Unsolicited Mail (Tas-Sliema Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2021

L.C.B.L 59/01/2021

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT

(CAP. 363)

Unsolicited Mail (Tas-Sliema Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2021

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

Government Act, the Tas-Sliema Local Council has made the

following Bye-Laws:-

1 The title of these Bye-Laws is Unsolicited Mail (Tas- Citation and

commencement.

Sliema Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2021.

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

their publication in the Gazette.

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In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires

Interpretation.

"Act" means the Local Government Act;

"Council" means the Tas-Sliema Local Council;

"unsolicted mail" means unwanted or unsolicited commercial

advertising or commercial promotional material received through the

post sometimes referred to as junk mail.

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 Any unsolicited mail must be delivered into letterboxes and Unsolicited

not left on any doorstep, pavement, any part of building or garden or mail.

container even if such container is intended for unsolicited mail.

3.2 Any person delivering such unsolicited mail shall ensure

that the mail is put entirely in the letterboxes of the recipient and that

such mail shall not be visible from the outside.

3.3 If the letterbox is full and the person delivering unsolicited

mail cannot ensure that the mail is put entirely in the letterboxes of the

recipient, such person shall not leave or deliver the unsolicited mail in

the letterboxes.

3.4 The person delivering unsolicited mail must respect any

sign or sticker stating that unsolicited mail must not be left in a

particular residence, commercial premises or block of apartments or

any other building.

Any person who is in breach of any of the provisions of

these Bye-Laws, or who fails to abide by any condition made by virtue

of these Bye-Laws, shall be deemed to have committed a

contravention and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (ammenda)

of not more than seventy euro (€70) for such contravention.

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