169 tal-2004 - Regolamenti tal-2004 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Ħitan tas-Sejjieħ u Strutturi Rurali (Konservazzjoni u Manutenzjoni)

L.N. 169 of 2004

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 435)

Rubble Walls and Rural Structures Conservation and

Maintenance (Amendment) Regulations, 2004

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by articles 6, 9, 10(2)

and 11 of the Environment Protection Act, the Minister for Rural

Affairs and the Environment has made the following regulations>–

The title of these regulations is the Rubble Walls and Rural Citation.

Structures Conservation and Maintenance (Amendment)

Regulations, 2004 and shall be read and construed as one with the

Rubble Walls and Rural Structures (Conservation and Maintenance) L.N. 160 of 1997.

Regulations, 1997, hereinafter referred to as “the principal

regulations”.

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends regulation

4 of the principal

as follows>-

regulations.

(a) in the Maltese text of the definition “Att”, for the

words “1991” there shall be substituted the words “2001”<

(b) immediately after the definition “Act” there shall be

added the following new definition>

“ “the Competent Authority” means the Malta

Environment and Planning Authority and such other body

or person as the Minister responsible for the environment

may by order in the Gazette prescribe, and different bodies

or persons may be designated as the competent authority

for different provisions and different purposes of these

regulations<”<

(c) for the definition “Director” there shall be substituted

the following new definition>

“ “the Director” means the Director responsible for

environment protection within the Competent Authority,

or his designated representative<”<

(d) for the definition of “rubble wall” there shall be

substituted the following new definition>

“ “rubble wall” means a dry stone wall, built in loose

unhewn or rough-dressed stones which stands by gravity

and friction without the use of mortar<”.

Immediately after regulation 4 of the principal regulations

there shall be added the following new regulation>

Duties of

“4A. The Competent Authority shall be responsible

for the administration and implementation of these

Competent

Authority.

regulations.”.

Immediately after subregulation (2) of regulation 5 of the

principal regulations there shall be added the following new

regulation>

“(3) The Competent Authority may issue a permit to

authorise the performance of any works or activity which would

otherwise not be permitted under these regulations>

Provided that no such permit is required for sensitively executed

repairs to existing rubble walls, provided that such repairs>

(a) are carried out exclusively using the same type of dry-

stone rubble walling (sejjie[) that composes the existing wall<

(b) satisfy all the protective conditions and safeguards

contained in these regulations and in the Development

Notification Order< and

(c) do not increase the height or extent of the existing

wall or otherwise significantly modify the general site

topography or the overall profile or character of the wall.”.

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