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5 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 NEWS Grant on a temporary emphyteusis for a period of fifty (50) years tale quale in its present state including any latent defects for commercial purposes of the premises at Nos. 22 and 23, Triq San Karlu, Valletta, shown edged in red on plan P.D. 2015_0755_B. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €31,500 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of ten thousand five hundred Euros (€10,500) per annum will not be con- sidered. A fee of €50 will be charged for each copy of the tender document. www.landsauthority.org.mt/services/tendering Lands Authority St. Sebastian Street, Valletta Lands Authority, notifies that: Sealed tenders in respect of the following advertisements have to be dropped in the Tender Box at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta by 10.00 am on Thursday, 3rd October, 2019. *Advert No.177 *Advert No. 178 Sale of a site at Triq il-Qaliet, Marsaskala as shown edged in red on the plan P.D. 2018_0148. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €9,912 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of ninety-nine thousand and one hundred and twenty euros (€99,120) will not be considered. A fee of €50 will be charged for each copy of tender document. *Advert No. 179 Lease of a site adjacent to Block No. 5, Triq Ta' Farżina, Qormi as shown edged in red on the plan P.D. 2018_0478. This site is to be used exclusively as a garden. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €1,000 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of two hundred and fifty (€250) per annum will not be considered. A fee of €10 will be charged for each copy of tender document. *Adverts appearing for the first time. Tenders should be submitted only on the prescribed form, together with the relevant conditions and other documents, that are obtainable from the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta on any working day between 8:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Tender fees are non-refundable *Advert No. 180 Grant on a temporary emphyteusis for a period of forty-five (45) years, of the property in Telgħet ir-Raħal Ġdid, Paola, shown edged in red on plan P.D.2008_29. This property is to be used only as a hatchery Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €50,000 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of one hundred and sixty-six thousand six hundred and twenty Euros (€166,620) per annum will not be considered. A fee of €200 will be charged for each copy of tender document. ISSUE OF TENDERS THE UK Supreme Court held yesterday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's prorogation of Parliament in early September was unlawful. Johnson moved to prorogue Parliament in early Septem- ber, stating that the current term was one of the longest in recent history and that Parlia- ment should be temporarily dismissed so that the govern- ment could develop a new legislative slate for a new ses- sion to begin in mid-October. Though opposition leaders decried the move as a po- litical ploy to prevent Parlia- ment from interfering with Johnson's Brexit negotiations, Johnson received royal assent to prorogue Parliament in early September. A series of court challenges swiftly followed, with the Scottish court finding that Johnson had acted unlawful- ly while English and North- ern Irish courts determined that the decision to prorogue was a political question over which the courts had no juris- diction. In a unanimous decision, the 11 justices of the court reject- ed the claims by the Johnson government that the decision to prorogue Parliament and the length of the suspension was a political matter over which the court had no juris- diction. Though the power to pro- rogue Parliament is nominally vested in the Queen, it is done at the behest of the Prime Minister, who is required to present a justification for the prorogation to the monarch. It was this justification that the court found lacking in Tuesday's ruling. Accord- ing to the court, Johnson had failed to give "reasonable ad- vice" for the extended length of the suspension and tim- ing of the prorogation to the Queen, particularly with the rapidly approaching Brexit deadline. "The decision to advise Her Majesty to prorogue Parlia- ment was unlawful because it had the effect of frustrating or preventing the ability of Par- liament to carry out its con- stitutional functions without reasonable justification," the decision concluded. Speaking to the media, John- son expressed disappoint- ment with the ruling, but agreed to "respect" the deci- sion. Speaker of the House John Bercow said in a televised statement that Parliament will be called back into ses- sion today, though Johnson will be unable to attend due to his presence at a UN sum- mit currently ongoing in New York. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said in a press release that the court's decision dem- onstrated the "contempt for democracy and an abuse of power" by Johnson and called on the Prime Minister to "be- come the shortest-serving Prime Minister there's ever been" and resign following the ruling. UK Supreme Court rules suspension of Parliament was illegal Johnson expressed disappointment with the ruling, but agreed to "respect" the decision