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For further information please send email on: gdatrade@gmail.com HealthCare Professions Act, 2003 (Act No. XII of 2003) Elections for the Council for Nurses and Midwives Nominations of Candidates It is hereby notified that, for the purpose of Regulations 5 of the Council for Nurses and Midwives (Elections) Regulations 2004, the nominations of candidates to fill the posts of five registered nurses elected from amongst and by all nurses, one of whom shall be a second level registered nurse and another shall be a nurse whose name is entered in any of the special parts of the Register of Nurses; and two licensed midwifes as members of the Council for Nurses and Midwives, in accordance with the provisions of Section 49 HCPA of the 2003 (Cap. 464) will be received by the Electoral Commission of the Council for Nurses and Midwives, at the Boardroom the Public Health Regulation Department St Luke's Hospital Level 1 Ex OPD G'Mangia Square Pieta, on Friday 5th July 2019 between 10.00 a.m. and 12.00p.m.(noon) and on Monday 8th July between 10.00am- 12.00pm (noon) The nomination forms for candidates are obtainable from the Council's Registrar Office from Monday 1st July 2019 to Thursday 4th July 2019 between 10,00am and 12,00pm or can be downloaded from https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/ en/regcounc/cnm/Pages/cnm.aspx Jesmond Sharples Josianne Sultana Jeffrey Ellul Electoral Commissioner Electoral Commissioner Electoral Commissioner Disgraced notary banned, handed suspended sentence for misusing client's funds JULIA DOWLING jdowling@mediatoday.com.mt A notary has been handed a suspended sentence and was banned from holding a warrant after being found guilty of mis- appropriating funds given to him by his client. The funds were handed to him by the client to settle taxes after they bought two garages. Pierre Falzon, 64, was con- victed of misappropriating €850 from a couple who had paid him stamp duty and capital gains when buying two garages in Swieqi in 2010. Despite the cou- ple paying all expenses, Falzon had failed to register the proper- ty transfer or forward any taxes to the authorities. These funds which were depos- ited into his wife's account and were never returned until after police intervention. Magistrate Rachel Montebel- lo sentenced Falzon to one year in prison, suspended for three years and ordered him to repay his clients €850. Moreover, the court also disqualified him from holding a notarial warrant. However, Falzon was acquitted of several other misappropria- tion charges after the court rules that whilst he was negligent and breached conditions of his pro- fessional obligations, the evi- dence did not prove beyond rea- sonable doubt that what he did was with malicious intention. The prosecution brought for- ward multiple arguments, dat- ing back to 2009 to 2011. These involved unregistered property transfers, unpaid taxes, and de- lays that left clients unable to register inherited property in their names. In another instance, a buyer claimed to have paid €425 in stamp duty for a garage in Birkir- kara, but the court noted there was no proof the money had ac- tually been given to Falzon. The court also heard that Falzon spent about a year abroad during the period in question, and on returning, settled some of the outstanding tax pay- ments. His defence argued that the delays were partly caused by court-imposed garnishee and attachment orders that froze his accounts, as well as his wife's ill health. While acknowledging his pro- fessional negligence, the court found that the only proven case of misappropriation involved the Swieqi couple, whose money was deposited in his wife's bank account and never transferred to the tax authorities. Magistrate Montebello also criticised the way the proceed- ings were conducted against Falzon, describing it as a "classic case" of poor administration of justice. Inspector Rennie Stivala pros- ecuted. Lawyers Michael Schiriha and Roberto Spiteri appeared for Falzon. CONTINUES FROM PAGE 1 In the night between Mon- day and Tuesday, a number of localities across Malta and Gozo recorded power cuts, with many having electricity restored after a couple of min- utes. Parts of Tarxien were worst affected, with some are- as left three hours without any electricity. Enemalta Executive Chair- man Ryan Fava, explained that, compared to last year, electricity demand peaked earlier, as a similar demand was recorded in 2024 on 19 July. "While this increase is note- worthy and a reflection of how the earlier rise in temperature is affecting demand, Enemalta has the necessary generation capacity to meet its custom- ers' demand," he said. A spokesperson also said on- going investments in the dis- tribution network are enhanc- ing Enemalta's capacity to address situations where high voltage levels cause faults. "Enemalta is thus better po- sitioned to restore power to areas benefiting from these infrastructural improve- ments. Notably, with the commissioning of over 140km of new underground cables in the past two years, Enemalta has efficiently restored sup- ply to customers impacted by faults, owing to the increased flexibility and resilience of the distribution system resulting from these developments," a spokesperson said. The spokesperson also said teams across all departments have been working hard to prepare for the ever-increas- ing temperatures, and Ene- malta are in a far better po- sition to switch clients on to alternative sources in cases of faults. "In the instances where such flexibility is not yet availa- ble, Enemalta resorts to al- ternative sources to alleviate the situation until the fault is identified and fixed," Fava said. Malta grid peaks at 598mw amid heatwave