S.L. 206.2 чл. 7Offences related to deposits.

(1) Any person who deposits, takes out or leaves any waste earlier than 11pm with regards to waste which is left or deposited for collection between midnight (12.00am) and 3.00am or earlier than thirty minutes prior to 7.00am or 3.00pm or to any other collection time which shall be announced by the competent authorities on any day scheduled by the competent authorities for the collection of waste or who deposits, takes out or leaves any waste on any day which is not scheduled by the competent authorities for the collection of waste shall be guilty of an offence:

Provided that a commercial establishment which requires the services of waste collection outside the time periods established in this regulation may request such a service either from the Division, for which a daily fee of twenty-five euro (€25) shall apply, or from any other waste carrier:

Provided further that in such an event the commercial establishment shall be obliged to inform the Local Council at least twenty-four hours prior to the intended time of such waste collection operation.

(2) Furthermore, any person who, at any time, even during such times indicated in these regulations for the collection of waste, leaves or deposits in Valletta any waste, in whatsoever form it is packaged or deposited, away from his own premises, shall also be guilty of an offence.

(3) Any person who affixes, abandons or leaves affixed in any public place in Valletta any flyers, signs, posted, expired permits or any other printed material shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) Any person who puts a skip in any public place in Valletta without a permit issued by the Local Council, or who, after having obtained such permit, fails to remove the said skip by not later than 8.00pm of the same day for which the permit has been issued, shall be guilty of an offence.

(5) A person who is found guilty of an offence under sub-regulations (1) to (4) shall be liable:

(i) in the case of a first conviction, to a fine (ammenda) of two hundred euro (€200);

(ii) in the case of a second conviction, to a fine (ammenda) of five hundred euro (€500);

(ii) in the case of a third or subsequent conviction, to a fine (ammenda) of one thousand euro (€1,000).