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L.S. 363.164 Bye-Laws dwar Reklami fuq Għamara tat-Toroq (Kunsill Lokali Ix-Xgħajra)

ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE (IX-XGĦAJRA LOCAL COUNCIL) [ S.L.363.164 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.164 ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE (IX-XGĦAJRA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS 15th November, 2011 LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 65/09/

  2. The title of these Bye-Laws is the Advertisements on Street Furniture (Ix-Xgħajra Local Council) Bye-Laws.
  3. In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires - Citation. Interpretation. "advertisement" includes a notice or billboard; "the Act" means the Local Government Act; Cap.
  4. "applicant" means the person who applies to the Council under the provisions of bye-law 3.2; "contractor" means the person who has been authorised by the Council to display, fix or place any advertisement on street furniture under the provisions of bye-law 3.1; "the Council" means the Ix-Xgħajra Local Council; "street furniture" means any object, movable or immovable, which is the Council’s property or is under its responsibility and which although would not substantially form part of the road, pavement, garden or other public area, would be placed in such area or fixed to it, or even placed on it, and includes dustbins, benches, planters, boundary walls, walls, columns, roundabouts, central strips and traffic islands, and any other objects that are property of the Council. 3.
  5. Subject to any permit, authorisation, or licence required u n d e r a n y l a w, n o p e r s o n s h a l l d i s p l a y, f i x o r p l a c e a n y advertisement on any street furniture within the Ix-Xgħajra locality boundary without the written authorisation of the Council. 3.
  6. The authorisation may be granted either after a written application to the Council or else after a public call made by the Council for applications to be submitted: Provided that the authorisation shall be deemed void if the applicant fails to comply with the requirements established in the guidelines issued or which may be issued from time to time by the Council in terms of article 33

(1)(g) of the Act: Provided further that the guidelines shall be incorporated in the contract document which shall regulate the authorisation granted by the Council to the contractor in terms of bye-law 3.
  1. 3.
  2. Following a public call by the Council, the authorisation of the Council shall take the form of a contract in accordance with the regulations and procedures applicable to Local Councils. Such a contract shall be valid for a period of one year which may be renewed for a further one year period by means of a Authorisation to advertise on street furniture. 2 [ S.L.363.164 ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE (IX-XGĦAJRA LOCAL COUNCIL) contract. 3.
  3. The Council may, on awarding the contract mentioned in bye-law 3.3, authorise the contractor to use the space where advertisements may be displayed on street furniture, even by selling the mentioned space to third parties. In such a case, advertisements may only be displayed following the written authorisation of the Council: Provided that the contractor shall not use or sell the space for any advertisement that is prohibited by the contract, or at a higher price than that established by the Council in the contract or with conditions different from those stipulated in the original contract: Provided further that the contractor shall not sell the space for any advertisement. 3.
  4. For every authorisation granted by the Council according to these Bye-L aws a fee shall be paid as established in the Schedule: Provided that for the authorisation granted by the Council following a public call, the fee entitled to be paid to the Council is that offered in the document of the accepted tender. 3.
  5. Notwithstanding the authorisation granted under these Bye-Laws, the person to whom authorisation is given is personally responsible for any permits or licences necessary under any other law. Cap.
  6. 3.
  7. The Council may grant authorisation in terms of these ByeLaws to voluntary organisations that operate from the locality and philanthropic societies or non-governmental organisations as defined in the Voluntary Organisations Act, after the Council receives a written request so as to advertise activities or public notices without payment. 3.
  8. Any authorisation granted under these Bye-Laws is subject amongst other conditions to a condition that the advertisement shall be removed within one week from the expiry date of the authorisation. In any case to the contrary, the person responsible for removing such advert shall be guilty of a contravention. Penalty.
  9. Every person who is in breach of one of the provisions of these Bye-Laws or any condition of the authorisation given by virtue of these Bye-Laws, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (ammenda) of fifty euro (€50) for such contravention, and to a further fine (ammenda) of not less than two euro and fifty cents (€2.50) and not more than twelve euro (€12) for every day during which one of the provisions of these Bye-Laws or any condition of the authorisation is breached. ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE (IX-XGĦAJRA LOCAL COUNCIL) [ S.L.363.164 SCHEDULE (Bye-law 3.5) Fees due for Advertisements on Street Furniture Size Fees due Two Weeks One Month One Year Up to 0.5 square metre €7 €12 €47 From 0.51 to 1.0 square metres €14 €24 €117 From 1.01 to 2.0 square metres €28 €47 €233 Exceeding 2.0 square metres - €5 per day (provided this is not less than €94) 3

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