The services of Wild Birds Regulation Unit will start to be offered on Gozo. This was announced by the Minister for Gozo Anton Refalo and Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights Roderick Galdes, during a visit to the new office of WBRU at the Government farm in Xewkija.
The Minister for Gozo said that this is a small, but significant step, to show willingness to offer Gozitans services that were previously only offered in Malta.
He noted how, that during this legislature, more offices have been opened in Gozo, including the e-Residence unit, LEAP, Regional Office of Statistics, and the Parole office.
Dr Refalo pointed out that the opening of this office, will further reduce bureaucracy and more people will be provided with a service in Gozo.
Parliamentary Secretary Roderick Galdes said the WBRU Gozo office will offer a range of services for Gozitans in Gozo.
These include renewal or change of licences, payment for exams, sale of material on huntable species in Malta, orders for site plan – registered copies, payment of administrative fines, enforcement-related topics, customer care services and other general complaints.
This service will operate from tomorrow, Thursday, the 28th of January and will be open twice a month, every first and last Thursday of the month, between 9am and 1pm. Prior appintments will be needed to make use of the service.
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