Government Notices published in Government Gazette No.21,020 of 14th March 2023

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

Act No. V of 2023 entitled the Social Security (Amendment) Act, 2023;

Act No. VI of 2023 entitled the Civil Code (Amendment) Act, 2023;

Act No. VII of 2023 entitled the Malta Membership of the International Monetary Fund (Amendment) Act, 2023;

Act No. VIII of 2023 entitled the Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2023; and

Act No. IX of 2023 entitled the Financial Markets (Amendment) Act, 2023.

IT is notified for general information that the following Legal Notices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 21,017 of 7th March, 2023 (Legal Notice 54) and No. 21,019 of 10th March, 2023 (Legal Notices 55 to 58) respectively.

L.N. 54 of 2023: Traffic Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 65), Authority for Transport in Malta Act (Cap. 499); Motor Vehicles (Interoperability of Electronic Road Tolls Systems) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023.

L.N. 55 of 2023: Social Security Act (Cap. 318); Social Security Act (Amendment of Fifth Schedule) Regulations, 2023.

L.N. 56 of 2023: Authority on the Responsible Use of Cannabis Act (Cap. 628); Responsible Use of Cannabis (Licensing of Organisations) Regulations, 2023.

L.N. 57 of 2023: Civil Code (Cap. 16); Civil Code (Application of Second Schedule) Regulations, 2023.

L.N. 58 of 2023: Conduct Certificates Ordinance (Cap. 77); Conduct Certificates Ordinance (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) Regulations, 2023.

Committee for the Administration of thePension and Contingency Fund

IT is notified for general information that, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 32 of the Port Workers Regulations (S.L. 171.02), the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects has re-nominated the Committee composed of the following persons for the purpose of administration of the Pension and Contingency Fund:

Chairperson

Mr Kenneth Swain

Representatives of the Authority for Transport in Malta

Dr Ivan Tabone

Ms Mary Rose Pace

Representatives of Port Workers

Inġ. Ryan Fava

Mr Martin Azzopardi

Secretary

Dr Stephanie Abela

These appointments are valid for a period of one year with effect from 1st May, 2022.

PROCLAMATION by the LANDS AUTHORITY

Whereas by the provisions of section 71 in accordance with the Government Lands Act (Cap. 573) of the Laws of Malta, the Board of Governors of the Lands Authority can for public purposes, declare that the land is subject to clearance rights or subsoil rights.

And whereas it is required that the property mentioned in this schedule is declared subject to subsoil rights.

Now, therefore, I, by means of the powers of section 71 of the mentioned Act, hereby declare that the property mentioned in this schedule is subject to subsoil rights.

Schedule

Land in Qrendi:

1. The mentioned subsoil rights consisting in the digging of a trench about 82 metres long, with a depth of 2 metres and 1 metre wide and laying of services for an indefinite period, in a field of the area of about 877 metres square, which field is bounded on the northwest by a public road and on the east and on the south by property of unknown owners.

The above-mentioned land is shown on plan marked P.D. 2023_0064 which may be viewed on demand at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta.

(Sgd) Dr John Vassallo

Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Lands Authority

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:

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 Private Guard Agency

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.