Building Levy Rates (Amendment) Regulations, 2003

L.N. 42 of 2003

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP. 356)

Building Levy Rates (Amendment) Regulations, 2003

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 41, 42 and 60 of

the Development Planning Act, the Malta Environment and Planning

Authority, with the concurrence of the Minister for Home Affairs and

the Environment and of the Minister of Finance, has made the following

regulations>

The title of these regulations is the Building Levy Rates Citation and

commencement.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2002 and they shall be read and construed

as one with the Building Levy Rates Regulations, 1996, hereinafter L.N. 112 of 1996.

referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Paragraph (1) of regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall Amends regulation

2 of the principal

be amended as follows>-

regulations.

(a) the following new definition shall be added immediately

after the definition of “farm building”>

“film set” means the use of land, or the placing,

installation or construction on land of structures, for the

purpose of the production of films, television programmes,

videos or other audio-visual productions<”

(b) the following new definition shall be added immediately

after the definition “garage”>

”impermanent material” means material which is not

solid in composition and does not include stone, bricks or

concrete or, any other similar material>”

(c) the following new definition shall be added after the

definition “special building”>

“temporary structure” means a structure which is

demountable and not permanently affixed to the ground, and

constructed from impermanent materials, including canvas,

other fabric, PVC and similar materials, and includes a tent,

marquee, canopy or other structure of a similar nature<”.

(a) Item (b) of sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 1 of Schedule

One to the principal regulations shall be amended by the addition

immediately after the works “to non-residential use per 50m 2 of floor

area or part thereof............55.00” the following>

“subject, where the change of use solely involves the use of

land , to a maximum of

5000”

(b) Immediately after item (z) of sub-paragraph (5) of

paragraph 1 of Schedule One to the principal regulations there

shall be added the following >”

(aa) Temporary structure

- up to 100m 2 floor area

40.00

- exceeding 100m 2 , per 100m 2 or part

thereof

40.00

(bb) Film set- per 100m 2 floor area

50"

4. Immediately after item (n) of paragraph 5 of Schedule Two to

the principal regulations there shall be added the following >

“(o) the erection of a temporary structure

(p) the erection of a film set or use of land as a film set”.

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