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CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN PUBLIC PLACES (ĦAMRUN LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS
Table of Provisions (9)
Statutory Text (9 Articles)
CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN
PUBLIC PLACES (ĦAMRUN LOCAL COUNCIL)
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.217
CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN
PUBLIC PLACES (ĦAMRUN LOCAL COUNCIL)
BYE-LAWS
6th September, 2019
LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 27/08/2019.
The title of these Bye-Laws is the Consumption of
Alcoholic Beverages in Public Places (Ħamrun Local Council) Bye-
Laws.
(Bye-Law 5)
THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OUTDOORS
IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
THE CARRYING OF ALCOHOL IN THE STREETS OTHER THAN
IN SEALED UNOPENED CONTAINERS IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
IL-KONSUM FIT-TOROQ TA’ XORB ALKOĦOLIKU HU
PPROJBIT BIL-LIĠI.
IL-ĠARR TA’ XORB ALKOĦOLIKU FIT-TOROQ JEKK MHUX
F’KONTENITURI SSIĠILLATI U MHUX MIFTUĦIN HU
PPROJBIT BIL-LIĠI
In these Bye-Laws unless the context otherwise requires
"the Act" means the Local Government Act;
"alcoholic recipient" includes bottles, tins, cans,
tumblers and/or any glass recipient intended to contain or serve
(alcoholic) beverages;
"the Council" means the Ħamrun Local Council;
"locality" means Ħamrun as shown in the Second
Schedule to the Act;
"mentioned spaces" covers those spaces mentioned by
the competent authorities to occupy with tables and chairs to
serve and consume food and beverages;
"public space" means streets, roads, pavements, squares,
public gardens and parks that make part of the limits of
Ħamrun.
No one is permitted to loiter in any public space while
holding or in possession of alcoholic beverages.
No one is permitted to carry alcoholic beverages unless
in a sealed recipient.
All commercial establishments in Ħamrun selling
beverages shall affix a notice in Maltese as well as in English as shown
in the Schedule, which notice shall be placed in a conspicuous place
and be easily legible by patrons of such commercial establishment.
(a)
Any owner of any establishment who is in breach
of any of the provisions of these Bye-Laws shall, on conviction, be
liable to a fine (ammenda) of seventy euro (€70) for such
contravention, and to a further fine (ammenda) of fifteen euro (€15)
for every day during which any of the provisions of these Bye-Laws is
breached.
CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN
PUBLIC PLACES (ĦAMRUN LOCAL COUNCIL)
(b)
Any person who is in breach of any of the
provisions of these Bye-Laws shall, on conviction, be liable to a
fine (ammenda) of seventy euro (€70).
The Ħamrun Local Council holds the rights to exempt
from these conditions on special and/or particular occasions.