Outdoor Activities (Ta’ Sannat Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2018

L.C.B.L 56/14/2018

LOCAL COUNCILS ACT

(CAP. 363)

Outdoor Activities (Ta’ Sannat Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2018

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

60 of the Local Councils Act, the Ta’ Sannat Local Council has made

the following Bye-Laws

1. The title of these Bye-Laws is Outdoor Activities (Ta’ Citation and

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Sannat Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2018.

date.

1.2. These Bye-Laws shall come into force upon their

publication in the Gazzette.

Designated Beaches

(Bye-Law 2)

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In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires

Interpretation.

"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 Third Schedule to these Bye-laws;

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

textile or canvas or other temporary structure, but excludes

umbrellas;

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

the Second Schedule to these Bye-Laws designated for the

erection of camps;

"caravan" means any vehicle, with or 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,

and includes campers;

"the Council" means Ta’ Sannat Local Council;

"designated beach" means any bay or beach listed in the

First Schedule to these Bye-Laws;

"locality" means the locality of Ta’ Sannat as defined in

the Act;

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

has title or which is given on encroachment.

Designated Camping Areas

(Bye-Law 2)

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1. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other law which

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

may erect a camp or place a caravan or undertake an activity in a

designated beach or camping area within the locality, without the prior

written authorisation of the Council given in terms of these Bye-Laws.

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 these Bye-Laws shall be

required for an activity which takes place on private land.

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 for 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 an activity.

4.4. No permit shall be issued unless the applicant pays a fee to

the Council of two euro fifty cents (€2.50) per day for each person

taking part in the activity or making use of the camp or caravan.

Any person who acts in contravention of any provision of

these Bye-Laws or who contravenes any condition 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.