Erecting of Billboards on the Road (Amendment) Regulations,

L.N. 376 of 2007

MALTA TRANSPORT AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 332)

Erecting of Billboards on the Road (Amendment) Regulations,

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 32 of the Malta

Transport Authority Act, the Minister for Urban Development and Roads

has, after consultation with the Malta Transport Authority, made the

following regulations>-

The title of these regulations is the Erecting of Billboards on Title.

the Road (Amendment) Regulations, 2007, and they shall be read and

construed as one with the Erecting of Billboards on the Road

Regulations, 2004, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”. L.N. 368 of 2004.

For regulation 1 of the principal regulations there shall be Amends regulation

1 of the principal

substituted the following>

regulations.

“1. The title of these regulations is Placing of Billboards

and Advertising on the Road Regulations, 2004.”.

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended as Amends regulation

2 of the principal

regulations.

(a) immediately before the definition “allocation agreement”

there shall be added the following new definition>

“advertising vehicle” means a vehicle used or intended

to be used for the displaying of advertising<”<

(b) in the definition “billboard”, for the words “permanent,

temporary or political” there shall be substituted the words

“permanent or political”<

(c) for the definition “scheduled sites” there shall be

substituted the following>

“ “scheduled sites” means those sites scheduled by the

Malta Transport Authority with the endorsement of the Malta

Environment and Planning Authority, a list of which shall be

kept by the Malta Transport Authority and published by notice

from time to time in the Gazette.”<

(d) for the definition “temporary billboard” there shall be

substituted the following>

“ “temporary billboard” means a billboard which is not

affixed to the underlying ground<”< and

(e) immediately after the definition “temporary billboard”

there shall be added the following new definition>

“ “vehicle” means any vehicle, whether or not

mechanically propelled which is constructed or adapted for

use on roads.”.

In sub-regulation (1) of regulation 4 of the principal regulations,

the words “listed in the First Schedule to the regulation” shall be deleted.

In regulation 6 of the principal regulations, for the words “the

Second Schedule” there shall be substituted the words “the Schedule”.

In regulation 7 of the principal regulations, for the words “the

Second Schedule” there shall be substituted the words “the Schedule”.

For regulation 9 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following>

(1) No person shall erect or cause to be erected

any temporary billboard on any road.

(2) No person shall drive or use, or permit or suffer

to be driven or used on any road, an advertising vehicle without

a permit issued by the Authority allowing its use for that

purpose.

(3) The Authority may, on application by the

registered owner of a vehicle and on payment of the prescribed

fee, issue a permit under this regulation for the use of the

vehicle as an advertising vehicle.

(4) No person shall park, or permit or suffer to be

parked on any road, an advertising vehicle.”.

8. Regulation 10 of the principal regulations shall be amended as

(a) for sub-regulation (1) there shall be substituted the

following>

“(1) No person shall place or cause to be placed

on a road any political billboard without a permit from

the Authority>

Provided that a political billboard placed on a road at

any time from the issue of a general elections writ, as provided

for in the General Elections Act, and the day of voting in Cap. 354.

those general elections shall be exempt from the provisions

of this regulation>

Provided further that the Authority may order the

removal, or it may itself remove, any such billboard where,

in the opinion of the said Authority, such billboard constitutes

a hazard to traffic or road users.”<

(b) in sub-regulation (2), immediately after the words “a

political billboard” there shall be inserted the words “which is not

a political billboard placed on a road in accordance with the proviso

to the preceding sub-regulation,”.

9. In sub-regulation (2) of regulation 12 of the principal Amends regulation

12 of the principal

regulations, for the words “Any temporary or political billboard”, there regulations.

shall be substituted the words “Any political billboard, other than a

political billboard placed on a road in accordance with the proviso to

regulation (10)(1),”.

The First Schedule to the principal regulations shall be Deletes the First

Schedule to the

principal

regulations.

The Second Schedule to the principal regulations shall be Renames the

Second Schedule to

renamed “Schedule”.

the principal

regulations.

In the Schedule, to the principal regulations, as renamed, for Amends the

the words “(Regulations 6 and 9)” there shall be substituted the words Schedule,

renamed, to the

“(Regulations 6 and 7)”.

principal

regulations.

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