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Back to full view	Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011Previous: IntroductionNext: Schedule PART 1 N.I.GATING ORDERSGating ordersN.I.1 In the Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (NI 15), after Article 69 insert—
“PART 6A N.I.RESTRICTION OF RIGHTS OVER ROADGating orders69A—(1) A district council may, with the approval of the Department, make an order under this Article in relation to any relevant road which is situated within its district.
Effect of gating orders69B—(1) A gating order restricts, to the extent specified in the order, the public right of way over the road to which it relates.
Variation and revocation of gating orders69C—(1) A district council may, with the approval of the Department, by order vary a gating order made by the council so as further to restrict any public right of way over the road to which the order relates, if the council is satisfied that in all the circumstances it is expedient to do so for the purpose of reducing crime or anti-social behaviour.
Procedure for orders under this Part69D—(1) Before making, varying or revoking a gating order a district council shall publish in the Belfast Gazette and once at least in each of two successive weeks in one or more newspapers circulating in the area in which the road to which the order relates is situated a notice—
Publication and availability of gating orders69E—(1) A district council must arrange for—
PART 2 N.I.VEHICLESNuisance parking offencesN.I.Exposing vehicles for sale on a roadN.I.2—(1) A person is guilty of an offence if at any time—
Repairing vehicles on a roadN.I.3—(1) A person who carries out restricted works on a motor vehicle on a road is guilty of an offence.
Nuisance parking offences: fixed penalty noticesN.I.Power to give fixed penalty noticesN.I.4—(1) Where on any occasion an authorised officer of a district council has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under section 2 or 3 in the district of that council, the officer may give that person a notice offering the person the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for that offence by payment of a fixed penalty to the district council.
Power to require name and addressN.I.5—(1) If an authorised officer of a district council proposes to give a person a notice under section 4, the officer may require that person to provide the officer with the person's name and address.
Use of fixed penalty receiptsN.I.6—(1) This section applies in relation to amounts paid to a district council in pursuance of notices under section 4 (its “fixed penalty receipts”).
“Fixed penalty notices for offence of abandoning vehicles29A—(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.
Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and address29B—(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.
Use of fixed penalties under Article 29A29C—(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 councilN.I.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.
Disposal of removed vehicle by district councilN.I.9—(1) The Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 shall be amended as follows.
Illegally parked vehiclesN.I.Notice of removal of vehicleN.I.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 officerN.I.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.
Disposal of vehicle by DepartmentN.I.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.
PART 3 N.I.LITTEROffence of dropping litterN.I.Offence of dropping litter in lake, pond or watercourseN.I.14—(1) Article 3 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (NI 10) (offence of dropping litter) shall be amended as follows.
PART 4 N.I.GRAFFITI AND OTHER DEFACEMENTPenalty notices for graffiti and fly-postingN.I.Penalty notices for graffiti and fly-postingN.I.26—(1) Where an authorised officer of a district council has reason to believe that a person has committed a relevant offence in the district of that council, the officer may give that person a notice offering that person the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for that offence by payment of a penalty in accordance with the notice.
Amount of penaltyN.I.27—(1) The amount of a penalty payable in pursuance of a notice under section 26(1)—
Penalty notices: power to require name and addressN.I.28—(1) If an authorised officer of a district council proposes to give a person a notice under section 26(1), the officer may require the person to give the officer that person's name and address.
Penalty receiptsN.I.29—(1) The fixed penalty payable in pursuance of a notice under section 26(1) is payable to the district council whose authorised officer gave the notice.
GuidanceN.I.30—(1) The Department may issue guidance to district councils about—
Removal of graffiti and fly-postersN.I.Defacement removal noticesN.I.31—(1) This section applies where a district council is satisfied—
Recovery of expenditureN.I.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).
GuidanceN.I.33—(1) The Department shall issue guidance to district councils for the purposes of sections 31 and 32.
AppealsN.I.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 noticesN.I.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 posters18—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Article, a district council may remove or obliterate—
Aerosol paintsN.I.Sale of aerosol paint to childrenN.I.37—(1) A person who sells an aerosol paint container to a person under the age of 18 commits an offence.
AdvertisementsN.I.Unlawful display of advertisementsN.I.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).
SupplementaryN.I.Power of district councils to obtain informationN.I.39—(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 5 N.I.DOGSDog control ordersN.I.Power to make dog control ordersN.I.40—(1) A district council may in accordance with this Part make an order providing for an offence or offences relating to the control of dogs in respect of any land in its district to which this Part applies.
Dog control orders: supplementaryN.I.41—(1) The Department shall by regulations prescribe the penalties, or maximum penalties, which may be provided for in a dog control order in relation to any offence.
Land to which this Part appliesN.I.42—(1) Subject to this section, this Part applies to any land which is open to the air and to which the public are entitled or permitted to have access (with or without payment).
Fixed penalty noticesN.I.Fixed penalty notices for contravention of dog control orderN.I.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 penaltiesN.I.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—
Power to require name and addressN.I.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.
SupplementaryN.I.ByelawsN.I.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.
Power of district councils to obtain informationN.I.47—(1) —(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 6 N.I.NOISECHAPTER 1N.I.AUDIBLE INTRUDER ALARMSAlarm notification areasN.I.Designation of alarm notification areasN.I.48—(1) A district council may designate all or any part of its district as an alarm notification area.
CHAPTER 2N.I.AMENDMENTS TO THE NOISE ACT 1996Dealing with noise at nightN.I.60—(1) The Noise Act 1996 (c. 37) is amended as follows.
Noise offences: fixed penalty noticesN.I.61—(1) In section 8 of the Noise Act 1996, omit subsection (8) (amount of fixed penalty).
PART 7 N.I.STATUTORY NUISANCESStatutory nuisancesN.I.63—(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (9), the following matters constitute “statutory nuisances” for the purposes of this Part, that is to say—
Summary proceedings for statutory nuisancesN.I.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 streetN.I.66—(1) In the case of a statutory nuisance within section 63(1)(j) that—
Supplementary provisionsN.I.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.
Expenses recoverable from owner to be a charge on premisesN.I.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 instalmentsN.I.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.
Summary proceedings by persons aggrieved by statutory nuisancesN.I.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.
Application of this Part to CrownN.I.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.
PART 8 N.I.MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARYUse of fixed penalty receiptsN.I.Use of penalty receiptsN.I.72—(1) This section applies in relation to amounts paid to a district council in pursuance of—
Increase of penalty for pollution offencesN.I.Offences relating to pollution etc.: penalties on convictionN.I.73 In paragraph 25 of Schedule 1 to the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (NI 7) (purposes for which regulations may be made under Article 4: offences), in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(ii) for the words “£30,000” substitute “ £50,000 ”.
Offences by bodies corporateN.I.Offences by bodies corporateN.I.74 For the purposes of this Act, section 20(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) applies with the omission of the words “the liability of whose members is limited” and where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, applies in relation to the acts or defaults of a member in connection with that member's functions of management as if that member were a director of the body corporate.
SupplementaryN.I.Regulations and ordersN.I.75—(1) Orders and regulations made by the Department under this Act may include such incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitory, transitional or saving provisions as the Department considers appropriate.
Minor and consequential amendments and repealsN.I.77—(1) The statutory provisions set out in Schedule 3 have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule.