PA rules for challenging enforcement fines struck down as unconstitutional

The Planning Authority's offices in Floriana. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

A law empowering the Planning Authority to fine landowners for illegalities carried out by their tenants without allowing them to defend themselves has been declared unconstitutional. The court also ruled that while the PA was empowered to issue fines for breaches of enforcement notices, it must provide applicants with a way of challenging its decisions...