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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.22
SKIPS (ATTARD LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS
11th June, 1999
LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 12/2/99.
Citation .
Council) Bye-Laws.
Definitions.
"authorised person" means any person holding a permit or his
representative and any resident of any street or part thereof who is
the only person authorised in accordance with bye-law 4.2;
"bin on wheels" means any recipient on wheels that may be
closed by means of a lid, used for the deposit of domestic refuse,
supplied by or under the authority of the Council and placed in a
public place within the Attard locality boundary, but does not
include skip;
"commercial and/or industrial waste or refuse" means any waste,
originating from any shops, factories, enterprises, companies and
other entities operating in commerce and industry and includes all
bulky refuse in general, but does not include domestic waste or
refuse;
"Council" means the Attard Local Council;
"domestic refuse" means household waste originating from
private dwellings including flats or residential homes but does not
include commercial and/or industrial waste;
"skip" means any open or closed skip supplied by or under the
authority of the Council in a public place within the Attard locality
boundary, and which includes any other recipient of this kind, used
for the deposit of commercial and/or industrial waste, but does not
include bin on wheels.
Use of skips or 
bins on wheels.
3. A skip or bin on wheels may only be used by authorised
persons.
Authority to place 
skips or bins on 
wheels.
4.1 No person, without the authority of the Council, shall have
the power to place any skip or bin on wheels in any public place
within the Attard locality boundary.
4.2 The Council may assign an area wherein authorised
persons only may use skips or bins on wheels provided by the
Council in lieu of door-to-door collection of domestic and
commercial waste.
4.3 The Council may however, authorise in writing any person
to place a skip or bin on wheels during such times and at such
places and under such terms and conditions as may be stipulated in
the written authority by the Council annexed in Schedule A.
4.4 When a written authority is granted, there shall be payable
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to the Council a fee of:
4.4.1 in the case of a skip, fifty cents (50c) per day for
every skip;
4.4.2 in the case of a bin on wheels, ten cents (10c) per day
for every bin.
4.5 Any person who contravenes any provision of this section
or who fails to comply with any of the conditions stipulated in the
written authority, shall be guilty of a contravention.
Misuse of skips. 5. No person shall -
5.1 make use of any skip or bin on wheels unless he is an
authorised person; or
5.2 cause any damage to any skip or bin on wheels or
obliterate any markings printed on or affixed thereon;
or scribble or make any mark on any skip or bin on
wheels without the consent of the Council or of the
person to whom written authority has been granted to
place a skip or bin on wheels by virtue of bye-law 4
as the case may require; or
5.3 after using the skip or bin on wheels leave its lid
open or ajar; or
5.4 use the skip or bin on wheels for any purpose other
than that it is intended for; or
5.5 when the skip or bin on wheels is full, deposit any
refuse or waste in a manner that the lid of the skip or
bin on wheels will not close properly or will remain
ajar; or
5.6 when depositing such waste or refuse, spill and leave
spilled any waste or refuse outside the skip or bin on
wheels; or
5.7 throw or deposit any waste or refuse near or around
the skip or bin on wheels; or
5.8 deposit in any bin on wheels any waste, refuse, object
or substance which is not of a domestic nature; or
deposit in any skip any commercial or industrial
waste for which authority was not granted under the
written authority in accordance with these Bye-Laws;
or
5.9 deposit in the skip or bin on wheels any bulky article
or liquid or any refuse, object or substance which the
skip or bin on wheels is not intended to receive; or
5.10 remove or misplace the skip or bin on wheels from
where it is placed unless, in the case of a skip or bin
on wheels placed under the authority of the Council
by a person, such person shall have obtained
authority in writing to do so from the Council; or
5.11 deposit waste or refuse in a skip or bin on wheels
which is not supplied by the Council but placed by a
person to whom authority has been granted by the
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Council in accordance with these Bye-Laws; or
5.12 deposit in a bin on wheels any domestic refuse which
is not contained in a closed bag, of a type and
material approved by the Council; or
5.13 in the case of a skip, deposit therein industrial and/or
commercial waste or refuse which does not originate
from within the Attard locality boundary, unless
under the authority in writing of the Council and
against registration or payment as the case may be of
a fee as shown in Column 2 of Schedule B; or
5.14 when authorised by the Council to deposit waste or
refuse in a particular skip or bin on wheels deposit
any waste or refuse in another skip or bin on wheels.
Registration of 
commercial and 
industrial 
establishments.
6.1 Any person who, wholly or partially, engages in or
operates a commercial or industrial activity within the Attard
locality boundary and whose field of operation falls under one of
the establishment categories shown in Schedule B, shall register
with the Council in order to be granted authority to deposit
commercial and/or industrial waste in the skips supplied by or
authorised by the Council in the Attard locality boundary.
6.1.1 Without prejudice to the provisions of bye-law 6.1,
every person in Category 1 of Schedule B can
dispose of commercial and/or industrial waste in a
bin on wheels.
6.2 For each registration made under bye-law 6.1 a fee as
shown in Column 2 of Schedule B shall be payable to the Council.
6.3 The Council may, for a valid reason given in writing,
refuse to register a person under bye-law 6.1.
6.4 No person shown in Column 1 of Schedule B shall throw or
deposit commercial and/or industrial waste in the skips or bins on
wheels supplied by or authorised by the Council in the Attard
locality boundary unless payment of the fee due under Column 2 of
Schedule B is made on registration.
Offences and 
penalties.
7.1 Subject to the provisions of bye-laws 7.2 and 7.3, any
person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the
provisions of bye-law 5 shall be deemed to have committed a
contravention and shall, on conviction, be liable, unless a higher
penalty is applicable under any other law -
7.1.1 for a first contravention to a fine ( ammenda ) of
twenty liri, (Lm20), and
7.1.2 for a second or subsequent contravention to a fine
( ammenda ) of thirty liri (Lm30).
7.2 In the case of a contravention under bye-law 4, a person
shall be liable on conviction to a fine ( ammenda ) of thirty liri,
(Lm30), and in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine
( ammenda ) of five liri (Lm5) for each day during which the offence
continues.
7.3 In the case of a contravention under bye-law 6.4 a person
shall be liable on conviction to a fine ( ammenda ) of thirty liri
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(Lm30).
7.4 The imposition of a penalty under this bye-law shall be
without prejudice -
( a ) to the right of the Council to recover any civil damages
caused by the commission of any contravention under
these Bye-Laws, and
( b ) to the right of the Council to revoke the written
authority granted and/or cancel the registration made
in virtue of these Bye-Laws.
Termination or 
cancellation of 
registration.
8. The Council may terminate the authority given, and, or
cancel the registration made under these Bye-Laws if it is satisfied
that any of the terms and conditions under which the said authority
was granted or registration made has not been complied with, or if
there is a substantial change in circumstances which in the opinion
of the Council renders it necessary to withdraw the authority or
cancel the registration. In this case the Council shall not be obliged
to refund any fee that would have already been paid to the Council
under Schedule B.
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SCHEDULE A
(Bye-law 4.3)
ATTARD LOCAL COUNCIL
IN exercise of the powers conferred by bye-law 4 of the Skips (Attard Local
Council) Bye-Laws, the Attard Local Council is hereby authorising ..........................
.............................. residing at ..............................................................................
Licence No. .................. I.D. Card No. ............... ( ) name of enterprise or company
............................. VAT No. .................... Tel. No./Fax ................ to place .............
skip/s/bin/s on wheels in the Attard locality boundary under the terms and conditions
specified hereunder:
1. The skip/bin shall be of a size, type and colour to be approved in writing by
the Council.
2. No markings shall be printed on or affixed to or removed from the skip/bin
on wheels unless authorised by the Council in writing.
3. There shall be printed on the skip/bin on wheels such markings as may be
authorised by the Council in writing.
4. The skip/bin on wheels shall be placed on the site/s indicated by the Council
on the attached site plan provided by the same Council.
5. The authorised person shall ensure that the skip/bin on wheels is emptied
every ............. or when it is full, whichever is the earlier.
6. The Skips (Attard Local Council) Bye-Laws shall apply to each and every
skip/bin on wheels within the Attard locality boundary.
7. The authorised person has to ensure that all preventive precautions for the
conservation of the environment and for the protection of the citizen, are
being implemented.
8. At all times during the period of authorisation the authorised person must
apply for an adequate insurance policy, acceptable to the Council, against
third party liability and indemnify the Council against any claims arising out
of, or in relation to, the placement or use of any such skip/bin on wheels.
9. Subject to earlier termination for non-compliance of the above terms or
conditions this authority shall be valid for a period of ..................................
commencing on ..................................... .
10. This authority is subject to the payment of a fee of Lm ............. .
................................ ....................................
Mayor Secretary
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SCHEDULE B
(Bye-law 6.1)
CATEGORIES OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND FEES
Column 1 Column 2
CATEGORIES FEES FOR USE ON SKIPS
Category No. 1
Bars, snack bars, clubs, institutions and any
other organisations, sport centres, grocers,
bakeries, butchers, chemists, hairdressers,
salons, bazaars, stationers, confectioneries,
dress makers, pet shops, plant and flower
shops, clothes shops, offices, clinics, halls and
any other commercial outlets and churches,
antique shops, ironmongers, carpenters,
household appliances shops, aluminium
manufacturers and hawkers selling nougat.
No fees.
Registration with the Council
only
Category No. 2
Mobile kiosks and hawkers selling fast foods,
who require a temporary police licence to
operate on the days of a feast in the locality.
A fee of Lm 10 for the
duration of the licence
Category No. 3
Hotels, restaurants, holiday complexes, guest
houses, schools, houses for the elderly, banks,
showrooms, green grocers, hawkers.
A fee of Lm 50 per annum
Category No. 4
Mechanics, panel beaters, sprayers, tyre
service, petrol stations, blacksmiths.
A fee of Lm 100 per annum
Category No. 5
Industrial establishments including enterprises
or co-operatives or any other enterprise,
government departments, parastatal entities or
corporations, excluding construction sites or
stone quarries.
A fee of Lm 600 per annum
Category No. 6
Any other industrial establishment not falling
under any of the categories mentioned in this
scheme, other than those already included in
Category No. 5.
A fee of Lm 400 per annum
