Construction Management Site Regulations, 2022
Table of Provisions (21)
Statutory Text (21 Articles)
L.N. 340 of 2022
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY ACT
(CAP. 623)
Construction Management Site Regulations, 2022
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 17(2) of the
Building and Construction Authority Act, the Minister responsible for
the construction industry, after consultation with the Building and
Construction Authority Board, has made the following regulations:-
PART I
Preliminary
The title of these regulations is the Construction
Management Site Regulations, 2022.
(Regulation 6)
Reducing Nuisance to Neighbours
1. Three (3) weeks before any work commences which will
take longer than four (4) weeks to complete, the client shall ensure that
there shall be erected on the street boundary of the site a permanent A2
sized notice board, as specified below, on which shall be affixed, and
suitably protected from the weather, the development permit number,
the particulars of the client, site manager and responsible Perit and the
contractor or contractors including their telephone numbers. A
template of such notice may be downloaded from the Authority’s web
site. The details on the notice board shall be legible from the road level
with a minimum font size of 100 point. Such notice board shall be
maintained in good condition at all times until all works on site are
completed or until such time as deemed appropriate by the Authority.
Such notice shall also include
(a)
the start date of the works; and
(b)
a contact number.
Where the site is larger than one thousand (1,000) square metres,
or has a frontage bordering any road or roads in excess of twenty-five
(25) metres, such information shall be displayed on a notice board
which shall be at least one point five (1.5) metres by two point five
(2.5) metres, and shall also include dates of completion of the principal
stages of the project. This notice board shall be placed in such a way
that it does not obstruct or hinder the safety and easy flow of traffic
and general public. Moreover a copy of the development permit and all
its renewals, if any, together with copies of all plans and elevations as
approved, shall be kept on site and the same shall at all reasonable
times be available for inspection.
Construction Management Site Regulations
Template for Notice Board / Billboard as stipulated by item 1 of the First
Schedule
Development
Title
Permit Number
Works
Commencement
Date
Name Of Site
24 Hour
Manager
Contact Number
Lead Contractor
Other Contractors Insert name Insert name of Insert name
of
of
second third contractor contractor
contractor
Perit/firm Of Periti
Client
OHSA Health & Safety Officer
Address & Contact Address
& Contact Details
Details
Contact Details
In case of difficulty kindly contact the Local Council on telephone number
2. Cutting of stones and bricks may be allowed on site
Cutting of stone.
Provided that
(a) all machinery and tools not listed in the Eighth
Schedule shall be equipped with dust extraction and recovery
systems, to ensure that dust is not dispersed onto public areas
and third party property; in combination with either of the
provisions of paragraphs (b) or (c);
(b) upon roofing of the lowest floor of the structure, all
mechanical cutting of stone and brick cutting shall take place
within the building and all external apertures shall be boarded up
with an impermeable material;
(c)
stone and brick cutting shall be carried out in a
temporary enclosed impermeable structure erected on the
construction site.
3. Screed sand and other loose building materials such as
cement, small pieces of material and shingles shall be transported,
deposited and stored on site in rigid containers with suitable covers or
flexible sturdy containers that may be appropriately sealed, which
material shall support the weight being contained, to permit the total
enclosure of such materials at all times and which shall be kept sealed
when not in use.
4. Without prejudice to any other law, no building material,
waste, machinery or equipment shall be allowed to obstruct the
pavement or the smooth flow of traffic in the vicinity of the site on
which works are in progress or complete. Depositing of building
materials for loading or unloading purposes and placing of equipment
in the street along the frontage of the site shall be authorised by the
responsible Local Council.
5. Without prejudice to any other law and in addition to the
vehicular traffic.
requirements emanating from the Work Place (Minimum Health and
Safety Requirements for Work at Construction Sites) Regulations,
when a hazard to vehicular traffic on a public way is created by work
on, or associated with construction works, one (1) or more of the
following shall be provided to direct the traffic, as may be considered
appropriate and approved by the responsible Local Council, and where
appropriate by the Authority for Transport in Malta
(a)
one (1) or more law enforcement officers;
(b)
warning signs;
(c)
barriers;
(d)
lane control devices; and, or
(e) flashing lights or flares located at a suitable distance
from the hazard.
When there is no agreement between the respective Local
Council and the Authority for Transport in Malta, the decision of the
competent authority shall prevail.
Moreover, only signs provided for in the Traffic Signs and
Carriageway Markings Regulations shall be allowed.
6. The following adequate facilities and measures shall be
undertaken to ensure that the site and its immediate vicinity are kept
clean
(a) any trash or debris shall be contained on site and
disposed of in closed waste receptacles to avoid wind, rain or
any other movement related to the works process from carrying
it off site into any public area;
(b) the works shall not create any discharge of cleaning
agents, paints, oil, other pollutants or hazardous waste to public
areas or into the sewerage system, or into the sea;
(c) the immediate clean up of works related spills or
pollution;
(d)
sweeping, washing or vacuuming of dust from the
street;
(e) wash out pits, concrete or mortar mixers and
chemical holding areas shall be located away from sewage
systems and waterways or third party property; and
(f) prior to any vehicular movement from within the site
to any public area, these shall have their tyres washed of all
material, dirt or any other material that may be carried out into
the public area and deposited thereon.
7. All necessary measures shall be undertaken for initial Rodent control.
eradication and subsequent rodent control on sites to the satisfaction of
the competent authority. The following minimum measures shall be
undertaken
(a) preventing any discharge of sewage and, or, the
closing off of any access to the main sewer;
(b) organic waste shall be disposed off immediately so as
not to allow rodents to infest the site; and
(c) trap stations or poison shall be installed within the
site perimeter and storage locations, and also in manholes, where
applicable.
The scope of these regulations is to limit environmental
degradation through appropriate construction management practices
that cause the least nuisance to neighbours, to minimise the risk of
injury to the public, to protect the property belonging to the
Government and the local councils, and as much as possible to reduce
the harm to the environment. These regulations shall have no bearing
on the responsibilities related to construction sites emanating from
other legislative instruments.
(Regulations 6 and 9)
1. For any building not exceeding seven (7) metres in height
from road level, it shall be mandatory to erect hoarding made of
suitable rigid material that is free-standing and independent of the
metres in height.
building itself up to a height of three (3) metres. Such hoarding shall
be designed in a manner that conceals the site and protects adjacent
areas from the egress of dust and from materials which may fall from
within the site.
2. For any building exceeding seven (7) metres in height from
road level, it shall be mandatory to erect hoarding made of suitable
rigid material up to the full height of the building. Such hoarding shall,
metres in height.
in the absence of a nationally approved code of practice by the
competent authority, be designed in a manner that entirely conceals the
site and protects adjacent areas from the egress of dust and from
materials which may fall from within the site
Provided that for buildings up to or higher than twenty-five
(25) metres, as an alternative to hoarding to full height, the hoarding
up to twenty-five (25) metres may be used and from the twenty-fifth
(25 th ) metres upwards all windows and balcony door openings shall be
boarded up to prevent the egress of dust. For sites that are recessed
from the road, semi-detached or detached, such hoarding shall enclose
the whole of the site.
The hoarding shall, as a minimum, be erected in a manner that
ensures that it extends to at least one (1) metre above the highest floor
level within the site when measured in the vertical plane.
Where demolition activity is to be carried out, the hoarding shall
be erected upfront to the full height of the building or as appropriate to
the competent authority to ensure public safety and the least
inconvenience to the neighbours. Hoarded structures should also be
provided with an adequate amount of interlocking waste chutes to
deliver waste material from any level within the structure to the closest
destination of the waste receptacles without causing any
inconvenience or hazard to any person or third party property.
Moreover, chutes shall be
(a) closed where they are inclined more than forty-five
(45) degrees with the horizontal angle; and
(b)
be kept closed or covered when not in use.
3. Hoardings shall be constructed from timber or metal frame
and shall be covered with suitable mesh or material that precludes any
visual impact of the works ongoing within the site. Moreover
(a) all hoardings shall form a barrier against the egress of
dust and debris from the site to the surrounding environment;
(b) hoardings shall be designed to withstand up to gale
wind loads (Force 8 and above) with any anchorage as necessary
to prevent overturning and ensure stability. In addition hoardings
adjoining excavations shall be designed to withstand any
external impacts;
(c) hoardings and barricades shall be kept in good
condition to fulfil their purpose;
(d)
all works shall be contained within the hoarding; and
(e) advertisements on the hoardings may be allowed
subject to advertising laws and regulations.
4. Works extending beyond, or affecting, the perimeter Works that
surrounding the site shall not commence until a covered way has been extend
or affect, the
provided in accordance with the provisions of item 5 to protect the perimeter
surrounding the
public, except where
site.
(a) the work and ancillary machinery is carried out
within a solid enclosure; and
(b) the works and their ancillary machinery are at a
distance of two (2) metres or more from a public way used by
pedestrians.
5. A covered way shall
Covered ways.
(a)
have a height of not less than two point two (2.2)
metres;
(b) have a width of not less than one point two (1.2)
metres or the width of the public passage, whichever is the lesser,
but sufficient to ensure accessibility for pushchairs and the
disabled. Ramps suitable for wheelchair access shall also be in
place, where applicable, to bridge any difference in levels with a
slope not steeper than eight point five percent (8.5%);
(c) include appropriate signage acceptable to the
Authority or its designated authority and lighting that provides
an equivalent illumination as the prevalent street lighting, both
for the attention of pedestrians and motorists. Such signage and
lighting shall alert and direct motorists around any obstruction
whilst indicating alternative entry and exist routes to pedestrians,
and also providing sufficient lighting to enable them to navigate
through the walkway;
(d) have non-slip floors and an even surface in line with
national standards;
(e) be designed and constructed to support safely all
loads that may reasonably be expected to be applied to it, but in
no case less than two point four (2.4) kiloNewton per metre
squared on its roof;
(f) have a weather-tight roof sloped towards the site, or if
flat, be equipped with a splash board not less than two hundred
(200) millimetres high on the road side;
(g) be totally enclosed on the site side with an enclosure
having a smooth surface facing the public way;
(h) have a finished metal or timber hand rail one (1)
metre high on the road side where the covered way is supported
by posts on the road side to support pedestrians navigating
through;
(i) be adequately lit between sunset and sunrise with
lighting that provides an equivalent illumination as the prevalent
street lighting; and
(j) be left free from any material or other objects which
may be an obstacle or hinder the free access of pedestrians at all
times.
6. The client shall erect a timber or metal barricades to block
the way and prevent access to unauthorised persons such that
(a) the barricades shall be strongly constructed and of a
height of not less than two (2) metres between the site and the
public way or to isolate completely the open sides of a site so as
to safeguard the public and third party moveable or immovable
property;
(b) the barricades shall have smooth surfaces facing the
public way and shall be without openings except those required
for authorised access;
(c) access openings through the barricades shall be
blocked with gates which shall be kept closed and locked when
the site is unattended and shall be maintained in place until
completion of the works to the satisfaction of the Authority. Such
gates shall be designed in such a manner that prohibits public
access, especially children;
(d) all access gates into the site used by machinery
should have warning lights lit up during entry and exit of such
machinery or provision of banksmen to warn motorists or the
general public during passage of machinery.
7. The client shall ensure a safe passage past the site. When Safe passage
the works necessitate the obstruction of the pedestrian pavement, and past site.
this is approved by the Local Council, a temporary pedestrian
pavement shall be provided which shall be kept clear of obstruction at
all times.
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires
"Act" means the Building and Construction Authority Act;
"Authority" means the Building and Construction
Authority established by article 5 of the Act and includes any
body or other person acting on its behalf under powers delegated
by the Authority under the Act, and the Minister may, by order in
the Gazette, designate different bodies or persons as a competent
authority for different provisions and different purposes of the
Act or any regulations made thereunder;
"building" means any structure resultant from a works
process;
"client" means the same as the meaning assigned to it in
article 2 of the Act;
"contractor" means the same as the meaning assigned to it
in article 2 of the Act;
"emergency" means an unexpected situation, or a sudden,
unforeseen occurrence which requires immediate action to
protect lives and, or property and, or economic livelihood;
"enforcement notice" means the same as the meaning
assigned under Part VI of the Act;
"footprint" means the space contained within the external
walls of a building at all levels, including internal yards, shafts,
terraces or courtyards totally enclosed or surrounded by the
building, but excluding terraces, back yards, yards and pool
decks not totally enclosed or surrounded by the building;
"hazardous material" means any object or agent (biological,
chemical and, or physical) which has the potential to cause harm
to humans, animals or the environment either by itself or through
interaction with other factors;
"hoarding" means a temporary structure enclosing a
construction site during the works to restrict access and provide
protection to the public;
"immediate vicinity" means the area up to thirty (30)
metres from any site, and includes the footprint of the site in
question, where by way of irregular management of a
construction site the social, historic or environmental importance
of the site or area is reduced;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for the
construction industry;
"private property" means any land, whether developed or
otherwise, or any other permanent structure whose title is vested
in a private person or entity;
"public property" means any place to which the public has
access to;
"site" means the place where the works shall be executed
and where the equipment and, or materials and, or workers shall
be delivered to;
"site manager" means a person carrying out the duty or
duties provided for in these regulations. Such person shall be
nominated by and responsible on behalf of the client to ensure
the correct implementation of these regulations. The appointed
site manager may be one (1) of the following
(a)
the client himself;
(b) the project supervisor as provided for in the
Work Place (Minimum Health and Safety Requirements for
Work at Construction Sites) Regulations;
(c)
a perit as defined under the Periti Act; or
(d)
any other competent person;
"street" means any street, whether private or public, and
includes any street, square, court, alley, lane, bridge, footway,
passage or quay;
"tourism zone" means those areas defined by the competent
authority responsible for tourism as tourism zones.
"transgressor" means that person or legal entity which has
been served with an enforcement notice, or any person or legal
entity which violates these regulations or any part thereof;
"works" means the permanent works and the temporary
works, or either of them as appropriate, and include excavation,
demolition, construction, building services works and finishing
works.
(Regulations 6 and 9)
Reducing Pollution
1. The permissible hours for works which generate noise that Nuisance
abatement.
may be heard from outside the site boundary shall be as follows
(a) works shall not commence before seven in the
morning (7:00 am) and shall cease at eight in the evening (8:00
pm);
(b)
it shall not be lawful to make use of
(i) a mechanical excavator with a hydraulic
hammer; or
(ii) a pneumatic drill, before half past seven in the
morning (7:30 am) and after four in the afternoon (4:00
pm) and all day on Sundays and public holidays;
(c) during the period between fifteenth (15 th ) June and
thirtieth (30 th ) September, demolition works or excavation shall
not be allowed in tourism zones as may from time to time be
established by the competent authority for tourism
Provided that, exemptions from this paragraph may
only be granted by the competent authority for tourism, unless
there are safety concerns, in which case the Authority shall only
allow works to render the site safe;
(d)
no construction works shall be carried out on Sundays
and public holidays;
(e) in the case of emergencies works may take place at
any other time whilst it shall be mandatory to inform the
Authority during its first hour of subsequent business;
(f) any exemption from the provisions of paragraphs (a),
(b), (c), (d) and (e) shall require the approval of the Authority and
may require the setting of specific conditions for such works.
Exemptions for works in tourism zones shall also require the
clearance of the competent authority responsible for tourism;
(g) when the distance from the nearest habitable space
exceeds one (1) kilometre, works shall not be subject to any of
the aforementioned in this item.
2. No person shall undertake any works without utilizing the
following dust control measures
(a) to limit any generation of dust, during works there
shall be applied water and, or, chemical dust stabilizers or any
other appropriate technique which control emissions of dust
from the site;
(b) prior to leaving the site the client shall on a daily
basis remove any works related spillages resulting from the
works from the public way in front of the site;
(c) prior to leaving the site, the client shall ensure that on
a daily basis public sidewalks and public areas within ten (10)
metres from either side of the site are swept or vacuumed; and
(d) paint chips, sanding residue, grit and dust shall be
prevented from coming into contact with storm-water runoff and
surface water bodies.
3. Without prejudice to any other law, any person who will be
sanding, whether manually or mechanically, shall ensure that dust
emissions are controlled by equipping all mechanical equipment with
dust extraction and recovery systems; in combination with
(a) for outdoor areas, the whole working area shall be
totally covered with material that blocks the emission of dust or
particulate matter into the surrounding environment;
(b) for indoor areas, all external apertures shall be
boarded with an impermeable material that forms a barrier
against the escape of dust prior to commencing any sanding
operations.
4. Mechanical fair facing of building stones shall not be Mechanical fair
facing of stone.
permitted on site.
5. Adequate facilities and measures shall be undertaken to Measure to
ensure that the site and its immediate vicinity are kept clean at all clean the site.
times during works.
These regulations shall apply to any works which are not
exempt under the Sixth Schedule and as may be brought into force by
the Minister in part or in whole and ancillary activities on site.
PART II
General Conditions
(Regulations 6 and 9)
Technical Guidelines and Site Preparation
1. The level of noise emitted from any site shall
Minimisation of
noise and
vibration levels.
(a) respect the levels as established by the Work Place S.L. 424.28.
(Minimum Health and Safety Requirements for the Protection of
Workers from Risks resulting from exposure to Noise)
Regulations, at any point when measured immediately outside
the site with methodologies established by the said regulations in
respect of weekly noise exposure level and daily noise exposure
level. Any measurement shall follow the prescribed standards as
approved by the competent authority responsible for issuing such
standards. Should a locally approved standard not be available,
an equivalent standard to the satisfaction of the appropriate
competent authority shall apply;
(b) moreover, to minimise noise and vibration levels, all
equipment shall have functional exhaust or muffler systems;
(c) unnecessary noise such as leaving noisy idle
machinery operating, shouting, loud radios or excessive revving
of engines shall be avoided.
2. The client shall ensure that the following health and Health and
hygiene.
hygiene provisions are adhered to
(a)
Removal of waste material
The clearing away of waste material shall be carried out in
a routine manner, quickly and effectively, and shall be
(i) carried out in a manner that does not cause any
damage or works related spillage in public areas or third
party property;
(ii)
carried out using receptacles that are fully
enclosed or using open skips which are securely covered
with canvas or any other material which would not allow
the dispersal of dust particles or the waste being handled
and that does not allow any works related spillage; and
(iii) guided into an enclosed shaft or chute
conforming with item 2 of the Second Schedule.
The client shall ensure that all waste material shall be removed
from the immediate vicinity of every day unless the site manager
provides sufficient reasons to the Authority to justify an extension of
this period;
(b)
Hazardous material
Without prejudice to any provisions in any other laws
regulating hazardous material, where hazardous material is
utilised on site
(i) all measures shall be taken to properly store and
isolate any hazardous material to prevent any
contamination of the site and surrounding sites, storm water
and the potable water courses particularly when hazardous
wastes is water soluble or may become airborne;
(ii) where hazardous material is stored on site there
shall be erected on the street boundary of the site, adjacent
to the notice board or billboard provided for in the First
Schedule, an A4 sized caution sign indicating the presence
of hazardous waste on site;
(c)
Point source pollution from storm water
In order to ensure that the construction site does not
become a source of pollution due to the surface run off it
generates during works, the following minimum prevention
measures shall be undertaken to mitigate against circumstances
such as the
(i) contamination of road surfaces with particulate
matter that is washed out from within the site;
(ii) clogging of any public or private storm water
drains with any material washed out from within the site;
(iii) wash out of hazardous waste and non-hazardous
material to the marine environment;
(iv) wash out of hazardous waste onto permeable
land; and
(v) any other form of pollution caused from the
storm water run off generated from the site.
Clients shall therefore be obliged to ensure that the site is
equipped with the necessary collection sumps and pumps that enable
any water discharged within the site to be collected and pumped there,
avoiding all works related spillage of such waste water onto public or
private areas.
3. (a) Any deconstruction or excavation works on a site Recycling
shall be carried out in line with sections five (5), seven (7) and eight oriented
deconstruction,
(8) of the national standard SM 810:2022 titled ‘Recycling-oriented controlled
excavation
Deconstruction, Controlled Excavation Works and Classification of works and
standardisation
Waste’ as reproduced on the website of the Authority.
of apertures.
(b) Any apertures utilised in a residential building shall by
design follow the standardisation of dimensions of internal and
external apertures as specified in the Technical Document titled
‘Standardisation of Apertures for Residential Buildings in Malta’ as
published on the website of the Authority.
For the purpose of enabling adherence to these regulations,
water meters may be provided temporarily, by a licensed operator of a
public water distribution network, only to sites where works on that
site are permitted in terms of the Act.
PART III
Other Conditions
(Regulation 10)
For the purposes of Regulation 10, the bank guarantee shall be
computed as follows
For works consisting of the
Length of frontage in
addition of one (1) or more floors meters multiplied by forty-six
covering more than fifty percent Euro
and fifty-nine
cents
(50%) of the building footprint (€46.59).
on existing developments
For
works
involving
Length of frontage in
demolition and, or excavation metres plus twenty (20) meters
works and additional floors
multiplied by forty-six Euro and
fifty-nine cents (€46.59).
At the start of each calendar year, the value of forty-six Euro and
fifty-nine cents (€46.59) in this Schedule shall be revised by
multiplying by a factor equivalent to Rate Property Index for
December of the preceding year divided by the Rate Property Index for
December 2007.
Without prejudice to specific requirements set out in any
other legislation, any client carrying out or commissioning works shall
ensure that the work is carried out in a manner that causes the least
nuisance by ensuring that the provisions provided for in the First,
Second, Third and Fourth Schedules are adhered to.
(Regulation 4)
All construction work for buildings that equals or
shall refer exceeds the following criteria
a. a building which is or will be more than one
thousand square metres (1,000 sqm); or
b. a height of twelve (12) metres excluding the
penthouse and the basement or more measured
from the lowest point of the street level
bordering the construction works; or
c. sites having excavations more than six (6)
metres below street level.
All other works.
All other works which fall outside Types A and B.
All works
a. that involve the trenching of ducts not
exceeding three (3) metres in depth and which
are used for the installation of infrastructure
related to the provision of potable water,
sewerage services, storm water discharges,
electrical energy and telecommunications
Provided that such trenching works may only
be carried out in tourism zones as defined by
the Ministry responsible for tourism during the
period fifteenth (15 th ) June to the thirtieth
(30 th ) September, following the approval by
the Ministry responsible for tourism following
consultation with representatives of tourism
establishments in the affected area; and
b. falling under any other categories that may be
from time to time established by the Minister
under this Schedule are exempted from these
regulations.
All streets or other public property, within a distance of ten
(10) metres from the site, that are damaged by operations relating to
works shall be repaired or replaced by the client and brought to a
condition that is at least as good as they were found in prior to the
works carried out, and they shall also be restored to their original
condition with similar materials and in accordance with any other
regulations. Such limit shall not preclude any other obligation on the
client to make good for any other damages that extend beyond the ten
(10) meter distance and which are proven to be a direct consequence of
that works activity. Any obstruction shall be removed when the need
for such obstruction, which shall include any temporary signage put up
during works, shall no longer be required.
(Regulation 8)
Change of client or site manager
Development Application number
PA
(where applicable)
Description of works
Address of site
Original Client
I ........................................... declare that as from today onwards that I am no
longer the client of the site indicated above and exonerate my self from any
responsibility regarding the management of this site, and according to the
Construction Site Management Regulations.
Signature
Date ....................................
ID
No.
Site Manager
For
the
purpose
of
regulation
9(1)
I
am
appointing
............................................... as Site Manager
Signature of original Client .................... Date .......................................
Signature
of
Site
Manager Date .......................................
New Client
I the undersigned, declare that as from today onwards I am the new client of the
construction site and am assuming the responsibilities as asked of me by the
Construction Site Management Regulations.
Signature of new Client: ........................ Date .......................................
ID No. ..................................
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(1) The client shall have the obligation to appoint a site Obligation on
manager who shall be responsible, on his behalf, to ensure that the site client
manager.
and the works are in conformity with all the provisions of these
regulations.
(2) Prior to the commencement of any works, the client shall
submit to the Authority
(a)
the name of the site manager;
(b) the site manager’s legally valid identification
document number; and
(c) a declaration of acceptance duly signed by the site
manager that he has undertaken to accept this role and that he has
read and understood the provisions of these regulations.
(3) For the purposes of these regulations, the site manager shall
not be entitled to assume any of the responsibilities associated with the
profession of a Perit as defined in the Periti Act, unless the appointed Cap. 390.
site manager is a Perit.
(4) The Minister may, from time to time, make specific
regulations to create a Register of Site Managers, to stipulate their
qualifications, Code of Conduct and programme of continuous
development.
(5) In the absence of a nomination for the appointment of a site
manager, the client shall ipso facto be deemed to be the site manager
for the purpose of these regulations.
(6) Where the client has changed because the site was sold, or
for any other reason, when works are still to be carried out or are being
carried out the current client shall have the duty to inform the
Authority by completing the form provided for in the Seventh
Schedule, and to submit the form to the Authority on its relevant
website. The same form should be duly signed by the new client as a
declaration of acceptance of his responsibilities as the new client in
terms of these regulations. Until such form is received by the
Authority, the current client shall be held responsible for any
contravention to these regulations.
(7) Where, during the period of works, the site manager
changes for any reason, he shall be obliged to inform the Authority in
writing. Until such notice is received by the Authority, he shall still be
presumed to be the appointed site manager for the site.
(8) The site manager shall be responsible, on behalf of the
client, for ensuring that any permits, certifications, authorisations or
any such approvals required for any part of the works as required by
the provisions of these regulations shall be in place and that any
temporary structures used to implement the provisions of these
regulations shall be duly certified for their soundness.
PART IV
Enforcement
(item 2 of the First Schedule)
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(1) The Authority may issue and serve an enforcement
notice where there is an infringement of the provisions of the First
and, or the Second and, or the Third and, or the Fourth Schedules,
and an administrative penalty in accordance with the Ninth Schedule
without prejudice to any other administrative penalty or amount due to
the Authority in accordance with the Act.
(2) The Authority shall impose a daily administrative penalty
in accordance with the Ninth Schedule from the first day after the
period stipulated in the enforcement notice within which the
transgressor was ordered to remedy the situation until the day the
situation is effectively remedied.
All administrative penalties imposed in terms of this
(3)
regulation shall in all cases be due to the Authority as a civil debt and
that where the transgressor is a director, secretary or manager of a
body corporate for the economic benefit of whom the breach was
committed, such body corporate shall be liable in solidum for said civil
debt.
(4) Without prejudice to the Act or to any other law, any
person who by any means whatsoever, hinders or obstructs any
officer of the competent authority from the exercise of his powers
and functions under these regulations, or fails to comply with any
order given by an officer of the competent authority, or refuses to
assist him in the carrying out of his duties or furnishes such officer
with false information shall be guilty of a breach of these regulations
and shall on conviction be liable to an administrative penalty of not
less than one hundred fifty euro (€150) and not more than three
hundred euro (€300)
Provided that the administrative penalty shall not be less
than five hundred euro (€500) and not more than two thousand euro
(€2,000), where the breach was committed in
(a) the immediate vicinity of a scheduled building as
declared so by the competent authority, public monument,
museum, place of worship, hospital or school;
(b) the immediate vicinity of a World Heritage Site
declared by UNESCO or an urban conservation area declared by
the competent authority;
(c) the immediate vicinity of a Natural Reserve, Heritage
Park, National Park, public garden, or playing field;
(d) the immediate vicinity of a public beach or
promenade; or
(e) in the vicinity of any other site, area, place or open
space which the Minister may establish from time to time
(5) Any actions taken by the Authority under these regulations
shall be without prejudice to any criminal or civil action or to any
enforcement action that the Authority may deem fit in the
circumstances.
(Regulation 9)
Breaches
Minimum
Maximum
Continued
Administrative
Administrative
Breaches
Penalty (in €)
Penalty (in €)
(in € per
day)
Missing Notice Board
Improper cutting of stones and
bricks
Improper transport, deposit
and storing of screed sand
Obstruction of pavement and
easy flow of traffic
Lack of enforcement officers
or appropriate traffic
management or signage
Cleanliness of the site and
environment
Health hygiene
10000
Inadequate hoarding
Missing enclosure or
machinery too close to public
way
Improperly setup covered
ways
Improper setup of barricades
Unauthorized demolition and
excavation between the fifth
(5 th ) June and thirtieth (30 th )
September
Unauthorised works on
Sundays and Public Holidays
B
Improper dust control
measures
Mechanical fair facing on site
Excessive or unnecessary
noise
€2.16
(1) For the purpose of ensuring that the street is properly Restoration
restored, the client shall deposit at the Authority, prior to the issue of works
guarantee.
the commencement notice, a bank guarantee in favour of the
Authority, the amount of which shall be determined according to the
provisions of the Fifth Schedule
Provided that the minimum amount for the bank guarantee
shall be that of two hundred and fifty euro (€250)
Provided further that where the client fails to carry out or
complete the restoration works within such period as the Authority
may deem suitable in consideration of the level of finishing being
opted for by the client, such works may be completed by the Authority
or Government, or an appointed agent that has been duly authorised by
the Authority. Upon order of the Authority the cost of such works, as
certified by the aggrieved entity’s perit, shall be met in part or whole
from the bank guarantee.
(2) The release of the bank guarantee shall be affected within
three (3) months from the data of notification of completion by the
client’s Perit provided there are no claims for the repairs of the street.
No clearance for any works or part thereof shall be issued
by the Authority if any balance due from any administrative penalties
are still due to the Authority by reason of breach against these
regulations. The Authority may not authorise the transfer of client or
site manager as provided for in regulations 8(6) and (7) where there is
an outstanding balance due to it with regards to the site.