Government Notices published in Government Gazette No. 21,429 of 29th April 2025

IT is notified for general information that, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, the President of Malta has directed that the Hon. Ian Borg, LLB, Dip. Not. Pub., LLD, MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, assumes the additional duties of the Prime Minister, on Saturday, 26th April, 2025, during the absence from Malta of the Hon. Robert Abela, KUOM, BA, LLD, Adv. Trib. Melit., MP.

IT is notified for general information that the Hon. Robert Abela, KUOM, BA, LLD, Adv. Trib. Melit., MP, resumed duties as Prime Minister on Saturday, 26th April, 2025, and that the arrangements made by Government Notice No. 665 of the 25th April, 2025 ceased to have effect accordingly.

Appointment of Member on the Board of the Environment and Resources Authority

IT is hereby notified for general information that in the exercise of the powers conferred by Article 6 of the Environment Protection Act (Cap. 549), the Minister for the Environment, Energy and Public Cleanliness has appointed Mr Isaak Koroma as member on the Board of the Environment and Resources Authority.

This appointment is effective from 11th April, 2025, for a period of three (3) years.

Appointment of Board of Directors

IT is notified that the Board of Directors of Enemalta plc has been appointed as shown below with effect from 29th November, 2024, for a period of one (1) year.

Chairperson

Inġ. Ryan Fava

Deputy Chairperson

Mr Zhou Yao

Directors

Inġ. Trustin Farrugia Cann

Ms Paula Grech Bonnici

Mr Huifeng Zhang

Mr Jun Shi

Ms Maria Mifsud

Mr Pierre Galea Musu

Mr Brian Tabone

Secretary

Dr Andrew Saliba

Notice in terms of Articles 58 and 73

In terms of the proviso to Article 58(3) and Article 73(2) of the Value Added Tax Act, the Commissioner for Tax and Customs is hereby notifying the person/s listed hereunder that a demand notice for payment of tax, penalties and interest as per Article 59 of Cap 406 has been issued in their regard.

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Unless payment is affected within 30 days from the date of this notice the Commissioner for Tax and Customs will proceed to enforce payment in terms of law.

Copies of said notices may be collected from the Collection Section, MTCA, Blk5, Floriana.

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:

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 aPrivate Guard

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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.

Appointment of Legal Aid Lawyer

IT is notified for general information that, in terms of Article 89 and 911(6) of Chapter 12 of the Laws of Malta, the Minister for Justice and Reform of the Construction Sector appointed the hereunder mentioned Lawyer as Legal Aid Lawyer on the panels hereunder mentioned and on the panel of Official Curators, for the period as mentioned hereunder:

PANEL FOR COURT REPRESENTATION TO VICTIMS OF CRIME (MALTA) for the period 1st May, 2025 up to the 31st December, 2026:

Dr John Azzopardi

Co-Option of a Councillor at Saint Paul's Bay Local Council

IT is hereby notified for general information, in terms of article 8(4B) of the Local Councils Act, that Raymond Tabone was appointed Councillor of the Saint Paul's Bay Local Council by co-option on the 24th April, 2025.