ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE INTERNET 
(MELLIE ĦA LOCAL COUNCIL)  ġ S.L.363.32 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 363.32
ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE INTERNET 
(MELLIE ĦA LOCAL COUNCIL) BYE-LAWS
17th October, 1999
LOCAL COUNCIL BYE-LAW 37/12/99.
Citation .
Internet (Mellie ħa Local Council) Bye-Laws.
Interpretation.
Cap. 363.
"advertisement" includes any commercial or non-commercial
promotion;
"Council" means the Mellie ħa Local Council;
"person" means the person who has been authorised by the
Council to link with the Council’s Web-page under the provisions
of bye-law 3.2;
"Web-page" means access to information and database via the
Internet, known as the World Wide Web (WWW), which Webpage
may be advertised on the so-called Web Search Engines.
2.2 In these Bye-Laws, any expression which is defined in the
Act shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Act.
Official Council 
Web-page.
3.1 The Council shall have a Web-page on the Internet which
shall include all information on the Council and the locality which
the Council may choose to include.
3.2 There shall be one official Web-page dedicated exclusively
to the Mellie ħa Local Council:
Provided that the Council may authorise any person to
include or link such Web-page on or to another Web-page, either at
a charge or at no charge, as the Council may decide.
Authorisation in 
writing.
3.3 The authorization referred to in bye-law 3.2 shall be
provided in writing by the Council.
Penalties.
provision of bye-laws 3.2 and 3.3 shall be liable to a fine
( ammenda ) of twenty liri (Lm20) together with one lira (Lm1) for
every day during which the Council’s Web-page is accessible on
the offender’s Web-page without the written authorization.
Authorisation for 
advertising on the 
Council’s 
Web-page.
4.1 The Council may contract, in accordance with the
regulations and procedures applicable according to the Act, with
commercial and non-commercial entities to advertise the Council’s
Web-page at a charge.
4.2 The contract mentioned in bye-law 4.1 is valid for a period
of one year which may be renewed for a further period of one year.
The Council reserves the right to renew such contract, and if such
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renewal is refused, it shall give in writing the reasons for its refusal
to any person concerned.
