PROTECTION OF PUBLIC GROUNDS (}AMRUN LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

PROTECTION OF PUBLIC GROUNDS

(}AMRUN LOCAL COUNCIL)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.09

PROTECTION OF PUBLIC GROUNDS

(}AMRUN LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS

22nd September, 1995

LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 27/3/95, as amended by Legal Notice 425

of 2007.

The title of these Bye-Laws is the Protection of Public

Grounds (}amrun Local Council) Bye-Laws.

In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires

" bi c y c l e " i nc l u de s a t ri c y c l e or ot he r p e d a l-d ri v e n c y c l e

irrespective of the number of wheels;

"Council" means the }amrun Local Council;

"fixtures and furnishings" means any barrier, railing, post, seat,

f lo w e r po t , e q u ip m e nt , a p p a r at u s o r f a c i li t y a n d a n y ot h e r

ornament, structure or other thing fixed or placed in a public

ground;

"public ground" means any public open space and any public

garden, playing field or other public place intended for use or

recreational purposes by the public and includes pavements,

pedestrian passages or other pathways but does not include any

space which although within the }amrun locality boundary does

not fall within the authority or administration of the Council or

street or other place used or allowed to be used for the passage or

parking of motor vehicles.

No person shall remove or displace, unless so authorised,

or misuse, cause any damage or in any way tamper with any

fixtures and furnishings placed or erected in any public ground.

1 No person shall, in any public ground, enter upon, pick,

misuse or otherwise cause damage to

4.1.1 any flower bed, shrub, plant, tree or other vegetation

or any part thereof; or

4.1.2 any part of the ground intended for the sowing or

renovation of grass, turf or other vegetation, where

adequate notice has been set up to keep off from any

such part of the ground.

No person shall ride any bicycle in a public ground, or in a

part of such ground, where a sign has been set up to prohibit the use

of a bicycle.

1. No person shall in any public ground, play any game or act

in such manner -

6.1.1 as to give reasonable cause for annoyance to any

other person in the public ground; or

6.1.2 as is likely to cause any damage to any flower bed,

PROTECTION OF PUBLIC GROUNDS

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shrub, plant, tree or other vegetation or to fixtures

and furnishings contained in the public ground.

Without prejudice to any other action which may be taken

in accordance with these bye-laws, any person who fails to comply

with any of the provisions of these bye-laws may be removed from

the public ground by a police of officer or by any other person

acting under the authority of the Council.

1. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of

t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f t h e s e b y e -l a w s, s h a l l b e d e e m e d t o h a v e

committed a contravention and shall, on conviction, be liable,

unless a higher penalty is applicable under any other law -

8.1.1 for a first offence to a fine (ammenda) of forty-six

euro and fifty-nine cents (46.59);

8.1.2 for a second offence to a fine (ammenda) of sixty-

nine euro and eighty-eight cents (69.88); and

8.1.3 in the case of a continuing offence to a fine

(ammenda) of eleven euro and sixty-five cents

(11.65) for each day during which the offence

continues.

The imposition of a penalty under bye-law 8 shall be

without prejudice to the right of the Council to recover any civil

damages caused by the commission of the contravention under

these bye-laws.