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House of Commons

Thursday 20th January 2005

Standing Committee G

New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill

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Note

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

Committee [18th January].

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Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

28

Clause  20,  page  17,  leave out lines 2 to 10.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

73

Clause  20,  page  17,  line  7,  after ‘served’, insert ‘, or 56 days if the notice is served

under the provisions of subsection (9) below.’.

Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

54

Clause  20,  page  17,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘( )	land to which section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

(Powers to remove persons attending or preparing for raves) applies;’.

Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

55

Clause  20,  page  17,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘( )	land to which section 77 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

(Power of local authority to direct unauthorised campers to leave land) applies;’.

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Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

62

Page  26,  line  19,  leave out Clause 27.

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Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

25

Clause  19,  page  15,  line  20,  at end insert—

‘( )	After subsection (1) insert—

“( )	The litter authority shall provide the authorised officer with the means or

equipment by which the officer may contact the police directly and

request immediate assistance at any time during the issue or attempted

issue of a fixed penalty notice.”.’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

68

Clause  19,  page  15,  line  36,  at end insert—

‘(7A)

The Secretary of State may, by regulations, allow a litter authority to which a

fixed penalty is payable under this section to treat it as having been paid if a

period of community service related to environmental protection is completed.’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

69

Clause  19,  page  16,  line  7,  after ‘council’, insert ‘with accreditation under the

Quality Council Scheme’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

70

Clause  19,  page  16,  leave out lines 13 to 16.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

71

Clause  19,  page  16,  leave out lines 17 to 19.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

72

Clause  19,  page  16,  line  24,  after ‘section’, insert’ ; or for conferring authorisation

to give notices under this section onto his employees.’.

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Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

51

Clause  22,  page  19,  line  13,  at end insert ‘, and that person shall be made aware that

a failure to pay could result in an increase in the penalty with its conversion into a court

fine and liability to prosecution for the offence’.

Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

52

Clause  22,  page  19,  line  32,  at end insert—

‘( )	There will be a right of appeal against the issuing of Fixed Penalty Notices.’.

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Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

27

Clause  28,  page  27,  line  13,  at beginning insert ‘Following consultation with local

authorities and other interested parties’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

63

Clause  28,  page  27,  line  21,  at end add—

‘(7)	The Secretary of State may, by regulations, allow a local authority to which a

fixed penalty is payable under this section to treat it as having been paid if a

period of community service related to environmental protection is completed.’.

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Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

53

Clause  30,  page  27,  leave out lines 40 to 42.

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Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

74

Clause  23,  page  20,  leave out lines 25 and 26.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

75

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  10,  leave out ‘and’.

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Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

76

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  11,  at end insert ‘; and

(c)	post a notice on its proposal on the internet.’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

77

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  15,  leave out ‘28’ and insert ‘42’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

78

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  19,  leave out ‘14’ and insert ‘28’.

Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

26

Clause  23,  page  23,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘( )	The principal litter authority shall provide the authorised officer with the means

or equipment by which the officer may contact the police directly and request

immediate assistance at any time during the seizure or attempted seizure of

material under sub-paragraph (1) above.’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

79

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  27,  leave out ‘and’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

80

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  28,  after ‘land’, insert ‘; and

(c)	post a notice of its decision on the internet for the duration of the order.’

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

81

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  40,  leave out ‘and’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

82

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  41,  after ‘land’, insert ‘; and

(c)	post a notice of any revocation on the internet.’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

83

Clause  23,  page  22,  line  5,  after ‘paragraph’, insert ‘must be given in writing by an

authorised officer of the authority and’.

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Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

84

Clause  23,  page  22,  line  11,  after ‘distribution’, insert ‘;

(e)	by requirement to clear any litter resulting from the material distributed’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

85

Clause  23,  page  22,  leave out lines 16 to 20.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

86

Clause  23,  page  23,  line  43,  after ‘may’, insert ‘, after 28 days,’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

87

Clause  23,  page  24,  line  6,  after ‘person’, insert ‘, or any such person under whose

employ that person was distributing printed matter,’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

88

Clause  23,  page  25,  leave out lines 4 to 7.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

89

Clause  23,  page  25,  leave out lines 8 and 9.

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Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

56

Clause  31,  page  28,  line  20,  leave out ‘which is affixed without authorisation to

any surface,’ and insert ‘affixed to any surface—

(a)	without the consent of the surface owner; and

(b)	without deemed or express consent under Town and Country Planning

(Control of Advertisements) Regulations 1992 (as amended) or which is

an advertisement to which Part II and III of the Regulations do not apply

under Regulations 3(2).’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

60

Clause  31,  page  28,  line  20,  leave out from ‘affixed’ to end of line 21 and insert ‘to

any surface without authorisation of the owner of that surface.’.

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Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

98

Page  28,  line  13,  leave out Clause 31.

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Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

61

Clause  34,  page  29,  line  25,  leave out ‘or obliterate’.

Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

59

Clause  34,  page  30,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(7)	Without prejudice to the generality of subsections (3) and (4), a person shall be

deemed to display or cause to be displayed a placard or poster for the purposes of

those subsections except when the placard or poster is displayed on a hoarding or

other structure designed for the display of advertisements.’.

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Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

90

Clause  36,  page  31,  line  10,  after ‘impose’, insert ‘reasonable’.

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Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

65

Clause  37,  page  31,  leave out lines 44 and 45 and insert—

‘( )	by producing it at a place specified by the authorised officer or constable within

ten days; or’.

Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

66

Clause  37,  page  31,  leave out line 46 and insert—

‘( )	by nominating a person to produce it forthwith to the authorised officer or

constable.’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

91

Clause  37,  page  32,  line  28,  leave out ‘or was being’ and insert ‘, was being, or

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would have been’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

92

Clause  37,  page  33,  line  9,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

93

Clause  37,  page  33,  line  19,  at end insert ‘;

(f)	the return of personal possessions contained withing the vehicle that do

not relate to the suspected transportation of controlled waste in

contravention of section1(1) above’.

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Sue Doughty

Matthew Green

19

Clause  38,  page  35,  line  9,  leave out from ‘be’ to end of line 10 and insert ‘used

only for the purposes of its functions under section 5 above (including functions relating

to the enforcement of offences under that section).’.

Sue Doughty

Matthew Green

6

Clause  38,  page  35,  line  19,  leave out subsection (4).

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Matthew Green

Sue Doughty

94

Clause  43,  page  37,  line  35,  at end insert ‘and its legal disposal’.

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Miss Anne McIntosh

Mr David Ruffley

64

Clause  45,  page  40,  line  31,  leave out ‘£300’ and insert ‘£750’.

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Revised 20 January 2005