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London Local Authorities Act 2007

2007 CHAPTER ii

CONTENTS

Go to Preamble

  1. PART 1

    Preliminary

    1. 1. Citation and commencement

    2. 2. General interpretation

    3. 3. Appointed day

  2. PART 2

    Public Health and the Environment

    1. Interpretation

      1. 4. Interpretation of Part 2

    2. Advertising

      1. 5. Portable advertisements, etc.

      2. 6. Advertisements: designation of areas

      3. 7. Unauthorised advertisement hoardings

      4. 8. Automatic minimum fine on third conviction for fly posting or shroud advertisement offence

      5. 9. Certificates of conviction for purposes of section 8

      6. 10. Determination of day when offence committed

      7. 11. Advertising: measures to be taken on surfaces

      8. 12. Railway undertakers: provision for purposes of section 11

    3. Advertising: seizure and forfeiture

      1. 13. Advertising: seizure

      2. 14. Return and disposal of seized items

      3. 15. Disposal orders

      4. 16. Forfeiture of seized items

      5. 17. Compensation where seizure unlawful

    4. Graffiti

      1. 18. Defacement of buildings

    5. Waste and litter

      1. 19. Placing of receptacles for household waste

      2. 20. Regulations relating to receptacles for household waste

      3. 21. Placing of receptacles for commercial or industrial waste

      4. 22. Regulations relating to receptacles for commercial or industrial waste

      5. 23. Regulations relating to receptacles for waste: enforcement

      6. 24. Littering from vehicles

      7. 25. Powers to require removal of waste unlawfully deposited

      8. 26. Civic amenity sites

    6. Abandoned and nuisance vehicles

      1. 27. Removal of abandoned and nuisance vehicles

      2. 28. Disposal of removed vehicles

    7. Enforcement action zones

      1. 29. Enforcement action zones

      2. 30. Designation procedure for enforcement action zones

      3. 31. Enforcement action zones: modification of enactments

    8. Town and country planning

      1. 32. Application of section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vegetation

  3. PART 3

    Licensing

    1. CHAPTER 1

      Hostess Bars and Near Beer Premises

      1. 33. Hostess bars

      2. 34. Application to existing premises

      3. 35. Near beer premises

    2. CHAPTER 2

      Street Trading

      1. Introductory

        1. 36. Interpretation of Chapter 2

      2. Street trading on certain bridges

        1. 37. Bridges in the City of Westminster and London Borough of Lambeth

      3. London Local Authorities Act 1990

        1. 38. Interpretation of Part III of Act of 1990

        2. 39. Applications for street trading licences under Act of 1990

        3. 40. Lapsing of street trading licence under Act of 1990

        4. 41. Temporary licences

        5. 42. Offences under Act of 1990

        6. 43. Employment of assistants under Act of 1990

        7. 44. Unlicensed street trading under Act of 1990

        8. 45. Seizure of perishable items

        9. 46. Motor vehicles

        10. 47. Disposal orders

        11. 48. Transitional provisions

        12. 49. Keeling Schedule

      4. City of Westminster Act 1999

        1. 50. Interpretation of Act of 1999

        2. 51. Applications for street trading licences under Act of 1999

        3. 52. Mandatory grounds of refusal of application under Act of 1999

        4. 53. Lapsing of street trading licence under Act of 1999

        5. 54. Temporary licences

        6. 55. Employment of assistants under Act of 1999

        7. 56. Unlicensed street trading under Act of 1999

        8. 57. Seizure of perishable items

        9. 58. Motor vehicles

        10. 59. Disposal orders

  4. PART 4

    Penalty Charges and Fixed Penalties

    1. Introductory

      1. 60. Joint committees

    2. Penalty Charges

      1. 61. Penalty charges

      2. 62. Representations and appeals

      3. 63. Adjudicators

      4. 64. Enforcement of penalty charges

      5. 65. Certificated bailiffs

      6. 66. Levels of penalty charges

      7. 67. Penalty charges: reserve powers of Secretary of State

    3. Fixed Penalties

      1. 68. Fixed penalties under the London Local Authorities Act 2004

      2. 69. Fixed penalty offences

  5. PART 5

    Miscellaneous

    1. 70. Display of certain video recordings

    2. 71. Temporary sleeping accommodation: powers of entry, search and seizure

    3. 72. Soliciting for custom

    4. 73. Charges for pipe subways

    5. 74. Power to disturb human remains

    6. 75. Mail forwarding businesses

    7. 76. Crime prevention on housing land

    8. 77. Private sewers

    9. 78. Provision of information to authorised officers

  6. PART 6

    Supplemental

    1. 79. Obstruction of authorised officer

    2. 80. Proof of resolution

    3. 81. Liability of directors, etc.

    4. 82. Regulations

    1. Schedule 1

      Sections of Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49) applied to section 11 (advertising: measures to be taken on surfaces) of this Act

    2. Schedule 2

      Modification of enactments in enforcement action zone

      1. Part 1

        Modification of enactments within enforcement action zone

      2. Part 2

        Modification of enactments: general

    3. Schedule 3

      Part III of the London Local Authorities Act 1990 (c. vii) as having effect as amended by the London Local Authorities Act 1994 (c. xii), the London Local Authorities Act 2004 (c. i) and this Act

    4. Schedule 4

      Financial provisions relating to section 61 (penalty charges) of this Act

An Act to confer further powers upon local authorities in London; and for related purposes.

[19th July 2007]

Whereas—

(1)

It is expedient that further and better provision should be made for the improvement and development of local government services in London and for the benefit of persons residing therein and that the powers of London borough councils and the Common Council of the City of London (hereinafter referred to as “London borough councils”) should be extended and amended as provided in this Act:

(2)

It is expedient that further provision be made in London in relation to advertising, graffiti, waste, litter, abandoned and nuisance vehicles and other matters related to public health and the environment:

(3)

It is expedient that provision be made in London for the licensing of hostess bars:

(4)

It is expedient that the law relating to street trading be amended in London:

(5)

It is expedient that further provision be made in London about penalty charges and fixed penalties for certain offences:

(6)

It is expedient that provision be made in London about the display of certain video recordings:

(7)

It is expedient that provision be made in London about the disturbance of human remains to enable further interments:

(8)

It is expedient that provision be made in London about the registration of mail forwarding businesses:

(9)

It is expedient that further provision be made in London about temporary sleeping accommodation, the control of soliciting for custom, the making of charges for the use of pipe subways, and crime prevention measures on council housing estates:

(10)

It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this Act should be enacted:

(11)

The objects of this Act cannot be attained without the authority of Parliament:

(12)

In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the Westminster City Council have complied with the requirements of section 239 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) and the other London borough councils have complied with the requirements of section 87 of the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51):

(13)

In relation to the promotion of the Bill the London borough councils have acted through their representation in London Councils (formerly the Association of London Government), a statutory joint committee whose membership is made up from members of all the London borough councils:

May it therefore please your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted, by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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