Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 19,449 of 07 July 2015

IT is notified for general information that, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, the President of Malta has directed that the Hon. Louis Grech, BA, MA (Oxon), MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European Affairs and Implementation of the Electoral Manifesto, assumes the additional duties of the Prime Minister, on Tuesday, 7th July, 2015, during the absence from Malta of the Hon. Joseph Muscat, KUOM, BCom, BA (Hons), MA (European Studies), PhD (Bristol), MP.

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

Act No. XVII of 2015 entitled the Climate Action Act, 2015.

IT is notified for general information that the following Legal Notices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 19,448 of 3rd July, 2015.

L.N. 206 of 2015: Arms Act (Cap. 480); Arms Licensing (Amendment) Regulations, 2015.

L.N. 207 of 2015: Arms Act (Cap. 480); Arms Licensing (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2015.

L.N. 208 of 2015: Arms Act (Cap. 480); Arms Act (Amendment of Schedule II) Regulations, 2015.

L.N. 209 of 2015: Arms Act (Cap. 480); Arms Act (Amendment of Schedule II) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2015.

THE Permanent Secretary in the Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change has approved the following acting appointment:

NAMEPOSTDEPARTMENTDATE

Is-Sur Randall CaruanaActing Director GeneralFisheries and Aquaculture3 - 23.7.2015

MrGodwin Warr, Director General (Commerce), resumed duties on 29th June, 2015, and the arrangements referred to in Government Notice No. 602 of 26th June, 2015, are hereby being cancelled.

The Commissioner of Police, in terms of sections 7 and 8 of the Private Guards and Local Wardens Act, 1996 hereby notifies that the following applications as mentioned hereunder have been received:

Application for licence of a Private 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 ofthe Private Guards and Local Wardens 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 crimeagainst the safety of the state,or of any crime of voluntaryharm or injury to any person or any crime against property or public trust or any other seriouscrime; or

(ii) has been declared bankrupt or his financial positionis precarious or otherwiserenders the applicantunsuitable; 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.

Lower Barrakka Gardens

It is notified for general information that as enabled by Article 2 of the Public Gardens (Closing) Ordinance (Cap. 34), the Director of Agriculture has approved that on Thursday, 9th July, 2015, from 4.00 p.m. onwards the Lower Barrakka Gardens will be closed to the public and will be under the control of Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

THE Commissioner of Inland Revenue notifies that on the date shown hereunder, the price of gold and silver on which valuations made by the Consuls for Goldsmiths and Silversmiths are based has been fixed for the purposes of article 14 of the said Act as follows:

DatePure GoldPure Silver

GramsGrams

7.7.2015€34.163€0.484