LOCAL COUNCILS (DELEGATION OF FUNCTION) (BUS SHELTERS) ORDER (busshelters)

LOCAL COUNCILS

(DELEGATION OF FUNCTION) (BUS SHELTERS)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.79

LOCAL COUNCILS (DELEGATION OF FUNCTION)

(BUS SHELTERS) ORDER

1st December, 2001

LEGAL NOTICE 292 of 2001, as amended by Act XV of 2009.

The title of this Order is the Local Councils (Delegation of

Function) (Bus Shelters) Order.

(Article 3)

Items included under the responsibility of Local Councils

solely for the purpioses of Bus Shelters

Attard Industrial Estate

Limits of Attard

Bulebel Industrial Estate

Limits of |ejtun

}al Far Industrial Estate

Limits of Bir\ebbu[a

Kordin Industrial Estate

Limits of Paola

Luqa Industrial Estate

Limits of Luqa

Marsa Industrial Estate

Limits of Marsa

Ricasoli Industrial Estate

Limits of Kalkara

San {wann Industrial Estate

Limits of San {wann

Xewkija Industrial Estate

Limits of Xewkija

Gozo Crafts Village

Limits of G]arb

Ta’ Qali Crafts Village

Limits of Attard

Airport

Limits of Luqa

Limited to public access

outdoor areas which are

not security areas or

zones.

Bus Terminus

Rabat, Gozo

In this Order unless the context otherwise requires -

"Act" means the Local Government Act;

"bus shelter" means any roofed structure, sited near a location

designated by the competent authorities for the collection of

passengers by motor buses that are employed as public transport

vehicles, an d whi ch struct ure is i ntended prim aril y fo r t he

convenience and protection of such passengers;

"bus stop" means any location designated by the Authority for

Transport in Malta for the purpose of serving as a bus stop for the

purposes of the public transport;

"Council" means a Local Council established under the Act;

"locality" has the same meaning assigned to it by the Act;

"Authority for Transport in Malta" means the MAuthority for

Transport in Malta as established in the Authority for Transport in

Malta Act;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Local

Government.

In terms of article 33(1)(n) of the Act, the Minister has

directed that

(a) the erection and replacement of all new bus shelters,

and

(b) the maintenance of all bus shelters,

shall be a function which is hereby delegated to each Local Council

in relation to its locality.

In terms of article 33(2) of the Act, the responsibility for

arterial and distributor roads and the items shown in the Schedule is

being delegated to Local Councils solely for the purposes provided

for in article 3 of this Order

Provided that the delegation for the arterial and distributor

roads mentioned above should not exclude concurrent central

government authority to replace bus shelters as necessary when

required.

Bus shelters shall be installed or maintained, as the case

may be, strictly in conformity with the specifications established by

the Authority for Transport in Malta.

LOCAL COUNCILS

(DELEGATION OF FUNCTION) (BUS SHELTERS)

Local Councils shall obtain all necessary permits from the

Planning Authority.

In the case of replacement of a bus shelter in existence

prior to the publication of this Order, a Council shall give notice in

writing of its intention to the Authority for Transport in Malta of at

least ten days, and the Authority for Transport in Malta shall advise

the Council in writing whether the structure to be replaced is to be

disposed of by the Council itself or by the Authority for Transport

in Malta

Provided that if the Authority for Transport in Malta fails

to advise the Council as provided in this article, such structure shall

become the property of the Council and the Council shall, at its

expense, have the right to dispose of such structure as it deems fit.

LOCAL COUNCILS

(DELEGATION OF FUNCTION) (BUS SHELTERS)