Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/23/enacted/data.xht?view=snippet&wrap=true
Timestamp: 2018-05-24 08:38:34
Document Index: 472701398

Matched Legal Cases: ['ART 1', 'ART 2', 'ART 3', 'ART 4', 'ART 5', 'ART 7']

PART 1GATING ORDERS
PART 2VEHICLES
3.—(1) A person who carries out restricted works on a motor vehicle on a road is guilty of an offence.
Offence of abandoning a vehicle: fixed penalty notices
7. In the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, after Article 29 (offence of unauthorised abandonment of motor vehicles etc.) insert—
29A.—(1) Where on any occasion it appears to an authorised officer of a district council that a person has committed an offence under Article 29(1)(a) in the district of that council, the officer may give that person a notice offering him the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for the offence by payment of a fixed penalty to the district council.
29B.—(1) If an authorised officer of a district council proposes to give a person a notice under Article 29A, the officer may require the person to give him his name and address.
29C.—(1) This Article applies in relation to amounts paid to a district council in pursuance of notices under Article 29A (its “fixed penalty receipts”).
Notice of removal of vehicle by district council
8.—(1) Article 30 of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (NI 19) (removal of abandoned vehicles) shall be amended as follows.
10. In the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (NI 19), after Article 31 (disposal of removed vehicles) insert—
31A. A district council in exercising any function conferred under Article 30 or 31 shall have regard to any guidance given for the purpose by the Department.”.
Notice of removal of vehicle
11.—(1) In Article 48 of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (NI 2) (power of constable to remove vehicles), omit paragraph (4).
Disposal of vehicle by police officer
12.—(1) Article 51 of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (disposal of vehicles by a police officer) shall be amended as follows.
(4) In that paragraph, in sub-paragraph (c)(ii) after the words “the notice was served” insert “ or such other period as may be prescribed”.
(7) In paragraph (7), in the definition of “licence”, after the words “the Vehicle and Excise Registration Act 1994” insert “(including a nil licence within the meaning of that Act)”.
Disposal of vehicle by Department
13.—(1) Article 52 of the Road Traffic Regulation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (NI 2) (disposal of vehicles by the Department) shall be amended as follows.
(4) In that paragraph, in sub-paragraph (c)(ii) after the words “the notice was served” insert “or such other period as may be prescribed”.
PART 3LITTER
Offence of dropping litter in lake, pond or watercourse
14.—(1) Article 3 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (NI 10) (offence of dropping litter) shall be amended as follows.
Penalty for failing to provide name
15.—(1) Article 5 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (NI 10) (enforcement of Articles 3 and 4) shall be amended as follows.
Litter offence: fixed penalty notice
16.—(1) Article 6 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (fixed penalty notices) shall be amended as follows.
an employee of the district council who is authorised in writing by the council for the purpose of giving notices under this Article;
any employee of such a person who is authorised in writing by the council for the purpose of giving such notices;”.
District council notices
Litter clearing notices
17.—(1) Article 10 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (NI 10) (litter control areas) shall cease to have effect.
12A.—(1) A district council may in accordance with this Article serve a notice (a “litter clearing notice”) in relation to any land in its district which is open to the air.
12B.—(1) A person on whom a litter clearing notice is served under Article 12A may appeal against it to a court of summary jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
12C.—(1) This Article applies where the person on whom a litter clearing notice is served under Article 12A fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed by the notice.
18.—(1) Article 13 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (NI 10) (street litter control notices) shall be amended as follows.
19.—(1) Article 14 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (street litter: supplementary provisions) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (4)(b) after the words “so specified” insert “(including the standards to which any such thing must be done)”.
20. After Article 14 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (NI 10) insert—
14A.—(1) This Article applies where on any occasion it appears to an authorised officer of a district council that a person has committed an offence under Article 12C(2) or 14(8) in relation to a notice served by that council.
21.—(1) The Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 shall be amended as follows.
“14B. Free distribution of printed matter
Schedule 1A (free distribution of printed matter on designated land) has effect.”.
“SCHEDULE 1AFREE DISTRIBUTION OF PRINTED MATTER ON DESIGNATED
1.—(1) A person commits an offence if he distributes any free printed matter without the consent of a district council on any land which is designated by the council under this Schedule, where the person knows that the land is so designated.
2.—(1) A district council may by order in accordance with this paragraph designate land in its district for the purposes of this Schedule.
3.—(1) A district council may on the application of any person consent to that person or any other person (identified specifically or by description) distributing free printed matter on any land designated by the council under this Schedule.
4.—(1) A district council may require the payment of a fee before giving consent under paragraph 3.
5.—(1) Any person aggrieved by a decision of a district council under paragraph 3—
6.—(1) Where it appears to an authorised officer of a district council that a person distributing any printed matter is committing an offence under paragraph 1, he may seize all or any of it.
7.—(1) This paragraph applies where on any occasion it appears to an authorised officer of a district council that a person has committed an offence under paragraph 1 on any land designated by the council under this Schedule.
8. In this Schedule “authorised officer”, in relation to a district council, means—
Exclusion of liability for district councils
23. In the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994, after Article 18A (as inserted by section 22) insert—
“18B. Exclusion of liability
(1) None of the persons mentioned in paragraph (2) shall have any liability to an occupier or owner of land for damages or otherwise (whether at common law or otherwise) arising out of anything done or omitted to be done in the exercise or purported exercise of the power in Article 12(10), 12A(9) or 12C(3).
24.—(1) Schedule 1 to the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (NI 10) (abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 3(2), for the words “seized or removed” substitute “seized and removed”.
“3A.—(1) This paragraph applies where the district council is entitled to sell or otherwise dispose of a shopping or luggage trolley in accordance with paragraph 3(1)(b).
(i)for the words from “in fixing” to “sufficient” substitute “in fixing the charges to be paid under this Schedule, shall secure that the charges so payable are such as are sufficient”, and
(ii)for the words “such trolleys” substitute “shopping or luggage trolleys”, and
(b)in sub-paragraph (2), after the words “paragraph 3” insert “or 3A”.
Section 24: transitional provision
25.—(1) This section applies if, before the commencement date, a district council has resolved under Article 19 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (NI 10) that Schedule 1 to that Order is to apply in its district.
(2) If the day specified in the resolution for the coming into operation of Schedule 1 in the council’s district falls on or after the commencement date, the resolution is to be of no effect.
(3) If Schedule 1 applies in the council’s district immediately before the commencement date, the Schedule is to continue to apply in the council’s district on and after the commencement date as it applied before that date.
PART 4GRAFFITI AND OTHER DEFACEMENT
Removal of graffiti and fly-posters
Defacement removal notices
31.—(1) This section applies where a district council is satisfied—
32.—(1) A district council may recover from the person on whom a defacement removal notice was served expenditure reasonably incurred in exercise of the power under section 31(4).
33.—(1) The Department shall issue guidance to district councils for the purposes of sections 31 and 32.
34.—(1) A person on whom a defacement removal notice is served may, within the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which it is served, appeal against the notice to a court of summary jurisdiction on any of the following grounds.
Exemption from liability in relation to defacement removal notices
35.—(1) None of the persons mentioned in subsection (2) shall have any liability to any person responsible for the relevant surface for damages or otherwise (whether at common law or otherwise) arising out of anything done or omitted to be done in the exercise or purported exercise of—
Removal or obliteration of graffiti, placards and posters
36. For Article 18 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (NI 15) (removal of graffiti and fly posters) substitute—
18.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Article, a district council may remove or obliterate—
Unlawful display of advertisements
38.—(1) Article 84 of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (NI 11) (enforcement of advertisement control) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).
(2) In paragraph (3) for “that it was displayed without his knowledge or consent” substitute “either of the matters specified in paragraph (4)”.
(5) In paragraph (9) for “that it was displayed without his knowledge or consent” substitute “either of the matters specified in paragraph (9A)”.
PART 5DOGS
Fixed penalty notices for contravention of dog control order
43.—(1) This section applies where on any occasion an authorised officer of a district council has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under a dog control order made by that council.
Amount of fixed penalties
44.—(1) The amount of a fixed penalty payable to a district council in pursuance of a notice under section 43 in respect of an offence under a dog control order—
45.—(1) If an authorised officer of a district council proposes to give a person a notice under section 43, the officer may require the person to give the officer that person’s name and address.
46.—(1) Where, apart from this subsection, a district council has at any time power to make a byelaw in relation to any matter specified in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 40(3) as respects any land, it may not make such a byelaw if at that time it has power under this Part to make a dog control order as respects that land in relation to the matter specified in that paragraph.
47.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), a district council may serve on any person a notice requiring that person to supply to the council, within a period or at times specified in the notice and in a form so specified, any information so specified which the council reasonably considers that it needs for the purposes of any function conferred on the council by this Part.
PART 7STATUTORY NUISANCES
63.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (9), the following matters constitute “statutory nuisances” for the purposes of this Part, that is to say—
“owner”, in relation to any premises consisting of land, means a person (other than a mortgagee not in possession) who, whether in that person’s own right or as agent or trustee for any other person, is entitled to receive the rack rent of the premises or, where the premises are not let at a rack rent, would be so entitled if they were so let;
Duty of district council to inspect for statutory nuisance
64. It shall be the duty of every district council—
65.—(1) Subject to subsection (3) where a district council is satisfied that a statutory nuisance exists, or is likely to occur or recur, in the district of the council, the district council shall serve a notice (“an abatement notice”) imposing all or any of the following requirements—
Abatement notice in respect of noise in the street
66.—(1) In the case of a statutory nuisance within section 63(1)(j) that—
67.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), where more than one person is responsible for a statutory nuisance section 65 shall apply to each of those persons whether or not what any one of them is responsible for would by itself amount to a nuisance.
(2) In relation to a statutory nuisance within section 63(1)(j) for which more than one person is responsible (whether or not what any one of those persons is responsible for would by itself amount to such a nuisance), section 65(2)(a) shall apply with the substitution of “any one of the persons” for “the person”.
(a)in subsection (2)(a), of the words “any of the persons” for “the person” and of “one such person” for “that person”,
(b)in subsection (2)(b), of the words “such a person” for “that person”,
(c)in subsection (3), of the words “any of the persons” for “the person” and of “one such person” for “that person”,
(d)in subsection (5), of the words “any person” for “the person”, and
(e)in subsection (7), of the words “a person” for “the person” and of “such a person” for “that person”.
Expenses recoverable from owner to be a charge on premises
68.—(1) Where any expenses are recoverable under section 67(6) from a person who is the owner of the premises there mentioned and the district council serves a notice on that person under this section—
Payment of expenses by instalments
69.—(1) Where any expenses are a charge on premises under section 68, the district council may by order declare the expenses to be payable with interest by instalments within the specified period, until the whole amount is paid.
70.—(1) A court of summary jurisdiction may act under this section on a complaint made by any person on the ground that that person is aggrieved by the existence of a statutory nuisance.
(6) In relation to a statutory nuisance within section 63(1)(j) for which more than one person is responsible (whether or not what any one of those persons is responsible for would by itself amount to such a nuisance), subsection (4)(a) shall apply with the substitution of “each person responsible for the nuisance who can be found” for “the person responsible for the nuisance”.
(7) In relation to a statutory nuisance within section 63(1)(j) caused by noise emitted from or caused by an unattended vehicle or unattended machinery or equipment for which more than one person is responsible, subsection (4)(d) shall apply with the substitution of “any person” for “the person”.
(8) Before instituting proceedings for an order under subsection (2) against any person, the person aggrieved by the nuisance shall give to that person such notice in writing of the aggrieved person’s intention to bring the proceedings as is applicable to proceedings in respect of a nuisance of that description and the notice shall specify the matter complained of.
(a)in the case of a nuisance falling within paragraph (i) or (j) of section 63(1), not less than 3 days’ notice; and
(b)in the case of a nuisance of any other description, not less than 21 days’ notice;
Application of this Part to Crown
71.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the provisions of this Part and of regulations and orders made under it shall bind the Crown to the full extent authorised or permitted by the constitutional laws of Northern Ireland.
(4) In this section any reference to the Crown includes the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.