Part 6The environment

Graffiti

60Graffiti removal notice: content and service

1

A graffiti removal notice shall explain the effects of sections 61, 63 and 64.

2

Subject to subsection (3), subsections (2) to (5) of section 160 of the 1990 Act shall apply in relation to the service of a graffiti removal notice as they apply to any notice required or authorised to be served under that Act.

3

Where, after reasonable enquiry, a local authority is unable to ascertain the name or proper address of any person upon whom a graffiti removal notice may be served, it may—

a

affix the notice to the surface to which it relates; and

b

in so far as is reasonably necessary for that purpose, enter any land.

4

In subsection (3), “proper address” shall be read in accordance with section 160(4) and (5) of the 1990 Act.

5

Where a graffiti removal notice is affixed in accordance with subsection (3), it shall be treated as having been served on a person on whom it may be served.