Litter Act 1983

SCHEDULES

Section 5.

SCHEDULE 1 Consents Required Under Section 5

1 A litter authority shall not carry out works under section 5 above in any such situation or position as is described in an entry in column 1 of the following Table except with the consent of the person described in the corresponding entry in column 2.

TABLE

1.	2.
1. In a street which is a highway for which the litter authority are not the highway authority.	1. The highway authority for the street.
2. In a street belonging to and repairable by any railway, dock, harbour, canal, inland navigation or passenger road transport undertakers and forming the approach to a station, dock, wharf or depot of those undertakers.	2. The undertakers.
3. On a bridge not vested in the litter authority or on the approaches to such a bridge.	3. The authority or other person in whom the bridge is vested.
4. On a bridge carrying a street over a railway, canal or inland navigation, or on the approaches to such a bridge, or under a bridge carrying a railway, canal or inland navigation over a street.	4. The railway, canal or inland navigation undertakers concerned.
5. In a position obstructing or interfering with any existing access to land or premises abutting upon a street.	5. The owner and the occupier of the land or premises.

2 A consent required by this Schedule shall not unreasonably be withheld but may be given subject to any reasonable conditions, including a condition that the authority shall remove a litter bin or notice board either at any time or after the expiration of a period if reasonably required so to do by the person giving the consent.

3 Where the consent of the Secretary of State is required under this Schedule, any dispute between him and the authority as to—

(a) whether the consent is unreasonably withheld or is given subject to reasonable conditions, or

(b) whether the removal of anything to the provision of which the consent relates in accordance with any condition of the consent is reasonably required,

shall be referred to and determined by an arbitrator to be appointed in default of agreement by the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Section 12(3).

SCHEDULE 2 Repeals

Chapter	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 34.	Litter Act 1958.	The whole Act.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 64.	Public Health Act 1961.	Section 51.
1963 c. 33.	London Government Act 1963.	In Schedule 2, in paragraph 31, sub-paragraph (iv).
1964 c. 67.	Local Government (Development and Finance) (Scotland) Act 1964.	Section 4.
1971 c. 35.	Dangerous Litter Act 1971.	The whole Act.
1971 c. lxi.	City of London (Various Powers) Act 1971.	In section 13(1), the words ", notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (5) of the said section 51,".
1972 c. 70.	Local Government Act 1972.	In Schedule 14, paragraph 41.
1973 c. 65.	Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.	In Schedule 27, in Part II, paragraph 153.
1974 c. 40.	Control of Pollution Act 1974.	Section 24.
1980 c. 65.	Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.	In Schedule 7, paragraph 6(5).
1980 c. 66.	Highways Act 1980.	In Schedule 24, paragraph 9.