Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I Licensing of Public Entertainments

   1. 1. Licensing of public entertainments

3. PART II Control of Sex Establishments

   1. 2. Control of sex establishments

4. PART III Street Trading

   1. 3. Power of district council to adopt Schedule 4

5. PART IV Control of Refreshment Premises

   1. Take-away food shops

      1. 4. Closing hours for take-away food shops

      2. 5. Closing orders etc.-procedure and appeals

      3. 6. Contraventions of closing orders

   2. Late night refreshment houses

      1. 7. Refreshments etc. on licensed premises

6. PART V Fire Precautions

   1. Provisions as to consultation

      1. 8. Consultation between authorities

   2. Firemen's switches

      1. 9. Application of section 10

      2. 10. Firemen's switches for luminous tube signs

7. PART VI Abolition of Registration of Theatrical Employers

   1. 11. Repeal of Theatrical Employers Registration Acts 1925 and 1928

8. PART VII Byelaws

   1. 12. General provisions relating to byelaws

9. PART VIII Acupuncture, Tattooing, Ear-Piercing and Electrolysis

   1. 13. Application of Part VIII

   2. 14. Acupuncture

   3. 15. Tattooing, ear-piercing and electrolysis

   4. 16. Provisions supplementary to ss. 14 and 15

   5. 17. Power to enter premises (acupuncture etc.)

10. PART IX Sale of Food by Hawkers

    1. 18. Application of section 19

    2. 19. Registration of hawkers of food and premises

11. PART X Highways

    1. 20. Highway amenities

    2. 21. Prosecution for offences relating to works in street

    3. 22. Control of construction under streets

    4. 23. Control of road-side sales

12. PART XI Public Health, etc.

    1. 24. Paving of yards and passages

    2. 25. Building regulations

    3. 26. Statutory nuisances

    4. 27. Powers to repair drains etc. and to remedy stopped-up drains etc.

    5. 28. Control of demolitions

    6. 29. Protection of buildings

    7. 30. Buildings on operational land of British Railways Board and certain statutory undertakers

    8. 31. Appeals against notices

    9. 32. Applications to court in respect of expenses of works

13. PART XII Miscellaneous

    1. 33. Enforceability by local authorities of certain covenants relating to land

    2. 34. Local land charges registers-computerisation etc.

    3. 35. Acquisition of land etc. by Planning Boards

    4. 36. Control of fly-posting

    5. 37. Temporary markets

    6. 38. Work undertaken by local authorities and development bodies under certain agreements with Manpower Services Commission

    7. 39. Insurance etc. of local authority members and persons voluntarily assisting local authorities and probation committees

    8. 40. Nuisance and disturbance on educational premises

    9. 41. Lost and uncollected property

    10. 42. Port health districts and port health authorities

    11. 43. Advances for acquisition of land, erection of buildings or carrying out of works

    12. 44. Definition of certain local authority expenditure etc.

    13. 45. Arrangements under Employment and Training Act 1973

    14. 46. Extension of duration of local Act powers to assist industry etc.

14. PART XIII Supplementary

    1. 47. Minor amendments and repeals

    2. 48. Consequential repeal or amendment of local statutory provisions

    3. 49. Citation and extent

15. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

       Licensing of Public Entertainments

       1. Grant, renewal and transfer of entertainments licences

          1. 1. (1) An entertainment to which this paragraph applies shall not...

          2. 2. (1) An entertainment to which this paragraph applies shall not...

          3. 3. (1) This paragraph applies to any public musical entertainment which...

          4. 4. (1) An entertainment to which paragraph 3 above applies shall...

          5. 5. (1) Subject to paragraphs 8 and 17 below, any entertainments...

          6. 6. (1) An applicant for the grant, renewal or transfer of...

          7. 7. (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, an applicant...

          8. 8. (1) Where, before the date of expiry of an entertainments...

       2. Transmission and cancellation of entertainments licences

          1. 9. In the event of the death of the holder of...

          2. 10. The appropriate authority may, at the written request of the...

       3. Power to prescribe standard terms, conditions and restrictions

          1. 11. (1) The appropriate authority may make regulations prescribing standard conditions...

       4. Enforcement

          1. 12. (1) If any entertainment to which paragraph 1, 2 or...

          2. 13. Where— (a) a special order of exemption has been granted...

          3. 14. (1) Where— (a) a constable ; or

       5. Provisional grant of licences

          1. 15. (1) Where application is made to the appropriate authority for...

       6. Variation of licences

          1. 16. (1) The holder of an entertainments licence may at any...

       7. Appeals

          1. 17. (1) Any of the following persons, that is to say—...

       8. Miscellaneous

          1. 18. Where a place in respect of which an entertainments licence...

       9. Savings and transitional provisions

          1. 19. (1) Any licence relating to public entertainments which was granted...

          2. 20. (1) Nothing in this Schedule shall affect—

          3. 21. Nothing in this Schedule shall affect— (a) section 3 of...

       10. Supplemental

           1. 22. In this Schedule— " the appropriate authority " means— in...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Amendments Consequential on Section 1

       1. Hypnotism Act 1952 (c. 46)

          1. 1. For section 2(4) of the Hypnotism Act 1952 (control of...

       2. Private Places of Entertainment (Licensing) Act 1967 (c. 19)

          1. 2. In section 1(1) of the Private Places of Entertainment (Licensing)...

          2. 3. In section 2 of that Act (certain private places of...

          3. 4. For Part I of the Schedule to that Act there...

       3. Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26)

          1. 5. In section 79(1) of the Licensing Act 1964 (1icensing authority's...

          2. 6. In section 201(1) of that Act for the words after...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Control of Sex Establishments

       1. Saving for existing law

          1. 1. Nothing in this Schedule— (a) shall afford a defence to...

       2. Meaning of " sex establishment"

          1. 2. In this Schedule " sex establishment" means a sex cinema...

       3. Meaning of " sex cinema "

          1. 3. (1) In this Schedule, " sex cinema " means any...

       4. Meaning of " sex shop " and " sex article "

          1. 4. (1) In this Schedule " sex shop " means any...

       5. Miscellaneous definitions

          1. 5. (1) In this Schedule— " the appropriate authority " means,...

       6. Requirement for licences for sex establishments

          1. 6. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, no person...

          2. 7. (1) Any person who— (a) uses any premises, vehicle, vessel...

       7. Grant, renewal and transfer of licences for sex establishments

          1. 8. Subject to paragraph 12(1) below, the appropriate authority may grant...

          2. 9. (1) Subject to paragraphs 11 and 27 below, any licence...

          3. 10. (1) An application for the grant, renewal or transfer of...

          4. 11. (1) Where, before the date of expiry of a licence,...

       8. Refusal of licences

          1. 12. (1) A licence under this Schedule shall not be granted—...

       9. Power to prescribe standard conditions

          1. 13. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the appropriate...

       10. Copies of licences and standard conditions

           1. 14. (1) The holder of a licence under this Schedule shall...

       11. Transmission and cancellation of licences

           1. 15. —In the event of the death of the holder of...

           2. 16. The appropriate authority may, at the written request of the...

       12. Revocation of licences

           1. 17. (1) The appropriate authority may, after giving the holder of...

       13. Variation of licences

           1. 18. (1) The holder of a licence under this Schedule may...

       14. Fees

           1. 19. An applicant for the grant, renewal or transfer of a...

       15. Enforcement

           1. 20. (1) A person who— (a) knowingly uses, or knowingly causes...

           2. 21. Any person who, in connection with an application for the...

           3. 22. (1) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph 20...

       16. Offences relating to persons under 18

           1. 23. (1) A person who, being the holder of a licence...

       17. Powers of constables and local authority officers

           1. 24. If a constable has reasonable cause to suspect that a...

           2. 25. (1) A constable may, at any reasonable time, enter and...

       18. Offences by bodies corporate

           1. 26. (1) Where an offence under this Schedule committed by a...

       19. Appeals

           1. 27. (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, any of...

       20. Provisions relating to existing premises

           1. 28. (1) Without prejudice to any other enactment it shall be...

           2. 29. (1) This paragraph applies to an application for the grant...

       21. Commencement of Schedule

           1. 30. (1) So far as it relates to sex cinemas, this...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Street Trading

       1. Interpretation

          1. 1. (1) In this Schedule— " consent street" means a street...

       2. Designation of streets

          1. 2. (1) A district council may by resolution designate any street...

       3. Street trading licences

          1. 3. (1) An application for a street trading licence or the...

          2. 4. (1) A street trading licence shall specify—

          3. 5. (1) A district council may at any time revoke a...

          4. 6. (1) When a district council receive an application for the...

       4. Street trading consents

          1. 7. (1) An application for a street trading consent or the...

       5. General

          1. 8. The holder of a street trading licence or a street...

          2. 9. (1) A district council may charge such fees as they...

       6. Offences

          1. 10. (1) A person who— (a) engages in street trading in...

       7. Savings

          1. 11. Nothing in this Schedule shall affect— (a) section 13 of...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       Highway Amenities

       1. PART I Addition of Part VIIA to Highways Act 1980

          1. 1. The following shall be inserted after section 115 of the...

       2. PART II Amendments of Town and Country Planning Act 1971

          1. 2. In section 212 of the Town and Country Planning Act...

          2. 3. Section 213 of that Act (provision of amenity for highway...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       Minor Amendments

       1. Health

          1. 1. In subsection (1)(b) of section 3 of the Public Health...

          2. 2. In subsection (1)(c) of section 169 of that Act (provision...

          3. 3. In section 160(3) of that Act (which provides in certain...

          4. 4. In section 267 of that Act (application to ships and...

          5. 5. In section 346(1)(c) of that Act (by virtue of which,...

          6. 6. In section 48(2)(b)(iii) of the Health Services and Public Health...

       2. Planning

          1. 7. The Town and Country Planning Act 1971 shall be amended—...

       3. Direct labour

          1. 8. (1) The following subsection shall be added at the end...

    7. SCHEDULE 7

       Repeals

       1. PART I Repeals in Public General Acts in Consequence of Section 1

       2. PART II Repeals in Local Acts in Consequence of Section 1

       3. PART III Repeal in Local Act in Consequence of Section 8

       4. PART IV Repeals in Public General Acts in Consequence of Section 11

       5. PART V Repeals in Local Acts in Consequence of Section 12

       6. PART VI Repeals in Local Acts in Consequence of Section 20

       7. PART VII Repeals in Local Acts in Consequence of Section 22

       8. PART VIII Repeals in Local Acts in Consequence of Section 24

       9. PART IX Repeals in Local Acts in Consequence of Section 26

       10. PART X Repeals in Local Acts in Consequence of Section 27

       11. PART XI Repeals in Local Acts in Consequence of Section 28

       12. PART XII Repeals in Local Acts in Consequence of Section 33

       13. PART XIII Repeals in Local Acts in Consequence of Section 34

       14. PART XIV Repeals in Local Acts in Consequence of Section 36

       15. PART XV Repeals in Local Acts in Consequence of Section 39

       16. PART XVI Miscellaneous Repeals in Public General Acts