ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE (G|IRA LOCAL COUNCIL) [ S.L.363.28 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.28 ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE (G|IRA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS 1st October, 1999 LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 21/8/99, as amended by Legal Notice 425 of 2007 and Bye-Law 21/1/
- The title of these Bye-Laws is the Advertisements on Street Furniture (G\ira Local Council) Bye-Laws.
- In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires: "Act" means the Local Government Act; Citation. Interpretation. Amended by: L.C.B.L. 21/01/
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- "administrator" means a person appointed by the Council and who will administer and manage the overall operation of street advertising, subject to the terms and conditions that the Council may impose; "advertisements" include any commercial advertisements or notices for all sorts of businesses, both governmental and private entities, excluding adverts which the Council deems inappropriate; "authorisation" means the permit given by the Council to the contractor to fix advertising on the street furniture owned by the Council according to the contract; "contractor" means the person in partnership with the Council under the terms and conditions that the Council may impose after applying under bye-law 3.2 and who is authorised by the Council to display, fix or place advertisements on street furniture; "Council" means the G\ira 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. 3.1 Without prejudice to any permit, authorisation, or licence required under any law, no person shall display, fix or place any advertisement on any street furniture within the G\ira locality boundary without the written authorisation of the Council. 3.2 The Local Council may grant its authorisation after a public call has been made for offers submitted to the Local Council: Provided that the authorisation shall be deemed void if the contractor 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. Amended by: L.C.B.L. 21/01/
- 2 [ S.L.363.28 ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE (G|IRA LOCAL COUNCIL) 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.
- 3.3 The authorisation of the Council must be made by means of a contract in accordance with the regulations and procedures applicable to Local Councils. Such contract shall be valid for a period of two years. Renewals are permitted at the Council’s discretion until a public call is issued. The period of temporary renewal shall not exceed six months. 3.4 The Council may authorise the contractor to use the space where advertisements may be displayed on street furniture. The contractor shall give a monthly report on the advertisements sold and pay the council according to the contract. The contractor shall not however sell or transfer, in whole or in part, to third parties, the authorisation given according to bye-law 3.
- 3.5 For every authorisation granted according to these bye-laws, the Council shall apportion all income derived from such activity between itself and the contractor according to the contract. 3.6 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. 3.7 The Council may grant authorization to voluntary organizations that operate from the locality, or non-governmental organizations as listed in the Eighth Schedule to the Act, after the Council receives a written request so as to advertise activities or public appeals without payment. 3.8 Any authorization 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 authorization. Penalty. Amended by: L.N. 425 of
- Every person who is in breach of one of the provisions 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-six euro and fifty-nine cents (€46.59) for such contravention, and to a further fine (ammenda) of two euro and thirty-three cents (€2.33) for every day during which one of the provisions of these Bye-Laws or any condition of the authorization is breached.