(1)Before any street is given a name, notice of the proposed name shall be sent to the urban authority by the person proposing to name the street.
(2)The urban authority, within one month after the receipt of such notice, may, by notice in writing served on the person by whom notice of the proposed name of the street was sent, object to the proposed name.
(3)It shall not be lawful to set up in any street an inscription of the name thereof—
(a)until the expiration of one month after notice of the proposed name has been sent to the urban authority under this section; and
(b)where the urban authority have objected to the proposed name, unless and until such objection has been withdrawn by the urban authority or overruled on appeal;
and any person acting in contravention of this provision shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding [F1level 1 on the standard scale] and to a daily penalty not exceeding [F2£1].
(4)Where the urban authority serve a notice of objection under this section, the person proposing to name the street may, within twenty-one days after the service of the notice, appeal against the objection to a petty sessional court.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46
F2Words substituted by virtue of Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Power to extend or exclude section 17 conferred by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 25
C2S. 17 excluded (Greater London) by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 26