C1C2 Part IV Litter Etc

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Pt. IV extended: by S.I.1991/961, art. 2; (E.W.) (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 19, 583(2), Sch. 1 para.10 (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39)

Provisions relating to litter

88BF1Guidance on littering enforcement in England and Wales

1

The appropriate person may issue guidance to litter authorities on the exercise of littering enforcement functions by those authorities and authorised officers of those authorities.

2

A litter authority must have regard to that guidance when exercising any of its littering enforcement functions.

3

The appropriate person may revise any guidance issued under this section at any time.

4

Before issuing guidance, or revised guidance, under this section the appropriate person must consult such persons as the appropriate person thinks appropriate.

5

The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament and publish guidance, and any revised guidance, issued by the Secretary of State under this section.

6

The Welsh Ministers must lay before Senedd Cymru and publish guidance, and any revised guidance, issued by the Welsh Ministers under this section.

7

In this section—

  • “authorised officer”, in relation to a litter authority, means a person who is an authorised officer in relation to that authority for the purposes of—

    1. a

      section 88 (fixed penalty notices for littering, see subsection (10) of that section),

    2. b

      section 88A (fixed penalty notices for littering from vehicles in England, see subsection (4) of that section), or

    3. c

      Schedule 3A (distribution of free printed matter, see paragraph 8 of that Schedule);

  • “littering enforcement function” means—

    1. a

      any function of a litter authority, or of an authorised officer of that authority, conferred by or under sections 87 to 88A or Schedule 3A, or

    2. b

      any function exercised for purposes connected with any of those sections or that Schedule.