Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 19,424 of 12 May 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, 7th May, 2015 and that the arrangements made by Government Notice No. 392 of the 4th May, 2015, ceased to have effect accordingly.

IT is notified for general information that, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, the President of Malta has directed that the Hon. Louis Grech, BA, MA (Oxon), MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European Affairs and Implementation of the Electoral Manifesto, assumes the additional duties of the Prime Minister, on Monday, 11th March, 2015, during the absence from Malta of the Hon. Joseph Muscat, KUOM, BCom, BA (Hons), MA (European Studies), PhD (Bristol), MP.

IT is notified for general information that the following Legal Notices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 19,420 of 4th May, 2015, No. 19,421 of 5th May, 2015, and No. 19,423 of 8th May, 2015.

L.N.145 of 2015: Arbitration Act (Cap. 387); Arbitration (Amendment) Rules (Amendment) Rules, 2015.

L.N. 146 of 2015: Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12); Fees for Applications for the Mutual Recognition of Qualifications for Advocates Regulations, 2015.

L.N. 147 of 2015: Duty on Documents and Transfers Act (Cap. 364); Duty on Documents and Transfers (Amendment) Rules, 2015.

L.N. 148 of 2015: Civil Code (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act No. XII of 2015); Commencement Notice.

L.N. 149 of 2015: Arbitration Act (Cap. 387); Arbitration Act (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) Regulations, 2015.

L.N. 150 of 2015: Education Act (Cap. 327); Further and Higher Education (Licensing, Accreditation and Quality Assurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015.

L.N. 151 of 2015: Counselling Profession Act, 2015 (Act No. V of 2015); Commencement Notice.

Lower Barrakka Gardens

It is notified for general information that as enabled by Article 2 of the Public Gardens (Closing) Ordinance (Cap. 34), the Director of Agriculture has approved that on Friday, 5th June, 2015, from 4.00 p.m. onwards the Lower Barrakka Gardens will be closed to the public and will be under the control of Island Caterers Limited.

IT is notified for general information that in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 21 of the Malta Financial Services Authority Act (Cap. 330) and Article 2 of the Financial Markets Act (Cap. 345), the Minister for Finance has appointed the Financial Services Tribunal as follows for a period of three years ending on the 16th February, 2018:

Chairman:

Dr Pierre Lofaro, LLD

Members:

Mr Paul Vella

Mr Joseph Azzopardi, FCCA, FIA, CPA, MBA (Warwick)

It is further notified that, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 57 of the Insurance Business Act (Cap. 403), the Minister for Finance has appointed the following as substitute members of the Financial Services Tribunal for the purpose of procedures arising under the Insurance Business Act.

Substitute Members:

Maj. Francis X Naudi, FIA, CPAA

Mr CL Farrugia MSc(Econ)Lond, BSc, FCMA, FCIS, CPA

IT is hereby notified for general information that the following person has been appointed Executive Secretary of that Regional Committee with effect from the 8th May, 2015.

Regional CommitteeExecutive Secretary

GozoGeorge Refalo

IT is hereby notified for general information that the following person has been appointed Acting Executive Secretary of that Local Council with effect from the 8th May, 2015.

Local CouncilActing Executive Secretary

San Pawl il-BaħarPaul Gatt

Appointment of Notary Delegate/Keeper

IT is hereby notified that in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 20 of the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act, the Court of Revision of Notarial Acts has appointed Notary Dr Michael Joseph Galea to be Notary delegate and keeper of the Acts for Notary Dr Pierre Attard, for the period between the 30th April, 2015, and the 5th May, 2015.

Today, 30th April, 2015.

JANET CALLEJA

For the Registrar Court of Revision of Notarial Acts

PLANNING AUTHORITY

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. 158323 (EA 00016/15)

Location:At Don Kotra, Sqaq Fdal il-Ħadid, Ħal Luqa, Malta

Proposal:Amendments to approved PA 05538/07 to include composter shed and equipment

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

Application for licence of Private Guards

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 of the Private Guards and Local Wardens Act, 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 crime against the safety of the state, or of any crime of voluntary harm or injury to any person or any crime against property or public trust or any other serious crime; or

(ii) has been declared bankrupt or his financial position is precarious or otherwise renders the applicant unsuitable; or

(iii) has been discharged from the police or armed forcesor 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.

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

12.5.2015€34.273€0.498