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11 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 22 DECEMBER 2019 NEWS Senior Professional Officer (Legal) Permit no. 217/2019 Qualifications & Experience • MQF level 6 in Law; • A min. of 2 years work experience in a Legal Office. Job Description • Provide advice and support to the Chief Officer Legal and the Chief Executive Officer on all matters related to the different units; • Assist various units on legal issues and assess legal documents to ensure the Agency's legal protection; • Be fully conversant with Acts pertaining to the assigned unit and oversee implementation; • Ensure that all legal formalities and other obligations related to the Unit are fulfilled in time; • Ensure that high level secrecy and privacy for all legal data is maintained within the Agency; • Translate policies into strategic plans for implementation; • Update leaflets and website information to reflect legislation changes; • Any other duties as directed by the Chief Officer Legal or the Chief Executive Officer. Reporting Officer Permit no. 714/2019 Qualifications & Experience • MQF Level 4 or higher in management, leadership or administration; • ECDL certificate; • In possession of a security license or must be obtained within the first six months of employment. Job Description • Oversee control systems to prevent the violation of legal guidance and policies which fall under the Agency's remit; • Carry out systematic due diligence and investigations in accordance to the law, including site inspections, as well as testify in court; • Assist units in the implementation of internal policies and procedures; • Enforce regulations in all aspects and levels of operations; • Collaborate with other entities in the monitoring and enforcement of standards and regulations; • Identify compliance issues and provide advice on high ethical standards; • Keep abreast with regulatory developments and evolving best practices in compliance control; • Carry out freedom of movement interviews; • Compile statistical information and prepare reports for both internal and external use; • Conduct duties in the utmost responsible manner, consistency and integrity; • Any other duties as directed by Chief Executive Officer. We're Recruiting Interested persons are kindly requested to submit a letter of application and a detailed CV to recruitment@identitymalta.com by Sunday 5 th January 2020 Office Opening Hours Identity Malta Agency would like to inform the public that on 26 th December 2019 & 2 nd January 2020 all Units will be closed except for the Public Registry Searches Unit In case of an emergency passport service please call (+356) 2122 4001 JAMES DEBONO PLANS for the construction of a discount supermarket Lidl outlet and underlying commercial development in Zebbug have been scrapped. Instead applicant Joe Cortis, owner of the former SMW Cortis site in Zebbug where the Lidl supermarket was be- ing planned, has requested the renewal of a 2014 permit for an extension of the existing factory. The permit had envisaged an extension of the factory of some 1,950sq.m, for two levels of storage, and larger parking and industrial loading areas. The permit had specified that the new premises be only used for "storage and distribu- tion purposes", limiting a pro- posed retail shop to 58sq.m on ground floor level. The location is partly zoned as an 'area of containment' – an area meant to contain in- dustrial developments located outside development zones (ODZ), that are meant to avoid their sprawl in the sur- rounding countryside. But the proposed supermarket would have extended into the sur- rounding ODZ to create park- ing spaces and provide road access for the new supermar- ket. A scheduled windmill on the southern periphery of the site is surrounded on three sides by the applicant's property. Transport Malta recently gave its clearance to the su- permarket project, claiming that any traffic it will generate will be mitigated by the Cen- tral Link project in the Attard area. But the Żebbuġ council had objected to the proposal be- cause of the traffic conges- tion. Moreover, it pointed to the possible social impact the project could have on estab- lished local shops and vegeta- ble sellers who earned their living within the locality. The supermarket chain already has another three megastores within a four-mile radius, with supermarkets in Luqa, Qormi and Santa Venera. Supermarket application for SMW Cortis site withdrawn as developers apply to renew 2014 permit before expiry No Lidl for Zebbug JAMES DEBONO AN extensive tourist accommo- dation project over a built-up footprint of 1,666sq.m is being proposed by Paul Vella's Bal- lut Blocks, instead of the rural Tal-Abatija hamlet along the road leading to the picturesque Fomm ir-Rih beach, just 450m from the proposed develop- ment. Plans presented by architect Ray Demicoli envisage the new buildings retaining practically the same footprint of the ex- isting buildings, some of them roofless or in a dilapidated state. Others have a residential use or are used as agricultural stores. But the change of use to "agri- tourism accommodation" is bound to increase pressures on one of Malta's most secluded beaches, which remains off the beaten track. The plans, as pro- posed, do not envisage any new access to the beach. The application foresees the consolidation and restoration of the existing vernacular struc- tures, which predate 1978, and the demolition of modern ac- cretions. As proposed, the develop- ment will include 16 large suites, of variable size between 30sq.m and 80sq.m, a reception, kitchen and breakfast area over 329sq.m and a 50sq.m swim- ming pool. All buildings will be limited in height to one floor. Plans envisage the growing of a large number of trees to screen the development. The area where the new tour- ist development is being pro- posed outside development zones is an area designated as a rural hamlet where no new de- velopment, involving the take- up of fresh land, is allowed. Fomm ir-Rih hamlet eyed for tourism project