Local wardens have never operated under any quotas that force them to issue a set number of fines per day, according to the chairman of the biggest warden agency.

Kenneth De Martino, of Guard and Warden Services, said neither his company nor any other warden agency has ever imposed quotas on local wardens.

“Warden companies are not paid according to the number of tickets issued but for hours deployed. This means there is no reason whatsoever for any quotas to be imposed,” he said.

Mr De Martino was reacting after Parliamentary Secretary for Local Government Stefan Buontempo said on Tuesday that quotas for fines would be scrapped by the end of the year.

Read more in Times of Malta.

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