Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 20,202 of 31st May 2019

 IT is notified for general information that the Hon. Joseph Muscat, KUOM, BCom, BA(Hons), MA (European Studies), PhD (Bristol), MP, resumed duties as Prime Minister on Tuesday, 28th May, 2019, and that the arrangements made by Government Notice No. 596 of the 27th May, 2019, ceased to have effect accordingly.

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 Thursday, 30th May, 2019, during the absence from Malta of the Hon. Joseph Muscat, KUOM, BCom, BA (Hons), MA (European Studies), PhD (Bristol), MP.

Appointment of Chairman and Member of the Board of the Malta Arbitration Centre

IT is hereby notified for general information that, in exercise of the powers vested in him by sub-article (2) of Article 4 of the Arbitration Act (Cap. 387), the President of Malta acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, appointed Dr Paul Cachia as Chairman, who was a member of this board prior to this appointment. The President of Malta, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, appointed as well Dr Chris Cilia as member of the Board of the Malta Arbitration Centre.  These appointments are with effect from the 17th May, 2019.

IT is notified for general information that in virtue of the powers conferred under Art. 98 of the Constitution of Malta, the President of Malta, on the advice of the Prime Minister, nominated the Hon. Mr Justice Giannino Caruana Demajo to serve the functions of Chief Justice for the period of time from the 4th to the 8th June, 2019, during the absence of His Hon. the Chief Justice Joseph Azzopardi.

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

Act No. XV of 2019 entitled the Malta Free Zones Act, 2019;

Act No. XVI of 2019 entitled the Competition Act and Consumer Affairs Act and other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019; and

Act No. XVII of 2019 entitled the Cremation Act, 2019

IT is notified for general information that the following Bills are published in the Supplement to this Gazzette:

Bill No. 84 entitled the Criminal Code and the Gender Based Violence and Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act, 2019;

Bill No. 85 entitled the Occupational Health and Safety Authority (Amendment) Act, 2019; and

Bill No. 86 entitled the Pensions (Amendment) Act, 2019.

31st May, 201

Declaration by the LANDS AUTHORITY

I hereby declare that the under-mentioned land, which is Government property, is required for a public purpose in accordance with the provisions of the Government Lands Act (Cap. 573) of the Laws of Malta.

Description of the Land

The following land at Raħal Ġdid:

A plot of land measuring about 179 square metres, bounded on the North by Government property, on the South by a public road and on the East by property unknown owners or more precise boundaries and is registered on Authority records as tenement number J01805.

The above-mentioned land is shown marked with the colour blue and as plot 1 on plan P.D. 2018_0195, which may be viewed on demand at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta.

(Sgd) Judge Emeritus C. Farrugia Sacco

Chairman Lands Authority

Declaration by the LANDS AUTHORITY

I hereby declare that the under-mentioned land, which is Government property, is required for a public purpose in accordance with the provisions of the Government Lands Act (Cap. 573) of the Laws of Malta.

Description of the Land

The following land at Raħal Ġdid:

A plot of land measuring about 216 square metres, bounded on the North and on the West by Government property and on the South by a public road or more precise boundaries and is registered on Authority records as tenement number 52998.

The above-mentioned land is shown marked with the colour blue and as plot 2 on plan P.D. 2018_0195, which may be viewed on demand at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta.

(Sgd) Judge Emeritus C. Farrugia Sacco

Chairman Lands Authority

Resignation from the Board of the MaltaArbitration Centre

IT is hereby notified for general information that, in terms of sub-article (2) of Article 8 of the Arbitration Act (Cap. 387), Dr George Hyzler resigned from his office as Chairman of the Board of the Malta Arbitration Centre with effect from the 30th October, 2018.

Declaration of Archaeological Zones at Sea

The Superintendence of Cultural Heritage is hereby declaring the hereunder mentioned sites as included in the list of protected sites, in terms of Articles 3, 7(5) and 43 of the Cultural Heritage Act (Cap. 445), as follows:

The Superintendence of Cultural Heritage will exercise its powers to ensure the protection of these sites, as provided by the Cultural Heritage Act (Cap. 445), as regards to cultural heritage.

Access to the sites mentioned above shall be subject to permission from (uchu@heritagemalta.org) and (heritage.sch@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 Consul for Goldsmiths and Silversmiths are based has been fixed for the purposes of article 14 of the said Act as follows: