Government Notices published in Govt. Gazette No. 20,699 of 14th September 2021

IT is notified for general information that the following Legal Notices were published in the Supplement to the Government Gazette No. 20,696 of 7th September, 2021 (Legal Notices 347 to 355) and No. 20,698 of 10th September, 2021 (Legal Notices 356 to 363), respectively.

L.n. 347 of 2021: Education Act (Cap. 327); Bye-Laws of 2021 in terms of the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 for the Diploma in Sport Administration and Management under the auspices of the Institute for Physical Education and Sport.

L.n. 348 of 2021: Education Act (Cap. 327); Master of Arts in International Humanitarian Action – M.A. – Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts.

L.n. 349 of 2021: Education Act (Cap. 327); Bye-Laws of 2021 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2013 in terms of the General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021 for the Degree of Master in Access to Education under the auspices of the Faculty of Education.

L.n. 350 of 2021: Education Act (Cap. 327); Doctor of Medicine and Surgery – M.D. – Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.

L.n. 351 of 2021: Education Act (Cap. 327); Bye-Laws of 2021 in terms of the General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021 for the Degree of Master of Science in Pharmacotoxicology – M.Sc. – under the auspices of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.

L.n. 352 of 2021: Education Act (Cap. 327); Bye-Laws of 2021 to amend the Bye-laws of 2010 in terms of the Doctor of Philosophy – Ph.D. – Degree Regulations, 2008 for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy under the auspices of the Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology.

L.n. 353 of 2021: Education Act (Cap. 327); Bye-Laws of 2021 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2014 in terms of the Doctor of Philosophy – Ph.D. – Degree Regulations, 2008 for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy under the auspices of the Institute for European Studies.

L.n. 354 of 2021: Education Act (Cap. 327); University Student Discipline (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.

L.n. 355 of 2021: Education Act (Cap. 327); University Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.

L.n. 356 of 2021: Occupational Health and Safety Authority Act (Cap. 424); Protection of the Health and Safety of Workers from the risks related to Chemical Agents at Work (Amendment) Regulations, 2021

L.n. 357 of 2021: Medicines Act (Cap. 458); Testing of COVID-19 Regulations, 2021.

L.n. 358 of 2021: Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 406); Value Added Tax Act (Amendment of Fifth Schedule) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2021.

L.n. 359 of 2021: Malta Financial Services Authority Act (Cap. 330); Financial Conglomerates (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.

L.n. 360 of 2021: Investment Services Act (Cap. 370); Investment Services Act (Marketing of Alternative Investment Funds) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.

L.n. 361 of 2021: Investment Services Act (Cap. 370); Investment Services Act (Marketing of UCITS) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021

L.n. 362 of 2021: Local Government Act (Cap. 363); Local Government (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.

L.n. 363 of 2021: Local Government Act (Cap. 363); Local Councils (Association) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021.

IT is hereby notified for general information that in exercise of the powers conferred by Reg. 3 of the (Availability of Medicinal Products within the Gov. Health Services Reg.) (L.N. 58 of 2009), the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health has made the following appointments on the Government Formulary List Advisory Committee for a period of three years.

Chairperson

Dr Andrew Borg

Members

Ms Marcelle Fenech

Ms Isabelle Zahra Pulis

Dr Mario Vassallo

Dr George Bugeja

Mr Conrad Borg Manche

Dr Paola Cauchi

Mr Owen Francalanza

Mr Andre Mallia

IT is hereby notified for general information that the Minister for Senior Citizens and Active Ageing has approved the appointment of the Board for the Foundation for Senior Citizen Services. These appointments are valid for a year from the 27th April, 2021.

Chairperson

Ms Denise Farrugia

Members

Dr Natalia Muscat

Ms Mary Savona

Mr Carlo Stivala

Mr Stephen Fenech

Secretary

Ms Thea Debono

Appointment of Panel of Assessors

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 107 of the Social Security Act (Cap. 318), the Minister for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children's Rights, after consultation with the organisations concerned is pleased to appoint the following persons to form the Panel of Assessors for the purposes of that Act, in the interests of employers and employed persons respectively:

Mr Joseph Delia

Ms Isabelle Farrugia

Dr Joseph Portelli Demajo

Mr Mario Sacco

Mr Joseph Sapiano

Mr Carmel Vella

Mr Anthony Zarb

These appointments are valid for a period of one year with effect from 1st September, 2021.

Appointment of Umpires

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 107 of the Social Security Act (Cap. 318), the Minister for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children's Rights is pleased to appoint Dr Luciano Busuttil, BA, LLD, and Dr Noel Cutajar, BA, MSc, LLD, to be Umpires for the purposes of the said Act.

These appointments are for a period of one year with effect from 4th September, 2021.

Appointment of Members of the Social Assistance Board

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Social Security Act (Cap. 318), and for the purpose of that Act, the Minister for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children's Rights has approved that the Social Assistance Board established by and under the aforesaid Act, be composed as follows:

Chairperson

Mr Raymond Chetcuti

Members

Ms Antoinette Aquilina

Hon. Ivan Bartolo, MP

Ms Graziella Castillo

Mr Carmel k/a Lino Debono

Mr Emanuel Deguara

Ms Olivia Farrugia

Hon. Salvino Grixti, MP

Mr Paul Pace

Ms Mary Savona

Secretary

Mr Martin Buhagiar

These appointments are for a period of one year with effect from 1st September, 2021.

  IT is notified that in exercise of such powers as provided by Article (3) of the Commissioners for Oaths Ordinance (Cap. 79) the Minister for Justice and Governance appointed as Commissioners for Oaths, in the performance of their duties and for as long as they remain in such office, the undermentioned:

Public Officers/Employees

Zahra, Ms Kathryn – Manager (Research and Data Management), Asset Recovery Bureau

By Authority

Edward Zammit Lewis

Minister for Justice and Governance

IT is hereby notified that in virtue of Article 14(d) and Article 19 of the Notarial Profession and Notarial Archives Act (Cap. 55) and by a Decree issued on the 1/9/2021 by the Court of Revision of Notarial Acts, Notary Doctor Gabrielle Lorriane Torpiano has renounced from exercising the profession of Notary Public and consequently has appointed Chief Notary to Government Dr Keith Francis German as Notary Keeper of all her original deeds, including public wills.

Dr Keith Francis German

Chief Notary to Government

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 Siġġiewi:

A plot of land measuring about 133 square metres, bounded on the North, on the West and North  East by Governemnt property or more precise boundaries and is registered on Authority records as part of tenement number 50641.

The above-mentioned land in Wied Ħesri is being terminated for the extension of sporting facilities.

The above-mentioned land is shown marked with the colour blue on plan  P.D. 256_89_B, which may be viewed on demand at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta.

(Sgd) Dr John Vassallo

Chairperson of the Board of Governors

of the 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 Siġġiewi:

A plot of land measuring about 1,705 square metres, bounded on the North, on the West and North East by Government property or more precise boundaries and is registered on Authority records as part of tenement number 50639.

The above-mentioned land in Wied Ħesri is being terminated for the extension of sporting facilities.

The above-mentioned land is shown marked with the colour blue on plan  P.D. 2021_0494, which may be viewed on demand at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta.

(Sgd) Dr John Vassallo

Chairperson of the Board of Governors

of the Lands Authority

Declaration by the LANDS AUTHORITY

I hereby declare that in accordance with article 43 of Chapter 573 of the Laws of Malta regarding Government lands, I am revoking the Declaration by the Lands Authority published in the Government gazette of the 15th March, 2019, under Government Notice No. 355.  This revocation is being made limitly to the part of the land described hereunder.

Description of the Land

The following land at Ħ'Attard:

A plot of land measuring about 110 square metres, bounded on the North by a public road and on the South and on the West by property of the Joint Office.

With the approval of the Hon. Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects, it has been declared that the above mentioned plot of land is no longer required and therefore this revocation is being made by which the mentioned plot of land will be returned to the owners.

The above-mentioned land forms part of the land marked with the colour red on plan P.D.2018_0399_1, which may be viewed on demand at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta.

(Sgd) Dr John Vassallo

Chairperson of the Board of Governors

of the Lands Authority

The Director General Standards and Metrology Institute 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:

Upper Barrakka Gardens

It is notified for general information that as enabled by Section 2 of the Public Gardens (Closing) Ordinance (Cap. 34) the Director of Agriculture has approved that on Thursday, 16th September, 2021, the Upper Barrakka Gardens will be closed to the public from noon till 4.00 p.m. and will be under the control of the Office of the Prime Minister.