ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET 
FURNITURE (PIETÀ LOCAL COUNCIL) ġ S.L.363.14 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.14
ADVERTISEMENTS ON STREET FURNITURE 
(PIETÀ LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS
22nd August, 1997
LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 47/1/97.
Citation .
Furniture (Pietà Local Council) Bye-Laws.
Definitions.
Cap. 363.
"advertisements" includes notices;
"applicant" means the person who applies to the Council under
the provisions of bye-law 3.2;
"contractor" means the person who has been authorized by the
Council to display, fix or place any advertisement on street
furniture under the provisions of bye-law 3.1;
"Council" means the Pietà 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 and 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
under any law, no person shall display, fix or place any
advertisement on any street furniture within the Pietà locality
boundary without the written authorisation of the Council.
3.2 The written 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 cannot use or sell the space for
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 it is given is personally responsible for
any permits or licenses necessary under any other law.
Penalty. 3.7 The Council may grant authorization to voluntary
organizations that operate from the locality, or non-government
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 All authorizations granted under these bye-laws are 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 authorisation given by virtue
of these bye-laws, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine
( ammenda ) of twenty liri (Lm20.00) for such contravention, and to
a further fine ( ammenda ) of one lira (Lm1.00) for every day during
which one of the provisions of these bye-laws or any condition of
the authorisation is breached.
