Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 19,534 of 09 February 2016

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 Monday, 8th February, 2016, 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 Legal Notices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 19,531 of 2nd February, 2016 and No. 19,533 of the 5th February, 2016, respectively.

L.N. 43 of 2016: Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 406); Value Added Tax Act (Amendment of Eighth Schedule) Regulations, 2016.

L.N. 44 of 2016: Income Tax Act (Cap. 123); European Union Directives (Amendment) Regulations, 2016.

L.N. 45 of 2016: Fees Ordinance (Cap. 35); Fees (Owning and Keeping of Dangerous Animals) Regulations, 2016.

L.N. 46 of 2016: Animal Welfare Act (Cap. 439); Owning and Keeping of Dangerous Animals Regulations, 2016.

L.N. 47 of 2016: Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance (Cap. 31); Drugs Control (Amendment) Regulations, 2016. 

L.N. 48 of 2016: Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance (Cap. 31); Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance (Amendment of Third Schedule) Regulations, 2016.

L.N. 49 of 2016: Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 101); Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Amendment of First Schedule) Order, 2016.

L.N. 50 of 2016: Environment Protection Act, 2016 (Act I of 2016); Commencement Notice.

THE Permanent Secretary in the Ministry for Finance has approved the following acting appointment:

NAME                                      POSITION                               DEPARTMENT                     DATE

    Mr Anthony Busuttil      Director General           Customs               24-27.02.2016

Notice of Derogation

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by the second proviso to Regulation 10(6) of the Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations (S.L. 504.71), the Minister for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change has, after giving due consideration to recommendations of the Malta Ornis Committee, decided to authorise a derogation from the provisions of Regulation 4 (1) (d) and (e) to conduct live sampling of blood and feathers from 30 adult and fledglings of Yelkouan Shearwaters (Puffinus Yelkouan) during the 2016 breeding season (February to July) from the coastal cliff areas of Gozo, and shipping of these blood and feather samples to a laboratory abroad exclusively for the purpose of scientific research and analysis as part of EU Life+ Malta Seabird Project LIFE10 NAT/MT/090 under the conditions and controls stipulated in the licence issued for this purpose by the Wild Birds Regulation Unit.

5th February 2016

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:

 Date Pure Gold Pure Silver

  Grams Grams

 9.2.2016 €31.274 €0.428

IN exercise of the powers conferred by Section 115 of the Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10), the Prime Minister has been pleased to order that the numbers/names of the doors in the undermentioned street at L-Imsida, specified in the subjoined schedule, be altered as stated in the said schedule.

IN exercise of the powers conferred by Section 115 of the Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10), the Prime Minister has been pleased to order that the numbers/names of the doors in the undermentioned two streets at Il-Mosta, specified in the subjoined schedule, be altered as stated in the said schedule.

IN exercise of the powers conferred by Section 115 of the Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10), the Prime Minister has been pleased to order that the numbers/names of the doors in the undermentioned street at Iż-Żurrieq, specified in the subjoined schedule, be altered as stated in the said schedule.

Amendment

WITH reference to Government Notice No. 532, dated 14th June, 2002, under the title ‘Renumbering of Doors at Marsaxlokk’, the following amendment in bold should be made.

Amendment

WITH reference to Government Notice No. 420, dated 10th May, 2002, under the title ‘Renumbering of Doors at Naxxar’, the following amendment in bold should be made.

Amendment

WITH reference to Government Notice No. 629, dated 20th July, 2001, under the title ‘Renumbering of Doors at Naxxar’, the following amendment in bold should be made.

Amendment

WITH reference to Government Notice No. 77, dated 26th January, 2016, under the title ‘Renumbering of Doors at Il-Mosta’, the following amendment in bold should be made.

Amendment

WITH reference to Government Notice No. 648, dated 10th July, 2007, under the title ‘Renumbering of Doors at San Pawl il-Baħar’, the following amendment in bold should be made.

Prolongation

WITH reference to Government Notice No. 630, dated 3rd August, 2000, under the title ‘Renumbering of Doors at Birkirkara’, the following prolongation in bold should be made.

Teaching Profession

THE following is a list of persons who on 31st December 2015 were registered for the first time in the Register of Teachers.