Notices published in Government Gazette No. 21,575 of 23rd January 2026

Installation of Lifts in Residential Blocks/Entrances Owned by or Purchased from the Government

With reference to Scheme Installation of Lifts in Government Owned Residential Blocks/Entrances published in the Government Gazette of the 13th March, 2012, the Housing Authority wishes to effect the following amendments:

​(i) Amend Clause 4 sub-Clause (a) to read as follows:

4. Qualification for Assistance Under This Scheme

Lifts will be installed under the following conditions:

(a) At least one of the applicants or his/her relative that lives in the building must be disabled  or have severe mobility issues;

(ii) Delete Clause 12 from the Scheme

Notice to Owners of Vehicles Removed from the Road

 In accordance with the Clamping and Removal of Motor Vehicles and Encumbering Objects Regulations SL.65.13, Transport Malta is hereby publishing a list of vehicles that were removed from the road for being in breach of the Motor Vehicles Registration and Licensing Act (Cap. 368) and the Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles Regulations S.L. 368.02 and which have not been retrieved by their lawful owners.

The list includes a description of the removed motor vehicle. The vehicles are currently being stored at Transport Malta's compound.

​Respective owners are to retrieve their motor vehicle from Transport Malta upon submission of proof of ownership and upon payment of the applicable registration tax, licences, contraventions and other administration fees that may be due.

Vehicles which are not retrieved and for which any applicable registration tax, licences, contraventions and other fees are not paid by 30th January, 2026, will be auctioned and, if not sold, will be destroyed.

Further information may be obtained by telephone number 2556 4134 between 9.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m., or by sending an email to (auctions.tm@transport.gov.mt).

Notification of Concentration

In terms of regulation 5(4) of the Control of Concentrations Regulations, 2002 published in Legal Notice 294 of 2002, the Director General of the Office for Competition notifies for general information that a notification of a concentration between Jetho Limited (Paola) and I.V. Portelli & Sons Limited (Rabat) was filed on Monday, 19 January, 2026.

The nature of the concentration is the acquisition by Jetho Limited of 100% of the assets of the business of Portelli Weighing Systems ('PWS'), one of the businesses owned by I.V. Portelli & Sons Limited.

Jetho Limited operates as a supplier and service provider to the manufacturing sector, specialising in production lines and processes. It also provides services which include the supply, installation, maintenance, and repair of various industrial and packaging systems.

PWS acts as a supplier of counterfeit detection machines, food processing machinery, weighing scales and wrapping machines, retail scale printers and related materials. PWS also provides service and repairs on the products sold. Calibrating and adjustment services are offered on weighing scales purchased from Portelli Weighting Systems or from third party suppliers.

The Director General of the Office for Competition invites interested third parties to submit their written objections on this notified concentration within seven days following publication of this notice at the following address:

Malta Competition and Consumer

Affairs Authority

Office for Competition

Mizzi House

Triq Nazzjonali

Blata l-Bajda HMR 9010

Malta

or (competition@mccaa.org.mt)

MSA tenders awarded list Gaz 23.1.pdf

Towing of a Vehicle

The San Pawl il-Baħar Local Council notifies that a white vehicle which was parked for a long period in a public parking (behind ex-skate park) in Triq il-Port Ruman, San Pawl il-Baħar, of type Toyota Tercel without the registration number plates and license, was towed on the 20th January, 2026, and taken to Tar-Robba Recycling Plant, Ħal Kirkop, after being notified for eight days as in virtue of Section 8A of Legal Notice 94 of 1977 as amended by Subsidiary Legislation 65.13 (Traffic Regulations and Removal of Encumbering Objects).

If the owner of the said vehicle does not show up within the stipulated time frame, this vehicle will be scrapped.