CONTROL OF PIGEONS (TAS-SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

CONTROL OF PIGEONS (TAS-SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.136

CONTROL OF PIGEONS

(TAS-SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

8th October, 2007

LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 59/5/2007, as amended by Legal Notice

425 of 2007 and L.C.B.L. 59/01/2022.

The title of these Bye-Laws is the Control of Pigeons (tas-

Sliema Local Council) Bye-Laws.

In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires

"Act" means the Local Government Act;

"Council" means the Sliema Local Council;

"domestic pigeons" means pigeons which are kept in a residential

place or in some other place for the purpose of recreation, hobby or

sport;

"locality" means the locality of Sliema as shown in the Second

Schedule to the Act;

"wild pigeons" means pigeons which are not domestic pigeons.

1 The feeding of wild pigeons in any part of the locality is

prohibited.

3.2 It is also prohibited for any person to voluntarily leave

food in places which are accessible to wild pigeons.

3.3 The provisions of this bye-law do not apply to those

persons who keep or take care of domestic pigeons.

The owners of abandoned immovable property within the

locality shall ensure that the said property be sealed in such a

manner that no pigeons can go in or make nests therein.

1 Any person who fails to comply with any of the provisions

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

contravention and shall, on conviction, be liable unless a higher

penalty is applicable under any other law

5.1.1 for a first contravention to a fine (ammenda) of seventy

euro (€70);

5.1.2 (Deleted by: L.C.B.L. 59/01/2022).

5.1.3 in the case a continuing contravention, to a fine

(ammenda) of fifteen euro (€15) for each say that the

contravention continues.