Litter Police : Clean Neighbourhoods Act 2005 - 3rd Oct 2015 3:48pm
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
This is a spin off from the Littering Fixed Penalty Topic Click Me
So if your caught littering it looks like the advice is pay up, and give your details.
But obviously check they are an official and not a fake / scammer.
You can video and take pictures of them, read this first. http://content.met.police.uk/Site/photographyadvice
The government has not lifted its FPN guidelines which states ...
SOURCE
Environmental Protection Act 1990 Section 88 Click Me
Environmental Protection Act 1990 Table of Contents Click Me
Other orders covered by this Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 Click me
Table of Contents Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
Part 1 Crime and disorder
1.Crime and disorder reduction strategies
2.Gating orders
Collapse -Part 2 Vehicles
Nuisance parking offences
3.Exposing vehicles for sale on a road
4.Repairing vehicles on a road
5.Liability of directors etc
Nuisance parking offences: fixed penalty notices
6.Power to give fixed penalty notices
7.Power to require name and address
8.Use of fixed penalty receipts
9.Fixed penalty notices: supplementary
Abandoned vehicles
10.Offence of abandoning a vehicle: fixed penalty notices
11.Notice of removal
12.Disposal
13.Guidance
14.Abandoned vehicles: supplementary
Illegally parked vehicles etc
15.Notice of removal
16.Disposal
17.Guidance
Collapse -Part 3 Litter and refuse
Offence of dropping litter
18.Extension of litter offence to all open places
19.Litter offence: fixed penalty notices
Local authority notices
20.Litter clearing notices
21.Street litter control notices
22.Failure to comply with notice: fixed penalty notices
Free distribution of printed matter
23.Controls on free distribution of printed matter
General
24.Fixed penalty notices: common provision
25.Exclusion of liability
26.“Appropriate person”
27.“Litter”
Collapse -Part 4 Graffiti and other defacement
Graffiti and fly-posting
28.Fixed penalty notices: amount of fixed penalty
29.Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and address
30.Fixed penalty notices: authorised officers
31.Extension of graffiti removal notices to fly-posting
32.Sale of aerosol paint to children
Advertisements
33.Unlawful display of advertisements: defences
34.Removal of placards and posters
Collapse -Part 5 Waste
Chapter 1 Transport of waste
35.Unregistered transport: defence of acting under employer's instructions
36.Registration requirements and conditions
37.Enforcement powers
38.Failure to produce authority: fixed penalty notices
39.Interpretation
Chapter 2 Deposit and disposal of waste
Offence of unlawful deposit of waste etc
40.Defence of acting under employer's instructions
41.Penalties on conviction
42.Investigation and enforcement costs
43.Clean-up costs
44.Forfeiture of vehicles
Offences relating to documentation
45.Failure to furnish documentation: fixed penalty notices
Offences: powers of seizure
46.Power to search and seize vehicles
Local authority waste collection and disposal
47.Abolition of requirement to contract out waste disposal functions
48.Offences relating to waste receptacles: fixed penalty notices
49.Payments for waste recycling and disposal
50.Power to require owner of land to remove waste
Supplementary
51.“Appropriate person”
52.Use of fixed penalty receipts
53.Supplementary enforcement powers
Chapter 3 Site waste
54.Site waste management plans
Collapse -Part 6 Dogs
Chapter 1 Controls on dogs
Dog control orders
55.Power to make dog control orders
56.Dog control orders: supplementary
57.Land to which Chapter 1 applies
58.Primary and secondary authorities
Fixed penalty notices
59.Fixed penalty notices
60.Amount of fixed penalties
61.Power to require name and address
62.Community support officers etc
Supplementary
63.Overlapping powers
64.Byelaws
65.Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996
General
66.“Appropriate person”
67.Regulations and orders
Chapter 2 Stray dogs
68.Termination of police responsibility for stray dogs
Collapse -Part 7 Noise
Chapter 1 Audible intruder alarms
Alarm notification areas
69.Designation of alarm notification areas
70.Withdrawal of designation
71.Notification of nominated key-holders
72.Nomination of key-holders
73.Offences under section 71: fixed penalty notices
74.Amount of fixed penalty
75.Use of fixed penalty receipts
76.Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and address
Powers in relation to alarms
77.Power of entry
78.Warrant to enter premises by force
79.Powers of entry: supplementary
Supplementary
80.Orders and regulations
81.Interpretation
Chapter 2 General
Noise from premises
82.Noise offences: fixed penalty notices
83.Noise offences: use of fixed penalty receipts
84.Extension of Noise Act 1996 to licensed premises etc
85.Noise Act 1996: supplementary
Statutory noise nuisances
86.Deferral of duty to serve abatement notice
Collapse -Part 8 Architecture and the built environment
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
87.The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
88.General functions of the Commission
89.Changes to functions of the Commission
90.Power to dissolve the Commission
91.Dissolution of the old Commission
92.Transfer of staff, property etc
93.Tax
Financial assistance
94.Architecture and the built environment: financial assistance
Supplementary
95.Orders
Collapse -Part 9 Miscellaneous
Use of fixed penalty receipts
96.Use of fixed penalty receipts: higher tier authorities
97.Use of fixed penalty receipts: lower tier authorities
98.Sections 96 and 97: supplementary
Shopping and luggage trolleys
99.Abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys
100.Section 99: transitional provision
Statutory nuisances
101.Statutory nuisance: insects
102.Statutory nuisance: lighting
103.Sections 101 and 102: supplementary
Pollution
104.Contaminated land: appeals against remediation notices
105.Offences relating to pollution etc: penalties on conviction
Collapse -Part 10 General
106.Minor and consequential amendments
107.Repeals
108.Commencement
109.Money
110.Extent
111.Short title
- - - - -
I consider myself informed and freshly educated to all the changes.
But do be aware of false officials impersonating these officers.
This is a spin off from the Littering Fixed Penalty Topic Click Me
So if your caught littering it looks like the advice is pay up, and give your details.
But obviously check they are an official and not a fake / scammer.
You can video and take pictures of them, read this first. http:/
- Litter Police : Summary
- penalty notices may be issued to children aged 10 or over, as well as to adults.
This page states the age of 10 and above Click Me
Found the page thanks to DD post later in this thread Click Me
- Who can nab you ?
Litter authority authorised officers, including persons not employed by the local authority (includes parish councils, National Park authorities and the Broads Authority)
Accredited persons - litter wardens
Police community support officers (PCSOs)
Power to photograph persons given a penalty notice
- Because you have :
throw down, drop or otherwise deposit and leave litter in any place open to the air is a criminal offence, even when dropped on private land or water.
- And you will be charged under :
Section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA), as amended by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, makes it an offence to drop, throw or deposit and leave litter anywhere.
- And your issued with a fine under :
Section 88 of the EPA gives the power to issue a fixed penalty notice
- Power to require name and address Source
(1)If an authorised officer of a local authority proposes to give a person a notice under section 6, the officer may require the person to give him his name and address.
(2)A person commits an offence if—
(a)he fails to give his name and address when required to do so under subsection (1), or
(b)he gives a false or inaccurate name or address in response to a requirement under that subsection.
(3)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Originally Posted by diggingdeeper
The government has not lifted its FPN guidelines which states ...
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Give offenders the chance to pick up litter before you issue an FPN. Warn them that you will issue an FPN if they don’t.
SOURCE
(Section-6)
(Section-87)
(Section-88)
Environmental Protection Act 1990 Section 88 Click Me
Environmental Protection Act 1990 Table of Contents Click Me
Other orders covered by this Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 Click me
Table of Contents Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
Part 1 Crime and disorder
1.Crime and disorder reduction strategies
2.Gating orders
Collapse -Part 2 Vehicles
Nuisance parking offences
3.Exposing vehicles for sale on a road
4.Repairing vehicles on a road
5.Liability of directors etc
Nuisance parking offences: fixed penalty notices
6.Power to give fixed penalty notices
7.Power to require name and address
8.Use of fixed penalty receipts
9.Fixed penalty notices: supplementary
Abandoned vehicles
10.Offence of abandoning a vehicle: fixed penalty notices
11.Notice of removal
12.Disposal
13.Guidance
14.Abandoned vehicles: supplementary
Illegally parked vehicles etc
15.Notice of removal
16.Disposal
17.Guidance
Collapse -Part 3 Litter and refuse
Offence of dropping litter
18.Extension of litter offence to all open places
19.Litter offence: fixed penalty notices
Local authority notices
20.Litter clearing notices
21.Street litter control notices
22.Failure to comply with notice: fixed penalty notices
Free distribution of printed matter
23.Controls on free distribution of printed matter
General
24.Fixed penalty notices: common provision
25.Exclusion of liability
26.“Appropriate person”
27.“Litter”
Collapse -Part 4 Graffiti and other defacement
Graffiti and fly-posting
28.Fixed penalty notices: amount of fixed penalty
29.Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and address
30.Fixed penalty notices: authorised officers
31.Extension of graffiti removal notices to fly-posting
32.Sale of aerosol paint to children
Advertisements
33.Unlawful display of advertisements: defences
34.Removal of placards and posters
Collapse -Part 5 Waste
Chapter 1 Transport of waste
35.Unregistered transport: defence of acting under employer's instructions
36.Registration requirements and conditions
37.Enforcement powers
38.Failure to produce authority: fixed penalty notices
39.Interpretation
Chapter 2 Deposit and disposal of waste
Offence of unlawful deposit of waste etc
40.Defence of acting under employer's instructions
41.Penalties on conviction
42.Investigation and enforcement costs
43.Clean-up costs
44.Forfeiture of vehicles
Offences relating to documentation
45.Failure to furnish documentation: fixed penalty notices
Offences: powers of seizure
46.Power to search and seize vehicles
Local authority waste collection and disposal
47.Abolition of requirement to contract out waste disposal functions
48.Offences relating to waste receptacles: fixed penalty notices
49.Payments for waste recycling and disposal
50.Power to require owner of land to remove waste
Supplementary
51.“Appropriate person”
52.Use of fixed penalty receipts
53.Supplementary enforcement powers
Chapter 3 Site waste
54.Site waste management plans
Collapse -Part 6 Dogs
Chapter 1 Controls on dogs
Dog control orders
55.Power to make dog control orders
56.Dog control orders: supplementary
57.Land to which Chapter 1 applies
58.Primary and secondary authorities
Fixed penalty notices
59.Fixed penalty notices
60.Amount of fixed penalties
61.Power to require name and address
62.Community support officers etc
Supplementary
63.Overlapping powers
64.Byelaws
65.Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996
General
66.“Appropriate person”
67.Regulations and orders
Chapter 2 Stray dogs
68.Termination of police responsibility for stray dogs
Collapse -Part 7 Noise
Chapter 1 Audible intruder alarms
Alarm notification areas
69.Designation of alarm notification areas
70.Withdrawal of designation
71.Notification of nominated key-holders
72.Nomination of key-holders
73.Offences under section 71: fixed penalty notices
74.Amount of fixed penalty
75.Use of fixed penalty receipts
76.Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and address
Powers in relation to alarms
77.Power of entry
78.Warrant to enter premises by force
79.Powers of entry: supplementary
Supplementary
80.Orders and regulations
81.Interpretation
Chapter 2 General
Noise from premises
82.Noise offences: fixed penalty notices
83.Noise offences: use of fixed penalty receipts
84.Extension of Noise Act 1996 to licensed premises etc
85.Noise Act 1996: supplementary
Statutory noise nuisances
86.Deferral of duty to serve abatement notice
Collapse -Part 8 Architecture and the built environment
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
87.The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
88.General functions of the Commission
89.Changes to functions of the Commission
90.Power to dissolve the Commission
91.Dissolution of the old Commission
92.Transfer of staff, property etc
93.Tax
Financial assistance
94.Architecture and the built environment: financial assistance
Supplementary
95.Orders
Collapse -Part 9 Miscellaneous
Use of fixed penalty receipts
96.Use of fixed penalty receipts: higher tier authorities
97.Use of fixed penalty receipts: lower tier authorities
98.Sections 96 and 97: supplementary
Shopping and luggage trolleys
99.Abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys
100.Section 99: transitional provision
Statutory nuisances
101.Statutory nuisance: insects
102.Statutory nuisance: lighting
103.Sections 101 and 102: supplementary
Pollution
104.Contaminated land: appeals against remediation notices
105.Offences relating to pollution etc: penalties on conviction
Collapse -Part 10 General
106.Minor and consequential amendments
107.Repeals
108.Commencement
109.Money
110.Extent
111.Short title
- - - - -
I consider myself informed and freshly educated to all the changes.
But do be aware of false officials impersonating these officers.