Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 19,391 of 10 March 2015

IT is notified for general information that the Hon. Joseph Muscat, KUOM, BCom, BA (Hons.), MA (European Studies), PhD (Bristol), MP, resumed duties as Prime Minister on Thursday, 5th March, 2015 and that the arrangements made by Government Notice No. 189 of the 4th March, 2015, ceased to have effect accordingly.

IT is notified for general information that the following Acts are published in the Supplement to this Gazette:

Act No. VI of 2015 entitled the Refugees (Amendment) Act, 2015; and

Act No. VII of 2015 entitled the Various Laws (Persons with Disability) (Membership of Various Entities) Act, 2015.

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

Bill No. 89 entitled the Care Standards Authority Act, 2015.

IT is notified for general information that the following Legal Notices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 19,390 of 6th March, 2015.

L.N. 63 of 2015: Income Tax Act (Cap. 123); Donations (Sports and Culture) (Amendment) Rules, 2015.

L.N. 64 of 2015: Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 406); Value Added Tax Act (Amendment of Eighth Schedule)Regulations, 2015.

L.N. 65 of 2015: Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 406); Value Added Tax Act (Amendment of Thirteenth Schedule) Regulations, 2015.

L.N. 66 of 2015: Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 406); Value Added Tax (Declaration by Exempt Persons) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015.

L.N. 67 of 2015: Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 406); Value Added Tax (Registration of Certain Taxable Persons) Regulations, 2015.

L.N. 68 of 2015: Financial Administration and Audit Act (Cap. 174); Public Procurement (Amendment) Regulations, 2015.

L.N. 69 of 2015: Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12); Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure (Amendment of Tariff A of Schedule A) Regulations, 2015.

L.N. 70 of 2015: Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12); Master of Advocacy Order, 2015.

L.N. 71 of 2015: Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act (Cap. 55); Master of Notarial Studies Order, 2015.

L.N. 72 of 2015: Swimming Pools (Control) Act (Cap. 244); Control of Swimming Pools (Amendment) Regulations, 2015.

Airport Scheduling Committee

IT is hereby being notified that in terms of Regulation 4 of the Allocation of Slots at Airport Regulations (S.L. 499.20), an Airport Scheduling Committee shall be composed as follows for the year 2015:

Chairman

Mr Martin Dalmas (representative of Malta International Airport plc)

Members

Mr Yosef Deguara (representative of non-Maltese registered air carriers)

Mr Reuben Ellul (substitute of Mr Yosef Deguara)

Mr Joseph Mallia (representative of the Civil Aviation Directorate)

Mr Stephen Muscat (substitute of Mr Joseph Mallia)

Mr Noel Friggieri (representative of Malta Air Traffic Services Ltd)

Mr Joe Degiorgio (substitute of Mr Noel Friggieri)

Mr Tonio Farrugia (representative of Air Malta plc)

Mr Joseph Zammit (substitute of Mr Tonio Farrugia)

Mr Joseph Bugeja (Globe Ground Malta Ltd.)

Mr Angus Stewart (substitute of Mr Joseph Bugeja)

Secretary

Ms Catherine Licari

THE Permanent Secretary in the Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity has approved the following acting appointment:

NAMEPOSTDEPARTMENTDATE

Ms Rita CallejaDirectorSocial Welfare Standards09-12.03.2015

Appointment of Panels of Assessors

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 107 of the Social Security Act, the Minister for the Family and Social Solidarity, after consultation with the organisations concerned is pleased to appoint the following persons to form the Panels of Assessors for the purposes of that Act, in the interests of employers and employed persons respectively:

Panel of Assessors representing Employers

Mr Louis Apap-Bologna, BA (Hons.) (Econ.)

Dr Charlotte Camilleri, LLD

Mr Joseph Delia, BA (Hons) (Econ.)

Mr Joseph Farrugia

Panel of Assessors representing Employees

Ms Rebecca Gatt, BA (Hons.) (Melit), MA (Keele)

Mr Gejtu Mercieca, Dip. Soc. Std.

Mr William Portelli

Mr Arthur Rossi, Dip. Soc. Std. (Ind. Rel.)

Mr Joseph Sapiano

Mr Edwin Balzan

This appointment is valid for a period of one year with effect from 10th March, 2015.

The Commissioner of Police, in terms of sections 7 and 8 of the Private Guards and Local Wardens Act, 1996 hereby notifies that the following applications as mentioned hereunder have been received:

Application for licence of a Private Guard

Any person may, within one month from the publication of this notice, object in writing to the Commissioner about the issue of the above licences on any of the grounds listed in section 10 ofthe Private Guards and Local Wardens Act, 1996, which are:

(a) where the applicant or any officer of the applicant or any person who has an effective control of the services to be provided by the applicant;

(i) has been convicted in Malta or elsewhere of any crimeagainst the safety of the state,or of any crime of voluntaryharm or injury to any person or any crime against property or public trust or any other seriouscrime; or

(ii) has been declared bankrupt or his financial positionis precarious or otherwiserenders the applicantunsuitable; or

(iii) has been discharged from the police or armed forces or the prison services because of any offence or other misbehaviour; or

(iv) is a public officer or a member of the police or Armed Forces or the prison services; or

(b) when information is available which is in the public interest; or

(c) where the applicant does not possess the necessary qualifications as may be prescribed by or under the Act.

Notification of Exemption of Environmental Planning Statement

In conformity with Regulation 3(8) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations (Legal Notice 114 of 2007), and in view of the fact that MEPA has determined that the proposal is unlikely to have significant environmental impacts, the Director of Environment Protection agrees that the proposal does not 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 in a sufficient manner such that the preparation of an EPS would not add any new information and MEPA has all the necessary information to determine the application. From the information presented in the PDS and screening according to Schedule IB of the same Regulations, the proposal is not likely to have significant environmental effects.

A detailed justification is presented below:

Reference Number: TRK. 157102 (EA 00006/15)

Location:Tas-Salvatur Farmhouse, Nigret, Triq il-Ġarġir, Rabat, Malta

Proposal:Amendments to permit PA 04663/10, involving formation of one large farm for chickens instead of smaller rooms, extension to existing farm by proposing pig farm, store, shifting location of stables, room for goats and residence for farmer.

The following potential environmental impacts were identified and mitigation measures proposed in the Project Description Statement (PDS) submitted to MEPA on the 5th January, 2015, and the justification for proposal from carrying out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) submitted on 17th February, 2015.

Notwithstanding the above, the Malta Environmental and Planning Authority reserves the right to request the applicant to submit additional information as may be necessary to determine the application.

THE Commissioner of Inland Revenue notifies that on the date shown hereunder, the price of gold and silver on which valuations made by the Consuls for Goldsmiths and Silversmiths are based has been fixed for the purposes of article 14 of the said Act as follows:

DatePure GoldPure Silver

GramsGrams

10.3.2015€35.412€0.501