Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 20,679 of 6th August 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 113 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16), the Minister for Justice and Governance has made this Order whereby the Adoption Order dated 31st January, 1977, issued by the Ramsgate Juvenile Court, Thanet, in England, is being specified as an adoption of the person therein mentioned for the purposes of Articles 113 and 130 of the Civil Code.

(Sgd) Edward Zammit Lewis

Minister for Justice and Governance

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 113 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16), the Minister for Justice and Governance has made this Order whereby the Adoption Order dated 1st October, 1968, issued by the Uxbridge County Court, in England, is being specified as an adoption of the person therein mentioned for the purposes of Articles 113 and 130 of the Civil Code.

(Sgd) Edward Zammit Lewis

Minister for Justice and Governance

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 113 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16), the Minister for Justice and Governance has made this Order whereby the Adoption Order dated 26th February, 2021, issued by the City Court of Sofia, Bulgaria, is being specified as an intercountry adoption of the person therein mentioned for the purposes of Articles 113, 130 and 130A of the Civil Code.

(Sgd) Edward Zammit Lewis

Minister for Justice and Governance

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 113 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16), the Minister for Justice and Governance has made this Order whereby the Adoption Order dated 16th December, 2020, issued by the Court of Dhenkanal, India, is being specified as an intercountry adoption of the person therein mentioned for the purposes of Articles 113, 130 and 130A of the Civil Code.

(Sgd) Edward Zammit Lewis

Minister for Justice and Governance

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 113 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16), the Minister for Justice and Governance has made this Order whereby the Adoption Order dated 18th September, 1968, issued by the Newport and Ryde County Court, in England is being specified as an adoption of the person therein mentioned for the purposes of Articles 113 and 130 of the Civil Code.

(Sgd) Edward Zammit Lewis

Minister for Justice and Governance

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 113 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16), the Minister for Justice and Governance has made this Order whereby the Adoption Order dated 19th February, 2021, issued by the Court of District Judge, Diphu, Assam, India, is being specified as an intercountry adoption of the person therein mentioned for the purposes of Articles 113, 130 and 130A of the Civil Code.

(Sgd) Edward Zammit Lewis

Minister for Justice and Governance

IT is hereby notified that in virtue of article 10B of the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act, Notary Doctor Jessica Spiteri has changed her surname to Bugeja with effect from Decree (Application number 585/2021) issued by the Court of Revision of Notarial Acts dated 29/7/2021.

Dr Keith Francis German

Chief Notary to Government

Notice of Cancellation and Administrative Penalty

Cancellation of Authorisation and Administrative Penalty in terms of Art 52 (f)of the Gaming Act

With reference to the Notice of Cancellation and Administrative Penalty (the 'Notice') dated 31st May, 2021, issued by the Malta Gaming Authority (the 'Authority') in terms of Art 52 (f) of the Gaming Act (Chapter 583 of the Laws of Malta) (the 'Act'), Evobet Limited (the 'Authorised Person') was provided with a twenty-day time period within which it had the right to show cause as to why the Authority should not proceed with the enforcement measures highlighted by said Notice in accordance with reg. 9 (2) (a) of the Gaming Compliance and Enforcement Regulations (S.L. 583.06) (hereinafter the 'Regulations'). The Authorised Person, however, failed to make its submissions within the stipulated time-period.

In light of the above, the Authority is hereby notifying the Authorised Person that pursuant to the breaches identified by virtue of the Notice, the Authorisation bearing the number 'MGA/B2C/268/2012' (hereinafter the 'Authorisation') shall be cancelled in terms of reg. 10 (1) (a) of the Regulations, and an administrative penalty amounting to twenty-one thousand euro (€21,000) shall be imposed upon the Authorised Person in terms of reg. 8 (1) (d) of the Regulations and Article 25 (3) of the Act.

Further to the foregoing, the Authorised Person is hereby being directed to:

1. Suspend all gaming operations with immediate effect and cease to register any new players in terms of the Authorisation; provided that the Authorised Person shall enable existing players to access their accounts for the purpose of requesting the withdrawal of their outstanding player balances.

2. Duly notify the players, if any, of the cancellation of the Authorisation. Such notification should be effected by means of the Authorised Person's website/s, as well as via electronic mail. Moreover, such notification shall include, but shall not be limited to, the manner in which such registered players are to withdraw any funds held by the Authorised Person on their behalf;

3. Provide the necessary guidance and assistance to the players in relation to the procedures that shall be applied by the Authorised Person further to the remittal of outstanding player balances;

4. Further to sections 2 and 3 above, the Authorised Person shall:

a. Where players make a request for the withdrawal of their outstanding balances, endeavour to remit all player funds standing to the credit of such players by not later than five (5) working days from the date upon which a player makes a request to this effect;

Provided that where the players fail to make such request, the Authorised Person shall endeavour to remit all player funds standing to the credit of every player.

Provided further that where possible, outstanding player balances are to be remitted to the same account from which the funds originated.

b. Follow the procedures laid out in the Gaming Authorisations and Compliance Directive (Directive 3 of 2018) with respect to inactive and dormant accounts, including but not limited to, the remittal of outstanding balances to the Authority, where applicable;

c. Ensure that all pending player disputes are duly settled; and

d. Within not later than five (5) working days from the date of issuance of this letter, submit all outstanding reporting requirements, including but not limited to Player Liability Reports, Industry Returns and Questionnaires.

5. Process personal data in accordance with its privacy policy and with any applicable data protection legislation. The Authorised Person shall also bring to the players' attention the manner in which it shall process all player data further to the termination of the Authorisation;

6. Submit to the Authority a transaction report extracted from their back-end system together with the supporting bank statements, attesting that all player funds have been duly remitted to the registered players;

Provided that the Authority shall reserve the right to request the Authorised Person to provide the necessary facilities to the Authority in order for the latter to extract and make copies of the relevant data, including but not limited to, essential regulatory data as defined in the Gaming Definitions Regulations (S.L. 583.04).

7. Settle all outstanding fees that are due to the Authority as duly delineated by virtue of the Notice, amounting to a total of sixty-seven thousand, six hundred, sixty-six euro and sixty-seven cents (€67,666.67), within a period of five (5) working days from the date of receipt of this letter; and

8. Remove, with immediate effect, any reference to the Authority and the Authorisation in accordance with article 51 of the Act.

Without prejudice to the conditions that must be adhered to by the Authorised Person with immediate effect and any other deadline referred to above, the Authorised Person shall comply with the above listed actions by not later than seven (7) days from the date of receipt of this letter.

The Authorised Person shall remain liable for all applicable obligations emanating from the Act and any other applicable regulatory instrument. 

In terms of Article 43 (1) of the Act, if the Authorised Person feels aggrieved by the decision of the Authority, such person shall have the right to file an appeal before the Administrative Review Tribunal within twenty (20) days from the date of service of this letter.

The Authority reserves the right to issue further directions to the Authorised Person. Moreover, the Authority reserves the right to take any other measures pertinent to it at law, to ensure compliance with the Act and the subsidiary legislation thereunder.  

Appointment of Notary Delegate/Keeper

IT is hereby notified that in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 20 of the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act, the Court of Revision of Notarial Acts has appointed Notary Dr Marco Burlò to be notary delegate and keeper of the Acts for Notary Dr Louisa Vella Bardon, for the period between the 30th July, 2021 and the 15th August, 2021.

Today, the 3rd August, 2021

MARUSKA BALDACCHINO

Deputy Registrar, Court of Revision of Notarial Acts

Appointment of Notary Delegate/Keeper

IT is hereby notified that in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 20 of the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act, the Court of Revision of Notarial Acts has appointed Notary Dr Stephenie Sant to be notary delegate and keeper of the Acts for Notary Dr Marco Farrugia, for the period between the 11th August, 2021 and the 18th August, 2021.

Today, the 3rd August, 2021

MARUSKA BALDACCHINO

Deputy Registrar, Court of Revision of Notarial Acts

Appointment of Notary Delegate/Keeper

IT is hereby notified that in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 20 of the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act, the Court of Revision of Notarial Acts has appointed Notary Dr Stephenie Sant to be notary delegate and keeper of the Acts for Notary Dr Nicole Cassar, for the period between the 4th August, 2021 and the 21st August, 2021.

Today, the 3rd August, 2021

MARUSKA BALDACCHINO

Deputy Registrar, Court of Revision of Notarial Acts

Appointment of Notary Delegate/Keeper

IT is hereby notified that in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 20 of the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act, the Court of Revision of Notarial Acts has appointed Notary Dr Hans Karl Attard to be notary delegate and keeper of the Acts for Notary Dr Pierre Attard, for the period between the 30th July, 2021 and the 13th August, 2021.

Today, the 3rd August, 2021

MARUSKA BALDACCHINO

Deputy Registrar, Court of Revision of Notarial Acts

The Superintendent  of Public Health hereby notifies that the following vaccination certificates with European Medicines Agency  approved vaccines shall be accepted:

As from the 5th August, 2021

'COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate', issued by the Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar.

'Albanian Digital COVID Certificate'/Certifikate dixhitale shqiptare COVID.

The Director General Standards and Metrology Institute 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:

Notice in terms of Articles 58 and 73

In terms of the proviso to Article 58(3) and Article 73(2) of the Value Added Tax Act, the Commissioner for Revenue is hereby notifying the person/s listed hereunder that a demand notice for payment of tax, penalties and interest as per Article 59 of Cap. 406 has been issued in their regard.

Vat NumberTax Payer

Unless payment is effected within 30 days from the date of this notice, the Commissioner for Revenue will proceed to enforce payment in terms of law.

Copies of said notices may be collected from the Collection Section, CFR, Blk 5, Floriana.