Marsaskala (Marsaskala Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2020

L.C.B.L. 35/02/2020

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT

(CAP. 363)

Trailers and Other Encumbering Objects in the Locality of

Marsaskala (Marsaskala Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 34 of the Local

Government Act, the Marsaskala Local Council, has made the

following Bye-Laws:-

The title of these Bye-Laws is Trailers and Other Citation.

Encumbering Objects in the Locality of Marsaskala (Marsaskala Local

Council) Bye-Laws, 2020.

In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires

Interpretation.

"the Act" means the Local Government Act;

"the Council" means the Marsaskala Local Council;

"encumbering object" means any object which although not

necessarily deemed to be waste, causes obstruction or nuisance

or inconvenience in any part of the locality, or any other object

of a size or quantity or accumulation, when considered

holistically, causes a nuisance, or which may lead to

deterioration or defacement of a public place;

"locality" means the locality of Marsaskala as defined in

the Act;

"sea craft" means any boat, ship, yacht or every description

of vessel used in navigation, whether it works with oars, sails or

by other means, or whether self-propelled or not, and it includes

barges, oil rigs, pontoons, seaplanes and any other crafts and

similar vessels;

"trailer" means any vehicle without mechanical power of its

own designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle and intended for

the purpose of the carriage of boats and other sea crafts or for the

conveyance of goods.

1 No person shall in any part of the locality, place or leave on Restrictions on

land, any trailer or other encumbering object, including any skip which trailers

other

is not meant for domestic use, and no person shall leave or park, encumbering

objects.

whether temporarily or otherwise, or leave unattended any trailer,

loaded or not in any part of the locality save in an area that is

designated as a site for the parking of trailers or on private land.

3.2 Notwithstanding the provisions of these Bye-Laws, any

person may place any trailer in any part of the locality to unload

therefrom any boat or other sea-crafts

Provided that, such trailer shall be removed immediately

once the objects that would be conveyed thereon would be removed.

Any trailer or other encumbering object which passes

through or is parked within the locality shall have a clear means of

identification which identifies the person responsible for the said

trailer or encumbering object.

Sites identified as fishermen’s zones shall only be used in

accordance with the relative permits and in accordance with any law in

force that pertains to fishermens’ zones and the granting of permits.

Any other use shall be subject to these Bye-Laws.

Any person who contravenes any provision of these Bye-

Laws, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (ammenda) of seventy

euro (€70) for such contravention together with a further ammenda of

ten euro (€10) for each day during which such contravention of these

Bye-Laws would have ensued.

The penalty referred to in Bye-Law 6 shall be without

prejudice to any other right of action which the Council or any other

authority may take to remove, deposit, or dispose or any trailer or any

other encumbering object or any accessory thereto in terms of the

provisions of the Clamping and Removal of Motor Vehicles and

Encumbering Objects Regulations, or any other law, and without

prejudice to any other penalty or fine (ammenda) which may be

imposed under any other law.

€0.18