# Highways Act 1980, Section 148: Penalty for depositing things or pitching booths etc. on highway.

Extent: E+W

If, without lawful authority or excuse—
(a) a person deposits on a made-up carriageway any dung, compost or other material for dressing land, or any rubbish, or
(b) a person deposits on any highway that consists of or comprises a made-up carriageway any dung, compost or other material for dressing land, or any rubbish, within 15 feet from the centre of that carriageway, or
(c) a person deposits any thing whatsoever on a highway to the interruption of any user of the highway, or
(d) a hawker or other itinerant trader pitches a booth, stall or stand, or encamps, on a highway.
he is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/148 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-148
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