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- s. 5(1) words repealed by 2008 c. 12 (N.I.) Sch. 8 para. 1(3) Sch. 9
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- s. 5(1) words substituted by 2008 c. 12 (N.I.) Sch. 8 para. 1(2)
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- s. 5(4) words inserted by 2006 c. 50 Sch. 8 para. 15(4)
Police, Factories, & c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916
1916 CHAPTER 31 6 and 7 Geo 5
An Act to amend the Enactments relating to the Police and certain other Enactments with the administration of which the Secretary of State for the Home Department is concerned.
[3rd August 1916]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland
C2Act applied (temp.) by 2002 c. i, ss. 1(2)-(4), 21(5)(a) (with ss. 38, 39)
Commencement Information
I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent
Part IU.K. Police
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F1s. 1 repealed by Police (Pensions) Act 1918 (c. 51), s. 3
2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F2s. 2 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F3s. 3 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. XIII
4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F4s. 4 repealed by Local Government Act 1929 (c. 17), Sch. 12 Pt. VI
5 Regulations of street collections.U.K.
(1)[F5Each of the authorities specified in subsection (1A) below] may make regulations with respect to the places where and the conditions under which persons may be permitted in any street or public place, within [F5their] area, to collect money or sell articles for the benefit of charitable or other purposes, and any person who acts in contravention of any such regulation shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F6level 1 on the standard scale] or in the case of a second or subsequent offence not exceeding [F7level 1 on the standard scale]:
Provided that—
(a)regulations made under this section shall not come into operation until they have been confirmed by the Secretary of State F8..., and published for such time and in such manner as the Secretary of State F8... may direct; and
(b)regulations made under this section shall not apply to the selling of articles in any street or public place when the articles are sold in the ordinary course of trade, and for the purpose of earning a livelihood, and no representation is made by or on behalf of the seller that any part of the proceeds of sale will be devoted to any charitable purpose.
[F9(1A)The authorities referred to in subsection (1) above are—
(a)the Common Council of the City of London,
[F10(b)the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, and]
(c)the council of each district;
but any regulations made by a district council under that subsection shall not have effect with respect to any street or public place which is within the Metropolitan Police District as well as within the district.]
(2)This section, except subsection (3) thereof, shall apply to Ireland with the following modifications:—
(a)references to the Secretary of State F11... shall be construed as references to the Lord Lieutenant; and
(b)references to [F12the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime] shall . . . F13 be construed as references to the Inspector General of the Royal Irish Constabulary.
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14
(4)In this section—
the expression “street” includes any highway and any public bridge, road, lane, footway, square, court, alley, or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not.
Textual Amendments
F5Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 22
F6Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46
F7Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46
F8Words in s. 5(1)(a) omitted (9.11.2016) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1 (with art. 12)
F9S. 5(1A) inserted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 para. 22
F10S. 5(1A)(b) substituted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 65(2); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1
F11Words in s. 5(2) omitted (9.11.2016) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1 (with art. 12)
F12Words in s. 5(2)(b) substituted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 65(3); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1
F13Words omitted by virtue of Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42), s. 3
F14S. 5(3) repealed by Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45, SIF 81:2), s. 119(15)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3S. 5: functions of local authority not to be responsibility of an executive of the authority (E.) (16.11.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/2853, reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 Table B(39)
C4S. 5(1) functions made exercisable concurrently (13.12.2006) by Transfer of Functions (Third Sector, Communities and Equality) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2951), arts. 1(2), 3(1)
C5S. 5(1) function no longer exercisable concurrently (9.11.2016) by The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/997), arts. 1(2), 10(4) (with arts. 11, 12)
C6Functions of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland now exercisable by Secretary of State: Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922 (13 Geo. 5 Sess. 2 c. 2), Sch. 1 para. 1(1) and Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 5 para. 4
6 Extent of Part I.U.K.
This Part of this Act shall not apply, except where otherwise expressly provided, to Scotland or Ireland.
Part IIU.K.
7—9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15U.K.
Textual Amendments
F15ss. 7–9 repealed by Factories Act 1937 (c. 67), Sch. 4
Part IIIU.K. Miscellaneous and General
10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16U.K.
Textual Amendments
F16s. 10 repealed by Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (c. 70), Sch. 5
11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17U.K.
Textual Amendments
F17s. 11 repealed by Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72), Sch. 8 Pt. I
12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18U.K.
Textual Amendments
F18s. 12 repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), Sch. 10 Pt. I
13 Short title.U.K.
This Act may be cited as the Police, Factories, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916.
F19F19SCHEDULEU.K.
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Textual Amendments
F19Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)
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