S.L. 363.67 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 363. Advertisement on street furniture, Council Web-page and Council publications. Advertisement on street furniture.

In these Bye-laws unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Local Government Act; "advertisement" includes notices and any commercial or non-commercial promotion; "applicant" means the person who applies to the Council in accordance with the provisions of these Bye-Laws in order to make an advertisement on any street furniture, the Council’s Web-page or any Council publication; "authorised person" means any person who is authorised by the Council in accordance with the provisions of these Bye-Laws in order to display, fix or place any advertisement on any street furniture, the Council’s Web-page or any Council publication;

"billboard" means any erected structure on which Council advertisements, notices or notifications are affixed or exhibited, and which is in conformity with specifications established for this purpose according to regulations and procedures established in any other law;

"Council" means the Naxxar Local Council; "Council publication" means any publication made by the Council, and includes newsletter, magazine, leaflet, brochure, journal, notice and any other documentation made for the information of the public, whether against payment or not; "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, and bins on wheels, litter bins, benches, planters, boundary walls, walls, balustrades, columns, notice-boards, poles, railings, bus shelters, tree pits, verges and central reservations, roundabouts, central strips and traffic islands; "Web-page" means access to information on a system and database by means of the Internet, described as the World Wide Web (WWW). An advertisement may be made on the Web-page on the so-called Web Search Engines. 3.1 A person may apply to the Council or make an offer, as the

Council decides, in order to make an advertisement on any street furniture, the Council Web-page, or any Council publication.

3.2 The authorisation may be given either after an application in writing is made for such purpose to the Council, or after a public call for applications is made by the Council. 3.3 When the Council makes a public call for tenders, the authorisation by the Council shall be by means of a contract drawn up in accordance with the regulations and procedures applicable to Local Councils:

Provided that the contract is valid for a period of one year which may be renewed for a further period of one year by means of a contract. In all cases, the Council shall have the right to refuse to renew the contract after giving valid reasons in writing to the person concerned.

3.4 The contract shall stipulate that the authorised person shall not sell the space to third parties or make an advertisement which is prohibited by the contract, or which is against public morals or which incites the public against the State or against the Council. 4.1 The Council may authorise a person to display, fix or place an advertisement on any street furniture within the boundaries of the Naxxar locality.

4.2 For every authorisation given by the Council in accordance with these Bye-Laws allowing the display, fixing or placing of advertisements on street furniture, after an application is made to the Council for this purpose, there shall be paid a fee as stipulated in Schedule:

Provided that in the case of authorisation given by the Council after a public call for tenders, the fee payable to the Council shall be that offered in the successful tender. 4.3 All authorisations for an advertisement on street furniture 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 authorisation. If this is not the case, the responsible person shall be guilty of a contravention. 4.4 The Council shall have the right to erect a number of billboards within the boundaries of the Naxxar locality, over which every person may fix or display an advertisement after being granted authorisation in terms of these Bye-Laws, and after that Council has obtained the necessary permit or licence necessary under any other law.