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Paragraph 14

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

In the area of a London waste disposal authority section 1 (provision by local authorities for disposal of refuse) shall have effect as if—

(a)

in subsection (3) the words “or disposal” were omitted; and

(b)

in subsection (4) the words “and dispose of” were omitted.

(2)

Where the council of a London borough provides a place for the deposit of refuse in pursuance of section 1 in the area of a London waste disposal authority, the authority shall be under a duty to sell or otherwise dispose of refuse deposited at that place and the council shall afford them access for that purpose at all reasonable times.

(3)

A London waste disposal authority shall have power to provide plant and apparatus for the disposal of refuse in pursuance of sub-paragraph (2) and, where the council enter into an agreement with a person under section 1(4), the authority shall also have power to enter into an agreement with that person for the discharge of its duty under sub-paragraph (2).

(4)

Section 1(7) shall have effect as if for the definition of “local authority” the following definition were substituted—

  • “”`local authority' means, in relation to England—

    1. (a)

      in Greater London, the council of a London borough or the Common Council;

    2. (b)

      in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester (excluding the metropolitan district of Wigan), the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority;

    3. (c)

      in the metropolitan county of Merseyside, the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority;

    4. (d)

      in all other areas in England, the council of the county or metropolitan district; and ”.