Section 221 Control of advertisements regulationsI1

England and Wales Not yet in force

(1)

Regulations (“control of advertisements regulations”) must make such provision restricting or regulating the use of land in Wales for the display of advertisements as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate in the interests of amenity or public safety.

(2)

The regulations may, for example, make provision about—

(a)

the dimensions, appearance and position of advertisements that may be displayed;

(b)

the land on or from which advertisements may be displayed;

(c)

how advertisements may be attached to the land.

(3)

Sections 222 to 228 give further examples of the types of provision that may be made by control of advertisements regulations.

(4)

The provision that may be made by control of advertisements regulations includes provision applying to—

(a)

advertisements that are being displayed at the time when the regulations come into force, or

(b)

the use for the display of advertisements of land that is being used for that purpose at that time.

(5)

In this Act—

(a)

“advertisement” means—

(i)

any word, letter, model, sign, placard, board, notice, awning, blind, symbol or representation, whether illuminated or not, in the nature of, and used to any extent for the purposes of, announcement, publicity or direction,

(ii)

any hoarding or similar structure used, designed or adapted for use for any of those purposes, or

(iii)

anything else principally used, or designed or adapted principally for use, for any of those purposes,

but does not include anything used wholly as a memorial or a railway signal, and

(b)

references to the display of advertisements are to be interpreted accordingly.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 221 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)