S.L. 363.30 Art. 5Misuse of skips or bins on wheels. Registration of commercial and industrial establishments. Offences and penalties.

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 Council in accordance with these Bye-Laws; or 5.12 after the 1st November 1999, 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 Gzira 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. 6.1 Any person who engages in or operates a commercial or industrial activity within the G\ira boundary and whose field of operation falls under one of the establishment categories shown under Column 1 of 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 the Council in the G\ira locality boundary or for such waste to be collected by the Council’s contractor. 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 supplied by the Council or make use of the waste collection services provided by the Council in the G\ira locality boundary, unless payment of the fee due under Column 2 of Schedule B is made on registration. 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 forty-six euro and fifty-nine cents (€46.59), and 7.1.2 for a second or subsequent contravention to a fine (ammenda) of sixty-nine euro and eighty-eight cents (€69.88). 7.2 In the case of a contravention under bye-law 4, a person shall be liable on conviction to a fine (ammenda) of sixty-nine euro and eighty-eight cents (€69.88), and in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine (ammenda) of eleven euro and sixty-five cents (€11.65) 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 sixty-nine euro and eighty-eight cents (€69.88). 7.4 The imposition of a penalty under this bye-law shall be without prejudice to the right of the Council to recover any civil damages caused by the commission of any contravention under these Bye-Laws.