Government Notices published in Government Gazette No. 21,583 of 9th February 2026

IT is notified for general information that the following Legal Notices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 21,580 of 4th February, 2026 (Legal Notices 28 to 33) and Government Gazette No. 21,582 of 6th February, 2026 (Legal Notices 34 to 38) respectively.

L.N. 28 of 2026: Education Act (Cap. 327); Statute for the Repeal of Statute for the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research.

L.N. 29 of 2026: Education Act (Cap. 327); Statute for the Centre for English Language Proficiency (Amendment).

L.N. 30 of 2026: Education Act (Cap. 327); Statute for the University of Malta Semiconductors Competence Centre.

L.N. 31 of 2026: Education Act (Cap. 327); Statute amending Statute 7 – Appointments and Conditions of Employment of Academic Staff (Amendment No. 2).

L.N. 32 of 2026: Education Act (Cap. 327); Statute to Regulate Traffic on University Campus – Clamping and Removal of Encumbering Objects (Amendment), 2025.

L.N. 33 of 2026: Education Act (Cap. 327); Statute for the Repeal of Statute for the Centre for Literacy.

L.N. 34 of 2026: Fees Ordinance (Cap. 35); Fees for the Use of the Facilities of the Malta National Park at Ta' Qali Regulations, 2026.

L.N. 35 of 2026: Public Administration Act (Cap. 595); Public Administration Act (Amendment of Third Schedule) Order, 2026.

L.N. 36 of 2026: Housing (Decontrol) Ordinance (Cap. 158); Index of Inflation for the Year 2025.

L.N. 37 of 2026: Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (Cap. 425); Fishery (Amendment) Regulations, 2026.

L.N. 38 of 2026: Excise Duty Act (Cap. 382); Excise Duty Act (Amendment of the Fifth and Sixth Schedules) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026.

Notice in terms of Articles 58 and 73

In terms of the proviso to Article 58(3) and Article 73(2) of the Value Added Tax Act, the Commissioner for Tax and Customs is hereby notifying the person/s listed hereunder that a demand notice for payment of tax, penalties and interest as per Article 59 of Cap. 406 has been issued in their regard.

VAT NumberTax Payer

Unless payment is effected within 30 days from the date of this notice, the Commissioner for Tax and Customs will proceed to enforce payment in terms of law.

Copies of said notices may be collected from the Collection Section, MTCA, Blk 5, Floriana.

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.

Heraldry and Genealogy Regulations

IN terms of the proviso to article 9(2) of the Heraldry and Genealogy Regulations 2021 (L.N. 489 of 2021) (S.L. 445.07), the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta hereby notifies that the persons listed hereunder have applied for the provision/registration of heraldic arms from the Office of the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta.

Anyone is to inform the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta by not later than twenty one (21) days after publication of any valid and cogent representations for or against the application. Such representations shall be addressed to the Registrar either in writing by means of registered mail to the Office of the Chief Herald or electronically by means of email to the email address (chiefherald@gov.mt).

Vol. 2/R0086/2026: His Excellency Dr. Don Alfredo Escudero y Díaz-Madroñero, de San Andrés y Fernández (Spain)

Per pale. Dexter Argent a Cross Gules, Sinister Gules a lion rampant Argent.

Above the shield is a Ducal Coronet.

The shield is borne on an eagle displayed Sable above an escroll with the motto DEVM COLE REGEM SERVA and all is borne on a mantle Gules doubled Ermine, its dexter and sinister folds bound with cords and tassels Or and bearing a pavilion surmounted by a Ducal coronet.

Vol. 2/G0146/ Eric Waering (Republic of South Africa)

Quarterly

1st Barry bendy Vert and Or, upon a billet Argent a dark Harlan's hawk's tail feather palewise proper (for Henry Thomas).

2nd Per fess Gules and barry wavy of six Vert and Or into the chief wave a setting sun with twelve visible rays Or and upon a chief cousu Azure two mullets Or. (for Joseph Murtha).

3rd Tierced per chevron Or tapissé of thatch, bearing three rye thatch garbs Vert all between in chief Azure two walnuts of the First, in base Gules a similar walnut. (for Johann Jochim Friedrich Christoph Schoof).

4th Per chevron Gules and Argent, an eagle counterchanged holding in its dexter claw a ploughshare Bleu Celeste and in its sinister claw the tip of a pruning hook of the Same (for Georg Adam Friedrich).

For Difference: At fess point, a  pomegranate, slipped and leaved proper.

1st CREST-at dexter: above a helm befitting his degree, Issuant from a wreath of the liveries bearing half of a potato together with a partially husked ear of maize both proper, a demi-sun Or (for Henry Thomas)

2nd CREST- at sinister: above a helm befitting his degree, on a wreath of the liveries (Vert/Or) a prairie schooner with its cover replaced by the masts, sails and rigging of a schooner all proper.(for Joseph Murtha)

Cri de guerre above crests: As 'n Oss

Motto; ורדפהו

Dr Charles A. Gauci

Chief Herald of Arms of Malta