{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-northern-ireland-order-1994/schedule-1A/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-northern-ireland-order-1994/schedule-1A/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1994/1896",
  "legislation_title": "The Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-northern-ireland-order-1994",
  "path": "schedule/1A/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A district council may by order in accordance with this paragraph designate land in its district for the purposes of this Schedule.\n(2) The land designated must consist of—\n(a) relevant land of the district council;\n(b) all or part of any relevant road for which the council is responsible; or\n(c) both.\n(3) A district council may only designate land where it is satisfied that the land is being defaced by the discarding of free printed matter which has been distributed there.\n(4) Where a district council proposes to make an order under sub-paragraph (1) in respect of any land, it shall—\n(a) publish a notice of its proposal in at least one newspaper circulating in an area of the district which includes the land; and\n(b) post such a notice on the land.\n(5) A notice under sub-paragraph (4) must specify—\n(a) the land proposed to be designated;\n(b) the date on which it is proposed that the order is to come into force (which shall not be earlier than the end of a period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice is given);\n(c) the fact that objections may be made to the proposal, how they may be made and the period within which they may be made (being a period of at least 14 days beginning with the day on which the notice is given).\n(6) Where after giving notice under sub-paragraph (4) and taking into account any objections duly made pursuant to sub-paragraph (5)(c) a district council decides to make an order under sub-paragraph (1) in respect of any or all of the land in respect of which the notice was given, the council shall—\n(a) publish a notice of its decision in at least one newspaper circulating in an area which includes the land; and\n(b) post such a notice on the land.\n(7) A notice under sub-paragraph (6) must specify the date on which the order is to come into force, being a date not earlier than—\n(a) the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the notice is given; and\n(b) the date referred to in sub-paragraph (5)(b).\n(8) A district council may at any time revoke an order under sub-paragraph (1) in respect of any land to which the order relates.\n(9) A district council must—\n(a) publish a notice of any revocation under sub-paragraph (8) in at least one newspaper circulating in an area which includes the land in question; and\n(b) post such a notice on the land.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1A inserted (1.4.2012) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 23), ss. 21(3), 78; S.R. 2012/13, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1994/1896/schedule/1A/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:39.450052+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."
}