Government Notices published in Government Gazette No.21,218 of 5th April 2024

​THE President of Malta had the pleasure to approve the retirement of Captain Jesmond Brincat from the Volunteer Reserve Force of the Armed Forces of Malta with effect from 7th April, 2024.

IT is being notified for general information that in accordance with the Commissioners for Justice Act (Cap. 291), the Prime Minister approved the renewal of the appointment as Commissioner for Justice for a period of two years of:

Farrugia, Dr Deborah, and

Mifsud, Dr Martha with effect from 3rd April, 2024, and

Scerri, Dr Mario with effect from 12th April, 2024.

IT s 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 Reform of the Construction Sector 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

Buttigieg, Mr Dylan – Manager (Research and Data Management), Asset Recovery Bureau

Camilleri, Ms Paula – Senior Manager, Identità

Sladden, Mr Vincent – Head, Public Registry, Identità

Xerri, Dr Raymond – Officer in Scale 4, Ministry for Gozo and Planning

Persons who perform functions relating to the foreign service of the Government outside Malta

Agius, Mr Omar – First Secretary, Embassy of Malta in Brussels, Belgium

Baldacchino, Ms Michelle – First Secretary, Permanent Representation of Malta to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

Buhagiar, Ms Rose-Ann, First Secretary, Embassy of Malta in Berlin, Germany

Curmi, Mr Jeffrey – Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Malta in The Hague, the Kingdom of the Netherlands

De Bono Sant Cassia, Dr Andrea – First Secretary, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Malta to the United Nations in New York, the United States of America

Pace, Dr Mark Anthony – High Commissioner, High Commissioner of the Republic of Malta in Ottawa, Canada

Advocates

Barwari, Dr Ryan

Sciberras, Dr Samuel

By Authority

Jonathan Attard

Minister for Justice and Reform of the Construction Sector

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 Reform of the Construction Sector 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

Camilleri, Ms Carrie – Executive Officer II, Identità

Caruana Vella, Ms Diana – Senior Executive Officer, Identità

Ciantar, Mr Ignatius, Senior Manager, Identità

Gatt, Ms Roberta – Executive Officer II, Identità

Grech, Ms Roberta – Senior Executive Officer, Identità

Grixti, Ms Josephine – Executive Officer, Identità

Muscat, Sergeant Alexia

Persons who perform functions relating to the foreign service of the Government outside Malta

Borg Cooper, Dr Patricia – Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Malta in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Advocates

Aquilina, Dr Christian Vic

Sansone, Dr Valentina

Zammit Felice, Dr Sandro

By Authority

Jonathan Attard

Minister for Justice and Reform of the Construction Sector

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:

IT is hereby notified for general  information  that  the following  person  has  been  appointed Deputy Executive Secretary  of  that  Local  Council  with  effect  from 1st April, 2024 till 30th April, 2024.

IT is  hereby  notified  for  general  information  that  the following  person  has  been  appointed Deputy Executive Secretary  of  that  Local  Council  with  effect  from 3rd April, 2024.

IT is  hereby  notified  for  general  information  that  the following  person  has  been  appointed Executive Secretary  of  that  Local  Council  with  effect  from 18th March, 2024.

In exercise of the powers conferred by regulation 13 (1) (b) of the Thirteenth Schedule (Fiscal Receipts) of the Value Added Tax Act, the Commissioner for Tax and Customs notifies that the following types of fiscal cash registers have been approved:

Declaration by the LANDS AUTHORITY

Whereas by the Declaration of the General Governor of Malta of the 29th August, 1969, published in the Government gazette of the 19th September, 1969, under Government Notice No. 766, the General Governor had declared that the plot of land was required by the competent Government for a public purpose in accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition (Public Purposes) Ordinance (Cap. 88), and whereas part of this land is no longer so required, I hereby declare for all intents and purposes of law, that the undermentioned land is no longer required by the competent authority for a public purpose and also according to the Government Lands Act (Cap. 573) of the Laws of Malta.

Description of the Land

The following land at Rabat:

A plot of land measuring 175 square metres, bounded on the west and on the northwest by a public road and on the east by propety of Carmelo Grech, or more precise boundaries.

The abovementioned land is shown marked with the colour blue and as plot 6B on plan P.D. 124A_69_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

Declaration by the LANDS AUTHORITY

I hereby declare that the undermentioned 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 Għajnsielem, Gozo:

A plot of land measuring about 589 square metres, bounded on the south and on the west by Government property and is registered on Authority records as part of tenement number J40675.

The abovementioned land at Triq Ta' Lelluxa at Għajnsielem, Gozo, is being terminated in connection with the formation of a road.

The abovementioned land is shown marked with the colour blue on plan P.D. 2024_0362, which may be viewed on demand at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta.

(Sgd) Dr John Vassallo, LLD

Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Lands Authority

Declaration by the LANDS AUTHORITY

I hereby declare that the undermentioned 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 Mellieħa:

A plot of land measuring about 492 square metres, bounded on the north, on the south and on the west by Government property or more precise boundaries and is registered on Authority records as tenement number E01107.

The abovementioned land at Raba l-Mejjieli, il-Qammiegħ, Mellieħa, is being terminated in connection with a sewage plant.

The abovementioned land is shown marked with the colour blue on plan P.D. 2006_640_1, which may be viewed on demand at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta.

(Sgd) Dr John Vassallo, LLD

Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Lands Authority

Heraldry and Genealogy Regulations

IN terms of the proviso to article 9(2) of the Heraldry and Genealogy Regulations 2021 (L.N. 489 of 2021) (S.L. 445.07), the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta hereby notifies that the persons listed hereunder have applied for the provision/registration of heraldic arms from the Office of the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta.

Anyone is to inform the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta by not later than twenty one (21) days after publication of any valid and cogent representations for or against the application. Such representations shall be addressed to the Registrar either in writing by means of registered mail to the Office of the Chief Herald or electronically by means of email to the email address (chiefherald@gov.mt).

G0107: Bontempo, Michael Robert (USA)

Arms:

Quarterly,

1st & 4th: Per chevron Gules and Ermine a chevron engrailed counterchanged between two Maltese crosses in chief Argent and one in base Gules.

2nd & 3rd: Argent, in pale three flaming hearts Gules, 2,1

The whole differenced by a bordure Gules. Above the shield a helm befitting his station with mantling Gules doubled Argent bearing for a crest upon a wreath of the liveries a great spotted woodpecker close proper adorned with a pendant of star anise Or.

Motto: au Service de Dieu

Badge:

A Gold anise charged at its centre with a flaming heart palewise Gules

Standard:

Of four yards in length fringed compony Argent and Gules rounded in the fly, the Arms in the hoist, the livery field is split into three by two transverse bands bearing the motto au Service de Dieu, the crest in the centre between two representations of the Badge.

G0108: Bontempo, Dr Brian (USA)

Per chevron Gules and Ermine a chevron engrailed counterchanged between two Maltese crosses in chief Argent and one in base Gules, the whole bearing an escutcheon of pretence displaying the Arms of his wife, Argent, in pale three flaming hearts Gules, 2,1

Above the shield a helm befitting his station with mantling Gules doubled Argent bearing for a crest upon a wreath of the liveries a great spotted woodpecker close proper adorned with a pendant of star anise Or.

Motto: au Service de Dieu

G0109: Bontempo, Lisa Beth (USA)

Argent, in pale three flaming hearts Gules 2,1

Motto: Sursum corda

Dr Charles A. Gauci

Chief Herald of Arms of Malta