{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-local-authorities-act-2007/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-local-authorities-act-2007/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/2007/2",
  "legislation_title": "London Local Authorities Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-local-authorities-act-2007",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 2",
  "text": "In this Part of this Act—\n“the 1978 Act” means the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 (c. 3);\n“the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43);\n“an advertising offence” means an offence—\n(a) under section 132 of the Highways Act 1980 (c. 66) (unauthorised marks on highways);\n(b) under section 224(3) of the Planning Act (enforcement of control as to advertisements);\n(c) under subsection (4) of section 5 (portable advertisements, etc.) of this Act; or\n(d) of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) above,\ncommitted after the day on which section 13 (advertising: seizure) of this Act comes into effect;\n“fly posting offence” means an offence—\n(a) under section 224(3) of the Planning Act;\n(b) committed in Greater London by a person who is deemed to display an advertisement for the purposes of that subsection by virtue of section 224(4)(b) of the Planning Act; and\n(c) which relates to an advertisement affixed to any surface without the authorisation of the owner of that surface;\n“the Planning Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8);\n“the Police Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis or, in the City of London, the Commissioner of Police for the City of London;\n“relevant object” means—\n(a) any advertisement (whether displayed or not);\n(b) any vehicle (including its fuel); or\n(c) any equipment or materials which may be used for the purpose of fixing advertisements to surfaces or placing advertisements on surfaces;\n“shroud advertisement” means an advertisement—\n(a) which is made of a flexible material;\n(b) which is not affixed to any hoarding or similar structure used, or designed or adapted for use, for the display of advertisements; and\n(c) which is attached to a building or to scaffolding;\n“shroud advertisement offence” means an offence—\n(a) under section 224(3) of the Planning Act;\n(b) committed in Greater London by a person who is deemed to display an advertisement for the purposes of that subsection by virtue of section 224(3)(b) of the Planning Act; and\n(c) which is committed in respect of the display of a shroud advertisement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2007/2/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:45:09.083135+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."
}