Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005

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Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 [1]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act to amend section 6 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; to make provision for the gating of certain minor highways; to make provision in relation to vehicles parked on roads that are exposed for sale or being repaired; to make provision in relation to abandoned vehicles and the removal and disposal of vehicles; to make provision relating to litter and refuse, graffiti, fly-posting and the display of advertisements; to make provision relating to the transportation, collection, disposal and management of waste; to make provision relating to the control of dogs and to amend the law relating to stray dogs; to make provision in relation to noise; to provide for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and for the making of grants relating to the quality of the built environment; to amend the law relating to abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys; to amend the law relating to statutory nuisances; to amend section 78L of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; to amend the law relating to offences under Schedule 1 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999; and for connected purposes.
Citation 2005 c. 16
Territorial extent  England and Wales, except that an amendment in schedule 2 has the same extent as the provision amended and the repeal in Part 8 of Schedule 5 has the same extent as the provision repealed. [2]
Dates
Royal assent 7 April 2005
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Status: Current legislation
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The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 [1] (c. 16) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to environmental crime.

Contents

Background

The Local Government Association had persistently lobbied for greater powers relating to environmental crime. [3]

Provisions

The act specifies that smoke-related materials are litter, to allow greater enforcement. [4]

The act requires that local authorities, chief police officers, police authorities, fire and rescue authorities and primary care trusts consider anti-social behaviour affecting the local environment. [5]

The act gives local authorities relating to fly-tipping, litter, nuisance alleys, flyposting, graffiti, abandoned and nuisance vehicles, dogs, noise, and nuisance from artificial lighting. [3]

In some cases fines can be issued by parish councils. [6]

Reception

The Local Government Association supported the legislation. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 The citation of this act by this short title is authorised by section 111 of this act.
  2. ↑ The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, section 110
  3. 1 2 "Bill to clean up neighbourhoods becomes law". Edie. 15 April 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ Brayshay, Chris (21 June 2008). "Businesses urged to clean up their act". The Northern Echo . Retrieved 31 August 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ Paxton-Doggett, Katie (24 June 2005). "Local agencies receive cleaning Bill". The Law Society Gazette . Archived from the original on 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "VIEWS SOUGHT ON CLEAN NEIGHBOURHOODS GUIDANCE". Local Government Chronicle . 11 October 2005. Archived from the original on 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Fixed penalties tackle graffiti". BBC News. 6 April 2006. Archived from the original on 9 April 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
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