Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette no 20,577 of 23rd February 2021

IT is notified for general information that, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, the President of Malta has directed that the Hon. Chris Fearne, MD, FRCS(Ed), MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health, assumes the additional duties of Prime Minister, on Tuesday, 23rd February, 2021, during the absence from Malta of the Hon. Robert Abela, KUOM, BA, LLD, Adv. Trib. Melit., MP.

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

Bill No. 197 entitled the Victims of Crime (Amendment) Act, 2021; and

Bill No. 198 entitled the Interpretation (Amendment) Act, 2021.

IT is notified for general information that the following Legal Notices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 20,573 of 16th February, 2021, and No. 20,576 of 19th February, 2021, respectively.

L.N. 52 of 2021: Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 406); Value Added Tax Act (Amendment to the Seventh Schedule) Regulations, 2021.

L.N. 53 of 2021: Malta Enterprise Act (Cap. 463); Business Development 2021 Regulations, 2021.

L.N. 54 of 2021: Periti Act (Cap.390); Mutual Recognition of Qualifications of Periti (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.

L.N. 55 of 2021: Traffic Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 65), Authority for Transport in Malta Act (Cap. 499); Clamping and Removal of Motor Vehicles and Encumbering Objects (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.

L.N. 56 of 2021: Public Finance and Management Act (Cap. 601); Public Procurement (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.

L.N. 57 of 2021: Social Security Act (Cap. 318); The Pensionable Income in accordance with the Thirteenth Schedule for persons born from 1st January 1956 to 31st December 1961 Regulations, 2021.

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 113 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16), the Minister for Justice, Equality and Governance has made this Order whereby the Adoption Order dated 5th May, 1960, issued by the Rugby County Court, is being specified as an adoption of the person therein mentioned for the purposes of Articles 113 and 130 of the Civil Code.

(Sgd) Dr Edward Zammit Lewis    

Minister for Justice, Equality and Governance

THE Permanent Secretary in the Ministry for Finance and Employment has approved the following acting appointment:

Notice of Issuance of Calendar

Amendment

IT is hereby notified that the reference to the year in the opening paragraph of the Treasury Bills Issuance Calendar published in the Government Gazette No. 20,576 of the 19th February, 2021, under Treasury Notice No. 259, is amended as follows:

“The following calendar shows the tenor of individual weekly issues of Treasury bills for the month of March 2021 and is published by the Accountant General in terms of regulation 7 of the Malta Treasury Bills Regulations 2017:"

Completion of Road Formation and Traffic and Parking Suspension

In virtue of Article eighteen (18) of Legal Notice 291 of 2018, the Agency for Infrastructure Malta hereby gives official notice of its intention to complete the formation of:

Triq George Martin, Mqabba (indicated on the site plan on page 1572).

Triq Sir Antonio Micallef, Ħal Balzan (indicated on the site plan on page 1573).

Triq il-Kbira, Mosta (indicated on the site plan on page 1574).

Any person who is obliged by law to form said road (including by acquiring land necessary for the same formation) has fifteen (15) days from the date of the publication of this notice within which to comply with his obligations at law. In default, the Agency for Infrastructure Malta shall itself proceed with the formation of this road in accordance with its powers at law and at the expense of those persons whose obligation it is to form the road.

The Agency for Infrastructure Malta notifies that from 23rd February, 2021 to 31st August, 2021, no parking will be permitted in Triq George Martin, Mqabba, due to road works.

The Agency for Infrastructure Malta notifies that from 23rd February, 2021 to 31st August, 2021, no parking will be permitted in Triq Sir Antonio Micallef, Ħal Balzan, due to road works.

The Agency for Infrastructure Malta notifies that from 23rd February, 2021 to 31st August, 2021, no parking will be permitted in Triq il-Kbira, Mosta, due to road works.

Parking of vehicles is not allowed during these days. Vehicles found in contravention to the order of this notice are liable to be towed.

Notice in terms of Article 61(1)

In Terms of the proviso to article 61(1) of the Duty on Documents and Transfers Act, the Commissioner for Revenue hereby notifies the persons listed hereunder to call at the Capital Transfer Duty Department, 46, Triq il-Merkanti,  Valletta, to collect the notices made on such persons.

THE Commissioner of Police, in terms of articles 7 and 8 of the Private Guards and Community Officers Act 1996, hereby notifies that the following applications as mentioned hereunder have been received:

Application for licence of a Community Officer

Application for licence of aPrivate Guard

Any person may, within one month from the publication of this notice, object in writing to the Commissioner about the issue of the above licences on any of the grounds listed in section 10 of the Private Guards and Community Officers  Act 1996, which are:

(a) where the applicant or any officer of the applicant or any person who has an effective control of the services to be provided by the applicant.

(i) has been convicted in Malta or elsewhere of any crime against the safety of the state, or of any crime of voluntary harm or injury to any person or any crime against property or public trust or any other serious crime; or

(ii) has been declared bankrupt or his financial position is precarious or otherwise renders the applicant unsuitable; or

(iii) has been discharged from the police or armed forces or the prison services because of any offence or other misbehaviour; or

(iv) is a public officer or a member of the police or armed forces or the prison services; or

(b) when information is available which is in the public interest; or

(c) where the applicant does not possess the necessary qualifications as may be prescribed by or under the Act.

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: