(1)This Part of this Act applies in the area of a participating council as from such day as may be fixed in relation to that council by resolution, and the council may apply this Part to all their area or to any part identified in the resolution and notice under this section.
(2)The council shall not pass a resolution under this section in respect of any part of their area unless they have reason to believe that there has been, is being or is likely to be caused, as a result of busking—
(a)undue interference with or inconvenience to or risk to safety of persons using a street in that part of their area or other streets within the vicinity of that street; or
(b)nuisance to the occupiers of property in or in the vicinity of a street in that part of their area.
(3)The council shall cause to be published in a local newspaper circulating in the borough or the City notice—
(a)of the passing of any such resolution and of a day fixed thereby; and
(b)of the general effect of the provisions of this Act coming into operation as from that day;
and the day so fixed shall not be earlier than the expiration of three months from the publication of the said notice.
(4)Either a photostatic or other reproduction certified by the officer appointed for that purpose by the council to be a true reproduction of a page or part of a page of any such newspaper bearing the date of its publication and containing any such notice shall be evidence of the publication of the notice, and of the date of publication.