Part I Police

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

C15 Regulations of street collections.

C3C41

F5Each of the authorities specified in subsection (1A) below may make regulations with respect to the places where and the conditions under which persons may be permitted in any street or public place, within F5their area, to collect money or sell articles for the benefit of charitable or other purposes, and any person who acts in contravention of any such regulation shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F6level 1 on the standard scale or in the case of a second or subsequent offence not exceeding F7level 1 on the standard scale:

Provided that—

a

regulations made under this section shall not come into operation until they have been confirmed by the Secretary of State F18..., and published for such time and in such manner as the Secretary of State F18... may direct; and

b

regulations made under this section shall not apply to the selling of articles in any street or public place when the articles are sold in the ordinary course of trade, and for the purpose of earning a livelihood, and no representation is made by or on behalf of the seller that any part of the proceeds of sale will be devoted to any charitable purpose.

F81A

The authorities referred to in subsection (1) above are—

a

the Common Council of the City of London,

F15b

the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, and

c

the council of each district;

but any regulations made by a district council under that subsection shall not have effect with respect to any street or public place which is within the Metropolitan Police District as well as within the district.

C22

This section, except subsection (3) thereof, shall apply to Ireland with the following modifications:—

a

references to the Secretary of State F17... shall be construed as references to the Lord Lieutenant; and

b

references to F16the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime shall . . . F9 be construed as references to the Inspector General of the Royal Irish Constabulary.

3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

4

In this section—

the expression “street” includes any highway and any public bridge, road, lane, footway, square, court, alley, or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not.

6 Extent of Part I.

This Part of this Act shall not apply, except where otherwise expressly provided, to Scotland or Ireland.

Part II

7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

Part III Miscellaneous and General

10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

13 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Police, Factories, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916.