London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006

London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006

2006 CHAPTER 12

The Olympic Delivery Authority

Section 7: Street lighting and cleaning

23. This section enables the ODA to take action with regard to the cleaning or lighting of specified areas during the London Olympics period.

24. The ODA may arrange with the authorities responsible for cleaning or lighting a highway or other area to which this section applies for cleaning or lighting to be carried out in a specified way or to a specified standard during all or part of the London Olympics period. The ODA can pay authorities to carry out this work and the arrangements can set out what will happen if the authorities fail to deliver the services as agreed.

25. Subsection (2) provides that if the ODA is not satisfied that an appropriate result can be or is being achieved through the arrangements it makes with the relevant authorities, it may make arrangements for cleaning or lighting the highways or other areas to which the section applies during all or part of the London Olympics period. Subsection (4) provides that in doing so, the ODA can repair, maintain or use structures or installations which belong to the local authority such as streetlamps.

26. This section applies to any highway or other area to which the public have access which the ODA reasonably expect to be used:

• In the course of a London Olympic event,

• By persons watching a London Olympics event, or

• By persons travelling to a London Olympic event.