ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE 
(G ŻIRA LOCAL COUNCIL) ġ S.L.363.28 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.28
ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE 
(G ŻIRA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS
1st October, 1999
LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 21/8/99.
Citation .
Furniture (G żira 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 the G żira 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 G żira locality
boundary without the written authorisation of the Council.
3.2 The 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 the
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, the authorisation of the Council
must 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.
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3.4 The Council may, on entering 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 would not require the Council’s authorisation:
Provided that the contractor shall not use or sell the space
for any advertisement that is prohibited on the contract, or at a
higher price than that established by the Council on the contract.
3.5 Upon every authorisation granted by the Council according
to these Bye-Laws a fee of fifty cents must be paid for every day
that the advertisement is displayed:
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 accepted tender document.
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 authorization to voluntary
organizations that operate from the locality, or non-governmental
organizations as 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.
Penalty. 4. Every person who is in breach of one 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 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.
