TEMPORARY PLACING OF CARAVANS IN LOCALITIES REGULATIONS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.239

TEMPORARY PLACING OF CARAVANS IN

LOCALITIES REGULATIONS

1st July 2023

LEGAL NOTICE 136 of 2023, as amended by Legal Notice 154 of

2024.

(1)

The title of these regulations is the Temporary

Placing of Caravans in Localities, Regulations.

(2)

These regulations shall be applicable in accordance with

article 34(2) of the Local Government Act.

L.N. 154 of

2024. Local Council (Coat of Arms)

Permit Application Form

Application Form for a Posting of Caravan in a Temporary

Camping Area in the Locality of........

The Executive Secretary,

I am requesting permission in accordance with the Temporary

Placing of Caravans in Localities Regulations to place a caravan as

follows

Area: ____________________________

Date(s): __________________________

Caravan size: ______________________

The caravan has mechanical strength: YES/NO

The caravan has a kitchen/food preparation facilities: YES/NO

I am attaching a photo of the caravan

I undertake to observe the Temporary Placing of Caravans in

Localities Regulations, including all conditions that may be imposed by

the Council.

(Signature)

Name: _________________________________

I.D. number: _________________

Address

Tel:________________________

For Office Use

It is hereby being granted permission to place a caravan in the

temporary camping area........: by the applicant...........for the period

beginning on................... and ending on.........................

Conditions

This permit is being issued under the following conditions which

form an integral part of the permit

TEMPORARY PLACING OF CARAVANS IN LOCALITIES

That the applicant observes the Temporary Placing of Caravans

in Localities Regulations.

Other permit conditions

Place where the caravan may be placed

Fee Paid

Receipt Number

STAMP

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In these regulations unless the context otherwise

requires

"Act" means the Local Government Act;

"applicant" means any individual applying for a permit

and shall include the person giving notice of the temporary

placing of a caravan in accordance with these regulations;

"application" means a request made by an applicant to

the Local Council in accordance with these regulations, in the

forms listed in the First or Second Schedule to these

regulations;

"authority" includes any Ministry or Government

department or agency and any joint body set up by law;

"caravan" means any vehicle with its own power or

otherwise, designed for the transportation of persons and is

equipped with beds and, or is equipped with facilities for the

cooking of food;

"Council" means a Local Council;

"day" means from midnight of a specific day to midnight

of the next day;

"Department" means the Department responsible for the

monitoring and support of Local Government as defined in the

Act;

"locality" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it

in the Act;

"notice" means notice given in writing or by electronic

means to the Department in accordance with the Third

Schedule, and the words "giving notice" shall be interpreted

accordingly;

"person placing a caravan" means the person who is the

owner of a caravan, or the person who possesses the caravan

with the permission of its owner, and who places a caravan in a

locality or in a temporary camping area after obtaining a permit

from a Council following an application submitted in accordance

with the First Schedule or the Second Schedule, or after having

given notice to the Department in accordance with the Third

Schedule;

"placing" means a parking in the same locality for a

period exceeding four (4) hours or for combined periods on the

same day which exceed four (4) hours;

"temporary camping area" means any area specified in a bye-law

issued with the prior concurrence of the Minister by a Local Council

after obtaining permits required in accordance with any law, where

caravans can be placed for a period not exceeding seven (7) days

between 1st June and 30th September.

L.N. 154 of

2024. Local Council (Coat of Arms)

Permit Application Form

Application Form for a Posting of Caravan Outaide a

Temporary Camping Area in the Locality of........

The Executive Secretary,

I am applying to place the caravan for one day (date..........) as

follows

Location: ________________________

Date: ____________________________

Caravan size: ______________________

The caravan has mechanical strength: YES/NO

The caravan has a kitchen/food preparation facilities: YES/NO

I am attaching a photo of the caravan

I undertake to observe the Temporary Placing of Caravans in

Localities Regulations, including all conditions that may be imposed by

the Council.

(Signature)

Name: _________________________________

I.D. number: ____________________________

Address

Tel:________________________

For Office Use

A permit is/not being granted for the placing of the same caravan

for one day on the day of.......................outside the temporary camping

area.

Conditions

This permit is being issued under the following conditions

which form an integral part of the permit

That the applicant observes the Temporary Placing of Caravans

in Localities Regulations.

Other permit conditions

Place where the caravan may be placed

Fee Paid

Receipt Number

STAMP

These regulations shall apply between the 1st June and

30th September of every year and shall apply in addition to other bye-

laws made by a Council prior to the 1 st July 2023 with respect to the

placing of caravans in the locality in question

Provided that bye-laws on the placing of caravans in a

locality made by a Council after the 1 st July 2023 shall only apply

between the 1 st October and the 31 st May of every year unless they are

bye-laws which specifically regulate the administration of temporary

camping areas established after the 1 July 2023.

Department of Local Government

Notice of Placing of Caravan in the Locality of ______________

The Director General

Department of Local Government,

I am hereby giving notice that I shall place a caravan from the

(date) _____________to the _____________(date) as follows

Locality: ________________________

Caravan size: ______________________

The caravan has mechanical strength: YES/NO

The caravan has a kitchen/food preparation facilities: YES/NO

I am attaching a photo of the caravan

I undertake to observe the Temporary Placing of Caravans in

Localities Regulations.

(Signature)

Name: _________________________________

I.D. number

Address:_____________________________________________

Tel:________________________

(1)

Without prejudice to any other law which provides

for the requirement of any other permission from any other authority or

for any enforcement procedure or for any punishment for an offence

under that law, no one may at any place within a locality, place a

caravan without prior written authorisation granted by the Council in

accordance with these regulations and the conditions stipulated in the

permit or without having given prior notice to the Department as

provided in these regulations.

(2)

No caravan shall be placed

(a)

in an area in a locality where a sign prohibiting the

placement of caravans in the said area was put up by

the Department or by any other competent authority;

or

(b)

in any parking area in any locality which is

managed by a public entity as a parking area of a

facility of that entity without the prior consent of

that entity.

(3)

It shall be the sole responsibility of any person placing a

caravan on any site outside a temporary camping area to ensure that

such placing complies with all laws and regulations. Nothing in these

regulations shall be interpreted as exempting any person from

complying with any said laws or regulations aforementioned or as

transferring any such responsibility to the Department.

The provisions of these regulations shall not apply to

(a)

the placing of caravans on Government land for

which an agreement between the Lands Authority and an

association representing the collective interests of caravans

owners and by which it allows caravans to be placed on that

land is in force, in accordance with the conditions of that

agreement;

(b)

the placing of caravans on private land with the

permission of the owner of that land in circumstances where

that use of such land is permitted in accordance with the law;

and

(c)

the placing of caravans in the locality of the

ordinary residence of the caravan’s owner in a location

reasonably close to such residence, without prejudice to any

other law

Provided that during the time of such placing, the

caravan is not being used for camping or habitation purposes.

(1)

Without prejudice to the other provisions of these

regulations, a person may apply to a Council for permission to place a

caravan in one of the areas indicated in the bye-laws with respect to

the placing of caravans of the respective localities or in another

location in the locality.

(2)

An application in accordance with this regulation shall

include the following details of the caravan

(a)

size;

(b)

whether the caravan has mechanical power or

otherwise;

(c)

accommodation and food preparation facilities in

the caravan;

(d)

Repealed by Legal Notice 154 of 2024.

(e)

a photo of the caravan.

(3)

An application in accordance with this regulation shall

specify the dates on which the applicant intends to place the caravan in

the locality or temporary camping area.

(1)

An application for the issue of a permit to place a

caravan in a temporary camping area or for one (1) day outside a

temporary camping area in accordance with regulation 6 shall be made

to the Council of the locality where that area is situated as determined

by the Council

Provided that the Council shall also provide facilities for

applications and granting of permits to be made by electronic means as

well.

(2)

A permit issued by a Council to place a caravan in a

temporary camping area or in another location in accordance with these

regulations, shall be subject to such conditions as may be determined

by the Council which may include, inter alia, conditions relating to

health care and cleanliness, lack of obstruction, appropriate behaviour

and outdoor cooking. Different conditions may be imposed regarding

different caravan types and in particular caravans with their own power

or otherwise.

(3)

Repealed by Legal Notice 154 of 2024.

(1)

Any person placing a caravan on any site or

temporary camping area shall respect the natural environment of the

area and shall maintain the place where the caravan is placed and its

immediate vicinity and any facilities that may be present for his use, in

a clean state and when the caravan is removed from the location, the

facilities and the land used shall be left in a clean state.

(2)

During the entire time during which the caravan is placed

in the temporary camping area or another location, the person placing

the caravan on the site shall have waste bags as part of his daily

equipment.

(1)

During the time that a caravan is placed in a

temporary camping area or elsewhere in accordance with these

regulations, the permission to authorise such placement or the notice

given to the Department, as the case may be, shall be prominently

displayed in the caravan.

(2)

A printed permit by the applicant after receiving it

electronically from the Council shall also be valid to satisfy the

requirements of this regulation.

A caravan, whether placed in a temporary camping area

or elsewhere after notice to the Department or by permit issued by a

Council may not be so placed for a period of more than seven (7) days.

Repealed by Legal Notice 154 of 2024.

Repealed by Legal Notice 154 of 2024.

Unless the Council assigns another location, no caravan

shall be placed at a distance of less than fifteen (15) metres from the

coastline.

(1)

A ten euro (€10) fee, which shall be paid in

advance, shall be due by the person to whom a permit in accordance

with regulation 3 is issued, to the Council for each day on which a

caravan is authorised to be placed in a temporary camping area.

(2)

In the case of a permit for placing a caravan outside a

temporary camping area, there shall be due a fee of five euro (€5).

(3)

Where a caravan is placed outside a temporary camping

area after notice is given to the Department, the fee payable in advance

to the Department shall be of five euro (€5) for each day that the

caravan is so placed

Provided that where the person so placing a caravan in

accordance with this sub-regulation is over sixty (60) years of age as

results from his identity document, the fee in accordance with this

sub-regulation shall be of fifty euro cents (€0.50) per day.

Without prejudice to any higher punishments applicable

under any other law, any person who, except as may be expressly

permitted under any law, places a caravan in a locality in a manner not

in accordance with these regulations, and any person who infringes

any provision of these regulations or any condition forming part of a

permit issued in accordance with these regulations shall be guilty of an

offence against these regulations, and shall upon conviction of such an

infringement be liable to a fine (ammenda) of not less than one

hundred euro (€100) and not more than five hundred euro (€500) and

to fifty euro (€50) for each day in which such offence persists.

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