Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette no 20,543 of 22nd December 2020

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

Act No. LXI of 2020 entitled the Notarial Professions and Notarial Archives and Various Laws (Amendment) Act, 2020;

Act No. LXII of 2020 entitled the Malta Financial Services Authority (Amendment) Act, 2020;

Act No. LXIII of 2020 entitled the Appropriation (2021) Act, 2020; and

Act No. LXIV of 2020 entitled the Second (2020) Appropriation Act, 2020.

IT is notified for general information that the following Legal Notices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 20,533 of the 15th December, 2020, and No. 20,534 of the 18th December, 2020, respectively.

L.N. 457 of 2020: Youth Work Profession Act (Cap. 533); Commencement Notice.

L.N. 458 of 2020: Maltese Citizenship Act (Cap. 188); Publication of Names of Citizens of Malta and Persons Deprived of Maltese Citizenship Regulations, 2020.

L.N. 459 of 2020: Income Tax Act (Cap. 123); Exemption from Tax on Certain Property Transfers (Amendment) Rules, 2020.

L.N. 460 of 2020: Income Tax Act (Cap. 123); Tax Rebate (Pensioners) (Amendment) Rules, 2020.

L.N. 461 of 2020: Income Tax Act (Cap. 123); Assignments of Rights Acquired under a Promise of Sale Agreement Rules (Amendment) Rules, 2020.

L.N. 462 of 2020: Income Tax Act (Cap. 123); Deduction (Income from Employment) (Amendment No. 2) Rules, 2020.

L.N. 463 of 2020: Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 406); Value Added Tax Act (Amendment of Sixth Schedule) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2020.

L.N. 464 of 2020: Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 406), Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Russian Federation) (Amendment) Order, 2020; Commencement Notice.

L.N. 465 of 2020: Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234); Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Amendment) Rules, 2020.

L.N. 466 of 2020: Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234); Ships Eligible for Registration (Amendment) Regulations, 2020.

L.N. 467 of 2020: Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452); National Minimum Wage National Standard Order, 2020.

L.N. 468 of 2020: Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452); Wage Increase (Employees) National Standard Order, 2020.

L.N. 469 of 2020: Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452); Adaptation of Laws (Wages Council Wage Regulation Orders) Order, 2020.

Instrument of Delegation under the Provisionsof Article 9 of the Environment ProtectionAct (Cap. 549)

In addition to the officers listed in Government Notices nos. 1431 and 1504 of 2018, in Government Notices Nos. 402, 1109 and 1622 of 2019, and in Government Notice No. 276 of 2020, the Environment and Resources Authority is hereby also authorizing the following officers, under the conditions specified hereunder, to act on its behalf and on behalf of the Director for Compliance and Enforcement:

To exercise duties relating to monitoring, compliance and enforcement, including the right of entry into any premises, as set out in the provisions of Part VII of the Environment Protection Act, 2016:

Avellino Nirvana

Azzopardi Jacques

Borg Bjorn

Debattista Marie

Galea Savio

Micallef Lucia Anna

Portelli Andrea

Tonna Cheryl

THE Commissioner of Police, in terms of articles 7 and 8 of the Private Guards and Community Officers Act 1996, hereby notifies that the following applications as mentioned hereunder have been received:

Application for licence of a Community Officer

Application for licence of aPrivate 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 of the Private Guards and Community Officers 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 crime against the safety of the state, or of any crime of voluntary harm or injury to any person or any crime against property or public trust or any other serious crime; or

(ii) has been declared bankrupt or his financial position is precarious or otherwise renders the applicant unsuitable; 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.

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: