Introductory Text
Introductory
1.Title and commencement
2.Interpretation
Penalty for leaving litter, etc.
3.Offence of leaving litter
4.Offence of permitting dogs to foul
5.Enforcement of Articles 3 and 4
6.Fixed penalty notices
6A. Use of fixed penalty receipts
Clearing and cleaning land and roads
7.Duty to keep land and roads clear and clean
8.Roads: supplementary provisions
9.Code of practice
Litter control areas
10.Litter control areas
Summary proceedings to deal with litter
11.Summary proceedings by persons aggrieved by litter
12.Summary proceedings by district councils
12A.Litter clearing notices
12B.Appeals against litter clearing notices
12C.Failure to comply with litter clearing notice
Street litter
13.Street litter control notices
14.Street litter: supplementary provisions
14A.Fixed penalty notices relating to Articles 12C and 14
14B.Free distribution of printed matter
Miscellaneous
15.Public registers
16.Abatement of litter
17.Application of Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
18.Transitional provision relating to Article 7
18A.Fixed penalty notices: supplementary
18B.Exclusion of liability
19.Powers in relation to abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys
20.Power of district councils to obtain information
21.Power of entry
22.Local inquiries
23.Miscellaneous provisions relating to legal proceedings
24.Application to Crown
25.Regulations, orders and directions
Article 26—Repeals
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
ABANDONED SHOPPING AND LUGGAGE TROLLEYS
Application
1.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), this Schedule applies where any shopping or luggage trolley is...
Power to seize and remove trolleys
2.(1) Where this Schedule applies in relation to a shopping or luggage trolley, the district...
Retention, return and disposal of trolleys
3.(1) Subject to the following sub-paragraphs, the district council, as respects any shopping or luggage...
3A.(1) This paragraph applies where the district council is entitled to sell or otherwise dispose...
Charges
4.(1) The district council, in fixing the charges to be paid under this Schedule, shall...
Definitions
5.In this Schedule— authorised officer ”, in relation to a district council, means an officer...
SCHEDULE 1A
FREE DISTRIBUTION OF PRINTED MATTER ON DESIGNATED
Offence of unauthorised distribution
1.(1) A person commits an offence if he distributes any free printed matter without the...
Designation
2.(1) A district council may by order in accordance with this paragraph designate land in...
Consent and conditions
3.(1) A district council may on the application of any person consent to that person...
Fees
4.(1) A district council may require the payment of a fee before giving consent under...
Appeals
5.(1) Any person aggrieved by a decision of a district council under paragraph 3— (a)...
Seizure of material
6.(1) Where it appears to an authorised officer of a district council that a person...
Fixed penalty notices
7.(1) This paragraph applies where on any occasion it appears to an authorised officer of...
Supplementary
8.In this Schedule “ authorised officer ”, in relation to a district council, means— (a)...
Schedule 2—Repeals