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Public Places (Għarb Local Council) Bye-laws, 2021
Table of Provisions (9)
Statutory Text (9 Articles)
L.C.B.L 23/06/2021
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT
(CAP. 363)
Beverages In Glass Containers and Consumption of Alcohol in
Public Places (Għarb Local Council) Bye-laws, 2021
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 34 of the Local
Government Act, the Għarb Local Council has made the following
Bye-Laws:-
The title of these Bye-Laws is the Beverages in Glass Citation.
Containers and Consumption of Alcohol in Public Places (Għarb Local
Council) Bye-Laws, 2021.
(bye-Law 6(a))
1. THE CONSUMPTION OF BEVERAGES IN GLASS
CONTAINERS OUTDOORS IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
2. THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN PUBLIC
PLACES IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
3. THE CARRYING OF ALCOHOL IN PUBLIC PLACES
OTHER THAN IN SEALED UNOPENED CONTAINERS IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW.
1. IL-KONSUM F’XI POST PUBBLIKU TA’ XORB
F’KONTENITURI TAL-ĦĠIEĠ HU PPROJBIT BIL-LIĠI.
2. IL-KONSUM TA’ XORB ALKOĦOLIKU F’XI POST
PUBBLIKU HU PPROJBIT BIL-LIĠI.
3. IL-ĠARR TA’ XORB ALKOĦOLIKU F’XI POST
PUBBLIKU JEKK MHUX F’KONTENITURI SSIĠILLATI U
MHUX MIFTUĦIN HU PPROJBIT BIL-LIĠI
€0.18
In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires
Interpretation.
"Act" means the Local Government Act;
"Council" means the Għarb Local Council;
"designated areas" means those areas designated by the
competent authorities for the placement of tables and chairs
exclusively for the consumption of food and beverages;
"glass container" includes glass bottles, glasses and or any other
glass container intended for the serving of food and beverages;
"locality" means the locality of Għarb as delineated in the Second
Schedule to the Act;
"public space" means the streets, squares, belvederes, open space
and gardens within the Għarb locality excluding designated areas.
No one is permitted to loiter in any public place holding or Prohibition of
loitering with
having on his person any glass container.
glass containers.
No person is permitted to carry alcohol in public places Prohibition of
carrying of
other than in a sealed unopened container.
alcohol in
public places.
No person is permitted to consume alcohol in the streets or Prohibition of
consumption of
in public places other than in the designated areas.
alcohol in
public places.
Any commercial establishment situated within any street or Notice and
provision of
public place selling beverages shall,
containers.
(a) affix a notice in Maltese as well as in English as
shown in the Schedule to these Bye-Laws, which notice shall be
placed in a conspicuous place and be easily legible by the
patrons of such commercial establishment;
(b) provide containers made of a material other than glass
if such beverage is to be consumed in any public place; and
(c) ascertain the regular cleaning of the area within
five(5) meters of the commercial establishment and collection of
refuse from bins in the same distance.
Any person who is in breach of any of the provisions of
these Bye-Laws shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (ammenda) of
seventy euro (€70) for such contravention, and to a further fine
(ammenda) of fifteen euro (€15), for every day during which any of
the provision of these Bye-Laws is breached.