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12 NEWS maltatoday | SUNDAY • 2 JULY 2023 Abortion Bill 28 Making history and missing the boat The Chief Executive Officer, Lands Authority, notifies that: Sealed tenders in respect of the following advertisements have to be deposited in the Tender Box at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta by 10.00am on Thursday, 20 th July, 2023. *Advert No. 34 Lease, for the remaining period of the present lease which ends on the 31 st May, 2028, of the bare Shop tale quale off Xatt it-Tiben, Floriana as shown edged in red and marked Site 1 on plan P.D.2005_442_A including the sites No. 2 and No. 3 as also shown in red and marked Site 2 and Site 3 on the same plan P.D. 2005_442_A. The present tenant does not want to remain in the lease and an interested third party is ready to assume the remaining term of this lease. The interested third party has been reserved the right of first refusal as per Article No. 3 (1) of Legal Notice 573.02. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €9,787 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of three thousand and two hundred and sixty-two Euros (€3,262) per annum will not be considered. A fee of €50 will be charged for the tender document. *Advert No. 35 Lease tale quale, on a year to year basis, for agricultural purposes, of a site at Land known as Tas-Sisien, Gharb, Gozo, shown edged in red on plan P.D.2021_0413. This site may be subject to existing servitudes in favour of the adjacent properties. The bidders must be either full-time or part-time farmers, who have to submit a certificate, issued by the Department of Agriculture with the tender document or students who have completed successfully an academic course relating to agriculture within the previous five years prior to the introduction of the Legal Notice No. 573.06 who have to submit a copy of the relevant certificate also with the tender documents. 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 fifty-three Euro and twenty-nine cents (€53.29) per annum will not be considered. This tender may be subject to the right known as the right of first refusal as per article No. 32 of Chapter No. 573 of the Laws of Malta. A fee of €50 will be charged for the tender document. *Advert No. 36 Lease for a period of fifteen (15) years for commercial purposes of a shop tale quale, at No. 33 (formerly No. 8), Triq is-Sliem, Marsa as shown edged in red on the plan P.D.231_81_6_8. The airspace of this shop is not included with this tender. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €14,250 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of four thousand and seven hundred and fifty Euros (€4,750) per annum will not be considered. This tender may be subject to the right known as the right of first refusal as per article No. 32 of Chapter No. 573 of the Laws of Malta. A fee of €50 will be charged for the tender document. www.landsauthority.org.mt/services/tendering Lands Authority St. Sebastian Street, Valletta *Advert No. 37 Lease, for the remaining period of the present lease which ends on the 14 th March, 2024, of the bare Shop tale quale at No. 1, Triq Hal Tarxien at Tal-Mithna Housing Estate, Gudja as shown edged in red on plan P.D.19_83_7_2. The present tenant does not want to remain in the lease and an interested third party is ready to assume the remaining term of this lease. The interested third party has been reserved the right of first refusal as per Article No. 3 (1) of Legal Notice 573.02. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €10,503 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of three thousand and five hundred and one Euros (€3,501) per annum will not be considered. A fee of €50 will be charged for the tender document. ISSUE OF TENDERS *Adverts appearing for the first time. These adverts are being published as an invitation to the public to acquire tender documents online. The bidders are to refer to all the conditions of the tender document and are invited to read carefully these conditions. Tenders should be submitted only on the prescribed form, which together with the relevant conditions and other documents, may be obtained by clicking on 'Buy Tender' on the web page where this tender is available on https://landsauthority.org.mt/services/tendering/ A fee of fifty Euros (€50) must be paid through the online system of the Lands Authority website by using your preferred banking card. THE Maltese parliament voted in fa- vour of a limited exception last week to allow an abortion to take place if the woman's life is at risk. The amendment to the Criminal Code, known as Bill 28, is the first significant change to Malta's century-old blanket ban on abortion. But the version of Bill 28 approved by parliament in all its stages is different from the original proposal floated by government, which had also made pro- visions for situations where the wom- an's health is at risk. In the final version, parliament qual- ified the health risk as being one that may lead to death thus restricting the interpretation. The new version of Bill 28 approved by parliament was welcomed by the Op- position, the church and other pro-life groups who had denounced the original amendment. But renowned gynaecologist Mark Sant remarked that the new version of the Bill would make no difference in a case like that of Andrea Prudente – an American tourist denied an abortion despite suffering a ruptured membrane and being told her pregnancy was no longer viable. The amendment was billed as 'historic' by government but pro-choice activists criticised the final outcome. To them, what was already the bare minimum had been watered-down to a version that simply legalised the status quo. Pro-choice activist Lara Dimitrijevic and Labour Party President Ramona Attard share their views with us.