Government Notices published in Govt Gazette No 20,183 of 7 May 2019

IT is notified for general information that the following Legal Notice was published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 20,178 of the 30th April, 2019.

L.N. 87 of 2019: Local Councils (Amendment No. 2) Act, 2019 (Act No. XIV of 2019); Commencement Notice.

IT is notified for general information that in exercise of the power conferred by article 7 of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Malta Stock Exchange plc, the Minister for Finance has made the following appointments as follows:

Chairman

Mr Joseph Portelli, BA (Hons)

Directors

Prof. Joseph Falzon, BA, MA (Memphis), PhD (Northwestern) 

Dr Abdalla Kablan, BSc IT(Hons), MSc, PhD

Prof. Tanya Sammut Bonnici, PhD, (Warw.), MA, BA(Hons)

Mr Steven Tedesco, MCSI

These appointments are valid for a period of three years with effect from the 22nd April, 2019.

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:

Transport Malta

Mr Brian Miguel Farrugia

Mr Stephen Cachia

Ms Karin Maria Cremona

Police

Sergeant Emmanuel Cilia

Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion

Ms Maria Buttigieg

Dr Joseph A. Filletti

Department of Justice

Dr Mark Said

By Authority

OWEN BONNICI

Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government

Offsetting Procedure

AS announced in the Budget Speech for 2018, the Ministry for Finance is launching an Offsetting Procedure between payments due by Government and payments owed to Government.

The Offsetting Procedure will be applied on a voluntary basis through an Offsetting Procedure Application Form which can be downloaded from the website of the Ministry for Finance (www.mfin.gov.mt), together with explanatory notes.

This procedure will be effective as from 10th May, 2019.

Place of Sitting

 BE IT KNOWN  that by virtue of the powers given by Article 412(3) of the Criminal Code (Cap. 9), the Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government has given the approval for premises 21, ‘Casa Galea’, St Helen’s Square, Birkirkara, as the place in which the said Court shall deliver judgements in the joined cases ‘Police (Inspector Elton Taliana) vs Michael Galea et’ BK40/35, and ‘Police (Inspector Elton Taliana) vs Mary Rose Spiteri et’ BK40/36, both of which of the Birkirkara District sitting of the 27th June, 2019, at 9.00 a.m.

Argotti Gardens

IT is notified for general information that as enabled by Section 2 of the Public Gardens (Closing) Ordinance (Cap. 34) the Director of Agriculture has approved that on Friday, 21st June, 2019, and Saturday, 22nd June, 2019, the Argotti Gardens will be closed from 4.00 p.m. onwards to the public and will be under the control of Festivals Malta.

Argotti Gardens

IT is notified for general information that as enabled by Section 2 of the Public Gardens (Closing) Ordinance (Cap. 34) the Director of Agriculture has approved that on Saturday, 29th   June, 2019, the Argotti Gardens will be closed to the public and will be under the control of Mr Gordon Ciantar and Mr Franco Blanco. 

IT is hereby notified for general information that the Government of Malta has appointed Mr Joseph Vincent Micallef as Honorary Consul for Malta in Portland, United States of America.

The Honorary Consulate is situated at:

Suite 100,

910 SW, 18th Avenue

Portland, State of Oregon – 97205

United States of America

Telephone number: 503-638-3949

Email: (maltaconsul.portland@gov.mt)

THE Commissioner of Inland Revenue notifies that, on the date shown hereunder, the price of gold and silver on which valuations made by the Consul 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

7.5.2019€36.982€0.455