Bye-Laws, 2010

L.C.B.L./59/2/2010

LOCAL COUNCILS ACT

(CAP. 363)

Advertisements on the Internet (Sliema Local Council)

Bye-Laws, 2010

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 33, 34, 35(8),

36 and 60 of the Local Councils Act, the Sliema Local Council has

made the following Bye-Laws: -

1 The title of these Bye-Laws is Advertisements in the

Internet (Sliema Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2010.

1.2 These Bye-Laws shall come into force one month after

their publication in the Gazette.

1

In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise

requires

“the Act” means the Local Councils Act;

“advertisement” includes any commercial or non-

commercial promotion;

“Council” means the Sliema Local Council;

“person” means the person who has been authorised by

the Council to link with the Council’s Web-page under the

provisions of bye-law 3.2;

“Web-page” means access to information and database

via the Internet, known as the World Wide Web (WWW),

which Web-page may be advertised on the so-called Web

Search Engines.

2.2 In these Bye-Laws, any expression which is defined in

the Act shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Act.

1 The Council shall have a Web-page on the internet

which shall include all information on the Council and the locality

which the Council may choose to include.

3.2 There shall be one official Web-page dedicated

exclusively to the Sliema Local Council

Provided that the Council may authorise any person to

include or link such Web-page on or to another Web-page,

either at a charge or at no charge, as the Council may decide.

3.3 The Council shall authorise in writing the person

mentioned in bye-law 3.2.

3.4 Any person who is found guilty of having breached any

provision of bye-laws 3.2 and 3.3 shall be fined a fine (ammenda)

of forty-six euro and fifty-nine cents (€46.59) and two euro and

thirty-three cents (€2.33) for every day during which the Council’s

Web-page is accessible on the offender’s Web-page without the

written authorisation.

1 The Council may contract, in accordance with the

regulations and procedures applicable according to the Act, with

commercial and non-commercial entities to advertise the Council’s

Web-page at a charge.

4.2 The contract mentioned in bye-law 4.1 is valid for a

period of one year which may be renewed for a further period of

one year.

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