Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 20,120 of 18th January 2019 ​

IT is notified for general information that, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, the President of Malta has directed that Hon. Chris Fearne, MD, FRCS(Ed), MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health, assumes the additional duties of the Prime Minister, on Wednesday, 16th January, 2019, 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 Bill is published in the Supplement to this Gazette:

Bill No. 75 entitled the Code of Police Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019.

Appointment of Council for Children

IT is hereby notified for general information that in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12 of the Commissioner for Children Act of 2003 (Cap. 462), and for the purpose of this Act, the Minister for the Family, Children’s Rights and Social Solidarity has appointed the Council for Children as follows:

Chairperson

Commissioner for Children

Members

Ms Maria Abela, SRN, BA (Youth & Comm. Studies), MA (Youth & Comm. Studies)

Ms Maureen Amoroso, BA (Gen.), PGCE, Dip. in Library & Information Studies, Masters in Educational Leadership

Dr Alexia Aquilina, LLD

Hon. Dr Etienne Grech, MD, MMCFD, MP

Mr Matthew Vella, BA (Hons) Social Work, MA (Family Studies)

Dr Patrick Zahra, MD, MRCP (UK)

These appointments are valid for a period of one year with effect from 18th January, 2019.

New Appointments on the Fostering Board

IT is hereby notified for general information that in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Foster Care Act (Cap. 491), and for the purpose of that Act, the Minister for the Family, Children’s Rights and Social Solidarity has approved the appointments of Dr Charles Azzopardi as Chairperson in lieu of Dr Katya De Giovanni, and Ms Alexia Vella as a new member of the Fostering Board.

These appointments shall remain valid until the 27th August, 2019.

IT is notified for general information that the Minister for Home Affairs and National Security has appointed Ms Miriam Sevasta BA, LP (Socio-Legal Studies), PG Dip. Prob. Serv as Member on the Prison Appeals Tribunal, in lieu of Mr Joseph Cassar Naudi in terms of Regulation 79 (1) of the Prison Regulations (SL 260.03), with effect from 17th January, 2019.

IN exercise of the powers conferred by Article 113 of the Civil Code (Cap. 16), the Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government has made this Order whereby the Adoption Order dated 26th June, 2018, issued by the Honourable Judge B. S. Naik of the District Court of Kalaburagi, India, is being specified as an intercountry adoption of the person therein mentioned for the purposes of Articles 113, 130 and 130A of the Civil Code.

(Sgd) OWEN BONNICI

Minister for Justice, Culture

and Local Government

IT is hereby notified that in virtue of Article 94A (17) of the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act, Dr Remigio Zammit Pace, LLD, has been appointed Review Officer of public wills on the 18th December, 2018, and this for all effects and purposes of law.

DR KEITH FRANCIS GERMAN

Chief Notary to Government

IT is hereby notified that in virtue of Article 14(1)(d) of the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act, Dr Marie Antoinette Deguara, LLD, has renounced from exercising the profession of Notary Public on the 20th November, 2018, and this for all effects and purposes of law.

DR KEITH FRANCIS GERMAN

Chief Notary to Government

IT is hereby notified that in virtue of article 10B of the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act, Notary Doctor Roberta Cassar (29388G) changed her surname from Cassar to Buttigieg Simiana following her marriage and therefore her name and surname now read Roberta Buttigieg Simiana.

DR KEITH FRANCIS GERMAN

Chief Notary to Government

Appointment of Notary Delegate/Keeper

IT is hereby notified that in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 20 of the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act, the Court of Revision of Notarial Acts has appointed Notary Dr Mary Grech Pace to be Notary delegate and keeper of the Acts for Notary Dr Julian Grech for the period between the 1st January, 2019, and the 30th June, 2019.

Today, the 16th day of January, 2019

JANET CALLEJA

Deputy Registrar, Court of Revision of Notarial Acts

Notice in terms of Article 29(1) and Article 73(2)

IN terms of the proviso to article 29(1) of the Income Tax Management Act and/or article 73(2) of the Value Added Tax Act, the Commissioner for Revenue hereby notifies the persons/companies listed hereunder to call at the Tax Audits Section/Tax Compliance Unit at Block 4 of the Inland Revenue Department, Floriana, within thirty days of this notice to collect the notices made on such persons/companies.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the Government of Malta has appointed Mr Elsadig MohamedAhmed Ishag Mohamed as Honorary Consul for Malta in Khartoum, Sudan.

The Consulate is situated at:

Tower No. 4

Kuwaiti Building

Nile Avenue – Khartoum

Republic of the Sudan

Telephone number: 00249 123051817

Mobile number: 00249 911367383

Email: (maltaconsul.khartoum@gov.mt)

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

18.1.2019€36.738€0.469