SMOKING CONTROL ON BEACHES REGULATIONS

SMOKING CONTROL ON BEACHES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 549.177

SMOKING CONTROL ON BEACHES REGULATIONS

1st January, 2026

LEGAL NOTICE 204 of 2025.

The title of these regulations is the Smoking Control on

Beaches Regulations.

(regulation 3)

Golden Bay and Ramla l-Ħamra

SMOKING CONTROL ON BEACHES

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise

requires

"Authority" means the Environment and Resources

Authority established by article 6 of the Environment

Protection Act;

"beach" means any beach as delineated in the Schedule;

"herbal product for smoking" shall have the same

meaning as assigned to it in the Manufacture, Presentation and

Sale of Tobacco and Related Products Regulations;

"tobacco devices" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Products and Smoking Devices (Simulating

Cigarettes or Tobacco) (Control) Regulations;

"tobacco product" means products that may be consumed

and consist, even partly, of tobacco, whether genetically

modified or otherwise, and includes any tobacco devices.

It shall not be lawful for any person to consume and, or

use a tobacco product or any herbal product for smoking on any beach

delineated in the Schedule

Provided that such prohibition shall not apply in those

areas designated as smoking areas and physically delineated on site by

the Authority.

The Authority, the Department of Health, the Malta

Tourism Authority, the Local Enforcement System Agency and the

Executive Police shall collaborate and cooperate in enforcing these

regulations.

Any person who contravenes the provisions of these

regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be

liable to a fine (multa) of one hundred fifty euro (€150).

SMOKING CONTROL ON BEACHES