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Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982

Type Public General Act

Publication 1982-07-13

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Part I — Licensing of Public Entertainments

Firemen’s switches for luminous tube signs.

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Part II — Control of Sex Establishments

Control of sex establishments

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(1) A local authority may resolve that Schedule 3 to this Act is to apply to their area; and if a local authority do so resolve, that Schedule shall come into force in their area on the day specified in that behalf in the resolution (which must not be before the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the day on which the resolution is passed).

(2) A local authority shall publish notice that they have passed a resolution under this section in two consecutive weeks in a local newspaper circulating in their area.

(3) The first publication shall not be later than 28 days before the day specified in the resolution for the coming into force of Schedule 3 to this Act in the local authority’s area.

(4) The notice shall state the general effect of that Schedule.

(5) In this Part of this Act “local authority” means—

(a) the council of a district;

(b) the council of a London borough; and

Part III — Street Trading

Power of district council to adopt Schedule 4

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A district council may resolve that Schedule 4 to this Act shall apply to their district and, if a council so resolve, that Schedule shall come into force in their district on such day as may be specified in the resolution.

Part IV — Control of Refreshment Premises

Take-away food shops

Closing hours for take-away food shops

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Closing orders etc.-procedure and appeals

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Contraventions of closing orders

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Late night refreshment houses

Refreshments etc. on licensed premises

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Part V — Fire Precautions

Provisions as to consultation

Consultation between authorities

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(1) In the Public Health Act 1936—

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(i) in subsections (1) and (2), the words “, after consultation with the fore authority, deem satisfactory, regard being had” shall be substituted for the words “ deem satisfactory, regard being had by them ” ; and

(ii) in subsection (4), after the word “authority” there shall be inserted the words “ after consultation with the fire authority, ” ;

(b) in subsection (1) of section 60 (means of escape from fire in the case of certain high buildings) after the word “authority”—

(i) in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “ , after consultation with the fire authority, ” ; and

(ii) in the second place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “ , after such consultation ” ; and

(c) in section 343 (interpretation) the following definition shall be inserted after the definition of “factory”— “ “fire authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 43(1) of the Fire Precautions Act 1971. ”

(2) In the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960—

(a) the following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (3) of section 5 (power of local authority attach conditions to site licences)—

(3A) The local authority shall consult the fire authority as to the extent to which any model standards relating to fire precautions which have been specified under subsection (6) of this section are appropriate to the land. (3B) If— (a) no such standards have been specified ; or (b) any standard that has been specified appears to the fire authority to be inappropriate to the land, the local authority shall consult the fire authority as to what conditions relating to fire precautions ought to be attached to the site licence instead.

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(b) the following subsections shall be added after subsection (6) of that section—

(7) The duty imposed on a local authority by subsection (6) of this section to have regard to standards specified under that subsection is to be construed, as regards standards relating to fire precautions which are so specified, as a duty to have regards to them subject to any advice given by the fire authority under subsection (3A) or (3B) of this section. (8) In this section “fire precautions” means precautions to be taken for any of the purposes specified in paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of this section for which conditions may be imposed by virtue of that subsection.

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(c) the following subsection shall be added at the end of section 8 (powers of local authority to alter conditions attached to site licences)—

(5) The local authority shall consult the fire authority before exercising the powers conferred upon them by subsection (1) of this section in relation to a condition attached to a site licence for the purposes set out in section 5(1)(e) of this Act.

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(d) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (2) of section 24 (power of local authorities to provide sites for caravans)—

(2A) Before exercising the power to provide a site conferred on them by subsection (1) of this section the local authority shall consult the fire authority, if they are not themselves the fire authority,— (a) as to measures to be taken for preventing and detecting the outbreak of fire on the site ; and (b) as to the provision and maintenance of means of fighting fire on it.

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(e) the following definition shall be inserted in section 29 (interpretation of Part I) after the definition of “exiisting site”— “ “fire authority” , in relation to any land, means the authority discharging in the are in which the land is situated the functions of fire authority under the Fire Services Act 1947 ; ”.

Firemen’s switches

Application of section 10

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Firemen's switches for luminous tube signs

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Part VI — ABOLITION OF REGISTRATION OF THEATRICAL EMPLOYERS

Repeal of Theatrical Employers Registration Acts 1925 and 1928

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Part VII — Byelaws

General provisions relating to byelaws

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(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 298 of the Public Health Act 1936 or section 253 of the Public Health Act 1875 or any other enactment, a constable may take proceedings in respect of an offence against a byelaw made by a relevant local authority under any enactment without the consent of the Attorney General.

(2) In subsection (1) above “relevant local authority” means—

(a) a local authority, as defined in section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972; and

(b) any body that was the predecessor of a local authority as so defined.

(3) It is immaterial for the purposes of this section that a byelaw was made after the passing of this Act.

Part VIII — Acupuncture, Tattooing, Ear-Piercing and Electrolysis

Application of Part VIII

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(1) The provisions of this Part of this Act, except this section, shall come into force in accordance with the following provisions of this section.

(2) A local authority may resolve that the provisions of this Part of this Act which are mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (3) below are to apply to their area; and if a local authority do so resolve, the provisions specified in the resolution shall come into force in their area on the day specified in that behalf in the resolution (which must not be before the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the day on which the resolution is passed).

(3) The provisions that may be specified in a resolution under subsection (2) above are—

(a) sections 14, 16 and 17 below; or

(b) sections 15 to 17 below; or

(4) A resolution which provides that section 15 below is to apply to the area of a local authority need not provide that it shall apply to all the descriptions of persons specified in subsection (1) of that section; and if such a resolution does not provide that section 15 below is to apply to persons of all of those descriptions, the reference in subsection (2) above to the coming into force of provisions specified in the resolution shall be construed, in its application to section 15 below, and to section 16 below so far as it has effect for the purposes of section 15 below, as a reference to the coming into force of those sections only in relation to persons of the description or descriptions specified in the resolution.

(5) If a resolution provides for the coming into force of section 15 below in relation to persons of more than one of the descriptions specified in subsection (1) of that section, it may provide that that section, and section 16 below so far as it has effect for the purposes of that section, shall come into force on different days in relation to persons of each of the descriptions specified in the resolution.

(6) A local authority shall publish notice that they have passed a resolution under this section in two consecutive weeks in a local newspaper circulating in their area.

(7) The first publication shall not be later than 28 days before the day specified in the resolution for the coming into force of the provisions specified in it in the local authority’s area.

(8) The notice shall state which provisions are to come into force in that area.

(9) The notice shall also—

(a) if the resolution provides for the coming into force of section 14 below, explain that that section applies to persons carrying on the practice of acupuncture; and

(b) if it provides for the coming into force of section 15 below, specify the descriptions of persons in relation to whom that section is to come into force.

(10) Any such notice shall state the general effect, in relation to persons to whom the provisions specified in the resolution will apply, of the coming into force of those provisions.

(11) In this Part of this Act “local authority” means—

(a) the council of a district in England;

(b) the council of a London borough; and

Acupuncture

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(1) A person shall not in any area in England in which this section is in force carry on the practice of acupuncture unless he is registered by the local authority for the area under this section.

(2) A person shall only carry on the practice of acupuncture in any area in England in which this section is in force in premises registered by the local authority for the area under this section; but a person who is registered under this section does not contravene this subsection merely because he sometimes visits people to give them treatment at their request.

(3) Subject to section 16(8)(b) below, on application for registration under this section a local authority shall register the applicant and the premises where he desires to practise and shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration.

(4) An application for registration under this section shall be accompanied by such particulars as the local authority may reasonably require.

(5) The particulars that the local authority may require include, without prejudice to the generality of subsection (4) above,—

(a) particulars as to the premises where the applicant desires to practise; and

(b) particulars of any conviction of the applicant under section 16 below,

but do not include information about individual people to whom the applicant has given treatment.

(6) A local authority may charge such reasonable fees as they may determine for registration under this section.

(7) A local authority may make byelaws for the purpose of securing—

(a) the cleanliness of premises registered under this section and fittings in such premises;

(b) the cleanliness of persons so registered and persons assisting persons so registered in their practice;

(c) the cleansing and, so far as is appropriate, the sterilisation of instruments, materials and equipment used in connection with the practice of acupuncture.

(8) Nothing in this section shall extend to the practice of acupuncture by or under the supervision of a person who is registered as a medical practitioner or a dentist or to premises on which the practice of acupuncture is carried on by or under the supervision of such a person.

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(1) A person shall not in any area in England in which this section is in force carry on the business—

(a) of tattooing;

(aa) of semi-permanent skin-colouring;

(b) of cosmetic piercing; or

unless he is registered by the local authority for the area under this section.

(2) A person shall only carry on a business mentioned in subsection (1) above in any area in England in which this section is in force in premises registered under this section for the carrying on of that business; but a person who carries on the business of tattooing, semi-permanent skin-colouring, cosmetic piercing or electrolysis and is registered under this section as carrying on that business does not contravene this subsection merely because he sometimes visits people at their request to tattoo them or, as the case may be, to carry out semi-permanent skin-colouring on them, pierce their bodies or give them electrolysis.

(3) Subject to section 16(8)(b) below, on application for registration under this section a local authority shall register the applicant and the premises where he desires to carry on his business and shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration.

(4) An application for registration under this section shall be accompanied by such particulars as the local authority may reasonably require.

(5) The particulars that the local authority may require include, without prejudice to the generality of subsection (4) above,—

(a) particulars as to the premises where the applicant desires to carry on his business; and

(b) particulars of any conviction of the applicant under section 16 below,

but do not include information about individual people whom the applicant has tattooed or given electrolysis or , whose bodies he has pierced or on whom he has carried out semi-permanent skin-colouring .

(6) A local authority may charge such reasonable fees as they may determine for registration under this section.

(7) A local authority may make byelaws for the purposes of securing—

(a) the cleanliness of premises registered under this section and fittings in such premises;

(b) the cleanliness of persons so registered and persons assisting persons so registered in the business in respect of which they are registered;

(c) the cleansing and, so far as is appropriate, the sterilisation of instruments, materials and equipment used in connection with a business in respect of which a person is registered under this section.

(8) Nothing in this section shall extend to the carrying on of a business such as is mentioned in subsection (1) above by or under the supervision of a person who is registered as a medical practitioner or to premises on which any such business is carried on by or under the supervision of such a person.

(9) In this section “semi-permanent skin-colouring” means the insertion of semi-permanent colouring into a person’s skin.

Provisions supplementary to ss. 14 and 15

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(1) Any person who contravenes—

(a) section 14(1) or (2) above; or

(b) section 15(1) or (2) above,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(2) Any person who contravenes a byelaw made—

(a) under section 14(7) above; or

(b) under section 15(7) above,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(3) If a person registered under section 14 above is found guilty of an offence under subsection (2)(a) above, the court, instead of or in addition to imposing a fine under subsection (2) above, may order the suspension or cancellation of his registration.

(4) If a person registered under section 15 above is found guilty of an offence under subsection (2)(b) above, the court, instead of or in addition to imposing a fine under subsection (2) above, may order the suspension or cancellation of his registration.

(5) A court which orders the suspension or cancellation of a registration by virtue of subsection (3) or (4) above may also order the suspension or cancellation of any registration under section 14 or, as the case may be, 15 above of the premises in which the offence was committed, if they are occupied by the person found guilty of the offence.

(6) Subject to subsection (7) below, a court ordering the suspension or cancellation of registration by virtue of subsection (3) or (4) above may suspend the operation of the order until the expiration of the period prescribed by Criminal Procedure Rules for giving notice of appeal to the Crown Court.

(7) If notice of appeal is given within the period so prescribed, an order under subsection (3) or (4) above shall be suspended until the appeal is finally determined or abandoned.

(8) Where the registration of any person under section 14 or 15 above is cancelled by order of the court under this section—

(a) he shall within 7 days deliver up to the local authority the cancelled certificate of registration, and, if he fails to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50 and thereafter to a daily fine not exceeding £5; and

(b) he shall not again be registered by the local authority under section 14 or, as the case may be, 15 above except with the consent of the magistrates’ court which convicted him.

(9) A person registered under this Part of this Act shall keep a copy—

(a) of any certificate of registration issued to him under this Part of this Act; and

(b) of any byelaws under this Part of this Act relating to the practice or business in respect of which he is so registered,

prominently displayed at the place where he carries on that practice or business.

(10) A person who contravenes subsection (9) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

(11) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1), (2), (8) or (10) above to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid commission of the offence.

(12) Nothing in this Part of this Act applies to anything done to an animal.

Power to enter premises (acupuncture etc.)

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(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, an authorised officer of a local authority may enter any premises in the authority’s area if he has reason to suspect that an offence under section 16 above is being committed there.

(2) The power conferred by this section may be exercised by an authorised officer of a local authority only if he has been granted a warrant by a justice of the peace.

(3) A justice may grant a warrant under this section only if he is satisfied—

(a) that admission to any premises has been refused, or that refusal is apprehended, or that the case is one of urgency, or that an application for admission would defeat the object of the entry; and

(b) that there is reasonable ground for entry under this section.

(4) A warrant shall not be granted unless the justice is satisfied either that notice of the intention to apply for a warrant has been given to the occupier, or that the case is one of urgency, or that the giving of such notice would defeat the object of the entry.

(5) A warrant shall continue in force—

(a) for seven days; or

(b) until the power conferred by this section has been exercised in accordance with the warrant,

whichever period is the shorter.

(6) Where an authorised officer of a local authority exercises the power conferred by this section, he shall produce his authority if required to do so by the occupier of the premises.

(7) Any person who without reasonable excuse refuses to permit an authorised officer of a local authority to exercise the power conferred by this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall for every such refusal be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

Part IX

Application of section 19

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Registration of hawkers of food and premises

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(1) Subject to subsection (11) below, in any area in which this section is in force—

(a) no person shall hawk food unless he is registered by the local authority for the area under this section ; and

(b) no premises shall be used as storage accommodation for any food intended for hawking unless the premises are so registered.

(2) For the purposes of this section a person hawks food if for private gain—

(a) he goes from place to place selling food or offering or exposing food for sale ; or

(b) he sells food in the open air or offers or exposes food for sale in the open air,

unless he does so as part of, or as an activity ancillary to, a trade or business carried on by him or some other person on identifiable property.

(3) Subsection (1) above applies to a person who hawks food as an assistant to a person registered under this section unless—

(a) he is normally supervised when so doing ; or

(b) he assists only as a temporary replacement.

(4) Any person who without reasonable excuse contravenes subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200.

(5) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (4) above to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid commission of the offence.

(6) An application for registration under this section shall be accompanied by such particulars as the local authority may reasonably require.

(7) The particulars that the local authority may require include, without prejudice to the generality of subsection (6) above, particulars as to any vehicle to be used by the applicant in connection with food hawking.

(8) A local authority may charge such reasonable fees as they may determine for registration under this section.

(9) An application for premises to be registered under this section shall be made by the person intending to use them as storage accommodation.

(10) On application for registration under this section the local authority shall register the applicant and, if the application is for the registration of premises, those premises, and shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration.

(11) This section shall not apply—

(a) to the sale or offer or exposure for sale of food—

(i) at a market or fair the right to hold which was acquired by virtue of a grant (including a presumed grant) or acquired or established by virtue of an enactment or order;

(ii) at a notified temporary market; or

(iii) at a notified pleasure fair ; or

(b) to the sale or offer or exposure for sale of food in or from premises exempt from registration by section 16(3A) of the Food and Drugs Act 1955 or of food prepared or manufactured on such premises; or

(c) to the sale or offer or exposure for sale of food by way of street trading at any place in the area of a local authority by a person whom the local authority have authorised under any enactment to engage in such trading in their area (whether or not they have authorised him to trade at the place where the food was sold or offered or exposed for sale) or by a person acting as an assistant to a person so authorised; or

(d) to premises used as storage accommodation for food prepared for sale as mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) above; or

(e) to the sale or offer or exposure for sale of food in containers of such materials and so closed as to exclude all risks of contamination.

(12) In this section—

" food " means food and ingredients of food for human consumption, including— drink (other than water); chewing gum and like products, but does not include— milk and cream ; live animals or birds ; articles or substances used only as drugs ;

" notified pleasure fair " means a pleasure fair, as defined in subsection (2)(a) of section 75 of the Public Health Act 1961, notice of which has been given to the local authority in accordance with byelaws under that section;

" notified temporary market" means a temporary market notice of which has been given to the local authority in accordance with section 37(2) below or any other enactment regulating such markets.

Part X — HIGHWAYS

Highway amenities

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The enactments specified in Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being amendments concerning amenities for certain highways.

Prosecution for offences relating to works in street

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(2) In section 312 of the Highways Act 1980 (restriction on institution of proceedings)—

(a) in subsection (1), for the word “Proceedings” there shall be substituted the words “ Subject to subsection (3) below, proceedings ” ; and

(b) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (2)—

(3) A constable may take proceedings— (a) for an offence under paragraph (b) of section 171(6) above ; or (b) for an offence under paragraph (c) of that subsection consisting of failure to perform a duty imposed by section 171(5)(a) above ; or (c) for an offence under section 174 above, without the consent of the Attorney General.

Control of construction under streets

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(1) The following paragraph shall be substituted for the first paragraph of subsection (1) of section 179 of the Highways Act 1980 (by virtue of which no person may construct a vault, arch or cellar under any street in Greater London or the carriageway of any street outside Greater London without the consent of the appropriate authority)—

No person shall construct works to which this section applies under any part of a street without the consent of the appropriaet authority, and the authority may by notice served on a person who has constructed such works in contravention of this section require him to remove them, or to alter or deal with them in such a manner as may be specified in the notice.

(2) The words “wotks to which this section applies” shall be substituted for the words “ a vault, arch or cellar ” where occurring in subsections (3) and (4) of that section.

(3) The following subsections shall be substituted for subsection (5) of that section—

(5) As soon as may be after an authority consent to the construction of works to which this section applies under a street they shall give notice of their consent to any public utility undertakers having any apparatus under the street. (6) Subject to subsection (7) below, the works to which this section applies are— (a) any part of a building ; and (b) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a) above, a vault, arch or cellar, whether forming part of a building or not. (7) This section does not apply to code-regulated works, as defined in section 1(5) of the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950.

Control of road-side sales

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The following section shall be inserted after section 147 of the Highways Act 1980—

(147A) (1) Subjectt o subsection (4) below, no person shall, for the purppose of selling anything, or offering or exposing anything gfor sale, use any stall or similar structure or any container or vehicle, kept or placed on— (a) the verge of a trunk road or a principal road ; (b) a lay-by on any such road ; or (c) unenclosed land within 15 metres of any part of any such road, where its presence or its use for that purpose causes or is likely to cause danger on the road or interupts or is likely to interupt any user of the road. (2) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200. (3) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid commission of the offence. (4) This section does not apply— (a) to the sale or offer or exposure for sale of things from or on a vehicle which is used for the purposes of itinerant trading with occupiers of premises, or is used only for that purpose and for purposes other than trading ; (b) to the sale or offer or exposure for sale of newspapers ; (c) to anything done at a market in respect of which tolls, stallages or rents are payable ; or (d) to the sale or offer or exposure for sale of anything by way of street trading which has been authorised under Schedule 4 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 or under any local enactment which makes provision similar to that made by that Schedule, either by the person so authorised or by a person acting as assistant to the person so authorised.

Part XI — Public Health, etc.

Paving of yards and passages

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Building regulations

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(1) The following subsections shall be substituted for subsections (1) and (2) of section 64 of the Public Health Act 1936 (passing or rejection of plans, and power to retain plans, etc.)—

(1) Where plans of any proposed work are, in accordance with building regulations, deposited with a local authority, it shall be the duty of the local authority, subject to the provisions of any other section of this Act which expressly requires or authorises them in certain cases to reject plans, to pass the plans unless they either are defective or show that the proposed work would contravene any of the building regulations. (1A) If the plans— (a) are defective ; or (b) show that the proposed work would contravene any of the building regulations, the local authority— (i) may reject the plans ; or (ii) subject to subsection (1C) below, may pass them subject to either or both of the conditions set out in subsection (1B) below. (1B) The conditions mentioned in subsection (1A) above are— (a) that such modifications as the local authority may specify shall be made in the deposited plans; and (b) that such further plans as they may specify shall be deposited. (1C) A local authority may only pass plans subject to a condition such as is specified in subsection (1B) above if the person by whom or on whose behalf they were deposited— (a) has requested them to do so ; or (b) has consented to their doing so. (1D) A request or consent under subsection (1C) above must be in writing. (2) The authority shall within the prescribed period from the deposit of the plans give notice to the person by whom or on whose behalf they were deposited whether they have been passed or rejected. (2A) A notice that plans have been rejected shall specify the defects on account of which, or the regulation or section of this Act for non-conformity with which, or under the authority of which, they have been rejected. (2B) A notice that plans have been passed— (a) shall specify any condition subject to which they have been passed ; and (b) shall state that the passing of the plans operates as an approval of them only for the purposes of the requirements of the regulations and of any such section of this Act as is referred to in subsection (1) above.

(2) In section 65(4) of that Act (by virtue of which, among other things, in any case where plans were deposited, a local authority may not give a notice requiring the pulling down, removal etc. of the work if the plans were passed by the authority) after the word " deposited " there shall be inserted the words " and the work was shown on them ".

(3) This section, and section 47 below, so far as it relates to section 63 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, shall come into operation on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

Statutory nuisances

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Powers to repair drains etc. and to remedy stopped-up drains etc.

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(1) The following section shall be substituted for sections 17 and 18 of the Public Health Act 1961—

(17) (1) If it appears to a local authority that a drain, private sewer, water-closet, waste pipe or soil pipe— (a) is not sufficiently maintained and kept in good repair, and (b) can be sufficiently repaired at a cost not exceeding £250, the local authority may, after giving not less than seven days notice to the perrson concerned, cause the drain, private sewer, water-closet or pipe to be repaired and, subject to subsections (7) and (8) beloe, recover the expenses reasonably incurred in so doing, so far as they do not exceed £250, from the person or persons concerned, in such proportions, if there is more than one such person, as the local authority may determine. (2) In subsection (1) above “person concerned” means— (a) in relation to a water-closet, waste pipe or soil pipe, the owner or occupier of the premises on which it is situated, and (b) in relation to a drain or private sewer, any person owning any premises drained by means of it and also, in the case of a sewer, the owner of the sewer. (3) If it appears to a local authority that on any premises a drain, private sewer, water-closet, waste pipe or soil pipe is stopped-up, they may by notice in writing require the owner or occupier of the premises to remedy the defect within forty-eight hours fromt he service of the notice. (4) If a notice under subsection (3) of this section is not complied with, the local authority may themselves carry out the work necessary to remedy the defect and, subject to subsections (7) and (8) below, may recover the expenses reasonably incurred in so doing from the person on whom the notice was served. (5) Where the expenses recoverable by a local authority under subsection (1) or (4) of this section do not exceed £10, the lcocal authority may, if they think fit, remit the payment of the expenses. (6) In proceedings to recover expenses under this section— (a) where the expenses were incurred under subsection (1) of this section, the court— (i) shall inquire whether the local authority were justified in concluding that the drain, private sewer, water-closet, waste pipe or soil pipe was not sufficiently maintained and kept in good repair ; and (ii) may inquire whether any apportionment of expenses by the local authority under that subsection was fair ; (b) where the expenses were incurred under subsection (4) of this section, the court may inquire— (i) whether any requirement contained in a notice served under subsection (3) of this section was reasonable ; and (ii) whether the expenses ought to be borne wholly or in part by some person other than the defendant in the proceedings. (7) Subject to subsection (8) below, the court may make such order concerning the expenses or their apportionment as appears to the court to be just. (8) Where the court determines that the local authority were not justified in concluding that a drain, private sewer, water-closet, waste pipe or soil pipe was not sufficiently maintained and kept in good repair, the local authority shall not recover expenses incurred by them under subsection (1) of this section. (9) The court shall not revise an apportionment unless it is satisfied that all persons affected by the apportionment or by an order made by virtue of subsection (6)(b)(ii) above have had notice of the proceedings and an opportunity of being heard. (10) Subject to subsection (11) of this section, the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not authorise a local authority to carry out works on land which belongs to any statutory undertakers and is held or used by them for the purposes of their undertaking. (11) Subsection (10) of this section does not apply to houses, or to buildings used as offices or showrooms, other than buildings so used which form part of a railway station. (12) The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument increase any amount specified in this section. (13) Nothing in an order made under subsection (12) of this section shall apply to a notice given under this section before the commencement of the order. (14) A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (12) of this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (15) The provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to section 39 of the Public Health Act 1936 (which empowers a local authority to serve notices as regards defective drains).

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Control of demolitions

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Protection of buildings

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(1) The section applies where it appears to a local authority—

(a) that any building in their area is unoccupied; or

(b) that the occupier of a building in their area is temporarily absent from it.

(2) Where this section applies and it appears to the local authority that the building—

(a) is not effectively secured against unauthorised entry; or

(b) is likely to become a danger to public health,

the local authority may undertake works in connection with the building for the purpose of preventing unauthorised entry to it, or, as the case may be, for the purpose of preventing it becoming a danger to public health.

(3) In this section and sections 30 and 32 “building” includes structure.

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in this section, the sections mentioned in subsection (3) above and section 31 below “local authority” means a district council, a London borough council and the Common Council of the City of London.

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(6) Subject to subsection (8) below, before undertaking any works under subsection (2) above, other than works on land to which section 30 below applies, a local authority shall serve a notice that they propose to undertake works under this section in connection with the building on each owner or occupier of the building.

(7) A notice under subsection (6) above shall specify the works in connection with the building which the local authority propose to undertake.

(8) A local authority need not give any such notice where they consider—

(a) that it is necessary to undertake works immediately in order to secure the building against unauthorised entry or to prevent it from becoming a danger to public health; or

(b) that it is not reasonably practicable to ascertain the name and address of an owner or to trace the whereabouts of an occupier who is absent from the building.

(9) A local authority shall not undertake works specified in a notice under subsection (6) above before the expiry of the period of 48 hours from the service of the notice.

(10) For the purpose of exercising the power conferred on a local authority by this section any person duly authorised in writing by the authority may enter—

(a) the building in connection with which works are to be undertaken;

(b) any land that appears to the local authority to be appurtenant to the building; and

(i) it appears to the local authority to be unoccupied; and

(ii) it would be impossible to undertake the works without entering it.

(11) Where the local authority undertake any works under subsection (2) above, they may recover the expenses reasonably incurred in so doing from any person to whom notice was given under subsection (6) above or subsection (2) of section 30 below or to whom notice would have been required to be given but for subsection (8) of this section or subsection (4) of that section.

(12) Section 293 of the Public Health Act 1936 shall have effect in relation to the recovery of expenses under this section as it has effect in relation to the recovery of a sum which a council are entitled to recover under that Act and with respect to the recovery of which provision is not made by any other section of that Act.

(13) In proceedings to recover expenses under this section the court may inquire whether the expenses ought to be borne wholly or in part by some person other than the defendant in the proceedings, and the court may make such order concerning the expenses of their apportionment as appears to the court to be just.

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(1) This section applies to operational land—

(a) of the British Railways Board (in this section referred to as “the Board”); . . .

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) Subject to subsection (4) below, before undertaking any works under section 29(2) above on land to which this section applies a local authority shall serve notice that they propose to undertake works under that section in connection with the building—

(a) on the Board, if the works which they propose to undertake will be undertaken on operational land of the Board; and

(b) in any other case, on the statutory undertakers on whose operational land the works will be undertaken.

(3) A notice under subsection (2) above shall specify the works which the local authority propose to undertake.

(4) A local authority need not give any such notice where they consider that it is necessary to undertake works immediately in order to secure a building against unauthorised entry or to prevent it from becoming a danger to public health.

(5) A local authority shall not undertake works specified in a notice under subsection (2) above before the expiry of the period of 48 hours from the service of the notice on the Board or the statutory undertakers.

(6) In carrying out any works under section 29(2) above on land to which this section applies a local authority shall comply with any reasonable requirement which the Board or, as the case may be, the statutory undertakers may impose for the protection or safety of their undertaking.

(7) In this section “operational land” means, in relation to the Board or the statutory undertakers—

(a) land which is used for the purpose of carrying on their undertaking; and

(b) land in which an interest is held for that purpose,

not being land which, in respect of its nature and situation, is comparable rather with land in general than with land which is used, or in which interests are held, for the purpose of carrying on such undertakings.

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(1) A person on whom a notice is served under section 29 or 30 above may appeal against the notice to the county court.

(2) No such appeal may be brought after the expiry of the period of 21 days from the date on which the notice was served.

(3) The ground of any such appeal may be—

(a) that the works specified in the notice were not authorised by section 29 above; or

(b) that they were unnecessary; or

(4) If such an appeal is brought, the local authority—

(a) shall cease from any works specified in the notice which they have commenced; and

(b) shall not commence any further works so specified except as provided by subsection (7) below.

(5) The court may make an order confirming or quashing the notice or varying it in such manner as it thinks fit.

(6) An order under subsection (5) above may make such provision as to the recovery of expenses arising in connection with the works specified in the notice as the court thinks fit.

(7) Upon the confirmation or variation of a notice the local authority may commence or recommence the works authorised by the notice as originally served or, as the case may be, as varied by the order of the court.

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(1) If a local authority seek to recover expenses incurred in undertaking works under section 29(2) above in connection with a building—

(a) where the building is on land to which section 30 above applies, from the Board or the statutory undertakers; or

(b) in any other case, from an occupier of the building; and

(c) they did not serve notice of their proposal to undertake the works under section 29(6) or 30(2) above on the Board or, as the case may be, the statutory undertakers or that occupier,

the person from whom they seek to recover the expenses may apply to the county court for a declaration—

(i) that the works undertaken in connection with the building were unnecessary; or

(ii) that it was otherwise unreasonable for the local authority to undertake them.

(2) No such application may be made after the expiry of the period of 21 days from the date on which the local authority first requested payment of the expenses.

(3) If the court makes a declaration under subsection (1) above, it may make such order as it thinks fit in respect of the payment of the expenses incurred in connection with the works.

Part XII — Miscellaneous

Enforceability by local authorities of certain covenants relating to land

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(1) The provisions of this section shall apply if a principal council (in the exercise of their powers under section 111 of the Local Government Act 1972 or otherwise) and any other person are parties to an instrument under seal which—

(a) is executed for the purpose of securing the carrying out of works on land in the council’s area in which the other person has an interest, or

(b) is executed for the purpose of regulating the use of or is otherwise connected with land in or outside the council’s area in which the other person has an interest,

and which is neither executed for the purpose of facilitating nor connected with the development of the land in question.

(2) If, in a case where this section applies,—

(a) the instrument contains a covenant on the part of any person having an interest in land, being a covenant to carry out any works or do any other thing on or in relation to that land, and

(b) the instrument defines the land to which the covenant relates, being land in which that person has an interest at the time the instrument is executed, and

(c) the covenant is expressed to be one to which this section or section 126 of the Housing Act 1974 (which is superseded by this section) applies,

the covenant shall be enforceable (without any limit of time) against any person deriving title from the original covenantor in respect of his interest in any of the land defined as mentioned in paragraph (b) above and any person deriving title under him in respect of any lesser interest in that land as if that person had also been an original covenanting party in respect of the interest for the time being held by him.

(3) Without prejudice to any other method of enforcement of a covenant falling within subsection (2) above, if there is a breach of the covenant in relation to any of the land to which the covenant relates, then, subject to subsection (4) below, the principal council who are a party to the instrument in which the covenant is contained may—

(a) enter on the land concerned and carry out the works or do anything which the covenant requires to be carried out or done or remedy anything which has been done and which the covenant required not to be done; and

(b) recover from any person against whom the covenant is enforceable (whether by virtue of subsection (2) above or otherwise) any expenses incurred by the council in exercise of their powers under this subsection.

(4) Before a principal council exercise their powers under subsection (3)(a) above they shall give not less than 21 days notice of their intention to do so to any person—

(a) who has for the time being an interest in the land on or in relation to which the works are to be carried out or other thing is to be done; and

(b) against whom the covenant is enforceable (whether by virtue of subsection (2) above or otherwise).

(5) If a person against whom a covenant is enforceable by virtue of subsection (2) above requests the principal council to supply him with a copy of the covenant, it shall be their duty to do so free of charge.

(6) The Public Health Act 1936 shall have effect as if any reference to that Act in—

(a) section 283 of that Act (notices to be in writing; forms of notices, etc.),

(b) section 288 of that Act (penalty for obstructing execution of Act), and

(c) section 291 of that Act (certain expenses recoverable from owners to be a charge on the premises; power to order payment by instalments),

included a reference to subsections (1) to (4) above and as if any reference in those sections of that Act—

(i) to a local authority were a reference to a principal council; and

(ii) to the owner of the premises were a reference to the holder of an interest in land.

(7) Section 16 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 shall have effect as if references to a local authority and to functions conferred on a local authority by any enactment included respectively references to such a board as is mentioned in subsection (9) below and to functions of such a board under this section.

(8) In its application to a notice or other document authorised to be given or served under subsection (4) above or by virtue of any provision of the Public Health Act 1936 specified in subsection (6) above, section 233 of the Local Government Act 1972 (service of notices by local authorities) shall have effect as if any reference in that section to a local authority included a reference to the Common Council of the City of London and such a board as is mentioned in the following subsection.

(9) In this section—

(a) “principal council” means the council of a county, district or London borough the Broads Authority, a board constituted in pursuance of section 2 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ..., the Common Council of the City of London , the London Residuary Body, a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, the London Fire Commissioner, a police and crime commissioner, the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, ... ... ... , a joint authority established by Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1985 , an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 , a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act or a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 ... ; and

(b) “area” in relation to such a board means the district for which the board is constituted ... in relation to the London Residuary Body means Greater London ... , ... and in relation to such a joint authority , economic prosperity board , combined authority or combined county authority means the area for which the authority was established.

(10) Section 126 of the Housing Act 1974 (which is superseded by this section) shall cease to have effect; but in relation to a covenant falling within subsection (2) of that section, section 1(1)(d) of the Local Land Charges Act 1975 shall continue to have effect as if the reference to the commencement of that Act had been a reference to the coming into operation of the said section 126.

Local land charges registers-computerisation etc.

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In the Local Land Charges Act 1975—

(a) the following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (3) of section (3) (which provides for the keeping of local land charges registers and indexes of such registers)—

(3) Neither a local land charges register nor an index such as is mentioned in subsection (2)(b) above need be kept in documentary form.

;

(b) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1) of section 8 (personal searches)—

(1A) If a local land charges register is kept otherwise than in documentary form, the entitlement of a person to search in it is satisfied if the registering authority makes the portion of it which he wishes to examine available for inspection in visible and legible form.

;

(c) in subsection (2) of that section, for the words “subsection (1)” there shall be substituted the words “ subsections (1) and (1A) ” ;

(d) in section 10(1) (compensation)—

(i) the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (a)—

(aa) in a case where the appropriate local land charges register is kept otherwise than in documentary form and a material personal search of that register was made in respect of the land in question before the relevant time, if the entitlement to search in that register conferred by section 8 above was not satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1A) of that section ; or

; and

(ii) the words “ in consequence ” shall be substituted for the words from “by reason” onwards; and

(e) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1) of section 16 (interpretation)—

(1A) Any reference in this Act to an office copy of an entry includes a reference to the reproduction of an entry in a register kept otherwise than in documentary form.

Acquisition of land etc. by Planning Boards

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Control of fly-posting

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In the Town and Country Planning Act 1971—

(a) the following section shall be inserted after section 109—

(109A) (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the council of a district or a London borough may remove or obliterate any placard or poster— (a) which is displayed in their area ; and (b) which, in their opinion, is so displayed in contravention of the advertisement regulations. (2) Subsection (1) of this section does not authorise the removal or obliteration of a placard or poster displayed within a building to which there is no public right of access. (3) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, a council shall not exercise any power conferred by subsection (1) of this section where a placard or poster identifies the person who displayed it or caused it to be displayed unless they have first given him notice in writing— (a) that in their opinion it is displayed in contravention of the advertisement regulations ; and (b) that they intend to remove or obliterate it on the expiry of a period specified in the notice. (4) A council may exercise a power conferred by subsection (1) of this section without giving the person who displayed the placard or poster notice under subsection (3) of this section if the placard or poster does not give his address and the council do not know it and are unable to ascertain it after reasonable inquiry. (5) The period to be specified in a notice under subsection (3) of this section shall be a period of not less than two days from the date of service of the notice. (6) In this section " the advertisement regulations" means regulations made or having effect as if made under section 63 of this Act.

;

(b) in section 269(2) (provisions specified in Part III of Schedule 21 to have effect as if the Isles of Stilly were a district and the Council of the Isles were its council) after the word " Schedule " there shall be inserted the words " and section 109A of this Act ";

(4A) Any person duly authorised in writing by the council of a district or a London borough may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of exercising a power conferred on the council by section 109A above if— (a) the land is unoccupied ; and (b) it would be impossible to exercise the power without entering the land.

; and

(d) in Part I of Schedule 21 (provisions that may be applied to the Isles of Stilly as if they were a separate county) for the words " Sections 104 to 111" there shall be substituted the words—

Sections 104 to 109.

Sections 110 and 111.

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(1) The council of a district or a London borough may resolve that the following provisions of this section shall apply to their district or borough; and if a council so resolve and within 14 days of the passing of the resolution give notice of the resolution by advertising in a local newspaper circulating in their area, those provisions shall come into force in their district or borough on the day specified in the resolution.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, any person intending to hold a temporary market in a district or London borough where the provisions of this section have come into force, and any occupier of land in such a district or borough who intends to permit the land to be used as the site of a temporary market or for purposes of that market, shall give the council of the district or the borough not less than one month before the date on which it is proposed to hold the market notice of his intention to hold it or to permit the land to be so used, as the case may be.

(3) No notice is required under subsection (2) above if the proceeds of the temporary market are to be applied solely or principally for charitable, social, sporting or political purposes.

(4) Any notice given under subsection (2) above shall state—

(a) the full name and address of the person intending to hold the market;

(b) the day or days on which it is proposed that the market shall be held and its proposed opening and closing times;

(d) the full name and address of the occupier of that site, if he is not the person intending to hold the market.

(5) A person who without giving the notice required by subsection (2) above holds a temporary market or permits land occupied by him to be used as the site of a temporary market shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(6) In this section “temporary market” means a concourse of buyers and sellers of articles held otherwise than in a building or on a highway, and comprising not less than five stalls, stands, vehicles (whether movable or not) or pitches from which articles are sold, but does not include—

(a) a market or fair the right to hold which was acquired by virtue of a grant (including a presumed grant) or acquired or established by virtue of an enactment or order; or

(b) a sale by auction of farm livestock or deadstock.

(7) A person holds a temporary market for the purposes of this section if—

(a) he is entitled to payment for any space or pitch hired or let on the site of the market to persons wishing to trade in the market; or

(b) he is entitled, as a person promoting the market, or as the agent, licensee or assignee of a person promoting the market, to payment for goods sold or services rendered to persons attending the market.

(8) This section does not apply to a market held on any land in accordance with planning permission granted on an application made under Part III or, in relation to England, Part 13 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Work undertaken by local authorities and development bodies under certain agreements with Manpower Services Commission

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(1) The following subsection shall be added at the edn of section 20 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980—

(4) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above, in this Act “construction or maintainance work” does not include work undertaken by a local authority or a development body pursuant to an agreement made with the Manpower Services Commission on or after 1st April 1982 which specifies the work to be undertaken by the authority or body and under which the Commission has agrees to pay the whole or part of the cost of the work so specified.

(2) The words “to (4)” shall accordingly be substituted for the words “ and (3) ” in the definition of “construction or maintainance work” in subsection (1) of that section.

(3) This section extends to Scotland.

Insurance etc. of local authority members and persons voluntarily assisting local authorities and probation committees

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(1) In section 140 of the Local Government Act 1972 (insurance by local authorities against accidents to members)—

(a) the following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (1)—

(1) A local authority may enter into a contract of insurance of Class 1 in Part I of Schedule 2 to the Insurance Companies Act 1981 against any risks of any member of the authority meeting with a personal accident, whether fatal or not, while engaged on the business of the authority.

(b) the words in subsection (3) from “but” to the end shall cease to have effect.

(2) The following subsections shall be inserted after that section—

(140A) (1) A local authority may enter into a contract of insurance of a relevant class against risks of any voluntary assistant of the authority meeting with a personal accident, whether fatal or not, while engaged as such or suffering from any disease or sickness, whether fatal or not, as the result of being so engaged. (2) In this section— “local authority” includes— (a) a board constituted in pursuance of section 1 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 or reconstituted in pursuance of Schedule 17 of this Act ; (b) the Common Council of the City of London ; and (c) the Council of the Isles of Scilly ; and “voluntary assistant” means a person who, at the request of the local authority or an authorised officer of the local authority, performs any service or does anything otherwise than for payment by the local authority (except by way of reimbursement of expenses), for the purposes of, or inconnection with, the carrying out of any of the functions of the local authority. (140B) (1) A county council and the Greater London Council may enter into a contract of insurance of a relevant class against risks of any voluntary assistant of a relevant probation committee meeting with a personal accident, whether fatal or not, while enagaged as such, or suffering from any disease or sickness, whether fatal ot not, as the result of being so engaged. (2) In this section— “relevant probation committee” means— (a) in relation to a county council, a probation committee for a probation area wholly or partly within the county ; and (b) in relation to Greater London, a probation committee for a probation area wholly or partly within an outer London borough (within the eaning of section 1 of the 1963 Act) ; and “voluntary assistant” means a person who, at the request of an authorised officer of the probation committee, performs any service or does anything otherwise than for payment by the committee (except by way of reimbursement of expenses), for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying out of any of the functions of the committee. (140C) (1) The relevant classes of contracts of insurance for the purposes of sections 140A and 140B above are— (a) class IV in Schedule 1 to the Insurance Companies Act 1981 (permanent health insurance) ; and (b) class 1 in Part I of Schedule 2 to that Act (accident insurance). (2) Any sum received under a contract of insurance made by virtue of section 140A or 140B above shall, after deduction of any expenses incurred in the recovery thereof, be paid by the authority receiving to it, or to the personal representatives of the voluntary assistant who suffered the accident, disease or sickness inrespect of which the sum is received or to such other person as the authority consider appropriate having regard to the circumstances of the case ; and a sum paid to any person other than the assistant or his personal representatives shall be applies by thsat person in accordance with any directions given by the authority for the benefit of any dependent of the voluntary assistant. (3) The provisions of the Life Assurance Act 1774 shall not apply to any suc contract. (4) Section 119 above shall apply to any sum which is due by virtue of subsection (2) above and does not exceed the amount for the time being specified in section 119(1) above.

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Nuisance and disturbance on educational premises

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Lost and uncollected property

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(1) This section has effect where—

(a) property comes into the possession of a local authority after being found on buildings or premises owned or managed by them; or

(b) property which has been deposited with a local authority is not collected from them in accordance with the terms under which it was deposited.

(2) Where—

(a) property is found on any building or premises owned or managed by a local authority; and

(b) it is subsequently handed over to the authority,

any right of possession of the property which was vested in a person by virtue of its having been found is extinguished.

(3) If—

(a) the local authority gives the owner or, as the case may be, the depositor of the property notice in writing—

(i) that they require him to collect the property by a date specified in the notice; and

(ii) that if he does not do so the property will vest in the local authority on that date; and

(b) he fails to comply with the notice,

the property shall vest in the local authority on the specified date.

(4) The date to be specified in a notice under subsection (3) above shall be not less than one month from the date of the notice.

(5) Where it appears to the local authority, on the date when property comes into their possession as mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above, that it is impossible to serve a notice under subsection (3) above, the property shall vest in the authority one month from that date.

(6) Where the local authority are satisfied after reasonable inquiry that it is impossible to serve a notice under subsection (3) above in relation to any property, it shall vest in them six months from the relevant date.

(7) Where—

(a) any property is of a perishable nature; or

(b) to look after it adequately would involve the local authority in unreasonable expense or inconvenience,

the authority may sell or otherwise dispose of it at such time and in such manner as they think fit.

(8) Where property is sold or otherwise disposed of under subsection (7) above—

(a) any person to whom the property is transferred shall have a good title to it; and

(b) any proceeds of sale shall vest in the local authority on the day when the property would have vested in them under this section if it had not been sold.

(9) Where any property which came into the possession of a local authority as mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above vests in the authority under this section, the authority may give the whole or any part of the property to the person through whom it came into their possession.

(10) Where the proceeds of sale of property which came into the possession of a local authority as mentioned in the said paragraph (a) vest in the authority under this section, the authority may make a payment not exceeding the value of the property to the person through whom it came into their possession.

(11) Where property is claimed by its owner or depositor before it vests in a local authority under this section, he may collect it on payment to the local authority of any sum which they require him to pay in respect of costs incurred by them—

(a) in making inquiries for the purposes of this section or serving any notice under subsection (3) above; and

(b) in looking after the property adequately.

(12) This section shall not apply to any property which is found—

(a) on an aerodrome or in an aircraft on an aerodrome;

(b) in a public service vehicle; or

(c) on any premises belonging to or under the control of Transport for London or of any of its subsidiaries (within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999).

(13) In this section—

“aerodrome” has the meaning assigned to it by section 28(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1968;

“local authority” means—a local authority as defined in section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972; anda board constituted in pursuance of section 2 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ...; andthe Broads Authority; andthe Common Council of the City of London; anda police and crime commissioner; andthe Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime; and.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985;an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act; a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023; a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004; ... and the London Fire Commissioner;

“public service vehicle” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;

“the relevant date” means—in relation to property which came into the possession of a local authority as mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above, the date when it came into their possession; andin relation to uncollected property,—the date when the local authority accepted custody of it; orthe date when the period for which it was deposited with them expired,whichever is the later.

Port health districts and port health authorities

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Advances for acquisition of land, erection of buildings or carrying out of works

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In section 3 of the Local Authorities (Land) Act 1963—

(a) the following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (1)—

(1) Where a local authority are satisfied that it would be for the benefit or improvement of their area, they may, subject to the provisions of this section, advance money to any person for the purpsoe of enabling him— (a) to acquire land ; or (b) to erect any building or to carry out any work on land.

; and

(b) the following subsections shall be substituted for subsection (3)—

(3) The amount of the principal of an advance made under subsection (1)(a) of this section shall not exceed nine-tenths of the value of the land. (3A) The amount of the principal of an advance made under subsection (1)(b) of this section shall not exceed nine-tenths of the value which it is estimated the mortgaged security will bear upon the completion of the building or other works in respect of which the advance is made.

Definition of certain local authority expenditure etc.

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In section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which gives local authorities power to incur expenditure for certain purposes not otherwise authorised, but limits the expenditure which it authorises)—

(a) the following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (2)—

(2A) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, the power of a local authority to incur expenditure under that subsection includes power to incur expenditure ingiving financial assistance to persons carrying on commercial or industrial undertakings. (2B) Financial assitance under subsection (2A) above may be given by lending or guarantee, or by making grants.

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(b) the following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (4)—

(4A) For the purpose of determining whether a local authority have exceeded the limit set out in subsection (4) above, their expenditure in any financial year under this section shall be taken to be the diferrence between their gross expenditure under this section for that year and the aggregate of the amounts specified in subsection (4B) below. (4B) The amounts mentioned in subsection (4A) above are— (a) any grant paid to the local authority for that year under the Local Government Grants (Social Needs) Act 1969, in so far as the grant is in respect of an activity in relation to which the authority have incurred expenditure in that year under this section ; (b) the amount of any repayment in that year of the principal of a loan for the purpose of financing expenditure under this section in any year ; (c) so mauch of any amount raised by public subscription as is spent in that year for a purpose for which the authority are authorised by this section to incur expenditure ; (d) any grant received by the authority for that year out of the European Regional Development Fund or the Social Fund of the European Economic Community, in so far as the grant is in respect of ana ctivity inrelation to which the authority incurred expenditure under this section ; (e) the amount of any repayment in that year of a loan under this section made by the authority in any year ; and (f) the amount of any expenditure— (i) which is incurred by the authority in that year in circimstances specified in an order made by the Secretary of State ; or (ii) which is incurred by the authority in that year and is of a description so specified ; or (iii) which is defrayed by any grant or other payment to the authority which is made in or in respect of that year and is of a description so specified.

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Arrangements under Employment and Training Act 1973

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(1) A local authority to whom this section applies shall have power and shall be deemed always to have had power to enter into arrangements with ... the Secretary of State under any provision of the Employment and Training Act 1973.

(2) The local authorities to whom this section applies are—

(a) a local authority as defined in section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972;

(aa) an authority established by Part ... IV of the Local Government Act 1985 or by an order under section 10 of that Act;

(ab) a body corporate established by an order under section 67 of that Act..

(b) a board constituted in pursuance of section 2 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 . . .; ...

(bb) the Broads Authority; ...

(ca) a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004; and

(d) the London Fire Commissioner.

Extension of duration of local Act powers to assist industry etc.

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Part XIII — Supplementary

Minor amendments and repeals

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(1) The enactments specified in Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule.

(2) The enactments specified in Schedule 7 to this Act are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

(3) So far as subsection (2) above relates to Parts I and II of Schedule 7 to this Act, it shall come into force on 1st January 1983.

(4) Subsection (2) above extends to Scotland in so far as it relates to any enactment contained in Part IV of Schedule 7 to this Act which so extends.

Consequential repeal or amendment of local statutory provisions

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(1) The Secretary of State may by order—

(a) repeal any provision of a local Act passed before or in the same Session as this Act or of an order or other instrument made under or confirmed by any Act so passed if it appears to him that the provision is inconsistent with or has become unnecessary in consequence of any provision of this Act; and

(b) amend any provision of such a local Act, order or instrument if it appears to him that the provision requires amendment in consequence of any provision contained in this Act or any repeal made by virtue of paragraph (a) above.

(2) An order under subsection (1) above may contain such incidental or transitional provisions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in connection with the order.

(3) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, before he makes an order under subsection (1) above repealing or amending any provision of a local Act, to consult each local authority which he considers would be affected by the repeal or amendment of that provision.

(4) A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (1) above shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Citation and extent

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(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982.

(2) Subject to sections ... 38(3) and 47(4) above, and to paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 6 to this Act, this Act extends to England and Wales only.

SCHEDULE 1

Grant, renewal and transfer of entertainments licences

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Transmission and cancellation of entertainments licences

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Power to prescribe standard terms, conditions and restrictions

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Enforcement

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Provisional grant of licences

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Variation of licences

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Appeals

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Miscellaneous

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Savings and transitional provisions

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Supplemental

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SCHEDULE 2

Hypnotism Act 1952 (c. 46)

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Private Places of Entertainment (Licensing) Act 1967 (c. 19)

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Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26)

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SCHEDULE 3

Saving for existing law

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Nothing in this Schedule—

(a) shall afford a defence to a charge in respect of any offence at common law or under an enactment other than this Schedule; or

(b) shall be taken into account in any way—

(i) at a trial for such an offence; or

(ii) in proceedings for forfeiture under section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 or section 5 of the Protection of Children Act 1978; or

(iii) in proceedings for condemnation under Schedule 3 to the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 of goods which section 42 of the Customs Consolidation Act 1876 prohibits to be imported or brought into the United Kingdom as being indecent or obscene; or

Meaning of “sex establishment”

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In this Schedule “sex establishment” means a sexual entertainment venue, sex cinema or a sex shop.

Meaning of “sex cinema”

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(1) In this Schedule, “sex cinema” means any premises, vehicle, vessel or stall used to a significant degree for the exhibition of moving pictures, by whatever means produced, which—

(a) are concerned primarily with the portrayal of, or primarily deal with or relate to, or are intended to stimulate or encourage—

(i) sexual activity; or

(ii) acts of force or restraint which are associated with sexual activity; or

(b) are concerned primarily with the portrayal of, or primarily deal with or relate to, genital organs or urinary or excretory functions,

but does not include a dwelling-house to which the public is not admitted.

(2) No premises shall be treated as a sex cinema by reason only—

(a) if they may be used for an exhibition of a film (within the meaning of paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Licensing Act 2003) by virtue of an authorisation (within the meaning of section 136 of that Act), of their use in accordance with that authorisation

(b) of their use for an exhibition to which section 6 of that Act (certain non-commercial exhibitions) applies given by an exempted organisation within the meaning of section 6(6) of the Cinemas Act 1985.

Meaning of “sex shop” and “sex article”

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(1) In this Schedule “sex shop” means any premises, vehicle, vessel or stall used for a business which consists to a significant degree of selling, hiring, exchanging, lending, displaying or demonstrating—

(a) sex articles; or

(b) other things intended for use in connection with, or for the purpose of stimulating or encouraging—

(i) sexual activity; or

(ii) acts of force or restraint which are associated with sexual activity.

(2) No premises shall be treated as a sex shop by reason only of their use for the exhibition of moving pictures by whatever means produced.

(3) In this Schedule “sex article” means—

(a) anything made for use in connection with, or for the purpose of stimulating or encouraging—

(i) sexual activity; or

(ii) acts of force or restraint which are associated with sexual activity; and

(b) anything to which sub-paragraph (4) below applies.

(4) This sub-paragraph applies—

(a) to any article containing or embodying matter to be read or looked at or anything intended to be used, either alone or as one of a set, for the reproduction or manufacture of any such article; and

(b) to any recording of vision or sound,

which—

(i) is concerned primarily with the portrayal of, or primarily deals with or relates to, or is intended to stimulate or encourage, sexual activity or acts of force or restraint which are associated with sexual activity; or

(ii) is concerned primarily with the portrayal of, or primarily deals with or relates to, genital organs, or urinary or excretory functions.

Miscellaneous definitions

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(1) In this Schedule—

“the appropriate authority” means, in relation to any area for which a resolution has been passed under section 2 above, the local authority who passed it;

“the chief officer of police”, in relation to any locality, means the chief officer of police for the police area in which the locality is situated; and

“vessel” includes any ship, boat, raft or other apparatus constructed or adapted for floating on water.

(2) This Schedule applies to hovercraft as it applies to vessels.

Requirement for licences for sex establishments

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(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, no person shall in any area in which this Schedule is in force use any premises, vehicle, vessel or stall as a sex establishment except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence granted under this Schedule by the appropriate authority.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply to the sale, supply or demonstration of articles which—

(a) are manufactured for use primarily for the purposes of birth control; or

(b) primarily relate to birth control.

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(1) Any person who—

(a) uses any premises, vehicle, vessel or stall as a sex establishment; or

(b) proposes to do so,

may apply to the appropriate authority for them to waive the requirement of a licence.

(2) An application under this paragraph may be made either as part of an application for a licence under this Schedule or without any such application.

(3) An application under this paragraph shall be made in writing and shall contain the particulars specified in paragraph 10(2) to (5) below and such particulars as the appropriate authority may reasonably require in addition.

(4) The appropriate authority may waive the requirement of a licence in any case where they consider that to require a licence would be unreasonable or inappropriate.

(5) A waiver may be for such period as the appropriate authority think fit.

(6) Where the appropriate authority grant an application for a waiver, they shall give the applicant for the waiver notice that they have granted his application.

(7) The appropriate authority may at any time give a person who would require a licence but for a waiver notice that the waiver is to terminate on such date not less than 28 days from the date on which they give the notice as may be specified in the notice.

Grant, renewal and transfer of licences for sex establishments

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(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) and paragraph 12(1) below, the appropriate authority may grant to any applicant, and from time to time renew, a licence under this Schedule for the use of any premises, vehicle, vessel or stall specified in it for a sex establishment on such terms and conditions and subject to such restrictions as may be so specified.

(2) No term, condition or restriction may be specified under sub-paragraph (1) above in so far as it relates to any matter in relation to which requirements or prohibitions are or could be imposed by or under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in respect of the premises, vehicle, vessel or stall.

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