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L.S. 363.185 Bye-Laws dwar Reklami fuq Għamara tat-Toroq (Kunsill Lokali Birgu)

ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE (BIRGU LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS [ S.L. 363.185 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.185 ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE (BIRGU LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS 5th October, 2017 LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 13/6/

  2. The title of these Bye-Laws is the Advertisements on Street Furniture (Birgu Local Council) Bye-Laws. Citation.
  3. requires: Definitions. In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise "Act" means the Local Government Act; Cap.
  4. "Advertisement" includes a notice; "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; "Council" means the Birgu 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 object which may be included by the Council by means of a resolution. 3.1 Subject to any permit, authorisation, or licence required under any law, no p e rso n shall display, fix or pl ace any advertisement on any street furniture within the Birgu locality boundary without the written authorisation of the Council. 3.
  5. 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: Authorisation to advertise on street furniture. 2 ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE (BIRGU LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS [ S.L. 363.185 Provided also 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.
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  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 contract. 3.4 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 by the contract. 3.
  3. For every authorisation granted by the Council according to these Bye-Laws 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. 3.6 Notwithstanding the authorisation granted under these Bye-Laws, the person to whom authorization is given is personally responsible for any permits or licences necessary under any other law. 3.7 The Council may grant authorization to voluntary organizations that operate from the locality, parish organizations and philanthropic societies or non-governmental organizations listed in the Eighth Schedule to the Act after the Council receives a written request so as to advertise activities or public notices without payment. 3.8 Any authorization granted under these Bye-Laws is subject amongst other conditions to a condition that the advertisement shall be remo ved w ithin one week from the expiry date of the authorization. Penalty.
  4. Every person who is in breach of one of the provisions ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE (BIRGU LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS [ S.L. 363.185 of these Bye-Laws or any condition of the authorization given by virtue of these Bye-Laws, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (ammenda) of forty-seven (€47) for such contravention, and to a further fine (ammenda) of not less than two euro and thirtythree cents (€2.33) and not more than eleven euro and sixty-five cents (€11.65) for every day during which one of the provisions of these Bye-Laws or any condition of the authorization is breached. SCHEDULE (Bye-law 3.5) Fees due for Advertisements on Street Furniture: €50 per year. 3

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