CLEAN NEIGHBOURHOODS AND ENVIRONMENT ACT
KEY BENEFITS
- The central purpose of the Act is to improve the quality of the local environment.
- It provides additional powers for local authorities and the Environment Agency to tackle local environmental quality and anti-social behaviour.
- It forms an important element of the cross-cutting Cleaner, Safer, Greener agenda and builds on the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 & Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003. It is also a key component of the Government's Nuisance Vehicle strategy.
- Proposed measures extend the objectives of Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships - which are led by police and local authorities - to specifically include local environmental crime. They also give local authorities and others more powers to tackle local environmental quality and anti-social behaviour, including; litter; fly-posting; abandoned & nuisance vehicles; waste (including fly-tipping); nuisance (night time noise, insects and light pollution); dog byelaws and nuisance alley-ways.
- It will enable greater local flexibility by enhancing the powers of local authorities, and parish and town councils in some cases, to issue on the spot fines and pursue offenders.
IMPLEMENTATION
The majority of the Bill's measures are expected to commence in April 2006.
TERRITORIAL EXTENT
- The Bill applies to England and Wales only.
COMMENTS
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