CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS IN OUTDOOR SPACE (TAS-SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS IN OUTDOOR SPACE

(TAS-SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.227

CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS IN OUTDOOR SPACE

(TAS-SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

7th June, 2021

LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 59/04/2021.

1. The title of these Bye-Laws is Catering Establishments in

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

1.

In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise

requires

"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 clearing of any waste deposited in the outside space of

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.

CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS IN OUTDOOR SPACE

(TAS-SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL)