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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.106
ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE 
( SWIEQI LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS
25th January, 2004
LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 60/10/2003.
Citation.
Furniture (Swieqi 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 within the Swieqi 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 the Swieqi 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.
Authorization to 
advertise on street 
furniture.
3.1 Without prejudice to any permit, authorization, or licence
required under any law, no person shall display, fix or place any
advertisement on any street furniture within the Swieqi locality
boundary without the written authorization of the Council.
3.2 The written authorization may be granted either after a
written application is submitted to the Council or else after a public
call for applications is made by the Council:
Provided that the authorization 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 authorization
granted by the Council to the contractor in terms of bye-law 3.3.
3.3 Following a public call by the Council, the authorization 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
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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 authorization:
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 which are different from those stipulated in the
original contract.
3.5 For every authorization 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 authorization granted by the Council
following a public call for application, the fee entitled to be paid to
the Council is that offered in the tender document which has been
accepted.
3.6 Notwithstanding the authorization granted under these
Bye-Laws, the person to whom authorization is granted is
personally responsible for any permits or licences necessary under
any other law.
3.7 The Council may grant authorization 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 activities or
public appeals without payment.
3.8 Any authorization 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
authorization.
Penalties. 4. Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of
these Bye-Laws or any condition of the authorization given by
virtue of these Bye-Laws, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine
( ammenda ) of twenty-five liri (Lm25) for such contravention, and
to a further fine ( ammenda ) of not more than five liri (Lm5) for
every day during which one of the provisions of these Bye-Laws or
any condition of the authorization 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
Up to 0.5 square metre Lm 3 Lm 5 Lm 20
Up to 1.0 square metre Lm 6 Lm 10 Lm 50
Up to 2.0 square metres Lm 12 Lm 20 Lm 100
Exceeding 2.0 square metres - Lm 2 per day (subject to a minimum of Lm 40)
