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Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 19,404 of 07 April 2015
01/01/2015
No. 272
LEGAL NOTICES PUBLISHED IN THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
IT is notified for general information that the following Legal Notices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 19,401 and No. 19,402 of 30th March, 2015 and 2nd April, 2015, respectively.
L.N. 116 of 2015: Traffic Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 65); Polling (Restriction of Access) Regulations, 2015.
L.N. 117 of 2015: Income Tax Act (Cap. 123); Personal Retirement Scheme (Amendment) Rules, 2015.
L.N. 118 of 2015: Malta Enterprise Act (Cap. 463); Enterprise Support Incentives (Amendment) Regulations, 2015.
L.N. 119 of 2015: Commissioner of Land Ordinance (Cap. 169); Commissioner of Land (Transfer of Rights and Liabilities) (Amendment of Order No. 9 of 2014) Order, 2015.
No. 273
NOTARIAL PROFESSION AND NOTARIAL ARCHIVES ACT
CAP. 55
WITH reference to Government Notice No. 240 published in the Government Gazette dated 20th March, 2015, it is hereby notified that all wills published during the year 2014 by warranted Notaries exercising their profession in Gozo have to be presented for inspection between April 2015 and September 2015, in terms of article 94A of the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act (Cap. 55), at the Office of the Notary to Government and Notarial Archives in Gozo situated in Triq ta’ Wara s-Sur, Victoria, Gozo, according to the time-table shown in the abovementioned Government Notice, in order to be inspected by the Review Officer Notary Dr Paul Callus LLD or Notary Dr Keith Francis German B.A, LLD.
No. 274
NOTARIAL PROFESSION AND NOTARIAL ARCHIVES ACT
CAP. 55
WITH reference to Government Notice No. 240 published in the Government Gazette dated 20th March, 2015, it is hereby notified that all wills published during the year 2014 by warranted Notaries exercising their profession in Malta have to be presented for inspection between April 2015 and September 2015, in terms of article 94A of the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act (Cap. 55), at the Office of the Notary to Government and Notarial Archives in Malta situated in number 2, Triq Mikiel Anton Vassalli, Valletta, according to the time-table shown in the abovementioned Government Notice, in order to be inspected by the Review Officer Notary Dr Cora Vella, LL.D.
No. 275
PUBLIC GARDENS (Closing) ORDINANCE (CAP. 34)
Upper Barrakka Gardens
It is notified for general information that as enabled by Article 2 of the Public Gardens (Closing) Ordinance, the Director of Agriculture has approved that on Thursday, 30th April, 2015 from 3.00 p.m. onwards the Upper Barrakka Gardens will be closed to the public and will be under the control of the Office of the Prime Minsiter.
No. 276
PUBLIC GARDENS (Closing) ORDINANCE (CAP. 34)
Lower Barrakka Gardens
It is notified for general information that as enabled by Article 2 of the Public Gardens (Closing) Ordinance, the Director of Agriculture has approved that on Thursday, 30th April, 2015 from 4.00 p.m. onwards the Lower Barrakka Gardens will be closed to the public and will be under the control of the Malta Tourism Authority.
No. 277
GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS ACT
CAP. 46
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
7.4.2015€35.996€0.532
No. 278
MINISTRY FOR FINANCE
A Once-Only Grant on the Purchase of a Bicycle and a Pedelec Bicycle
IN ORDER to encourage the use of clean means of transport while, at the same time, encouraging physical exercise, the Minister for Finance has made the following scheme.
1. Interpretation
In this scheme, unless the context otherwise requires:
‘applicant’ means any person who is a resident in Malta.When the applicant is under the age of 16 as on the date of application, one of the parents or the legal guardian must apply on his/her behalf;
‘effective date’ means the 1st January, 2015;
‘Malta’ means the islands of Malta;
‘person’ means a natural person and does not include any organisational entity;
‘person residing in Malta’ means a natural person whoholds a legally valid identification document issued in terms of the Identity Card And Other Documents Act (Cap. 258) or who has a residence permit or equivalent documentation issued by a competent national authority;
‘fiscal receipt’ means a receipt as defined in the Thirteenth Schedule to the Value Added Tax (Chap. 406), as subsequently amended, and also includes any regulation made by the same Act;
‘bicycle’ means any bicycle that is not a motor-poweredbicycle and includes also a pedelec bicycle, which is an electric pedal cycle which must be pedalled and which electric motor assists the cyclist only when the cyclist is pedalling. A pedelec bicycle does not possess a throttle and its electric motor must have an output not exceeding 250 watts.The kerbside weight of the pedelec bicycle must not exceed 40 kg and 60 kg in the case of a pedelec tandem bicycle;
‘purchase price of the bicycle’ means the total purchase price ofthe complete bicycle including VAT, however excluding any additional parts or accessories and which purchase price have been paid in full by the applicant prior to applying for this grant.
2. Area of applicability
This scheme applies to the expenditure that is incurred once only on the purchase price of the bicycle by the applicant, and which bicycle is purchased by the applicant on the effective date or afterwards during the duration of this scheme.Persons who have already benefited from the grants of the previous schemes related to the purchase of a bicycle and which appeared as a Government Notice No. 1095 of the Government Gazette of the 9th December, 2008 and as a Government Notice No. 91 of the Government Gazette of the 28th January, 2011 are excluded from applying for this scheme.
3. Expenditure to be reported
The expenditure to be reported is in respect of the purchase price of the bicycle as defined in section (1) above.
4. Manner of application and supporting documents.
(i) Applications under this scheme shall be made in the form, set out in the schedule to this scheme, and shall contain all the information, details and documents as required in the said form and in terms of this scheme.
(ii) Applications shall be accompanied by the documents shown hereunder:
(a) a copy of the Identity Card of the applicant, or, in the absence of an Identity Card a copy of any other official document as referred to in the interpretation of a ‘person residing in Malta’ in Section 1 of this scheme. When the applicant is under the age of sixteen, the parent/s or legal guardian/s applying on the applicant’s behalf should produce a copy of his/her Identity Card, or in the absence of the Identity Card a copy of any other official document as described in Section 1, as well as the applicant’s junior Identity Card or, in the absence of the latter, the official birth certificate;
(b) the original fiscal receipt relating to the purchase of the bicycle, together with the original invoice indicating the type of bicycle purchased.
In the case of a bicycle not purchased from Malta the original invoice issued by the supplier indicating the type of bicycle purchased, together with the delivery note, the original documentary proof that final payment has been effected, and clearance from Maltapost/Department of Customs Malta as may be required. These documents must confirm that the bicycle was really purchased; that the purchase price of the bicycle which price includes duty and VAT as may be required was really paid in full; that such a purchase was effected by the purchaser for the purchaser; and that the bicycle was delivered to the applicant’s residence.The purchased bicycle must also have a certificate of conformity with EU standard safety regulations, as may be required;
(c) in the case of a pedelec bicycle the applicant must conform with Regulation 5 of Subsidiary Legislation 65.26 - Low-Powered Vehicles And Pedal Cycles Regulations - and must provide a certificate issued by the Authority for Tranport in Malta conforming this;
(d) any other document which the Minister for Finance may, from time to time, require.
(iii) Only those applications that are found to conform with the provisions of this scheme shall be eligible for payment of the grant referred to in section 5 of the scheme.
(iv) Applications under this scheme, including the documents required to be submittedwith the application, shall be furnished to the VATDepartment, Centre Point Building, Triq Ta’ Paris Birkirkara BKR 4633, not later than three months from the purchase of the bicycle. Application forms are available on (www.finance.gov.mt) or on (www.sportmalta.org.mt).
Applications received ‘late’, that is after the three month period, shall be demed to be invalid applications.
5. Grant payable under this scheme
Eligible applicants may apply for a once-only grant of 15.25% on the purchase price of the bicycle subject to a maximum grant of 70 Euro in the case of a non- mechanised bicycle and a maximum grant of 150 Euro in the case of a pedelec bicycle.
6. Payment of Grant
The grant will be paid to the applicant, or to the parent/s/legal guardian/s in the case of applicants under the age of 16, by cheque posted to the address shown on the application.
7. Validity of application
An application shall not be deemed to be valid unless:
(a) it is full and complete in all material aspects;
(b) it is accompanied by all the relevant documentation;
(c) is furnished to the VAT Department by not later than three months from the date of purchase of the bicycle as is stipulated in Section 4 of this scheme.
8. Duration of the scheme
This scheme has a definite duration and will start as from the 1st January, 2015, and end on the 31stDecember, 2015, until this scheme is not modified/terminated by means of a Notice in the Government Gazette and shall be renewed as deemed necessary by the Minister for Finance and as such shall be thus published in another Notice in the Gazette.
9. Amendments to the scheme
The Minister for Finance reserves the right to make any amendments to this scheme by the publication of the said amendments inthe Government Gazette.
10. Transitory provisions
Applications made under this scheme relating to the expenditure on the purchase price of the bicycle, and which purchase was carried out between the effective date and the date of publication of this Notice, shall be deemed to be valid applications under this scheme. In such cases applications shall be submitted within three months from the date of publication of this Notice.
SCHEDULE
(see the application form on pages from page 5414 to 5416).