Introduction
Background and Summary
Part 1: Crime and Disorder
Part 2: Vehicles
Part 3: Litter and Refuse
Part 4: Graffiti and Other Defacement
Part 5: Waste
Part 6: Dogs
Part 7: Noise
Part 8: Architecture and the Built Environment
Parts 9 and 10
Territorial Extent
Territorial Application: Wales
The Act
Commentary on Sections
Section 1 Crime and disorder reduction strategies
Section 2 Gating orders
Nuisance Parking
Section 3 Exposing vehicles for sale on a road
Section 4 Repairing vehicles on a road
Section 6 Power to issue fixed penalty notice
Section 7 Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and address
Section 8 Use of fixed penalty receipts
Abandoned vehicles
Section 10 Offence of abandoning a vehicle: fixed penalty notices
Section 11 Notice of removal of vehicles
Section 12 Disposal of abandoned vehicles
Section 13 Guidance
Section 14 Abandoned vehicles: supplementary
Vehicles illegally parked etc
Section 15 Notices of Removal; section 16 Disposal; section 17 Guidance
Offence of dropping litter
Section 18 Extension of litter offence to all open places
Section 19 Litter offence: fixed penalty notices
Local authority notices
Section 20 Litter clearing notices
Section 21 Street litter control notices
Section 22 Failure to comply with notice: fixed penalty notices
Free distribution of printed matter
Section 23 Controls on free distribution of printed matter
General
Section 24 Fixed penalty notices: common provision
Section 25 Exclusion of liability
Section 26 “Appropriate person”
Section 27 Meaning of “litter”
Graffiti and fly-posting
Section 28 Graffiti and fly-posting offences: fixed penalty notices
Section 29 Fixed penalty notices: powers to require name and address
Section 30 Fixed penalty notices: authorised officers
Section 31 Extension of graffiti removal regime to fly-posting
Section 32 Sale of aerosol paints to children
Advertisements
Section 33 Unlawful display of advertisements: defences
Section 34 Removal of placards and posters
Chapter 1: Transport of Waste
Section 35 Unregistered transportation: defence of acting under employer’s instructions
Section 36 Registration requirements and conditions
Section 37 Enforcement powers
Section 38 Failure to produce authority: fixed penalty notices
Section 39 Interpretation
Chapter 2: Deposit and Disposal of Waste
Offence of unlawful deposit of waste etc
Section 40 Defence of acting under employer’s instructions
Section 41 Penalties on conviction
Section 42 Investigation and enforcement costs
Section 43 Clean-up costs
Section 44 Forfeiture of vehicles
Offences relating to documentation
Section 45 Failure to furnish documentation: fixed penalty notices
Offences: powers of seizure
Section 46 Power to search and seize vehicles
Local authority waste collection and disposal
Section 47 Abolition of requirement to contract out waste disposal functions
Section 48 Offences relating to waste receptacles: fixed penalty notices
Section 49 Payments for waste recycling and disposal
Section 50 Power to require owner of land to remove waste
Supplementary
Section 51 “Appropriate person”
Section 52 Use of fixed penalty receipts
Section 53 Supplementary enforcement powers
Chapter 3: Site Waste
Section 54 Site waste management plans
Chapter 1: Controls on Dogs
Dog control orders
Section 55 Powers to make dog control orders
56 Dog control orders: supplementary
Section 57 Land to which Chapter 1 applies
Section 58 Primary and secondary authorities
Fixed Penalty Notices
Section 59 Fixed penalty notices
Section 60 Amount of fixed penalties
Section 61 Power to require name and addresses
Section 62 Community Support Officers etc
Section 63 Overlapping powers
Section 64 Byelaws
Section 65 Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996
Section 66 “Appropriate person”
Section 67 Regulations and orders
Chapter 2: Stray Dogs
Section 68 Termination of police responsibility for stray dogs
Chapter 1: Audible Intruder Alarms
Alarm notification areas
Section 69 Designation of alarm notification areas
Section 70 Withdrawal of designation
Section 71 Notification of nominated key-holders
Section 72 Nomination of key-holders
Section 73 Offences under section 71:fixed penalty notices
Section 74 Amount of fixed penalty
Section 75 Use of fixed penalty receipts
Section 76 Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and address
Powers in relation to alarms
Section 77 Power of entry
Section 78 Warrant to enter premises by force
Section 79 Powers of entry: supplementary
Section 80 Orders and regulations
Chapter 2: General
Noise from premises
Section 82 Noise offences: fixed penalty notices
Section 83 Noise offences: use of fixed penalty receipts
Section 84 and Schedule 1 Extension of Noise Act 1996 to licensed premises etc
Section 85 Noise Act 1996: supplementary
Statutory noise nuisances
Section 86 Deferral of duty to serve abatement notice
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
Section 87 and Schedule 2 Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
Section 88 General functions of the Commission
Section 89 Changes to the function of the Commission
Section 90 Power to dissolve the Commission
Section 91 Dissolution of the old Commission; Section 92 and Schedule 3 Transfer of staff, property etc from the old Commission
Section 93 Tax
Financial assistance
Section 94 Architecture and the built environment: financial assistance
Section 95 Orders
Part 9: Miscellaneous
Use of fixed penalty receipts
Section 96 Use of fixed penalty receipts: higher tier authorities
Section 97 Use of fixed penalty receipts: lower tier authorities
Section 98: Sections 96 and 97: supplementary
Shopping and luggage trolleys
Section 99 Abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys
Section 100Section 99: transitional provision
Statutory nuisances
Section 101 Statutory nuisance: insects
Section 102 Statutory nuisance: lighting
Section 103Sections 101 and 102: supplementary
Pollution
Section 104 Contaminated Land: appeals against remediation notices
Section 105 Offences relating to pollution etc: penalties on conviction
Part 10: General
Section 106 Minor and consequential amendments
Section 107 Repeals
Section 108 Commencement
Schedules
Schedule 1 Application of the Noise Act 1996 to Licensed Premises etc
Schedule 2 The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
Schedule 3 Transfer of staff, property etc. from the old Commission
Schedule 4 Minor and consequential amendments
Schedule 5 Repeals
Hansard References