Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 19,985 of 30 April 2018

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

Act No. XIII of 2018 entitled the Gender-Based Violence andDomestic Violence Act, 2018.

IT is notified for general information that the following LegalNotices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 19,984of the 27th April, 2018.

L.N. 136 of 2018: Traffic Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 65),Authority for Transport in Malta Act (Cap. 499); Arrears of Motor VehicleLicence Fees (Regularisation)(Amendment) Regulations, 2018.

L.N. 137 of 2018: Traffic Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 65),Authority for Transport in Malta Act (Cap. 499); Low-Powered Vehicles and PedalCycles (Amendment) Regulations, 2018.

L.N. 138 of 2018: Motor Vehicles Registration and Licensing Act(Cap. 368), Authority for Transport in Malta Act (Cap. 499); Exemption fromMotor Vehicles Registration Tax (Amendment) Rules, 2018.

L.N. 139 of 2018: Motor Vehicles Registration and Licensing Act(Cap. 368), Authority for Transport in Malta Act (Cap. 499); Registration andLicensing of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations, 2018.

L.N. 140 of 2018: Income Tax Act (Cap.123); Qualifying Employmentin Maritime Activities and the Servicing of Offshore Oil and Gas IndustryActivities (Personal Tax) Rules, 2018.

L.N. 141 of 2018: Income Tax Act (Cap.123); Highly QualifiedPersons (Amendment) Rules, 2018.

L.N. 142 of 2018: Income Tax Act (Cap.123); MultilateralConvention (Implementing Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosionand Profit Shifting) Order, 2018.

L.N. 143 of 2018: Product Safety Act (Cap. 427); FluorinatedGreenhouse Gases (Implementing) Regulations, 2018.

Appointment of the Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee

It is notified that the Minister for Justice, Culture and LocalGovernment has approved the following members to form part of the CulturalHeritage Advisory Committee.

Chairperson

Mr Joseph Magro Conti

Deputy Chairperson

Dr Dennis Montebello

Members

Ms Yvonne Micallef Stafrace

Ms Miriam Cremona

Arch.Claude Mallia

Mr Carmel Hili

Mr Joseph Zrinzo

Mr Raymond Pitrè

Ms Rita Grima

Secretary

Ms Marianne Darmanin

These appointments are for a period of three years as from the25th April, 2018.

26th April 2018

A Once-Only Grant for Vehicles Registered and Licensed forPersonal Use between 1st January, 2007 and 31st December, 2007

IN ORDER to implement one of the measuresidentified in Budget 2018, the Prime Minister, the Minister for Finance and theMinister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects have developed thefollowing Scheme that provides a once only grant for vehicles registered andlicensed for personal use between the 1st January 2007 and the 31st December2007.

SCHEME

1. Interpretation

In this Scheme, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Malta” means the Maltese Islands;

“applicant” means an individual resident in Malta, who is eighteenyears and over on the date of application and on whose name the vehicle inrespect of which an application is made under this Scheme was first registeredand licensed in Malta;

“vehicle” means vehicles used for thecarriage of passengers and comprising no more than eight seats in addition tothe driver’s seat (Category M1), vehicles used for the carriage of goods andhaving a maximum mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes (Category N1), two-wheeledvehicles with or without a sidecar, fitted with an engine having a cylindercapacity of more than 50 cm3 of the internal combustion type and, orhaving a maximum design speed of more than 45 km per hour, and including amotor tricycle (Motorcycles) and four-wheeled bikes with handlebars whosemaximum design speed is more than 45 km per hour (Quadbikes) intendedexclusively for personal use by the applicant;

“effective period” means the period between the 1st January 2007and the 31st December 2007;

“first licensed owner” means any person in whose name the vehiclewas first licensed upon purchase and during the effective period but shall notinclude a licensed vehicle dealer or vehicle importer unless the licensedvehicle dealer or importer shows that the vehicle was registered and licensedin his/her name and capacity and intended for his/her exclusive personal use.

“Transport Malta” is the Authority for Transport in Malta set upby Act XV of 2009.

2. Area of applicability

This Scheme applies to the expenditure that was incurred on a onetime occasion upon the registration and licensing of a vehicle by the applicantduring the effective period. The applicant shall be entitled to a grant, whichamount shall in no case exceed the amount of VAT paid on the registration tax,in respect of the registration and licensing of the vehicle for personal use. 

The Scheme applies to all first licensed owner of the vehicle whopurchased the vehicle during the effective period irrespective of whether thevehicle is still in his/her possession when the applicant applies for the grantunder the Scheme. The Scheme also applies to the heirs of the first-registeredowner of the vehicle, who will have purchased the vehicle during the effectiveperiod, irrespectively of whether the vehicle is still in the possession of theheirs when the application for the grant under the Scheme is made.   

3. Manner of application and supporting documents

(i) Applications under this Scheme shall be made on theapplication form set out in the Schedule to the Scheme and shall contain allthe information and details as required in the said form and in terms of thisScheme.

(ii) In the case where the first registered owner of the vehicleis deceased, the application shall be made by the the heir. Where there is morethan one heir, there shall be made one joint application by the heirs. Togetherwith the application, there shall be produced a declaration made by a notarypublic, in which declaration there shall be declared who the heir/s of the decujusis or are, on condition that the decujus was eligible to apply for theScheme.

(iii) Applications shall be accompanied by any other document andinformation which the Minister responsible for Finance may, from time to time,require.

(iv) Only those applications that are found to conform with theprovisions of this Scheme shall be eligible for payment of the grant.

(v) Applications under this Scheme, including the documents thatare to be attached to the application, shall be submitted to the Authority forTransport in Malta, Transport Malta, Land Transport Directorate, A3 Towers, Triq l-Arkata, Paola.

4. Grant payable under this Scheme

Eligible applicants may apply for a grant in respect of thepurchase of a vehicle registered and licensed by them during the effectiveperiod.

Eligible applicants can only apply for the relative grant up to a maximumof three vehicles registered and licensed within the effective period.

5. Payment of Grant

The amount of the grant will be paid to the applicant by chequewhich shall be posted to the address as provided by the applicant shown on theform. No interests shall run on the amount of the grant due to the applicant.It is a condition of this Scheme that by accepting the grant, the applicantshall be renouncing to any other claim. An amount equal to the sum paid underprevious similar grants shall be deducted from the final payment whereapplicable.

6. Validity of application

An application shall not be deemed to have been submitted unlessit is full and complete in all material respects and unless it contains all theinformation and is accompanied by all the documentation requested therein.

7. Review of decisions

An applicant whose application for thepayment of the grant under the Scheme was not acceded to shall be informed ofsuch refusal by means of a registered letter. An applicant who feels aggrievedfrom the decision taken has the right to request a revision of the saiddecision within 10 days from the receipt of the letter. The request for arevision, together with a copy of the refusal letter, or a copy of the actualcheque payment shall be sent within the established period by means of aregistered letter addressed to the Secretary Grant Review Board, 2, Triq MikielAnton Vassalli, Valletta CMR 02.

The request shall be reviewed by the Grant Review Board whichGrant Review Board shall be set up following an order issued by the Ministerresponsible for Finance and published in the Government Gazette. The decisionof the Grant Review Board shall be final and there shall be no appeal from thedecision of the Grant Review Board.

8. Amendments to the Scheme

The Minister responsible for Finance shall have the right to makeany amendments to this Scheme by the publication of the said amendments in theGovernment Gazette.