Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 20,752 of 17th December 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 the Prime Minister on Wednesday 15th December, 2021, during the absence from Malta of the Hon. Robert Abela, KUOM, BA, LLD, Adv. Trib. Melit., MP.

Appointment of Members of the Task Force Relatedto the Human Trafficking Reform

It is hereby notified for general information that the Minister for Equality, Research and Innovation has approved the appointment of the members of the Task Force Related to the Human Trafficking Reform for a period of two (2) years with effect from 24th August, 2021.

Chairperson

Chief Justice Emeritus Joseph Azzopardi (appointed on 19th November, 2021)

Members

Ms Ingrid Baldacchino

Dr Ryan Pace

Mx Ruth Baldacchino

Mr Matthew Bartolo

Mr Joe Julian Farrugia

Mr Ryan Spagnol

Secretary

Dr Matthew Bondin

Board of the Malta Statistics Authority

It is notified for general information that, in exercise of the powers conferred by article 5(3) of the Malta Statistics Authority Act, Cap. 422, the Minister for Finance and Employment has made the following appointments on the board of the Malta Statistics Authority:

Chairman

Prof. Albert Leone Ganado, BSc, MA DPhil (Oxon), CDip. AF

Deputy Chairman

Dr Aaron George Grech, PhD

Members

Mr Etienne Caruana, BSc (Hons), MSc

Mr Godwin Mifsud BCom (Hons), Economics MSc Economics (Essex), MA Public Policy

Dr Vincent Marmara, BSc (Hons) (Melit.), MSc (Sheff.), PhD (Stir.)

Mr Josef Vella, B. Psych

Mr. Gianluca Cutajar, CCBI, ACSI

Dr Fiona Sammut, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD (Warw.)

Mr. Joseph Farrugia, BA (Hons) Econ., MA Marketing

These appointments remain valid for a period of three years up to 9th December, 2024.

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 Hans Karl Attard to be notary delegate and keeper of the Acts for Notary Pierre Attard, for the period between the 12th December, 2021 and the 19th December, 2021.

Today, the 14th December, 2021

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

Deputy Registrar, Court of Revision of Notarial Acts

Notice in terms of Article 29

In terms of the proviso to article 29(1) of the Income Tax Management Act, the Commissioner for Revenue hereby notifies the companies listed hereunder by a notice that has been issued by the Office of the Commissioner for Revenue. Thus, it is in their own interest to call at the Collection Section at Block 5, Office of the Commissioner for Revenue, Floriana, within five days of this notice to collect the mentioned notices.

Notice in terms of Article 29

In terms of the proviso to article 29(1) of the Income Tax Management Act, the Commissioner for Revenue hereby notifies the persons listed hereunder by a notice that has been issued by the Office of the Commissioner for Revenue. Thus it is in their own interest to call at the Collection Section at Block 5, Office of the Commissioner for Revenue, Floriana, within five days of this notice to collect the mentioned notices

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Section 58 of the Development Planning Act, 2016

The Planning Authority considers that the following property:

Nri 186 u 187, Triq il-Kbira u (garaxxijiet)

Wesgħet Ġużi Tanti;

Nru. 188 Palazzina Vincenti, Triq il-Kbira

u (garaxxijiet) Triq Ġorġ Borg Olivier

u (garaxxijiet) Wesgħet Ġużi Tanti;

Nru. 6 (u garaxxijiet) Triq Ġorġ Borg Olivier,

San Ġiljan

(see site plan on page 13,295) is of historical, architectural and contextual value such that it should be listed as a Scheduled Property in terms of Article 57 of the Development Planning Act 2016.

The Authority feels that this property is to be considered as 'heritage at risk'.  This term refers to those sites that are more at risk of being lost as a result of neglect, decay or inappropriate development.  The loss or partial loss of the property will result in the irreversible loss of cultural heritage.  Thus, the Authority is hereby issuing an Emergency Conservation Order (ECO) in respect of the above property/ies in accordance with Article 58 of the Development Planning Act 2016.

(i) The property is to be considered as Grade 1 scheduled property as per SPED paragraph 1.13 by virtue of its historical, architectural, and contextual values.

(ii) Damage, demolition, development, dumping or movement of earth or removal of stones, excavations, or alterations, including fittings and apertures, within or nearby any part of the building is prohibited.

(iii) All uses within the aforementioned property are to be covered by a valid permit from the Planning Authority.

(iv) All developments, alterations or interventions on this property, which might be permissible, must be approved in advance by the Planning Authority in consultation with the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage.

(v) The works shall be monitored by the Planning Authority and Superintendence of Cultural Heritage at the expense of the owner.

(vi) The maintenance of the said building shall be exclusively the responsibility of the owner by means of a continuous maintenance programme.

The Order shall have effect for a period of 12 months from the date of publication of this order.  In accordance with Section 58 (4) of the Act, any appeal to the Tribunal from this Emergency Conservation Order shall not stay the execution of such order.

All restoration works have to follow respective criteria established by the Council of Europe and Unesco in their Conventions, Charters and Protocols, to which Malta is signatory.

If the property is further damaged, altered, demolished or destroyed in contravention of this Order, the Authority will exercise its powers of enforcement as set out in the Development Planning Act, 2016. The Act provides for severe penalties for contraventions on Scheduled Property.

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:

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 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.