Part 6

The environment

Graffiti

Graffiti removal notice: content and service
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1
A graffiti removal notice shall explain the effects of sections 61, 63 and 64.
2
Subject to subsection (3), subsections (2) to (5) of section 160 of the 1990 Act shall apply in relation to the service of a graffiti removal notice as they apply to any notice required or authorised to be served under that Act.
3
Where, after reasonable enquiry, a local authority is unable to ascertain the name or proper address of any person upon whom a graffiti removal notice may be served, it may—
a
affix the notice to the surface to which it relates; and
b
in so far as is reasonably necessary for that purpose, enter any land.
4
In subsection (3), “proper address” shall be read in accordance with section 160(4) and (5) of the 1990 Act.
5
Where a graffiti removal notice is affixed in accordance with subsection (3), it shall be treated as having been served on a person on whom it may be served.