S.L. 363.74 Art. 1Citation. Interpretation. Cap. 363. Official Council Web-page. Authorisation in writing. Penalties.

The title of these Bye-Laws is the Advertisements on the Internet (Birkirkara Local Council) Bye-Laws. 2.1 In these Bye-laws unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Local Government Act; "advertisement" includes any commercial or non-commercial promotion; "Council" means the Birkirkara 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 Web-page 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.

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 Birkirkara 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. 3.3 The Council shall authorise in writing the person mentioned in bye-law 3.2. 3.4 Every person who is found guilty of having breached any provision of bye-laws 3.2 and 3.3 shall be fined forty-six euro and fifty-nine cents (€46.59) together with two euro and thirty-three cents (€2.33) for every day during which the Council’s Web-page is accessible on the offender’s Web-page without the written authorisation. 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.