profession of Notary Dr Philip Said as per decreedated 7th August 2014, is being ceased. 

Today, Wednesday 13th August, 2014.

Janet Calleja

For the Registrar Courtof Revision of Notarial Acts

MrGodwin Warr, Director General(Commerce), resumed duties on Friday, 17th October, 2014, and the arrangementsreferred to in Government Notice No. 1024 of Tuesday, 14th October, 2014, arehereby being cancelled.

Notificationof Exemption of Environmental Planning Statement

Inconformity with Regulation 3(8) of the Environmental Impact AssessmentRegulations (Legal Notice 114 of 2007), and in view of the fact that MEPA hasdetermined that the proposal is unlikely to have significant environmentalimpacts, the Director of Environment Protection agrees that the proposal doesnot require the preparation of an Environmental Planning Statement (EPS). 

The Project Description Statement (PDS)presented as part of the application has considered the environmental issues ina sufficient manner such that the preparation of an EPS would not add any newinformation and MEPA has all the necessary information to determine theapplication. From the information presented in the PDS and screening accordingto Schedule IB of the same Regulations, the proposal is not likely to havesignificant environmental effects.

A detailed justification is presentedbelow:

Reference Number: PA02745/09 (EA 00028/14)

Location: VCS Ltd.,Triq Burmarrad, Naxxar

Proposal: Master planfor the development of existing industrial use into a state of the artindustrial park.

The following potential environmental impactswere identified and mitigation measures proposed in the Project DescriptionStatement (PDS) submitted to MEPA on the 22nd August 2014 and the justificationfor proposal from carrying out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)submitted on 13th October, 2014.

Notwithstanding the above, the MaltaEnvironmental and Planning Authority reserve the right to request the applicantto submit additional information as may be necessary to determine theapplication.  

THE Commissioner of Inland Revenuenotifies that on the date shown hereunder, the price of gold and silver onwhich valuations made by the Consuls for Goldsmiths and Silversmiths are basedhas been fixed for the purposes of article 14 of the said Act as follows:–

Date                                          PureGold                               PureSilver

                                                                                                        Grams                                       Grams

                                             24.10.14                                         €31.868                                                           €0.467