Public Places (Marsa Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2017

L.C.B.L 34/11/2017

LOCAL COUNCILS ACT

(CAP. 363)

Beverages in Glass Containers and Consumption of Alcohol in

Public Places (Marsa Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2017

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

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

following Bye-Laws

The title of these Bye-Laws is the Beverages in Glass

Containers and Consumption of Alcohol in Public Places (Marsa Local

Council) Bye-Laws, 2017.

(Bye-Law 6(a))

IL-KONSUM FIT-TOROQ, PJAZZEZ U ĠONNA PUBBLIĊI,

TA’ KULL TIP TA’ XORB F’KONTENITURI TAL-ĦĠIEĠ

HU PPROJBIT BIL-LIĠI.

IL-ĠARR TA’ KULL TIP TA’ XORB FIT-TOROQ, PJAZZEZ

U ĠONNA PUBBLIĊI JEKK MHUX F’KONTENITURI

SSIĠILLATI U MHUX MIFTUĦIN HU PPROJBIT BIL-LIĠI.

Bye-Laws dwar Xorb f’Kontenituri tal-Ħġieġ u l-Konsum

tal-Alkoħol f’Postijiet Pubbliċi (Kunsill Lokali Marsa)

THE CONSUMPTION OF BEVERAGES AND ALCOHOL

IN GLASS CONTAINERS IN STREETS, SQUARES AND

PUBLIC GARDENS, IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.

THE CARRYING OF ALCOHOL OR BEVERAGES IN THE

STREETS, SQUARES AND PUBLIC GARDENS OTHER

THAN IN SEALED UNOPENED CONTAINERS IS

PROHIBITED BY LAW.

Beverages in Glass Containers in Public Places

(Marsa Local Council) Bye-Laws

€0.27

In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires

"the Act" means the Local Councils Act;

"bin" means any recipient that may be closed by means of a lid,

supplied by or under the authority of the Council and placed in a

public place within the Marsa locality boundary, for the deposit of

refuse;

"Council" means the Marsa 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 any beverages;

"locality" means the locality of Marsa as delineated in the Act;

"public place" means the streets, squares, belvederes, open

spaces and gardens within the Marsa locality.

No person is permitted to loiter in any public place holding

or having on his person any glass container.

glass containers.

No person is permitted to carry alcohol in public places

other than in a sealed unopened container.

No person is permitted to consume alcohol in the streets or

public places other than in the designated areas.

Any commercial establishment situated within any street or

public place selling beverages, shall

(a) affix a notice in Maltese as well as in English as

shown in the Schedule, which notice shall be placed in a

conspicuous place and be easily legible by the patrons of such

commercial establishment;

(b) provide a container that is made from a material other

than glass, if that drink is intended to be consumed in a public

place;

(c) ascertain the regular cleaning of the area within five

meters of the commercial establishment and collection of glass

containers together with collection of refuse from bins in the

same distance.

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

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 ten euro (€10) for every day during which any of the

provisions of these Bye-Laws is breached.