Litter Act 1983

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1983 c. 35
  • The Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury make grants to any body for the purpose of assisting the body to encourage the public not to deface places by litter.
  • F3the council of each non-metropolitan county and the other litter authorities whose areas are included in the county, . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .to consult from time to time together, and with such voluntary bodies as they consider appropriate and as agree to participate in the consultations, about the steps which the county council, each of the other litter authorities, to prepare and from time to time revise a statement of the steps which the council, each of the other litter authorities, to take such steps as in their opinion will give adequate publicity in the county to the statement, andto keep a copy of the statement available at their principal office for inspection by the public free of charge at all reasonable hours.(2) Subsection (1) above shall apply to a metropolitan county with the omission, as respects consultation, of references to the council of the county and as if the duty with respect to the statement mentioned in that subsection were a duty imposed jointly on the councils of the metropolitan districts comprised in the county; and that subsection shall apply to Greater London as if it were a county with the like omissions and as if that duty were imposed jointly on the councils of the London boroughs and the Common Council of the City of London.(3) In subsection (1) above, “litter authority” includes a parish meeting but not a joint body.(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(4ZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1) A litter authority in England and Wales may provide and maintain in any street or public place receptacles for refuse or litter (in this section referred to as “litter bins”) .(2) It shall be the duty of a litter authority in England and Wales to make arrangements for the regular emptying and cleansing of any litter bins provided or maintained by them under this section or under section 185 of the (3) The regular emptying mentioned in subsection (2) above shall be sufficiently frequent to ensure that no such litter bin or its contents shall become a nuisance or give reasonable ground for complaint.(4) In any place where a litter bin may be provided or maintained under this section or under section 185 of the Highways Act 1980, a litter authority may put up notices about the leaving of refuse and litter, and for that purpose may, subject to the provisions of this section, erect and maintain notice boards.on any land forming part of an open space as defined in the on any other land not forming part of a street, without the consent of the owner and of the occupier of that land.(6) The powers conferred by this section shall only be exercisable with the consent of the persons mentioned in the Table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act, and paragraphs 2 and 3 of that Schedule shall have effect in relation to those consents.(7) A litter authority may sell refuse or litter removed by them from any litter bins.(8) A litter authority may not, under this section, do anything that is unlawful under the law relating to ancient monuments or to town and country planning.(9) Any person who wilfully removes or otherwise interferes with any litter bin or notice board provided or erected under this section or section 185 of the (10) The court by which a person is convicted under subsection (9) above may order him to pay a sum not exceeding £20 as compensation to the litter authority concerned, and any such order shall be enforceable in the same way as an order for costs to be paid by the offender.(11) This section applies to a receptacle provided under section 76 of the

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