Activities in Għar San Brinkat

L.C.B.L. 24/3/2012

LOCAL COUNCILS ACT

(CAP. 363)

Activities in Għar San Brinkat

(Ħal Għargħur Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2012

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

of the Local Councils Act, the Ħal Għargħur Local Council has made

the following Bye-Laws:-

1 The title of these Bye-Laws is the Activities in Għar San

Brinkat (Ħal Għarghur Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2012.

1.2. These Bye-Laws shall come into force one month after

their publication in the Gazette.

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In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires

"the Act" means the Local Councils Act;

"activity" means any activity held in the open and to which

these Bye-Laws refer;

"applicant" means any person who applies for a permit in terms

of these Bye-Laws, and includes an individual, a company, a club or

an association;

"barbecues" includes cooking or roasting of foodstuffs, which is

carried out in any manner, including by means of naked fire or

through gas or by any other means;

"Council" means the Ħal Għargħur Local Council;

"day" means working day consisting of the Local Council’s

opening hours;

"Għar San Brinkat" means the site as indicated in the Schedule;

"locality" means the locality of Ħal Għargħur as shown in the

Second Schedule to the Act.

Without prejudice to any other law providing for the

requirement of any other permit from any other authority, no person

may organize an activity in Għar San Brinkat without the Council’s

prior authorization in writing in conformity with these Bye-Laws

Provided that no written authorisation from the Council in

terms of these bye-laws shall be required for an activity in Għar San

Brinkat, insofar as such activity would be limited to three persons.

1. The Council may, upon the application by any person, Permit.

grant a permit for the holding of an activity in Għar San Brinkat,

which permit may be subject to such terms and conditions as the

Council may deem fit.

4.2. The application shall reach the Local Council two days Nature of

prior to the activity. When submitting an application, the applicant is activity

number of

required to indicate the nature of the activity and the number of attendees.

participants for whom the activity would be intended and in default, it

shall be presumed that the activity is intended for more than three

persons.

4.3. The Council may ask for a deposit or for the provision of a Guarantee.

bank guarantee of not more than one hundred euro (€100) in its

favour in order to secure against any damages and lack of cleanliness

that may occur.

4.4. Each applicant shall be responsible for the cleaning of the Cleansing.

site after the activity.

4.5. No music is allowed to be played whatever the means Prohibition of

music.

used, which can be heard at a distance of more than ten metres.

4.6. No person shall hold barbecues in Għar San Brinkat.

Prohibition of

barbecues in

Għar San

Brinkat.

No permit shall be granted unless the applicant shall have Fees.

paid to the Council a fee of ten euro (€10) for every day or part

thereof, during which an activity would be held.

1. Any person who is in breach of any of the provisions of Penalties.

these Bye-Laws, or who fails to abide by any condition made by the

virtue of these Bye-Laws, shall be deemed to have committed a

contravention and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (ammenda)

of not more than seventy euro (€70) for such contravention.

6.2. In addition to the penalty stipulated in bye-law 6.1, the

Council may order the guilty person of a breach to carry out the

necessary repairs and cleaning to the Council’s satisfaction.

6.3. The Council shall have the right to carry out the necessary

repairs and cleaning at the expense of the guilty person.