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Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

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  1. Introduction

  2. Background and Policy Objectives

  3. Consultation

  4. Overview

  5. Commentary on Sections

    1. Part 1 - Gating Orders

      1. Section 1 – Gating orders

    2. Part 2 - Vehicles

      1. Section 2 – Exposing vehicles for sale on a road

      2. Section 3 – Repairing vehicles on a road

      3. Section 4 – Power to give fixed penalty notices

      4. Section 5 – Power to require name and address

      5. Section 6 – Use of fixed penalty receipts

      6. Section 7 – Offence of abandoning a vehicle: fixed penalty notices

      7. Section 8 – Notice of removal of vehicle by district council

      8. Section 9 – Disposal of removed vehicle by district council

      9. Section 10 - Guidance

      10. Section 11 – Notice of removal of vehicle

      11. Section 12 – Disposal of vehicle by police officer. Section 13 – Disposal of vehicle by Department

    3. Part 3 - Litter

      1. Section 14 – Offence of dropping litter in lake, pond or watercourse

      2. Section 15 – Penalty for failing to provide name

      3. Section 16 – Litter offence: fixed penalty notice

      4. Section 17 – Litter clearing notices

      5. Section 18 – Street litter control notices

      6. Section 19 – Street litter: supplementary provisions

      7. Section 20 – Failure to comply with notice: fixed penalty notices

      8. Section 21 – Controls on free distribution of printed matter

      9. Section 22 – Fixed penalty notices: supplementary

      10. Section 23 – Exclusion of liability

      11. Section 24 – Abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys

      12. Section 25 – Section 24: transitional provisions

    4. Part 4 – Graffiti and Other Defacement

      1. Section 26 – Penalty notices for graffiti and fly-posting

      2. Section 27 – Amount of penalty

      3. Section 28 – Penalty notices: power to require name and address

      4. Section 29 – Penalty receipts

      5. Section 30 - Guidance

      6. Section 31 – Defacement removal notices

      7. Section 32 – Recovery of expenditure

      8. Section 33 - Guidance

      9. Section 34 - Appeals

      10. Section 35 – Exemption from liability in relation to defacement removal notices

      11. Section 36 – Removal or obliteration of graffiti, placards and posters

      12. Section 37 – Sale of aerosol paint to children

      13. Section 38 – Unlawful display of advertisements

      14. Section 39 – Power of district councils to obtain information

    5. Part 5 - Dogs

      1. Section 40 – Power to make dog control orders

      2. Section 41 – Dog control orders: supplementary

      3. Section 42 – Land to which this Part applies

      4. Section 43 – Fixed penalty notices for contravention of dog control order

      5. Section 44 – Amount of fixed penalties

      6. Section 45 – Power to require name and address

      7. Section 46 - Byelaws

      8. Section 47 – Power of district councils to obtain information

    6. Part 6 – Noise

      1. Chapter 1: Audible Intruder Alarms

        1. Section 48 – Designation of alarm notification areas

        2. Section 49 – Withdrawal of designation

        3. Section 50 – Notification of nominated key-holders

        4. Section 51 – Nomination of key-holders

        5. Section 52 – Offences under section 50: fixed penalty notices

        6. Section 53 – Amount of fixed penalty

        7. Section 54 – Use of fixed penalty receipts

        8. Section 55 – Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and address

        9. Section 56 – Powers of entry

        10. Section 57 – Warrant to enter premises by force

        11. Section 58 – Powers of entry: supplementary

        12. Section 59 – Interpretation of this Chapter

      2. Chapter 2: Amendments to the Noise Act 1996

        1. Section 60 – Dealing with noise at night

        2. Section 61 – Noise offences: fixed penalty notices

        3. Section 62 – Extension of Noise Act 1996 to licensed premises

    7. Part 7 – Statutory Nuisances

      1. Section 63 – Statutory nuisances

      2. Section 64 – Duty of district council to inspect for statutory nuisance

      3. Section 65 – Summary proceedings for statutory nuisances

      4. Section 66 – Abatement notice in respect of noise in the street

      5. Section 67 – Supplementary provisions

      6. Section 68 – Expenses recoverable from owner to be a charge on premises

      7. Section 69 – Payment of expenses by instalments

      8. Section 70 – Summary proceedings by persons aggrieved by statutory nuisances

      9. Section 71 – Application of this Part to the Crown

    8. Part 8 – Miscellaneous and Supplementary

      1. Section 72 – Use of penalty receipts

      2. Section 73 – Offences relating to pollution : penalties on conviction

      3. Section 74 – Offences by bodies corporate

      4. Section 75 – Regulations and orders

      5. Section 76 - Interpretation

      6. Section 77 – Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

      7. Section 78 - Commencement

      8. Section 79 – Short title

      9. Schedule 1 – Application of the Noise Act 1996 to licensed premises

      10. Schedule 2 – Statutory nuisances: supplementary provisions

      11. Schedule 3 – Minor and consequential amendments

      12. Schedule 4 - Repeals

  6. Hansard Reports

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