Local Council) Bye-laws, 2017

L.C.B.L 37/02/2017

LOCAL COUNCILS ACT

(CAP. 363)

Outdoor Activities Within the Locality of Mellieħa (Mellieħa

Local Council) Bye-laws, 2017

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

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

following Bye-Laws

The title of these Bye-Laws is the Outdoor Activities

within the Locality of Mellieħa (Mellieħa Local Council) Bye-Laws,

2017.

Designated Camping Areas

(Bye-law 2) ·

L-Aħrax tal-Madonna (Zone A)

L-Aħrax tat-Tunnara

(Zone B); and

L-Aħrax tar-Ramel (Zone C)

Il-Qortin it-Twil (Zone D)

In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires

"the Act" means the Local Councils Act;

"activity" means any outdoor event which falls within the scope

of these bye-laws;

"applicant" means a person applying for a permit in terms of

these bye-laws, be it an individual, company, club or association;

"application" means a request made by an applicant to the

Council in accordance with these bye-laws, in the form shown in the

Fifth Schedule to these Bye-Laws;

"camp" includes any type of camp or encampment be it of

textile or canvas of other temporary structure, but excludes umbrellas;

"Camper" means any vehicle propelled by mechanical power

designed for the transport of persons which is equipped with beds or

with facilities for the preparation of food;

"camping area" means an area marked in plans shown in the

First Schedule to these Bye-Laws designated for the erection of

camps;

"caravan" means any vehicle, without mechanical power of its

own, designed for the transport of persons which is equipped with

beds or with facilities for the preparation of food;

"the Council" means the Mellieħa Local Council;

"a Day" means from midnight to midnight of the following day;

"Gazebo" includes all types of roofed structures of fabric or

canvas, usually, but not necessarily with open sides, providing a

shady place, but excludes umbrellas;

"locality" means the locality of Mellieħa as defined in the Act;

"private land" means such land in respect of which a person has

title or which is given on encroachment.

Beaches where outdoor cooking is authorised

(Bye-law 3.1A)

Bajja tal-Mixquqa (without the use of charcoal and firewood);

Bajja tal-Ghadira (in the central part without the use of charcoal

and firewood);

Bajja tal-Armier;

Bajja tal-Armier iż-Żgħir;

Ramla tat-Torri l-Abjad;

Bajja tal-Mistra;

Ramlet il-Qortin;

Il-Bajja ta’ Wied Musa &

Ix-Xatt ta’ Santa Marija.

1.1. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other law Prohibition of

which requires the necessity of a permit from any other authority, no certain

activities.

person may erect a camp or undertake catering activities in any place

within the locality including in any designated beach, without the

prior written authorisation of the Council given in terms of these Bye-

Laws and the conditions stipulated in the permit issued

Provided that no written authorisation from the Council in

terms of these bye-laws shall be required to place a camper if the

following conditions are adhered to

(a)

that no nuisance or inconvenience is caused to the

inhabitants or passers by in the streets, by the use of a generator

or any other machinery;

(b) that the camper is parked within a permitted parking

space as permitted by traffic regulations;

(c)

that no objects are placed on the pavement or in the

street or around the camper

Provided further that no written authorisation from the

Council in terms of these Bye- Laws shall be required to erect a

gazebo near the seashore

Sohowever that no gazebo may be erected if a footpath of a

meter and a half is not left around it and it is dismantled from

dusk until dawn of the following day;

3.1.2. The Council may authorise outdoor cooking at the

beaches indicated in the Second Schedule to these Bye-Laws

Provided that outdoor cooking done by charcoal or

firewood, or the use of generators or the playing of amplified music,

is not permitted at the beaches indicated in the Third Schedule to

these Bye-Laws.

Provided further that outdoor cooking at the beaches

indicated in the Fourth Schedule to these Bye-Laws is not permitted.

3.2. The Council may erect signs to indicate that an area is a

designated beach or a camping area for the purposes of these Bye-

Laws.

3.3. No authorisation in terms of the provisions of these Bye-

Laws shall be required for an activity which takes place on private

land.

Beaches where outdoor cooking done by charcoal or firewood, or the

use of generators or the playing of amplified music, is not permitted.

(Bye-law 3.1A)

Il-Bajja tal-Għadira (Central Part)

Il-Bajja tal-Mixquqa

D

1. The Council may, on an application made by any person,

grant a permit for an activity to be held in any part of the locality,

subject to such conditions which the Council may deem fit to impose.

4.2. When submitting an application for a permit, the applicant

shall indicate the number of participants to whom the activity would

be intended and in default, it shall be presumed that the activity is

intended for more than fifty persons.

4.3. The applicant shall be held responsible for the cleaning of

the site following such activity.

4.4. The fees for the authorisation under these Bye-Laws shall

be those indicated in the Sixth Schedule.

Beaches where outdoor cooking is not permitted

(Bye-law 3.1A)

Il-Bajja tal-Għadira (Sandy part)

Il-Bajja tal-Imgiebaħ

Any person who acts in contravention of any provisions of

these Bye-Laws or who contravenes any conditions imposed in a

permit granted in terms of these Bye-Laws shall, on conviction, be

liable to a fine (ammenda) of not more than seventy euro (€70) for

such contravention.

LOCAL COUNCILS ACT

(CAP. 363)

Application Form Outdoor Activities within the locality of Mellieħa

(Mellieħa Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2017

The Executive Secretary,

Mellieħa Local Council

Permission is hereby being requested in terms of the above-cited Bye-laws for the

following activity

Date/s: ____________________________

Time: ___________________________

Activity

Barbecue

Camping

 more than 100

Number of attendees

0 to 15

16 to 50

51 to 100

 Voluntary Organisation

Site (has to be marked on a site plan)

I hereby undertake to abide by all conditions which the Council may deem fit to

impose as well as to clean the site immediately after the activity

(Signature)

Name : ________________________________

ID card no: _________________

Adresss: _______ ______________________________________________________

Tel:_______________________

Kunsill Lokali ta-Mellieħa

1.

2.

3. Fee Paid

Receipt Number

STAMP

(Executive Secretary)

The Outdoor Activities within the Locality of Mellieħa

(Mellieħa Local Council) Bye-Laws are hereby revoked.

(Bye- Law 4.4)

The fees to be paid for a permit to be issued under these

Bye Laws shall be as follows

For each day during which outdoor cooking would be held

€5

Sohowever that

For each day which an activity would be held when it would be foreseen

that the activity will be attended by more than fifteen persons.

€10

For each day which an activity would be held when it would be foreseen

that the activity will be attended by more then fifty persons

€15

For each day which an activity would be held when it would be foreseen

that the activity will be attended by more than one hundred persons. €50

When the activity is organised by a Voluntary Organisation as defined

by the Voluntary Organisations Act

NIL.

€0.81