Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette no 20,743 of 30th November 2021

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

Bill No. 251 entitled the Various Laws relating to Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 2021.

THE Principal Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister has approved the following acting appointment:

IT is hereby notified for general information that in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12 (1) of the Commissioner for Older Persons Act (Cap. 553), and for the purpose of this Act, the Minister for Senior Citizens and Active Ageing has appointed Mr Joe Vella Caruana as Member to the Council for Older Persons instead of Mr Carmel Farrugia.

This appointment is valid till the 19th July, 2022.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the Minister for Inclusion and Social Wellbeing has appointed Ms Catherine Falzon as a member of the Independent Community Living Board instead of Ms Pierina Block. This appointment is valid till the 27th May, 2022.

IT is notified for general information that the following Legal Notices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 20,740 of 23rd November, 2021 (Legal Notice 456), No. 20,741 of 24th November, 2021 (Legal Notice 457 to 458) and No. 20,742 of 26th November, 2021 (Legal Notices 459 to 466), respectively.

L.n. 456 of 2021: Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12); Online Publication of Court Judgments (Data Protection) Conferment of Functions Regulations, 2021.

L.n. 457 of 2021: Animal Welfare Act (Cap. 439); Laying Hens (Protection) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.

L.n. 458 of 2021: Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (Cap. 425); Slipway (Use) (Repeal) Regulations, 2021.

L.n. 459 of 2021: Immovable Property (Acquisition by Non-Residents) Act (Cap. 246); The Quad Business Towers, Mrieħel, Extension I (Special Designated Area) Order, 2021.

L.n. 460 of 2021: Duty on Documents and Transfers Act (Cap. 364); Extension of Exemptions (Duty on Documents and Transfers Act) Order, 2021.

L.n. 461 of 2021: Income Tax Act (Cap. 123), Duty on Documents and Transfers Act (Cap. 364); Relief from Income Tax and from Duty on Documents and Transfers on Certain Property Transfers Rules, 2021.

L.n. 462 of 2021: Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452); National Minimum Wage National Standard Order, 2021.

L.n. 463 of 2021: Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452); Wage Increase (Employees) National Standard Order, 2021.

L.n. 464 of 2021: Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452); Adaptation of Laws (Wages Council Wage Regulation Orders) Order, 2021.

L.n. 465 of 2021: Public Health Act (Cap. 465); Travel Ban (Extension to All Countries) (Amendment No. 8) Order, 2021.

L.n. 466 of 2021: Public Health Act (Cap. 465); Period of Quarantine (Amendment No. 8) Order, 2021.

A Once-Only Grant for Former Malta Drydocks Employees who were Exposed to Asbestos

IN ORDER to continue to implement one of the Measures identified in Budget 2020, the Ministry for Finance and Employment is launching a call for applications for the consideration of a one-time only grant to former Malta Drydocks employees who were exposed to asbestos.

Call

1. Interpretation

In this call, unless the context otherwise requires:

“applicant" means former Malta Drydocks employees who were exposed to asbestos or the former employees' heirs on their behalf;

“Ministry" means the Ministry for Finance and Employment;

2. Area of applicability

This Call applies only to former Malta Drydocks employees who were exposed to asbestos. Indirect or third party exposure do not qualify. The eligible applicant shall only be entitled to a one-time grant in respect of the exposure of former Malta Drydocks employees to asbestos. The call also applies in the case of Former Malta Drydocks employees who passed away, in which case, their lawful heirs can submit the application. Applicants who have already received compensation related to the exposure to asbestos from the Government shall not be eligible under the Call. Any lawsuits that may have possibly been filed by applicants against the Government in relation to exposure to asbestos have to be ceded to be eligible for the payment of the grant.

3. Manner of application and supporting documents

(i) Applications under this call for application shall be made on the application form set out in the Schedule to this call and shall contain all the information, documentation and details as required in the said form and in terms of this call.

(ii) In the case of applications under this call made by the heirs of the same decujus, the application shall be made by the heirs. Where there is more than one heir, there shall be made one joint application by the heirs. Together with the application, there shall be produced a declaration made by a notary public, in which declaration there shall be declared who the heir or heirs of the decujus is or are, on condition that the decujus was eligible to apply for the Call. The Ministry reserves the right to request the production of other documents besides the document herein mentioned.

(iii) Applications shall be accompanied by any other document and information which the Ministry responsible for Finance and Employment may, from time to time, require.

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

(v) Applications under this call, including the documents that are to be attached to the application, shall be submitted to the ex-MDD Administrative Committee, Ministry for Finance and Employment, 30, Maison Demandols, South Street, Valletta, VLT 1102, by not later than the 28th February, 2022.

4. Grant payable under this Call

Eligible applicants may apply for a grant in respect of non-pecuniary damages suffered by former Malta Drydocks employees who have suffered from exposure to asbestos as per medical parameters.

5. Payment of Grant

The amount of the grant will be paid to the applicant by cheque. It is a condition of this Call that by accepting the grant, the applicant shall be renouncing to any other claim. The call for applications will be subject to a separate verification process.

6. Validity of application

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

7. Review of decisions

An applicant whose application for the payment of the grant under the Call was not acceded to, shall be informed of such refusal by means of a registered letter. An applicant who feels aggrieved from the decision taken has the right to request a revision of the said decision, as detailed in the registered letter.

8. Amendments to the Call

The Ministry responsible for Finance and Employment shall have the right to make any amendments to this Call by the publication of the said amendments in the Government Gazette.

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 John Debono to be notary delegate and keeper of the Acts for Notary Dr Loredana Micallef, for the period between the 5th December, 2021 and the 9th December, 2021.

Today, the 25th November, 2021

Dr Maria Ruth Ciantar, Dip. Laws of Proc. (Melit.), LLB (Hons) (Melit.), M. Adv. (Melit.)

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 Anthony Abela to be notary delegate and keeper of the Acts for Notary Dr Kristina Gatt, for the period between the 18th November, 2021 and the 22nd November, 2021.

Today, the 25th November, 2021

Dr Maria Ruth Ciantar, Dip. Laws of Proc. (Melit.), LLB (Hons) (Melit.), M. Adv. (Melit.)

Deputy Registrar, Court of Revision of Notarial Acts

Compensation Rates for Infected Poultry Culled

and Infected Eggs Destroyed in Terms of the Schedule of Subsidiary Legislation 437.104

of the Laws of Malta

In exercise of the powers conferred by regulation 5 of Subsidiary Legislation 437.104 that is the Measures for the Eradication of Salmonella Regulations, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Animal Rights prescribes that the compensation for poultry reared for eggs which were ordered to be removed from the market, must be paid in accordance with the Schedule of as listed under Subsidiary Legislation 437.104 of the Laws of Malta.

The compensation rates will be calculated on the price of €5.50c for laying hens, or pullets, that are 16 weeks old and that are about to start laying eggs. This price will decrease to €4.13c for laying hens that are one year old, and will continue decreasing to a minimum of €2.06c for laying hens of two years or over.  The compensation for laying hens younger than 16 weeks old, will decrease by €0.05c per day for each day that they are younger than 16 weeks.  The compensation for eggs should be that of €3.00c per carton containing 30 eggs each.

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: