Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 20,118 of 15th January 2019

IT is notified for general information that the following Legal Notices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 20,114 of the 8th January, 2019, and No. 20,116 of the 11th January, 2019, respectively.

L.N. 2 of 2019: Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act (Cap. 545); Feed-in Tariffs Scheme (Electricity Generated from Solar Photovoltaic Installations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019.

L.N. 3 of 2019: Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Risks) Ordinance (Cap. 104); Limits of Liability (Amendment) Regulations, 2019.

IT is notified that the President of Malta, acting on the recommendation of the Chief Justice, has appointed Magistrate Dr Audrey Demicoli to be a member of the Rule Making Board established in terms of Article 29 of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12) and that the Minister responsible for Justice has appointed Magistrate Dr Audrey Demicoli to be member of the said Board in terms of Article 516 (3) of the Criminal Code (Cap. 9).

The other members of the Boards are:

Code of Organization and Civil Procedure

His Honour the Chief Justice, as Chairman

The Hon. Mr Justice Tonio Mallia

The Attorney General

The President of the Chamber of Advocates

The President of the Chamber of Legal Procurators

Criminal Code

His Honour the Chief Justice

The Hon. Madam Justice Edwina Grima

The Attorney General

The President of the Chamber of Advocates

All other previous arrangements are hereby cancelled.

IT is notified that in exercise of such powers as provided by Article (3) of the Commissioners for Oaths Ordinance (Cap. 79) the Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government appointed as Commissioners for Oaths, whilst performing such functions and as long as they continue in that capacity, and/or for the period indicated in the same appointment, whichever is the earlier, the undermentioned:

Office of the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations

Mr Roderick Agius

Dr John Seychell Navarro

Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion

Mr Mario Farrugia Borg

   By Authority

OWEN BONNICI

Minister for Justice, Culture 

and Local Government

IT is hereby notified for general information that the Government of Malta has appointed Dr Jean Louis Christian M.G. De Brabander as Honorary Consul for Malta in Limburg, Belgium.

The Consulate is situated at:

OFFICENTER

Hendrik van Veldekesingel 150

3500 Hasselt

Belgium

Telephone Number: 0032 (0) 495 54 01 33

Email: (maltaconsul.limburg@gov.mt) 

Grant on the Purchase and Installation of Water Purifying Equipment  

IN ORDER to reduce the use of plastic containers utilized for bottling water, the Minister for Finance is launching this grant on the purchase and installation of equipment to purify water at home by reverse osmosis or other processes.

1. Interpretation

In this scheme, unless the context otherwise requires:

‘applicant’ means any person who is a resident in Malta and is eighteen years of age;

‘effective date’ means 1st January, 2019;

‘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 who holds 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;

‘Water purifying equipment’ means equipment that filters or purifies water in the home through reverse osmosis or other means, intended to make water suitable for domestic use and drinking.

‘purchase price’ means the total purchase price of the equipment including VAT and which purchase price has been paid in full by the applicant prior to applying for this grant. 

‘domestic use’ means the use made of a system/ equipment at a residential property, which property is used by an applicant for residential or habitation purposes;

‘Members of the same household’ means those persons who ordinarily reside in the same residence, whether related or not.

2. Area of applicability

This scheme applies to expenditure incurred once only on the purchase price and installation of purifying water equipment for domestic use by the applicant, which equipment is purchased by the applicant on the effective date or after, during the duration of this scheme. The Grant is only eligible for private individuals (natural person) that purchase water purifying equipment for use on their residential property. 

Equipment installed in caravans, boats, boathouses or buildings not intended for residential use are not eligible under this scheme. 

Persons and households that have already benefitted from this grant shall not be eligible for another grant issued in terms of this scheme. Likewise, other members of the same household that has already benefitted from this scheme shall not be eligible for this grant.

3. Expenditure to be reported

The expenditure to be reported is in respect of the purchase price and installation of equipment to purify water at home as defined in section (1) above.

4. Manner of application and supporting documents

Applications under this scheme shall be made only via the official electronic portal/s which may be indicated from time to time for this purpose.

For this purpose, the applicant shall furnish the details of the invoices/fiscal receipts and any further documentation required to be submitted as required on the indicated portal.  Provided that, the original fiscal receipts/invoices and relevant documentation shall be kept by the applicant for a period of not less than two years from the date of application and produced upon request to the Office of the Commissioner for Revenue for verification purposes.

Failure to produce any such documents upon request the applicant will be obliged to refund the amount paid under the scheme and in the case of a fraudulent application criminal action in terms of the Criminal Code (Cap 9) will be taken against the applicant.

In the case of water purifying equipment not purchased from Malta the original invoice issued by the supplier indicating the type of equipment 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, must be retained by the applicant for a period as stipulated above. These documents must confirm that the water purifying equipment was really purchased; that the purchase price of the equipment which price includes duty and VAT as may be required was really paid in full; that such a purchase was effected by the applicant for the applicant’s use; and that the water purifying equipment was delivered to the applicant’s residence.  The purchased water purifying equipment must also have a certificate of conformity with EU standard safety regulations, as may be required. 

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.

Applications under this scheme, including the details of the documents required, should be submitted by not later than three months from the purchase of the water purifying equipment.  

Applications received ‘late’, that is after the three month period, shall be deemed 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 and installation of equipment to purify water at home subject to a maximum grant of €70. 

6. Payment of Grant

The grant will be credited to the applicant, in the bank account that is indicated in the application.

7. Validity of application

An application shall not be deemed to be valid unless: 

it is full and complete in all material aspects; 

it is accompanied by all the relevant documentation or details as required; 

it is not submitted to the Office of the Commissioner for Revenue via the official electronic portal by not later than three months from the date of purchase of the equipment to purify water at home 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 2019, and end on the 31st December 2019, unless 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 in the Government Gazette.

10. Transitory provisions

Applications made under this scheme relating to the expenditure on the purchase price and installation of equipment to purify water at home and which purchase and installation 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, provided that the applications satisfy all the conditions stipulated in this notice. In such cases applications shall be submitted within three months from the date of publication of this Notice.

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

15.1.2019€36.366€0.468

PROCLAMATION BY THE LANDS AUTHORITY

WITH reference to Government Notice No. 27 published in Government Gazette No. 20,114 of the 8th January, 2019, it is notified that the file number should read 535/2016/II/2 and not 535/2016/II/1.

PROCLAMATION BY THE LANDS AUTHORITY

WITH reference to Government Notice No. 28 published in Government Gazette No. 20,114 of the 8th January, 2019, it is notified that the file number should read 535/2016/II/1 and not 535/2016/II/2.