Explanatory note

Section 23 of the Civic Amenities Act 1967 empowers local authorities (councils of county boroughs, county districts, London boroughs and the Common Council of the City of London) to remove any thing in their area, other than a motor vehicle, which is abandoned without lawful authority on any land in the open air or on any other land forming part of a highway.

These regulations prescribe, for use in connection with the exercise of those powers, the form of notice by a local authority to the occupier of land of their proposal to remove the refuse, the time within which the occupier may object to the proposal, and the manner of service of such notices and objections.