Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 20,168 of 12 April 2019

IN exercise of the powers conferred by Article 91 (1) and by Article 124 (5) (a) of the Constitution of Malta, the Acting President of Malta, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, has approved the appointment as Acting Attorney General of Dr Victoria Buttigieg, BA, LLD, MA (Fin. Serv.), Assistant Attorney General, from the 25th to the 26th of March, 2019.

Appointment of the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD)

IN terms of Article 4 of the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development Act (Cap. 431), the Prime Minister has approved that the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development be composed as follows up to the 31st December, 2019:

Chairperson

Mr John Bencini

Deputy Chairperson

Mr Mario Cutajar, Principal Permanent Secretary

Members

Dr Mario Vella, Governor of the Central Bank of Malta                                                

Mr Alfred Camilleri, Permanent Secretary MFIN, representing the Minister responsible for Finance

Mr Joseph Camilleri, Permanent Secretary (Administration), MEAE, representing the Minister responsible for Social Dialogue

Mr Tony Zahra, representing Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA)

Mr Josef Bugeja and Mr Victor Carachi, representing General Workers' Union (GWU)

Ms Dolores Sammut Bonnici, representing Malta Employers' Association (MEA)

Mr Marco Bonnici, representing FORUM                                                 

Mr Philip Fenech, representing General Retailers and Traders Union (GRTU)

Mr Frank V Farrugia and Mr Kevin J Borg, representing The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry (MCCEI)

Mr Josef Vella, representing UĦM Voice of the Workers

Dr Martin Balzan, representing the Confederation of Malta Trade Unions (CMTU)

Mr Joe Muscat, representing the Gozo Regional Committee

Mr Benjamin Rizzo, representing the Civil Society Committee

Substitute Members

Mr Alexander Demarco, representing the Central Bank of Malta

Mr Godwin Mifsud, representing the Minister responsible for Finance

Ms Diane Vella Muscat, representing the Minister responsible for Social Dialogue

Ms Angela Attard Fenech, representing Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA)

Mr Robert Borg and Mr Kevin Camilleri, representing General Workers' Union (GWU)

Mr Joseph Farrugia, representing Malta Employers' Association (MEA)

Mr Colin Galea, representing FORUM

Ms Abigail Mamo, representing General Retailers and Traders Union (GRTU)

Mr David Xuereb and Ms Marisa Xuereb, representing The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry (MCCEI)

Mr Jesmond Bonello, representing UĦM Voice of the Workers

Mr William Portelli, representing the Confederation of Malta Trade Unions (CMTU)

Mr Joseph Borg, representing the Gozo Regional Committee 

Accountancy Board

IT is notified for general information that, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 6 of the Accountancy Profession Act (Cap. 281), the Minister for Finance has made the following appointments on the Accountancy Board:

Chairman

Dr Peter J. Baldacchino, MPhil (Lough), FCCA, FIA, CPA, CSA

Members

Ms Christine Bartolo Perici, B. Com (Hons) Economics, MA Economics

Ms Denise Vella, B.A. M.A. (Econ.)

Mr John Sammut, B.A. (Hons) Accountancy, M.A. Financial Services, ACIB, CPA, FIA

Mr Lino Casapinta, FIA

Mr Mario Magro, MBA, ACMA, CGMA, AMIT, CPA

Mr Nicholas Xuereb, CPA, FIA

Secretary

Mr Martin Spiteri, IEng MIIE, MBA (Leic)

These appointments remain valid for a period of three years with effect from the 19th April, 2019.

Revenue Remissions Supervisory Board

It is notified for general information that in exercise of the powers conferred by Part III of the Commissioner for Revenue Act, (Cap. 517), the Minister for Finance has appointed Mr Sergio Ebejer as Member of the Revenue Remissions Supervisory Board in lieu of Mr Joseph Smith.  This appointment is valid up to 31st May, 2021.

Commercial Sanctions Tribunal

It is notified for general information that in exercise of the powers conferred by article 98 of the Public Procurement Regulations (S.L.174.04) the Minister for Finance has appointed Ms Caroline Mifsud as secretary to the Commercial Sanctions Tribunal in lieu of Ms Lara Borg Vella. This appointment shall remain valid until 31st May, 2021.

Compensation Rates for Poultry According to Legal Notice 225/2012

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 5 of Legal Notice 225 of 2012 the Minister for the Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change notifies  that the compensation for poultry reared for eggs which were ordered to be removed from the market must be paid  according  to the regulations announced in the Legal Notice 225 of 2012, the compensations are going to be calculated on the price of €5.00 for laying hens or pullets that are 16 weeks old and that are going to start laying eggs. This price will decrease to €3.75 for laying hens that are one year old and will continue decreasing to a minimum of €1.87 for laying hens two years old or more. The compensation for laying hens younger than sixteen weeks, the price will fall by €0.03 per day for each day that they are younger than sixteen weeks. The compensation for eggs should be of €2.76 per carton of eggs containing 30 eggs each.

These compensation rates are valid for all the compensations that are going to be paid during 2019.

Completion of Road Formation

In virtue of Article eighteen (18) of Legal Notice 291 of 2018, the Agency for Infrastructure Malta hereby gives official notice of its intention to complete the formation of:

Part of Triq Ħal Resqun, Gudja (indicated on the site plan on page 3681).

Part of Triq Leli Falzon, Naxxar (indicated on the site plan on page 3682).

Any person who is obliged by law to form said road (including by acquiring land necessary for the same formation) has fifteen (15) days from the date of the publication of this notice within which to comply with their obligations at law. In default, the  Agency for Infrastructure Malta shall itself proceed with the formation of this road in accordance with its powers at law and at the expense of those persons whose obligation it is to form the road.

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: