Advertisements On Street Furniture

L.C.B.L 21/01/2017

LOCAL COUNCILS ACT

(CAP. 363)

Advertisements On Street Furniture

(Gżira Local Council) (Amendment) Bye-Laws, 2017

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 34, 35(8) and 60

of the Local Councils Act, the Gżira Local Council has made the

following Bye-Laws:-

The title of these bye-laws is the Advertisements on Street Citation.

Furniture (Gżira Local Council) (Amendment) Bye-Laws, 2017. and

these bye-laws shall be read and construed as one with the

Advertisements on Street Furniture (Gżira Local Council) Bye-Laws, S.L. 363.28

hereinafter referred to as "the principal bye-laws".

Bye-law 2 of the principal bye-laws shall be amended as Amends bye-

law 2 of the

principal bye

laws.

(a)

immediately after the definition "Act", there shall be

added the following new definition

" "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;";

(b) the definition "advertisement" shall be substituted

by the following new definition

" "advertisements" include any commercial

advertisements or notices for all sorts of businesses, both

governmental and private entities, excluding adverts which

the Council deems inappropriate;";

(c)

the definition "applicant" shall be deleted;

(d) immediately

after

the

new

definition

"advertisements", there shall be added the following new

definition

" "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;";

and

(e) the definition "contractor" shall be substituted by the

following new definition

" "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;".

Bye-laws 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 of bye-law 3 of the principal

bye-laws shall be substituted by the following

"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

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.

3.3 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.

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.

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