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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.37
ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE 
(MSIDA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS
22nd November, 1999
LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 41/16/99, as amended by Local Council
Bye-Law 41/8/2000.
Citation .
Furniture (Msida Local Council) Bye-Laws.
Interpretation.
Cap. 363.
"advertisements" include 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 the Msida 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 Subject to any permit, authorisation, or licence required
under any law, no person shall display, fix or place any
advertisement on any furniture street furniture within the Msida
locality boundary without the written authorisation of the Council.
3.2 Such 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 the
advertisement may be displayed on street furniture, even by selling
the mentioned space to third parties. In such a case, third parties
would not 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.
Amended by:
L.C.B.L 41/8/2000.
3.5 For every authorisation granted by the Council according
to these Bye-Laws a fee shall be paid 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 tender document accepted.
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, 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 notices 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 is in breach of one of the provisions of
these Bye-Laws or any condition of the authorisation given by
virtue of these Bye-Laws, or affixes without authorisation any
notice or any advertising material, including streamers, with any
property administered by the Council, the Council reserves the
right to remove same at his expense, and shall, on conviction, be
liable to a fine ( ammenda ) of twenty liri (Lm20) for such
contravention, and to a further fine ( ammenda ) of one lira (Lm1)
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
Payment due for every advert:
Two weeks One month One year
Any area up to 0.25 square metres Lm3.00 Lm5.00 Lm20.00
Any area up to 1.0 square metre Lm6.00 Lm10.00 Lm50.00
Any area up to 2.0 square metres Lm12.00 Lm20.00 Lm100.00
exceeding 2.0 square metres Lm2 daily with a minimum of Lm40.
