SKIPS (SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

SKIPS (SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.40

SKIPS (SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

28th January 2000

LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 59/19/99, as amended by Legal Notices

425 of 2007 and 426 of 2012.

The title of these Bye-Laws is the Skips (Sliema Local

Council) Bye-Laws.

Amended by

L.N. 426 of 2012.

(Bye-law 4.2)

Application for the Use of Skip for the Deposit of Domestic Waste

(Sliema Local Council)

Name and Surname of Applicant: ..........................................................................

Legally valid identification document number: .......... Telephone Number: ............

Address of Applicant: ...........................................................................................

Address of the property

where works are carried out: .................................................................................

Period for which the authorisation

is being requested

From .............................. To ...........................

Applicant’s signature

Date

For Official Use

Application No.: ......................

Fee Paid: ................................................. Receipt No.: ........................................

AUTHORISED / NOT AUTHORISED (delete as necessary)

This authorisation is valid up to ................................................

Council Secretary’s Signature

Date

Council’s rubber-stamp

Note: This authorization is subject to the conditions established in the Bye-Laws

and also to such conditions as the Council may deem appropriate to impose

on such authorised person when the authorisation is given.

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In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires

"authorisation" means the authorisation given by the Council as

provided in bye-law 4.1;

"authorised person" means any person given a authorisation by

the Council in accordance with the provisions of bye-law 4.1;

"commercial waste" means any waste originating from shops,

restaurants, enterprises, organizations, hotels and other

establishments operating in commerce but does not include

domestic and/or industrial waste;

"Council" means the Sliema Local Council

"domestic refuse" means any household waste originating from

private dwellings including apartments and residential homes, but

does not include commercial and/or industrial waste;

"industrial waste" means any bulky refuse originating from

workshops, factories or contractors engaged in construction work,

but does not include domestic and/or commercial waste;

"skip" means any type of recipient which is closed or open,

whether on wheels or not, whether made of metal or any other

material which is used for the purpose of depositing domestic,

commercial or industrial waste.

(Bye-law 4.6)

Conditions for the Use of Authorised Skips

1. The skip shall be placed in front of the property from which domestic waste

shall originate, or as indicated by the Council Secretary.

2. The authorised person shall ensure that the skip is emptied as soon as it is

full.

3. The authorised person shall ensure that in the use of the skip the

environment is safeguarded, mainly by keeping the area surrounding the

skip clean and by not depositing in the skip material which has a foul smell.

4. The authorised person shall ensure that when using the skip no damage is

done to the property or limb of third persons.

5. The authorisation is without prejudice to any other permit, authorisation or

licence which applicant would be required to obtain under any other law.

1.1 The skips used for the deposit of commercial and/or

industrial waste shall at all times be kept within the boundaries of

the property from which the waste originates. These shall be taken

out only at the time when they are going to be emptied.

3.1.2 No authorisation shall be given by the Council for a skip

used for commercial or industrial purposes to be placed in any

public place.

3.2 The Council may order the removal from any public place

of skips used for commercial and/or industrial waste, and if the

owner of the commercial and/or industrial enterprise refuses to

a b i d e b y t h e C o un c i l ’s o r d e r s , h e s h a l l b e de e m e d t o h a v e

committed a contravention and shall, on conviction, be liable,

unless a higher penalty is applicable under any other law -

3.2.1 for a first contravention to a fine (ammenda) of forty-

six euro and fifty-nine cents (€46.59), and

3.2.2 for a second or subsequent contravention to a fine

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(ammenda) of sixty-nine euro and eighty-eight cents

(€69.88).

1 Any person who requires to use a skip for the deposit of

waste originating from reconstruction works carried out on a

domestic household, shall apply for authorisation by the Council.

4.2 The application shall be made on the form prescribed in

Schedule A.

4.3 Any authorisation given by the Council is valid for a

period of seven days which shall run from the date indicated in the

application.

4.4 If the applicant requires to use the skip for a period

exceeding seven days, he is required to make a fresh application

every time the authorisation expires.

4.5 A fee of twenty-three euro and twenty-nine cents (€23.29)

for every skip shall be made with every application.

4.6 The authorised person shall abide by the conditions

established in Schedule B and to any other conditions which the

Council deems appropriate.

4.7 The Council may revoke any authorisation given under

these Bye-Laws if it is satisfied that any of the conditions under

which the authorisation is given is breached by the authorised

person, or if there are substantial changes in circumstances which

in the opinion of the Council deems it necessary to revoke such

authorisation

4.8 If the authorisation is revoked by the Council as provided

in the preceding bye-law, the Council shall not be obliged to refund

the fee paid on application.

The provisions laid down by these Bye-Laws do not apply

to skips used by contractors of the Council in the execution of

services forming part of the statutory functions of the Council.

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The authorisation is valid for a period of seven days as indicated in the

authorisation.

These conditions are without prejudice to any other conditions which the

Council may deem necessary in the circumstances. These conditions

(together with the additional conditions made by the Council) shall be given

to the authorised person when the authorisation is given.