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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.99
ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE 
( MQABBA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS
29th August, 2003
LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 40/4/2003.
Citation.
Furniture (Mqabba Local Council) Bye-Laws.
Interpretation.
Cap. 363.
"advertisements" means any board, sign, notice, or any other
means or representation made, exhibited, fixed or placed in any
public space with the Mqabba boundaries to advertise or to make
publicity or to give notice, or any other message to the public;
"applicant" means the person who applies to the Council under
the provisions of bye-law 3.2;
"contractor" means the person who has been authorised by the
Council to display, fix or place any advertisement on street
furniture under the provisions of bye-law 3.1;
"Council" means Mqabba Local Council;
"street furniture" means any object, movable or immovable
which is the Council’s property or is under its responsibility and
which although would not substantially form part of the road,
pavement, garden or other public area, would be placed in such
area or fixed to it, or even placed on it, and includes dustbins,
benches, planters, boundary walls, walls, columns, roundabouts,
central strips and traffic islands.
Authorisation to 
advertise on street 
furniture.
3.1 Without prejudice to any permit, authorisation, or licence
required under any law, no person shall display, fix or place any
advertisement on any street furniture within the Mqabba locality
boundary without the written authorisation of the Council.
3.2 The authorisation may be granted either after a written
application is submitted to the Council or else after a public call
made by the Council for applications is made by the Council:
Provided that the authorisation shall be deemed void if
applicant fails to comply with the requirements established in the
guidelines issued or which may be issued from time to time by the
Council in terms of article 33(1)( g ) of the Act:
Provided also that the guidelines shall be incorporated in
the contract document which shall regulate the authorisation
granted by the Council to the contractor in terms of bye-law 3.3.
3.3 Following a public call by the Council, the authorisation of
the Council shall take the form of a contract in accordance with the
regulations and procedures applicable to Local Councils.
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Such a contract shall be valid for a period of one year
which may be renewed by the Council for a further one year period
by means of a contract.
3.4 The Council may, on awarding the contract mentioned in
bye-law 3.3, authorise the contractor to use the space where
advertisements may be displayed on street furniture, even by
selling the mentioned space to third parties. In such a case, third
parties require the Council’s authorisation:
Provided that the contractor shall not use or sell the space
for any advertisement that is prohibited by the contract, or at a
higher price than that established by the Council by the contract or
with conditions other than those stipulated in the original contract.
3.5 For every authorisation granted by the Council in
accordance with these Bye-Laws there shall be paid a fee as
established in the Schedule:
Provided that for the authorisation granted by the Council
following a public call for application, the fee payable to the
Council is that offered in the accepted tender documents.
3.6 Notwithstanding the authorisation granted under these
Bye-Laws, the person granted authorisation is personally
responsible for any permits or licences necessary under any other
law.
3.7 The Council may grant authorisation to voluntary
organizations which operate from the locality, or non-governmental
organizations listed in the Eighth Schedule to the Act, after the
Council receives a written request so as to advertise any activities
or public appeals without payment.
3.8 Any authorisation granted under these Bye-Laws is subject
amongst other conditions to a condition that the advertisement shall
be removed within one week from the expiry date of the
authorisation.
Penalty. 4. Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of
these Bye-Laws or infringes any condition of the authorisation
given by virtue of these Bye-Laws shall, on conviction, be liable to
a fine ( ammenda ) of twenty-five liri for such contravention, and to
a further fine ( ammenda ) of not more than five liri for every day
during which one of the provisions of these Bye-Laws or any
condition of the authorisation is breached.
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SCHEDULE
(Bye-law 3.5)
Fees due for Advertisements on Street Furniture
Size Fee due
Two Weeks One Month One Year
One square metre Lm 10 Lm 14 Lm 60
Other sizes calculated pro rata.
