ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE INTERNET (SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE INTERNET

(SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.148

ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE INTERNET

(SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

22nd February, 2010

LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 59/1/2010.

The title of these Bye-Laws is the Advertisements on the

Internet (Sliema Local Council) Bye-Laws.

In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires -

"Act" means the Local Government 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.