{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-act-2003/section-70",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-act-2003/section-70.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/38",
  "legislation_title": "Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-act-2003",
  "path": "section/70",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Withdrawal or relaxation of requirements of remedial notices",
  "text": "(1) The relevant authority may—\n(a) withdraw a remedial notice issued by them; or\n(b) waive or relax a requirement of a remedial notice so issued.\n(2) The powers conferred by this section are exercisable both before and after a remedial notice has taken effect.\n(3) Where the relevant authority exercise the powers conferred by this section, they must give notice of what they have done to—\n(a) every complainant; and\n(b) every owner and every occupier of the neighbouring land.\n(4) The withdrawal of a remedial notice does not affect the power of the relevant authority to issue a further remedial notice in respect of the same hedge.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 70 in force at 31.12.2004 for W. by S.I. 2004/3238, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 70 in force at 1.6.2005 for E. by S.I. 2005/710, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/38/section/70",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:54.206021+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}