Government Notices published in Government Gazette No. 21,743 of 30th October 2026

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

Act No. XX of 2026 entitled the Arms (Amendment) Act, 2026.

Appointment of Panel of Assessors

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 107 of the Social Security Act (Cap. 318), the Minister for Social Policy and the Family, after consultation with the organisations concerned, is pleased to appoint the following persons to form the Panel of Assessors for the purposes of that Act, in the interests of employers and employed persons respectively: 

Mr Carmel Debono

Mr Joseph Felix Delia

Mr Jonathan De Gabriele

Dr Joseph Portelli Demajo

Mr Joseph Sapiano

Mr Carmel Vella

Ms Andreana Vella Pace

This appointment is valid for a period of one year with effect from 8th October, 2026.

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 113 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16), the Minister for Justice, Research and Innovation has made this Order whereby the Adoption Order dated 9th October, 2025, issued by the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Quezon, Republic of the Philippines, 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 Clifton Grima

Minister for Justice, Research and Innovation

Appointment of Umpire

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 107 of the Social Security Act (Cap. 318), the Minister for Social Policy and the Family is pleased to appoint Dr Simon Micallef Stafrace, LLD, to be Umpire for the purposes of the said Act.

This appointment is for a period of one year with effect from 18th October, 2026.

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: