Advertisements on Street Furniture (San Ġiljan Local Council)

L.C.B.L. 52/03/2020

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT

(CAP. 363)

Advertisements on Street Furniture (San Ġiljan Local Council)

(Amendment) Bye-Laws, 2020

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

Government Act, the San Ġiljan Local Council has made the following

Bye-Laws:-

The title of these Bye-Laws is the Advertisements on Street

Furniture (San Ġiljan Local Council) (Amendment) Bye-Laws, 2020

and these bye-laws shall be read and construed as one with the

Advertisements on Street Furniture (San Ġiljan Local Council) Bye-

Laws, hereinafter referred to as "the principal bye-laws".

The title of the principal bye-laws shall be substituted by

the following new title

"ADVERTISMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE AND

ON THE INTERNET (SAN ĠILJAN LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-

LAWS".

Bye-law 1 of the principal bye-laws shall be substituted by

the following new bye-law

"1. The title of these Bye-Laws is the Advertisements on

Street Furniture and on the Internet (San Ġiljan Local Council)

Bye-Laws.".

In bye-law 2 of the principal bye-laws, immediately after

the definition "street furniture" there shall be added the following new

definition

" "Web-page" means access of information through Internet

access described as World Wide Web (WWW), which web-page

forms part of the Web Search Engines.".

In bye-law 3 of the principal bye-laws, immediately after

bye-law 3.8 there shall be added the following new bye-laws

"3.9. As part of the conditions in such contract as

mentioned in these bye-laws, the Council reserves the right

establish the site where these adverts will be placed but also the

type of material and the shape and type of such furniture.

3.10. The contractor will be responsible for the upkeep and

condition of all structures erected in the streets, gardens or other

public places and has to make sure that these are not an obstacle

or create any danger to both pedestrians and vehicles.".

Bye-law 4 of the principal bye-laws shall be substituted by Substitutes bye-

law 4 of the

the following new bye-law

principal bye-

laws.

"4. Every person who is in breach of one of the

provisions of these Bye-Laws or any condition of the

authorization given by virtue of these Bye-Laws, shall, on

conviction, be liable to a fine (ammenda) of fifty euro (€50) for

such contravention, and to a further fine (ammenda) of not less

than three euro (€3) and not more than fifteen euro (€15) for

every day during which one of the provisions of these Bye-Laws

or any condition of the authorization is breached.".

Bye-law 5 of the principal bye-laws shall be amended as Amends bye-

law 5 of the

principal bye-

laws.

(a)

bye-law 5 shall be renumbered as bye-law 5.1; and

(b) immediately thereafter there shall be added the

following new bye-laws

"5.2. The Council can contract, according to the

dispositions and procedures in the Act, with entities both

commercial and non-commercial so that these entities can

place their adverts on the Local Council Web-page.

5.3. The contract mentioned in bye-law 5.2 will be

valid for a period of one (1) year and can be renewed for

another year (1).".

The Schedule to the principal bye-laws shall be substituted Amends the

Schedule to the

by the following new Schedule

principal bye-

laws.

"Applicable Fees

Dimensions

Rates

U-shape barriers of the size of 1m

not less than €200

x 1m for each side

Advertising on street furniture

not less than €200

such as benches, pots, poles for

every square metre

Advertising on the Web-page and

(see note)

other social media

D

(Note) The Council reserves the right to establish the applicable rates

for advertising on its social media and other publications.".

€0.27