London Local Authorities Act 2004 (c. 1)

Part 3 Public health and the environment

14 Defacement of buildings: further protection of railway and waterway undertakers

(1) Section 12 (Defacement of buildings) of the London Local Authorities Act 1995 shall not apply to any surface which forms part of the operational land of a protected party unless it is a surface to which this section applies.

(2) This section applies to any surface which abuts on or to which access is given directly from—

(a) a street; or

(b) any place other than a street to which the public have access as of right.

(3) In this section—

• “protected party” has the same meaning as in section 13 of the said Act of 1995;

• “street” includes any highway, any bridge carrying a highway and any road, lane, mews, footway, square, court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not.