S.L. 441.4 Art. 11Occasional entertainment.

(1) No person shall hold a public show, exhibition, small games, a fair, a tombola or any other public entertainment or similar activity in any street, on any special or specific day or days without a permit from the Local Council:

Provided that the Local Council shall not issue a permit for a commercial fare without the consent of the regulatory authority.

(2) Applications must be submitted by not later than one month before the day or the first day, as the case may be, or within any other time as established by the Local Council.

(3) Where a Local Council receives an application under this regulation the Local Council shall, not later than two working days from the receipt of an application for any such permit, and in any case not later than two weeks before the event is due to be held, forward a copy of such application to the Commissioner of Police.

(4) The Local Council shall on issuing the permit attach the condition to this permit as notified to the Local Council by the Commissioner of Police: Provided that the Commissioner of Police may, for reasons of public order, public safety or public morality, stop or suspend any permit issued under this regulation.

(5) No permit shall be issued for those activities which according to the Act require only a permit from the Commissioner of Police.

(6) An application shall be accompanied by:

(a) a description of the activity to be organised;

(b) the day or days for which the permit is being requested;

(c) a site-plan indicating the area where the activity is to take place as mentioned in sub-regulation (1);

(d) a copy of all permits required under any law;

(e) in the case of street lighting decorations, applicant must submit a certificate from a licensed electrician that the apparatus to be used is in a good state of repair and free from any danger;

(f) (i) the Local Council shall have the right to order the removal of mobile generators if it results that the apparatus is causing any inconvenience to third parties due to excessive noise or fumes;

(ii) an applicant shall be held responsible for any damages sustained by third parties by the use of any generator.

(7) Every permit issued by virtue of these regulations shall not exceed ten consecutive days.

(8) An applicant shall ensure that:

(a) no alcohol or tobacco products shall be sold to persons under the age of seventeen years;

(aa) no alcohol shall be served in glass bottles but shall be served in a bio-degradable material or cardboard cup;

(b) the area is kept clean at all times and for this purpose shall provide adequate litter bins for the deposit of waste;

(c) during the activity there shall be available adequate and sufficient fire extinguishers;

(d) at the end of the activity the area is left in its original state.

(9) When requested by the Local Council and together with the fees payable as established in Schedule B, applicant shall pay for the services of a community officer to control the traffic. The fees shall be those as established by the Agency.

(10) Notwithstanding the provisions of these regulations, the Local Council may, in cases when the permit holders fail to leave the area in a clean state, cause the area to be cleaned at the expense of the aforementioned permit holders. For this purpose the Local Council may demand a deposit, provided that this deposit does not exceed one hundred and sixteen euro and forty-seven cents (€116.47).