Control of Pollution Act 1974

24Litter

(1)It shall be the duty of the council of each county in England and Wales and the local authorities of which the areas are included in the county and, where the county includes land in a National Park, the Park authority to consult from time to time together, and with such voluntary bodies as the council and the authorities consider appropriate and as agree to participate in the consultations, about the steps which the council and each of the authorities and bodies is to take for the purpose of abating litter in the county; and it shall be the duty of the county council—

(a)to prepare and from time to time revise a statement of the steps which the council and each of the authorities and bodies agrees to take for that purpose; and

(b)to take such steps as in its opinion will give adequate publicity in the county to the statement; and

(c)to keep a copy of the statement available at its principal office for inspection by the public free of charge at all reasonable hours.

(2)The preceding subsection shall apply to Greater London and the Greater London Council as it applies to a county and the council of a county, and in that subsection " local authority " means a collection authority, a parish council, a parish meeting and a community council and " Park authority" means the National Parks Committee or the joint or special planning board for the Park in question.

(3)In Scotland, it shall be the duty of—

(a)the council of each region and the district councils of which the districts are included in the region to consult from time to time together and with such voluntary bodies as the regional council and the district councils consider appropriate and as agree to participate in the consultations;

(b)the council of each islands area to consult with such voluntary bodies as the council considers appropriate and as agree to participate in the consultations,

about the steps which the regional or islands council and each of the bodies with which it consulted (including, in the case of a regional council, each district council) is to take for the purpose of abating litter in the region or, as the case may be, islands area ; and it shall be the duty of the regional or islands council—

(i)to prepare and from time to time revise a statement of the steps which the regional or islands council and each of the bodies agrees to take for the purpose;

(ii)to take such steps as in its opinion will give adequate publicity in its area to the statement; and

(iii)to keep a copy of the statement available at its principal office for inspection by the public free of charge at all reasonable hours.

(4)The Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury make grants to any body for the purpose of assisting the body to encourage the public not to deface places in Great Britain by litter.