CONTROL OF PIGEONS (MARSA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

CONTROL OF PIGEONS

(MARSA LOCAL COUNCIL)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.238

CONTROL OF PIGEONS

(MARSA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

28th April, 2023

LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 34/02/2023.

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

(Marsa Local Council) Bye-Laws.

In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise

requires

"Act" means the Local Government Act;

"Council" means the Marsa 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 locality of Marsa as indicated 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 shall 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

(MARSA LOCAL COUNCIL)

(c)

in the case of a continuous contravention, to a fine

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

day that the contravention continues.