Greater London Authority Act 1999

385 Byelaws.E+W+S

(1)The Authority may make [F1and enforce] such byelaws to be observed by persons using Trafalgar Square or Parliament Square Garden as the Authority considers necessary for securing the proper management of those Squares and the preservation of order and the prevention of abuses there.

(2)Byelaws under this section may designate specified provisions of the byelaws as trading byelaws.

(3)A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any byelaw under this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction—

(a)if the byelaw is a trading byelaw, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, or

(b)in any other case, to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.

(4)The provision that may be made in byelaws under this section includes provision for or in connection with—

(a)the licensing of any trading; and

(b)the seizure, retention or disposal of any property in connection with any contravention of or failure to comply with [F2any byelaw under this section].

(5)The functions conferred or imposed on the Authority by this section are in addition to any other functions of the Authority.

(6)Any functions conferred or imposed on the Authority by virtue of this section shall be functions of the Authority which are exercisable by the Mayor acting on behalf of the Authority.

[F3(6A)Byelaws under this section may not be made as respects Parliament Square Garden for the purpose of prohibiting a particular activity so far as that activity is a prohibited activity for the purposes of Part 3 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (see section 143(2) of that Act).]

(7)In this section—

• “Trafalgar Square” has the same meaning as in the M1Trafalgar Square Act 1844;

• “Parliament Square Garden” means the central garden of Parliament Square, within the meaning of section 384 above.