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ENVIRONMENMTAL PROTECTION
Made
5th June 1991
Laid before Parliament
10th June 1991
Coming into force
1st July 1991
The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 94(1)(a) and (b) and (2) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:-
1. This Order may be cited as the Street Litter Control Notices Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st July 1991.
2. A street litter control notice may be issued in respect of commercial and retail premises of the following descriptions-
(a)premises used wholly or partly for the sale of food or drink for consumption off the premises,
(b)premises used wholly or partly for the sale of food or drink for consumption on a part of the premises forming open land adjacent to the street.
(c)service stations and other premises on which fuel for motor vehicles is sold to the public,
(d)premises used wholly or partly as a cinema, theatre, concert hall, bingo hall, casino, dance hall, swimming bath, skating rink, gymnasium, or area for other indoor or outdoor sports or recreations, or as an amusement arcade or centre, or
(e)banks, building society offices or other premises with the automated teller machines located on an outside wall of the premises.
3.-(1) Land which may be included in an area of open land specified in a street litter control notice is land which is part of the premises in respect of which the notice is issued and, subject to paragraph (2) below, land of the following descriptions-
(i)land which is part of a street, other than a carriageway when it is open to vehicular traffic,
(ii)relevant land of a principal litter authority, and
(iii)land under the direct control of any other local authority.
(2) The land described in paragraph (1)(i) to (iii) may be specified-
(a)in a street litter control notice issued in respect of premises described in article 2(e) above if the land is within 10 metres of those premises,
(b)in a street litter control notice issued in respect of any other premises, if the land is mithin 100 metres of the premises.
Michael Heseltine
Secretary of State for the Environment
5th June 1991
David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
5th June 1991
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
5th June 1991
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which applies throughout Great Britain, makes provision in respect of the control of litter on streets. Article 2 prescribes the descriptions of commercial or retail premises in respect of which a street litter control notice may be issued by a principal litter authority. Article 3 prescribes the descriptions of open land which may be specified in the notice.