ACTIVITIES IN GĦAR SAN BRINKAT (ĦAL GĦARGĦUR LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

ACTIVITIES IN GĦAR SAN BRINKAT

(ĦAL GĦARGĦUR LOCAL COUNCIL)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.170

ACTIVITIES IN GĦAR SAN BRINKAT

(ĦAL GĦARGĦUR LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

26th July, 2012 *

LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 24/03/2012.

The title of these Bye-Laws is the Activities in Għar San

Brinkat (Ħal Għargħur Local Council) Bye-Laws.

Għar San Brinkat

In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires -

"Act" means the Local Government Act;

"activity" means any activity held in the open and to which these

Bye-Laws refer;

"applicant" means any person who applies for a permit in terms

of these Bye-Laws, and includes an individual, a company, a club

or an association;

"barbecues" includes cooking or roasting of foodstuffs, which is

carried out in any manner, including by means of naked fire or

through gas or by any other means;

"Council" means the Ħal Għargħur Local Council;

"day" means working day consisting of the Local Council’s

opening hours;

"Għar San Brinkat" means the site as indicated in the Schedule;

"locality" means the locality of Ħal Għargħur as shown in the

Second Schedule to the Act.

Without prejudice to any other law providing for the

requirement of any other permit from any other authority, no

person may organize an activity in Għar San Brinkat without the

Council’s prior authorization in writing in conformity with these

Bye-Laws

Provided that no written authorisation from the Council in

terms of these bye-laws shall be required for an activity in Għar

San Brinkat, insofar as such activity would be limited to three

persons.

1. The Council may, upon the application by any person,

grant a permit for the holding of an activity in Għar San Brinkat,

which permit may be subject to such terms and conditions as the

Council may deem fit.

4.2. The application shall reach the Local Council two days

prior to the activity. When submitting an application, the applicant

is required to indicate the nature of the activity and the number of

participants for whom the activity would be intended and in

default, it shall be presumed that the activity is intended for more

*See bye-law 1.2 of these Bye-Laws, as originally promulgated.

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than three persons.

4.3. The Council may ask for a deposit or for the provision of a

bank guarantee of not more than one hundred euro (€100) in its

f a v o ur i n o r d e r t o s e c u r e ag a i n s t a n y d a m a ge s a n d l a c k o f

cleanliness that may occur.

4.4. Each applicant shall be responsible for the cleaning of the

site after the activity.

4.5. No music is allowed to be played whatever the means used,

which can be heard at a distance of more than ten metres.

4.6. No person shall hold barbecues in Għar San Brinkat.

No permit shall be granted unless the applicant shall have

paid to the Council a fee of ten euro (€10) for every day or part

thereof, during which an activity would be held.

1. 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 the

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.

6.2. In addition to the penalty stipulated in bye-law 6.1, the

Council may order the guilty person of a breach to carry out the

necessary repairs and cleaning to the Council’s satisfaction.

6.3. The Council shall have the right to carry out the necessary

repairs and cleaning at the expense of the guilty person.

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