The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005[a] (c. 16) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to environmental crime.
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| 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. |
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| 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the same extent as the provision amended and the repeal in Part 8 of Schedule 5 has the same extent as the provision repealed.[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 April 2005 |
| Commencement | various[c] |
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Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Text of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
Background
editThe Local Government Association had persistently lobbied for greater powers relating to environmental crime.[1]
Provisions
editThe act specifies that smoke-related materials are litter, to allow greater enforcement.[2]
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.[3]
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.[1]
In some cases fines can be issued by parish councils.[4]
Reception
editThe Local Government Association supported the legislation.[5]
Notes
editReferences
edit- Halsbury's Statutes
- Current Law Statutes Annotated 2005
- 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) - ↑ 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) - ↑ 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.
- ↑ "VIEWS SOUGHT ON CLEAN NEIGHBOURHOODS GUIDANCE". Local Government Chronicle. 11 October 2005. Archived from the original on 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ↑ "Fixed penalties tackle graffiti". BBC News. 6 April 2006. Archived from the original on 9 April 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
External links
edit- Text of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
- Text of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.