{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/towns-improvement-clauses-act-1847/section-96",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/10-11/34",
  "legislation_title": "Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/towns-improvement-clauses-act-1847",
  "path": "section/96",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "96",
  "heading": "Penalty for obstructing scavengers.",
  "text": "Every occupier of any building or land within the said limits, and every other person, who refuses to permit the said scavengers to remove such dirt, ashes, or rubbish as by this or the special Act they are authorized to do, or who obstructs the said scavengers in the performance of their duty, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding £25level 1 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "“level 1 on the standard scale” substituted (E.W.) for “£25” by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 31(5)(6)(9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/34/section/96",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:31:02.753043+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."
}