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KURT SANSONE ksansone@mediatoday.com.mt 4 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 13 JULY 2025 NEWS 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 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Moreover, anyone who re- quests assisted dying must undergo assessment by three medical professionals: a spe- cialist in their condition, a psychiatrist, and a verifying doctor. All three must confirm that the request is voluntary and meets the legal and med- ical criteria. Borg wants revised local plans, Delia says development zones won't increase an inch With Borg and Delia in the running to become Oppo- sition leader, and potential future prime minsiters, Mal- taToday asked them whether they commit to keeping Mal- ta's development zones as is. Delia made the commitment, saying the Nationalist Party had already made its position on the matter. Delia as prime minister would not make Mal- ta's development zones any larger than they are now. However, Alex Borg side- stepped the question by saying that the local plans need to be revised. He said the revision would not force a return to the past but would instead focus on "sustainable progress". A review of the country's lo- cal plans is part of the PN's of- ficial line on environment and planning matters. The PN said in the past that the local plans would be revised transparent- ly, considering the needs of both the environment and lo- cal communities. Euthanasia: Borg wants free vote, Delia says he'd vote against (Left to right) Adrian Delia and Alex Borg Youngest person on sex offenders register aged 20 THERE are 141 people listed on the sex offenders register with the youngest person being 20 years old, information tabled in parliament shows. Two of the offenders are women and the rest are men, according to the information tabled by Justice Minister Jon- athan Attard. He was replying to a parliamentary question by Opposition MP Graziella At- tard Previ. The oldest person on the reg- ister is 78 years old and the av- erage age is 41. Popularly known as the sex offenders register, it lists the names of people who would have been found guilty of sex- ual crimes against minors and also serious drug trafficking. The register is maintained by the Registrar of Civil Courts and Tribunals and is not pub- licly accessible. Public, private, religious and non-governmen- tal organisations and compa- nies that work with children, are required by law to file an application with the law courts to verify whether prospective employees or voluntary work- ers are listed on the register. The process involves notify- ing the Attorney General and a hearing in front of a judge. The minister told parliament the verification process takes around one month. The register was introduced in 2012 to ensure that adults who work or offer a service in organisations that deal with children are not convicted pae- dophiles. There have been several calls over the years for the register to be made public, something legislators have not been keen on since it could lead to witch hunts. Others have called for widen- ing the scope of verification to anybody with a concern over a person and not just organisa- tions or companies that work with children. Something on the same lines already exists, for people who would like to know whether their partner or prospective partner has had previous domestic violence cases.