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Session 2004 - 05 Internet Publications Other Bills before Parliament

Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill

Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for the Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs, are published separately as Bill 11—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Secretary Margaret Beckett has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a)
of the Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill are
compatible with the Convention rights.
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Contents
Part 1
Crime and disorder
1    Crime and disorder reduction strategies
2    Gating orders
Part 2
Vehicles
Nuisance parking offences
3    Exposing vehicles for sale on a road
4    Repairing vehicles on a road
5    Liability of directors etc
Nuisance parking offences: fixed penalty notices
6    Power to give fixed penalty notices
7    Power to require name and address
8    Use of fixed penalty receipts
9    Fixed penalty notices: supplementary
Abandoned vehicles
10    Offence of abandoning a vehicle: fixed penalty notices
11    Notice of removal
12    Disposal
13    Guidance
14    Abandoned vehicles: supplementary
Illegally parked vehicles etc
15    Notice of removal
16    Disposal
17    Guidance
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Part 3
Litter and refuse
Offence of dropping litter
18    Extension of litter offence to all open places
19    Litter offence: fixed penalty notices
Local authority notices
20    Litter clearing notices
21    Street litter control notices
22    Failure to comply with notice: fixed penalty notices
Free distribution of printed matter
23    Controls on free distribution of printed matter
General
24    Fixed penalty notices: common provision
25    Exclusion of liability
26    “Appropriate person”
27    “Litter”
Part 4
Graffiti and other defacement
Graffiti and fly-posting
28    Fixed penalty notices: amount of fixed penalty
29    Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and address
30    Fixed penalty notices: authorised officers
31    Extension of graffiti removal notices to fly-posting
32    Sale of aerosol paint to children
Advertisements
33    Unlawful display of advertisements: defences
34    Removal of placards and posters
Part 5
Waste
Chapter 1
Transport of waste
35    Unregistered transport: defence of acting under employer’s instructions
36    Registration requirements and conditions
37    Enforcement powers
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38    Failure to produce authority: fixed penalty notices
39    Interpretation
Chapter 2
Deposit and disposal of waste
Offence of unlawful deposit of waste etc
40    Defence of acting under employer’s instructions
41    Penalties on conviction
42    Investigation and enforcement costs
43    Clean-up costs
44    Forfeiture of vehicles
Offences relating to documentation
45    Failure to furnish documentation: fixed penalty notices
Offences: powers of seizure
46    Power to search and seize vehicles
Local authority waste collection and disposal
47    Abolition of requirement to contract out waste disposal functions
48    Offences relating to waste receptacles: fixed penalty notices
49    Payments for waste recycling and disposal
50    Power to require owner of land to remove waste
Supplementary
51    “Appropriate person”
52    Use of fixed penalty receipts
53    Supplementary enforcement powers
Chapter 3
Site waste
54    Site waste management plans
Part 6
Dogs
Chapter 1
Controls on dogs
Dog control orders
55    Power to make dog control orders
56    Dog control orders: supplementary
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57    Land to which Chapter 1 applies
58    Primary and secondary authorities
Fixed penalty notices
59    Fixed penalty notices
60    Amount of fixed penalties
61    Power to require name and address
62    Community support officers etc
Supplementary
63    Overlapping powers
64    Byelaws
65    Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996
General
66    “Appropriate person”
67    Regulations and orders
Chapter 2
Stray dogs
68    Termination of police responsibility for stray dogs
Part 7
Noise
Chapter 1
Audible intruder alarms
Alarm notification areas
69    Designation of alarm notification areas
70    Withdrawal of designation
71    Notification of nominated key-holders
72    Nomination of key-holders
73    Offences under section 71: fixed penalty notices
74    Amount of fixed penalty
75    Use of fixed penalty receipts
76    Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and address
Powers in relation to alarms
77    Power of entry
78    Warrant to enter premises by force
79    Powers of entry: supplementary
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Supplementary
80    Orders and regulations
81    Interpretation
Chapter 2
General
Noise from premises
82    Noise offences: fixed penalty notices
83    Noise offences: use of fixed penalty receipts
84    Extension of Noise Act 1996 to licensed premises etc
85    Noise Act 1996: supplementary
Statutory noise nuisances
86    Deferral of duty to serve abatement notice
Part 8
Architecture and the built environment
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
87    The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
88    General functions of the Commission
89    Changes to functions of the Commission
90    Power to dissolve the Commission
91    Dissolution of the old Commission
92    Transfer of staff, property etc
93    Tax
Financial assistance
94    Architecture and the built environment: financial assistance
Supplementary
95    Orders
Part 9
Miscellaneous
Use of fixed penalty receipts
96    Use of fixed penalty receipts: higher tier authorities
97    Use of fixed penalty receipts: lower tier authorities
98    Sections 96 and 97: supplementary
Shopping and luggage trolleys
99    Abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys

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