Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill

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Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill

Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill

[As Amended in Standing Committee G]

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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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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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
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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
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Section 99 : transitional provision
Statutory nuisances
101
Statutory nuisance: insects
102
Statutory nuisance: lighting
103
Sections 101 and 102 : supplementary
Pollution
104
Contaminated land: appeals against remediation notices
105
Offences relating to pollution etc: penalties on conviction
Part 10
General
106
Minor and consequential amendments
107
Repeals
108
Commencement
109
Money
110
Extent
111
Short title
Schedule 1   —
Application of the Noise Act 1996 to licensed premises etc
Schedule 2   —
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
Part 1   —
Vehicles
Part 2   —
Litter and refuse
Part 3   —
Graffiti and other defacement
Part 4   —
Waste
Part 5   —
Dog controls
Part 6   —
Stray dogs
Part 7   —
Noise
Part 8   —
Architecture and the built environment
Part 9   —
Use of fixed penalty receipts
Part 10   —
Contaminated land

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Revised 2 February 2005