Government Notices published in Government Gazette No.21,099 of 11th August 2023

Disqualification to Practice the Profession of Advocate

IT is hereby notified for general information that the President of Malta declared the disqualification to practice the profession of advocate of Dr Omar Caruana, LLD, for three (3) years in accordance with Article 84 (1) (c) of the Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure.

9th August 2023

Notice of Derogation

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by the fourth proviso to Regulation 10(6) of the Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations (S.L.549.42), the Minister responsible for the environment, in conjunction with the Minister for Gozo, after giving due consideration to the European Commission's request for information on how the knowledge base on Malta's reference population of Golden Plover can be improved in general, including satellite tracking, as discussed during the bilateral package meeting held on 26th November, 2019, and the recommendation of the Malta Ornis Committee during the meetings held on 29th July, 2020 (in-principle recommendation) and on 2nd August, 2023 (renewal of research period), is authorising the application of a derogation from the provisions of Regulation 4 (1) (a), (d) and (e) in line with the provisions of Regulation 9 (1) (e), permitting the capturing of up to twenty-five (25) Golden Plovers (Pluvialis apricaria) for the purpose of affixing these specimens with satellite-tags, followed by their immediate release back into the wild. The period of execution of this derogation shall be from 20th October, 2023 until 31st March, 2024. Authorisation is being granted for the purpose of research to monitor and assess the migratory routes of the specimens fitted with a satellite-tag, strictly under the conditions and controls stipulated in the licence issued for this purpose by the Wild Birds Regulation Unit. 

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 113 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16), the Minister for Justice has made this Order whereby the Adoption Order dated 5th February, 1970, issued by the Barnsley County Court, United Kingdom, is being specified as an adoption of the person therein mentioned for the purposes of Articles 113, 130 and 130A of the Civil Code.

(Sgd) Dr Jonathan Attard

Minister for Justice

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 113 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16), the Minister for Justice has made this Order whereby the Adoption Order dated 11th November, 2022, issued by the Office of the District Magistrate Jhansi, India, is being specified as an adoption of the person therein mentioned for the purposes of Articles 113, 130 and 130A of the Civil Code.

(Sgd) Dr Jonathan Attard

Minister for Justice

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 113 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16), the Minister for Justice has made this Order whereby the Adoption Order dated 20th January, 2023, issued by the High Court of Judicature Bombay, India, is being specified as an adoption of the person therein mentioned for the purposes of Articles 113, 130 and 130A of the Civil Code.

(Sgd) Dr Jonathan Attard

Minister for Justice

Notice is hereby given that I have received an application for the registration of and/or amendment to rules regulating the following condominia:

Dr Claude Sapiano, LLD

Land Registrar

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 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry for Finance and Employment, has approved the following acting appointment: