- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (01/02/1991)
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(1)No person shall make an opening in the footway of a street as an entrance to a cellar or vault thereunder without the consent of the appropriate authority, and where an authority give consent under this subsection they shall require the person to whom the consent is given to provide a door or covering constructed in such manner and of such materials as they direct.
For the purposes of this section the appropriate authority is the same as for the purposes of section 179 above.
(2)No person shall carry out any works in a street to provide means for the admission of air or light to premises situated under, or abutting on, the street without the consent of the local authority, and the local authority in giving any consent under this subsection may impose any requirement as to the construction of the works.
(3)A person aggrieved by the refusal of a consent, or by a requirement, under subsection (1) above may appeal to a magistrates’ court and a person who applies for consent under subsection (2) above may appeal to such a court against a refusal of consent, or a requirement, under subsection (2).
(4)Subject to any order made on appeal—
(a)a person who—
(i)makes an opening in the footway of a street in contravention of subsection (1) above, or
(ii)fails to comply with a requirement made to him under that subsection,
is guilty of an offence and, without prejudice to any other liability to which he may be subject, liable to a fine not exceeding [F1level 1 on the standard scale];
(b)a person who—
(i)carries out any works in contravention of subsection (2) above, or
(ii)fails to comply with a requirement made to him under that subsection,
is guilty of an offence and, without prejudice to any other liability to which he may be subject, liable to a fine not exceeding [F2level 1 on the standard scale].
(5)As soon as may be after an authority give consent under either subsection (1) or subsection (2) above they shall give notice thereof to any public utility undertakers having any apparatus under the street.
(6)The following, namely—
(a)every vault, arch and cellar under a street,
(b)every opening in the surface of any street into any such vault, arch or cellar,
(c)every door or covering to any such opening,
(d)every cellar-head, grating, light and coal hole in the surface of a street, and
(e)all landings, flags or stones of the street by which any of the above are supported,
shall be kept in good condition and repair by the owner or occupier of the vault, arch or cellar, or of the premises to which it belongs.
(7)If default is made in complying with subsection (6) above, the appropriate authority may, after the expiration of 24 hours from the service of a notice of their intention to do so on any person in default, cause any thing as respects which there has been such a default to be repaired or put into good condition, and may recover the expenses reasonably incurred by them in so doing from the owner or occupier thereof or of the premises to which it belongs.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46
F2Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 180: functions of local authority not to be responsibility of an executive of the authority (E.) (16.11.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/2853, reg. 2(1), Sch. 1
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