Umilissima) Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2019

L.C.B.L 1/03/2019

LOCAL COUNCILS ACT

(CAP. 363)

Advertisements on Street Furniture (Il-Belt Valletta (Città

Umilissima) Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2019

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 34, 35(8) and

60 of the Local Councils Act, Il-Belt Valletta (Città Umilissima) Local

Council, has made the following Bye-Laws

The title of these Bye-Laws is the Advertisements on Street

Furniture (Il-Belt Valletta (Città Umilissima) Local Council Bye-Laws,

2019.

In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires

"the Act" means the Local Councils Act;

"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;

"the Council" means Il-Belt Valletta (Città Umilissima)

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, plants, fences, walls, balustrades, columns,

roundabouts, central strips and traffic island, and any other

objects that are property of the Council.

1. Subject to any permit, authorisation, or licence required

under any law, no person shall display, fix or place any advertisement

on any street furniture within Il-Belt Valletta (Città Umilissima)

locality boundary without the written authorisation of the Council.

3.2. 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 3.3.

3.3. 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

conditions different from those stipulated in the original contract.

3.5. For every authorisation granted by the Council according to

these Bye-laws a fee shall be paid as established in Schedule A

Provided that for 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 authorisation is given is personally

responsible for any permits or licences necessary under any other law.

3.7. The Council may grant authorisation in terms of these Bye-

Laws 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 Cap. 492.

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.

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.

Schedule A

(Bye-Law 3.5)

Fees due for Advertisements on Street Furniture

Squares, city centres, residential environment, streets around il-

Belt Valletta (Città Umilissima), shore, public gardens within the

Council’s responsibility.

Size

Two weeks One month One Year

Up to 0.1 square metres

€13.98

€23.29

€93.17

Up to 1.0 square metres

€27.95

€46.59

€232.94

Up to 2.0 square metres

€55.90

€93.17

€465.87

Exceeding 2.0 square metres €9.32 per day (provided this is not less

than €186.35)

Others

Size

Two weeks One month One Year

Up to 0.1 square metres

€6.99

€11.65

€46.59

Up to 1.0 square metres

€13.98

€23.29

€116.47

Up to 2.0 square metres

€27.95

€46.59

€232.94

Exceeding 2.0 square metres €4.66 per day (minimum €93.17)

€0.27