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L.S. 363.40 Bye-Laws dwar Skips (Kunsill Lokali Sliema)

[ S.L.363.40 SKIPS (SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL) 1 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

  2. The title of these Bye-Laws is the Skips (Sliema Local Council) Bye-Laws.
  3. In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires: Citation. Interpretation. "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. 3.1.1 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. Skips used for the deposit of commercial and/or industrial waste. 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 fortysix euro and fifty-nine cents (€46.59), and 3.2.2 for a second or subsequent contravention to a fine Offences and penalties. Amended by: L.N. 425 of
  4. 2 [ S.L.363.40 SKIPS (SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL) (ammenda) of sixty-nine euro and eighty-eight cents (€69.88). Authorisation for skips to be used for domestic waste. 4.1 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. Amended by: L.N. 425 of
  5. 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. Provisions do not apply to skips used in the execution of the Council’s functions.
  6. 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. SKIPS (SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL) [ S.L.363.40 SCHEDULE A (Bye-law 4.2) 3 Amended by: L.N. 426 of
  7. 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. [ S.L.363.40 4 SKIPS (SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL) SCHEDULE B (Bye-law 4.6) Conditions for the Use of Authorised Skips
  8. The skip shall be placed in front of the property from which domestic waste shall originate, or as indicated by the Council Secretary.
  9. The authorised person shall ensure that the skip is emptied as soon as it is full.
  10. 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.
  11. The authorised person shall ensure that when using the skip no damage is done to the property or limb of third persons.
  12. The authorisation is without prejudice to any other permit, authorisation or licence which applicant would be required to obtain under any other law.
  13. The authorisation is valid for a period of seven days as indicated in the authorisation.
  14. 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.

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