CONTROL OF PIGEONS (ĦAL LIJA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

CONTROL OF PIGEONS (ĦAL LIJA LOCAL COUNCIL)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.234

CONTROL OF PIGEONS

(ĦAL LIJA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

15th February, 2022

LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 32/02/2022.

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

(Ħal Lija Local Council) Bye-Laws.

In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise

requires

"Act" means the Local Government Act;

"Council" means the Ħal Lija 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 Ħal Lija locality as shown in the Second

Schedule to the Act;

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

1. The feeding of wild pigeons by any person in any part of

the locality is prohibited.

3.2. It is also prohibited for a 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 wild pigeons can go in or make nests therein.

Any person who fails to comply with any provision 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

(a)

for a first contravention to a fine (ammenda) of

forty-six euro and fifty-nine cents (€46.59);

(b)

for a second or subsequent contravention to a fine

(ammenda) of sixty-nine euro and eighty-eight cents (€69.88);

and

CONTROL OF PIGEONS (ĦAL LIJA LOCAL COUNCIL)

(c)

in the case of a continuing contravention to a fine

(ammenda) of eleven euro and sixty-five cents (€11.65) for

each day that the contravention continues.