Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 19,540 of 26 February 2016

IT is hereby notified that in accordance with Article 29 (1) of the Ġieħ ir-Repubblika Act, the President of Malta, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, has approved the recognition of admission to the First Simple Vows of Mr Francis J. Vassallo to Knight of Justice by the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta.

Delegation of Functions by the Prime Minister

WHEREAS in terms of the Ministers (Delegation of Functions) Act, a Minister may delegate to a Parliamentary Secretary assisting him in the performance of his duties, any function which in virtue of his office is conferred on him by or under any law.

Now, therefore, the Hon. Joseph Muscat, KUOM BCom., BA (Hons), MA (European Studies), PhD (Bristol), MP, Prime Minister, hereby delegates to the Hon. Deborah Schembri, BA, MA, LLD, Adv. Trib. Eccl. Melit., MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Planning and Simplification of Administrative Processes at the Office of the Prime Minister, all the functions which in virtue of his office are conferred on the said Prime Minister by the Land Acquisition (Public Purposes) Ordinance (Cap. 88) and the Agricultural Leases (Reletting) Act (Cap. 199).

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

Act No. XIII of 2016 entitled the Civil Code (Amendment) Act, 2016.

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

Bill No. 144 entitled the Utilities and Services (Regulation of Certain Works) (Amendment) Act, 2016; and

Bill No. 145 entitled the Constitutional Reforms (Justice Sector) Act, 2016.

Appointment of the Information and Data Protection Appeals Tribunal

IT is hereby notified that, in terms of the powers conferred by Article 48 (3) of the Data Protection Act, the Minister for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties has appointed Dr Anna Mallia as Chairperson on the Information and Data Protection Appeals Tribunal.

This position will be retained till 18th February, 2019.

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:

 Date Pure Gold Pure Silver

  Grams Grams

 26.2.2016 €36.408 €0.480