High Hedges Bill

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High Hedges Bill

This is the text of the High Hedges Bill, as presented to the House of Commons on 17th January 2001.

EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, with the consent of Mr John M. Taylor MP, the Member in charge of the Bill, are published separately as Bill 13- EN.

High Hedges Bill

ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES

Introductory

Clause

1. Complaints to which this Act applies.

2. High hedges.

3. Domestic property.

Complaints procedure

4. Procedure for dealing with complaints.

5. Remedial notices.

6. Variation or withdrawal of remedial notices.

Appeals

7. Appeal against remedial notice or decision of relevant authority.

8. Appeals procedure.

9. Determination or withdrawal of appeals.

Enforcement of remedial notices

10. Offences.

11. Remedial action by relevant authority etc.

12. Offences committed by bodies corporate.

Supplementary provisions

13. Orders and regulations.

14. Other documents.

15. Interpretation.

16. Power to amend sections 1 and 2.

17. Financial provisions.

18. Crown application.

19. Wales.

20. Short title, commencement and extent.

© Parliamentary copyright 2001
Prepared 27 February 2001