a guide to improving your local environment - Keep Britain Tidy

Part 2 Housing
Gives local authorities, housing action trusts and social
landlords registered with the Housing Corporation new
and more effective tools to deal with anti-social behaviour.
Social landlords also have a new duty to publish their
anti-social behaviour policies to inform tenants and
members of the public.
www.encams.org
Part 3 Parental Responsibilities
Amends existing powers to make Parenting Orders
contained in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, removing
restrictions that guidance and counselling sessions cannot
be provided more than once in any week. Sets out
provision for schools and local authorities to enter into
parenting contracts. Amends appeals procedures against
Parenting Orders. Introduces penalty notices for parents in
cases of truancy.
Part 4 Dispersal of Groups etc.
Empowers both police and Community Support Officers to
disperse groups of two or more and return young people
under 16 who are unsupervised in public places after 9pm
to their homes.
ANTI-SOCIAL
BEHAVIOUR
Part 5 Firearms
Amends the 1968 Firearms Act so as to include air
weapons and imitation firearms, meaning that it is an
offence to carry an air weapon (loaded or not) or imitation
weapon in a public place without lawful authority or
reasonable excuse. Raises the age limit at which a person
can own an air weapon from 14 to 17 years. Bans air
weapons that use self-contained gas cartridge systems.
Part 6 The Environment
Allows chief executives of local authorities to issue closure
orders in relation to licensed premises or event notices
which are causing a public noise nuisance. Amends the
Noise Act 1996 and also gives local authority officials the
ability to issue Fixed Penalty Notices to graffiti and
flyposting offenders. Enables local authorities to serve
Defacement Removal Notice; makes it an offence to sell
aerosol spray paints to persons under the age of 16; and
also introduces new powers to Waste Collection
Authorities to deal with fly-tipping.
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