Catering Establishments in Outdoor Space

L.C.B.L 59/04/2021

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT

(CAP. 363)

Catering Establishments in Outdoor Space

(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 Catering Establishments in Citation and

commencement.

Outdoor Space (Tas-Sliema Local Council) Bye-Laws, 2021.

1.2. These Bye-Laws shall come into force one (1) month after

their publication in the Gazette.

1. In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires

Interpretation.

"Act" means the Local Government Act;

"ashtrays" means receptacles approved for the disposal of waste

relating to cigarettes including but not limited to cigarette butts and

placed in a public place;

"catering establishment" shall include any establishment which

provides any type of food or beverage to clientele;

"Council" means the Tas-Sliema Local Council;

"outdoor space" means the areas outside the catering

establishment including the pavement and outside tables and chairs.

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

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

1. Every catering establishment shall be responsible for the Cleaning and

cleaning and clearing of any waste deposited in the outside space of clearing.

their establishment by their customers or by their establishment.

3.2 Every catering establishment servicing clientele in an

outdoor space shall put an adequate number of ashtrays in their outside

area and shall be responsible for the cleaning and clearing of the

ashtrays as well as the appropriate disposal of waste placed in ashtrays.

3.3 Every catering establishment shall ensure that at no time

shall ashtrays overflow or be at risk of overflowing.

If the catering establishment is considered to be in violation

of the provisions of these Bye-Laws, it shall be deemed to have

committed a contravention and shall on conviction be liable to the

punishment of a fine (ammenda) of not less then fifty euro (€50), and

in case of a continuing offence to a further fine (ammenda) of not less

than ten euro (€10) per day on which the offence continues after

conviction.

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