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PART 3Public health, environmental protection and highways

7Charges for permitting the use of objects, etc. on the highway

(1)In relation to a relevant permission, ”the standard amount" in section 115F(2) of the 1980 Act (power to impose conditions on permissions for execution of works and use of objects, etc. on the highway) means such amount as may be sufficient in the aggregate taking one year with another to cover the reasonable costs of a borough council, not otherwise recovered, of—

(a)the cleansing of streets in which permitted activities take place so far as that cleansing is attributable to permitted activities; and

(b)any reasonable administrative or other costs incurred in connection with the administration of Part VIIA of the 1980 Act (provision of amenities on certain highways) in relation to relevant permissions; and

(c)the cost of enforcing—

(i)the provisions of Part VIIA of the 1980 Act so far as it relates to permitted activities;

(ii)section 130 of the 1980 Act (protection of public rights) in relation to activities which are capable of being authorised by a relevant permission but are not;

(iii)the law in relation to obstruction of the highway in relation to activities which are capable of being authorised by a relevant permission but are not.

(2)Section 115F(3) of the 1980 Act shall not apply in the area of a borough council in relation to a relevant permission.

(3)In this section—