[F127 Interference with refuse tips and dustbins etc.E+W+S
(1)No person shall sort over or disturb—
(a)anything deposited at a place provided by a disposal authority or a collection authority for the deposit of waste or in a receptacle for waste which is provided by such an authority or a [F2parish or community council]][F2roads authority] for public use; or
(b)the contents of any receptacle for waste which, in accordance with [F3a notice under section 13(1) or (5)] of this Act, is placed on any [F4highway][F4road] or in any other place with a view to its being emptied,
unless he is authorised to do so by the authority [F5or council] in the case of anything deposited as mentioned in paragraph (a) above or, in the case of such a receptacle as is mentioned in paragraph (b) above, unless he is a person entitled to the custody of the receptacle or is authorised to do so by such a person or is a person having the function of emptying the receptacle.
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(2)A person who contravenes any of the provisions of the preceding subsection shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of an amount not exceeding [F6£100][F6level 3 on the standard scale].
Textual Amendments
F1S. 27 repealed (1.5.1994 save in respect of specified activities, as to which in force as provided by S.I. 1994/1096, art. 3; 1.4.2015 for S. in so far as not already in force) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(2), Sch. 16 Pt. II; S.I. 1994/1096, arts. 2, 3 (as amended by S.I. 1994/2487, art. 2 and S.I. 1994/3234, art. 2), S.S.I. 2015/72, art. 2(2)(a)
F2Words “roads authority” substituted (S.) for “parish or community council” by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 74(3)(a)
F3Words substituted by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), s. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 12
F4 “road” substituted (S.) for “highway” by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 3(b)
F5Words repealed (S.) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1)(3) Sch. 9 para. 74(3)(c), Sch. 11
F6Words “level 3 on the standard scale” substituted (11.4.1983) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), ss. 289F, 289G (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), s. 54)