Mur Lura
Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 19,698 of 16 December 2016
01/01/2016
No. 1380
PUBLICATION OF ACTS IN SUPPLEMENT
IT isnotified for general information that the following Acts are published in theSupplement to this Gazette:
Act No.LVII of 2016 entitled the Appropriation (2017) Act, 2016; and
Act No.LVIII of 2016 entitled the Second (2016) Appropriation Act, 2016.
No. 1381
ACTING PRIME MINISTER
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, 15th December, 2016,during the absence from Malta of the Hon. Joseph Muscat, KUOM, BCom, BA (Hons),MA (European Studies), PhD (Bristol), MP.
No. 1382
Equal Opportunities
Cap. 413
(Persons with Disability)ACT
Appointment of Commissioner for the Rights of Persons with Disability
Inexercise of the powers conferred by article 21A of the Equal Opportunities(Persons with Disability) Act (Cap. 413), and for the purpose of that Act, thePrime Minister has appointed Mr Oliver Scicluna as Commissioner for the Rightsof Persons with Disability for a period of three years with effect from the 6thJune, 2016.
No. 1383
ACCOUNTANCY PROFESSION ACT
CAP. 281
Accountancy Board
IT isnotified for general information that the Minister for Finance has appointed MrJohn Sammut, BA (Hons) Accountancy, MA Financial Services, ACIB, CPA, FIA asmember of the Accountancy Board in lieu ofMs Charmaine Baldacchino, BA (Hons) Accty, FIA, CPA. This appointmentremains valid up to the 18th April, 2017.
No. 1384
FOSTER CARE ACT, 2007
CAP. 491
Appointmentof Member in Fostering Board
IT is hereby notified for generalinformation that in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the FosterCare Act (Cap. 491), and for the purpose of that Act, the Minister for theFamily and Social Solidarity has approved the appointment of Dr CharlesAzzopardi, BPsy (Hons), MSc., Doct. Sys. Psych. as member of the FosteringBoard for a period of two years with effect from the 4th December, 2016.
No. 1385
ORDER BY THE MINISTER FOR JUSTICE, CULTURE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
INexercise of the powers conferred by Article 113 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16),the Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government has made this Orderwherebythe Adoption Order dated 25thAugust 2016 issued by the Honourable Justice Silvia Šviderská in the theDistrict Court in Vranov nad Topl’ou, Slovak Republic, is being specified as anintercountry adoption of the person therein mentioned for the purposes ofArticles 113, 130 and 130A of the Civil Code.
(Sgd) Owen Bonnici
Minister for Justice, Culture
and Local Government
No. 1386
ORDER BY THE MINISTER FOR JUSTICE, CULTURE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
INexercise of the powers conferred by Article 113 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16),the Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government has made this Orderwherebythe Adoption Order dated 25thAugust 2016 issued by the Honourable Justice Silvia Šviderská in the theDistrict Court in Vranov nad Topl’ou, Slovak Republic, is being specified as anintercountry adoption of the person therein mentioned for the purposes ofArticles 113, 130 and 130A of the Civil Code.
(Sgd) Owen Bonnici
Minister for Justice, Culture
and Local Government
No. 1387
Minister for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change
Eco-Contribution Approving Body
IT is notified for general information that, in exerciseof the powers conferred by Article 7 of Legal Notice 84 of 2010, S.L. 473.05,the Minister for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Changehas approved the following appointments on the Eco-Contribution Approving Body:
Chairman
MrJoseph F. Caruana
Members
MrKevin Mercieca
Mr IanAzzopardi
Theseappointments shall remain valid for a period of three years with effect fromthe 16th August, 2016.
No. 1388
Medical Council
IT ishereby notified that Mr David Caruana has been appointed as a member of theMedical Council, constituted in terms of Article 9 (a), (b), (d), (g) and theFirst Schedule (Art 6) of the Health Care Professions Act (Cap. 464) in lieu ofMr Frederick Attard with effect from the 2nd December, 2016 for a period ofthree years till 1st December, 2019.
No. 1389
APPOINTMENT OF ACTING DIRECTOR JOINT OFFICE
THEPrincipal Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister has approvedthe following acting appointment:
NAMEPOSITIONDEPARTMENTDATE
Mr Alan SciclunaDirectorJoint Office27.12.2016- 7.01.2017
No. 1390
APPOINTMENT OF ACTING DIRECTOR
LOCALGOVERNMENT
The PermanentSecretary in the Ministry for Justice, Culture and Local Government hasapproved the following acting appointment:
NAMEPOSITIONDEPARTMENTDATE
MrSilvio FrendoActingDirectorLocal Government14-16.12.2016
No. 1391
GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHSACT
CAP. 46
THECommissioner of Inland Revenue notifies that on the date shown hereunder, theprice of gold and silver on which valuations made by the Consuls for Goldsmithsand Silversmiths are based has been fixed for the purposes of article 14 of thesaid Act as follows:
DatePureGoldPure Silver
GramsGrams
16.12.2016€35.391€0.550
No. 1394
MINISTRY FOR TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Government Grant on the Purchase of Environment-Friendly Vehicles
INterms of the provisions of paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Government Notice No.1185published in the Government Gazette No. 19,506 dated 1st December, 2015, theMinister for Transport and Infrastructure is extending this grant scheme untilan additional amount of grants reaches the amount of €1,300,000 for item 2.2(subsection a and b) and €150,000 for item 2.2 (subsection C u D). Once thisamount is reached, the scheme, as extended, will be automatically terminated.
The interpretation and all other provisions under thescheme as having been published in the Notice No.1185 of the 1st December,2015, referred to above shall continue to apply till the termination of thisscheme as stipulated in paragraph 8 of the same Notice except for the amount of‘€1,200,000’ which is being substituted by the amount ‘€1,450,000’.
Thepublic is hereby being notified that all applications relative to this schemewhich have been or shall be submitted under this scheme after the sum of €1,200,000specified in the notice governing this scheme has been reached shall be deemedto be valid applications under this scheme until the sum of €1,450,000 isreached.