Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette no 20,855 of 10th May 2022

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

Bill No. 1 entitled the Immigration (Amendment) Act, 2022;

Bill No. 2 entitled the International Protection (Amendment) Act, 2022; and

Bill No. 3 entitled the Commissioners for Justice (Amendment) Act, 2022.

IT is notified for general information that the following Legal Notices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 20,850 of 3rd May, 2022 (Legal Notice 127), No. 20,852 of 6th May, 2022 (Legal Notices 128 to 133) and No. 20,853 of 7th May, 2022 (Legal Notice 134) respectively.

L.n. 127 of 2022: Plant Quarantine Act (Cap. 433); Seeds of Agricultural Plants and Vegetables (Amendment) Regulations, 2022.

L.n. 128 of 2022: Excise Duty Act (Cap. 382); General Arrangements for Excise Duty (Council Directive (EU) 2020/262) Regulations, 2022.

L.n. 129 of 2022: Investment Services Act (Cap. 370); Investment Services Act (Marketing of Alternative Investment Funds) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022.

L.n. 130 of 2022: Investment Services Act (Cap. 370); Investment Services Act (Marketing of UCITS) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022.

L.n. 131 of 2022: Investment Services Act (Cap. 370); Investment Services Act (Cross-Border Distribution of Funds) Regulations, 2022.

L.n. 132 of 2022: Banking Act (Cap. 371); CRR (Implementing and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022.

L.n. 133 of 2022: Malta Financial Services Authority Act (Cap. 330); Malta Financial Services Authority Act (Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP)) Regulations, 2022.

L.n. 134 of 2022: Public Health Act (Cap. 465); Travel Requirements Order, 2022.

Commissioner for Revenue Act (Cap. 517)

PURSUANT to the powers conferred by paragraph (d) of sub-article (4) of article 3 of the Commissioner for Revenue Act, it is hereby ordered that the Commissioner for Revenue shall resume all the rights, duties, powers and functions that are vested in him under the Customs Ordinance, the Import Duties Act, the Excise Duty Act and any regulations made thereunder.

This Order shall have effect from 27th April, 2022 and Government Notice number 398 published in the Government Gazette of 30th March, 2012, Government Notice number 711 published in the Government Gazette of 3rd July, 2012 and Government Notice 766 published in the Government Gazette of 20th July, 2012 are being revoked without prejudice to the validity of any actions taken in accordance with the said notices during the time when such notices were in force. The Government Notice number 803 published in the Government Gazette of 8th August, 2014, is only being revoked with respect to that part of the last paragraph of the Notification which reads 'without prejudice to the continuing effect of the said Government Notices insofar as they concern the delegation of the rights, duties, powers and functions vested under the Customs Ordinance, the Import Duties Act and the Excise Duty Act and any regulations made thereunder' always without prejudice to the validity of any actions taken in accordance with the said notice during the time when such paragraph was in force.

CLYDE CARUANA

Minister for Finance and Employment

IT is notified that the members of the new Notarial Council elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Notarial College on the 29th January, 2022, at its first meeting of the 25th February, 2022, were assigned the following posts:

President

Notary Dr Malcolm Mangion

Vice President

Notary Dr Tiziana Maria Refalo

General Secretary

Notary Dr Maronia Fenech

Treasurer

Notary Dr Daniel Vella

Members

Notary Dr Anton Borg

Notary Dr James Grech

Notary Dr Pamela Mifsud Bonnici

Notary Dr Joseph Smith La Rosa

Notary Dr Liza Schembri

Report Number: 222/2022

By a decree dated 6th May, 2022, the Court of Revision of Notarial Acts found that Notary Dr Herbert Cassar failed to execute what he had been ordered to do in its decree of the 30th March, 2022, and consequently after having seen Article 124 (4) of Chapter 55 of the Laws of Malta, orders the partial incapacitation of the said notary with immediate effect and up to such time when he shall have executed the order given to him by the aforesaid decree.

Today, 6th May, 2022

DR MARIA RUTH CIANTAR, DIP. LAWS OF PROC. (MELIT.), LL.B. (HONS) (MELIT.), M. ADV. (MELIT.).

Deputy Registrar, Court of Revision of Notarial Acts

Report Number: 223/2022

By a decree dated 6th, May 2022, the Court of Revision of Notarial Acts found that Notary Dr Joanne Cassar failed to execute what she had been ordered to do in its decree of the 30th March, 2022, and consequently after having seen Article 124 (4) of Chapter 55 of the Laws of Malta, orders the partial incapacitation of the said notary with immediate effect and up to such time when she shall have executed the order given to her by the aforesaid decree.

Today, 6th May, 2022

DR MARIA RUTH CIANTAR, DIP. LAWS OF PROC. (MELIT.), LL.B. (HONS) (MELIT.), M. ADV. (MELIT.).

Deputy Registrar, Court of Revision of Notarial Acts

Report Number: 224/2022

By a decree dated 6th May, 2022, the Court of Revision of Notarial Acts found that Notary Dr Maria Briffa failed to execute what she had been ordered to do in its decree of the 30th March, 2022, and consequently after having seen Article 124 (4) of Chapter 55 of the Laws of Malta, orders the partial incapacitation of the said notary with immediate effect and up to such time when she shall have executed the order given to her by the aforesaid decree.

Today, 6th May, 2022

DR MARIA RUTH CIANTAR, DIP. LAWS OF PROC. (MELIT.), LL.B. (HONS) (MELIT.), M. ADV. (MELIT.).

Deputy Registrar, Court of Revision of Notarial Acts

Report Number: 225/2022

By a decree dated 6th May, 2022, the Court of Revision of Notarial Acts found that Notary Dr Joseph Raphael Darmanin failed to execute what he had been ordered to do in its decree of the 30th March 2022, and consequently after having seen Article 124 (4) of Chapter 55 of the Laws of Malta, orders the partial incapacitation of the said notary with immediate effect and up to such time when he shall have executed the order given to him by the aforesaid decree.

Today, 6th May, 2022

DR MARIA RUTH CIANTAR, DIP. LAWS OF PROC. (MELIT.), LL.B. (HONS) (MELIT.), M. ADV. (MELIT.).

Deputy Registrar, Court of Revision of Notarial Acts

Report Number: 244/2022

By a decree dated 6th May, 2022, the Court of Revision of Notarial Acts found that Notary Dr Clarissa Cuschieri failed to execute what she had been ordered to do in its decree of the 28th March, 2022, and consequently after having seen Article 124 (4) of Chapter 55 of the Laws of Malta, orders the partial incapacitation of the said notary with immediate effect and up to such time when she shall have executed the order given to her by the aforesaid decree.

Today, 6th May, 2022

DR MARIA RUTH CIANTAR, DIP. LAWS OF PROC. (MELIT.), LL.B. (HONS) (MELIT.), M. ADV. (MELIT.).

Deputy Registrar, Court of Revision of Notarial Acts

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

Name and SurnameIdentity Card No.Address

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: