Part II E+W Sanitation and Buildings

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. II amended by Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 (c. 37), s. 76(1)(2)

C2 Pt. II (ss. 14–90) amended by Housing and Building Control Act 1984 (c. 29, SIF 61), ss. 41(1), 52(1) and 60(2)(a)

Removal of refuse, scavenging, keeping of animals, &c. E+W

82 Byelaws as to removal through streets of offensive matter or liquid. E+W

(1) A local authority may make byelaws—

(a) prescribing the times for the removal, or carriage through the streets, of any fæcal or offensive or noxious matter or liquid, whether that matter or liquid is in course of removal or carriage from within, or from without, or through, their district;

(b) requiring that the receptacle or vehicle used for the removal or carriage of any such matter or liquid shall be properly constructed and covered so as to prevent the escape of any such matter or liquid;

(c) requiring the cleansing of any place whereon any such matter or liquid has been dropped or split in the course of removal or carriage.

(2) If and so far as a byelaw made under the preceding sub-section is inconsistent with [F1 an order under section [F2 6 of the M1 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967] the order shall prevail].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 18(2)

F2 Words substituted by virtue of Road Traffic Regulations Act 1967 (c. 76), Sch. 8 para. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 S. 82 amended by Radioactive Substances Act 1960 (c. 34), s. 9, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 3; extended (Greater London) by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 18(1)

S. 82 amended (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 12, ss. 40, 51(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 1

C4 S. 82 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch.2.

C5 S. 82 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch.2.

Marginal Citations

M1 1967 c. 76.