S.L. 363.203 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 363. Restrictions on trailers and other encumbering objects.

In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires:

"the Act" means the Local Government Act;

"Council" means the Birżebbuġa Local Council;

"encumbering object" means any object which although may not necessary be considered as waste, causes obstruction or inconvenience on any part of the locality or any other object of a size or quantity or accumulation, as taken by itself, causes a nuisance, or which may lead to deterioration or defacement of a public place;

"locality" means the locality of Birżebbuġa as defined in the Act;

"trailer" means any vehicle without mechanical power of its own designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle and intended for the purpose of the carriage of boats and other sea craft or for the conveyance of goods.

3.1. No person shall in any part of the locality, place or leave a trailer or any other encumbering object, including any skip which is not destined for domestic use, and no person shall, whether for a temporary period or otherwise, leave unattended any trailer or park it, loaded or not in any part of the locality save in an area that is designated by the Council as a site for the parking of trailers or on private land, without the prior authorisation of the Council.

3.2. No part of these Bye-Laws shall be construed as restricting the transit of trailers within the locality.

3.3. Notwithstanding the provisions of these Bye-Laws, any person may place any trailer in any part of the locality to unload therefrom any boat or other sea-craft:

Provided that such trailer shall be removed immediately once the objects that would be conveyed thereon would be removed.