Public Places (Imsida Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2020 (imsidalocalcouncil)

L.C.B.L 41/05/2020

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT

(CAP. 363)

Beverages in Glass Containers and Consumption of Alcohol in

Public Places (Imsida Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 34 of the Local

Government Act, the Imsida 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 (Imsida

Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2020.

(bye-law 6)

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

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

PROJBIT BIL-LIĠI, IL-ĠARR TA’ KULL TIP TA’ XORB FIT-

TOROQ, PJAZEZ U ĠONNA PUBBLIĊI JEKK MHUX

F’KONTENITURI SSIĠILLATI U MHUX MIFTUĦIN HU PROJBIT

BIL-LIĠI.

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

Alkoħol f’Postijiet Pubbliċi (Kunsill Lokali l-Imsida).

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 (Imsida Local

Council) Bye-Laws.

In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires

"Act" means the Local Government 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 Imsida locality boundary, for the deposit of

refuse;

"Council" means the Imsida 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 Imsida as shown in the Second Schedule to the

Act;

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

spaces and gardens within the Imsida locality.

(bye-law 8)

1. In designated public areas, during the period beginning

from and ending after the celebration of the titular feast of St. Joseph

in Imsida.

2. Activities permitted by the Imsida Local Council as per

Activities Requiring Permit by Local Councils Regulations.

3. Tables and chairs permit issued by the Imsida Local

Council as per Activities Requiring Permit by Local Councils

Regulations.

4. Any activity permit issued by the Commissioner of Police

in designated areas.

5. Licensed establishments operating within the perimeter of

outdoor extensions duly approved by the Planning Authority and the

Malta Tourism Authority.

6. Other occasions or circumstances which may be exempted

by the Council from time to time, provided any such exemption is to

be published in the Gazette at least (24) twenty-four hours in advance.

€0.27

No one is permitted to loiter in any public place holding or

having on his person any glass container.

No person is permitted to carry alcoholic drinks in public

places other than in a sealed container.

No person is permitted to consume alcohol in the streets or Prohibition of

consumption of

public places other than in the designated areas.

alcohol in

public places.

Any commercial establishment situated within any street or Notice and

provision of

pubic place selling beverages, shall

containers.

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

shown in the First Schedule, which 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; and

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

(5) metres of the commercial establishment and collection of

glass containers together with collection of refuse from bins in

the same distance.

Any use of plastic is prohibited and instead biodegradable Prohibition of

use of plastic.

containers are to be used.

1 These bye-laws shall apply without prejudice to the Exemption of

provisions of the Activities requiring permit by Local Councils the

Requiring

Regulations.

Permit by Local

Councils

Regulations.

8.2 Bye-laws 4, 5 and paragraph (a) of bye-law 6 shall not S.L. 441. 04.

apply in the circumstances exhaustively listed in the Second Schedule.

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.

The Beverages in Glass Containers in Public Places (L- Repeal of the

Beverages in

Imsida Local Council) Bye-Laws are hereby repealed.

Glass

Containers in

Public Places

(L-Imsida Local

Council) Bye-

Laws.

S.L. 363. 172.