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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.105
ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE 
( SLIEMA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS
15th January, 2004
LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 59/9/2003.
Citation.
Furniture (Sliema Local Council) Bye-Laws.
Interpretation.
Cap. 363.
"advertisement" includes a notice;
"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 Sliema 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, poles, planters, boundary walls, walls, columns,
roundabouts, central strips and traffic islands, and any other object
which may be included by the Council by means of a resolution.
Authorisation to 
advertise on street 
furniture.
3.1 Subject 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 Sliema locality
boundary without the written authorisation of the Council.
3.2 Authorisation may be granted either after a written
application to the Council or else after a public call made by the
Council for applications to be submitted:
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.
Such a contract shall be valid for a period of one year
which may be renewed for a further one year period by means of a
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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,
advertisements may only be displayed following the written
authorisation of the Council:
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 in the 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, the fee entitled to be paid to the Council is
that offered in the document of the accepted tender.
3.6 Notwithstanding the authorisation granted under these
Bye-Laws, the person to whom authorisation is given is personally
responsible for any permits or licences necessary under any other
law.
3.7 The Council may grant authorisation to voluntary
organizations that operate from the locality, parish organizations
and philanthropic societies 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 notices
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. In any case to the contrary, the person responsible for
removing such advertisements shall be guilty of a contravention.
Penalty. 4. Every person who is in breach of any of the provisions of
these Bye-Laws or any condition of the authorisation given by
virtue of these Bye-Laws shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine
( ammenda ) of twenty liri (Lm 20) for such contravention, and to a
further fine ( ammenda ) of not less than one lira (Lm 1) and not
more than five liri (Lm 5) 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
Squares, roundabouts and main roads
Size Fee due
Two Weeks One Month One Year
Up to 0.5 square metre Lm 8 Lm 14 Lm 80
Up to 1.0 square metre Lm 20 Lm 30 Lm 130
Up to 2.0 square metres Lm 30 Lm 50 Lm 250
Exceeding 2.0 square metres - Lm 15 per day (subject to a minimum of Lm 80)
Secondary roads
Size Fee due
Two Weeks One Month One Year
Up to 0.5 square metre Lm 5 Lm 7 Lm 25
Up to 1.0 square metre Lm 8 Lm 12 Lm 60
Up to 2.0 square metres Lm 15 Lm 25 Lm 140
Exceeding 2.0 square metres - Lm 3 per day (subject to a minimum of Lm 50)
