Service Point 93.pdf - CILIP

(b) is operated solely for informing members of the public
(otherwise than by means of words) that the commodity is
on sale from the vehicle; and
(c) is so operated as not to give reasonable cause for
annoyance to persons in the vicinity.
It should be considered that Subsection 2 would indicate the use of
loudspeaker by a local authority would be in respect of any emergency
considering the other parties referred to in the section.
Section 3 relates to ice-cream vans to which there is a code of practice
which states that: The chimes may not be sounded for more than
four seconds at a time, no more often that once every three minutes,
when the vehicle is stationary, etc.
The Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993 Section 8 Subsection 1
states . . .
(1) an application made by any person, the local authority
may consent to the operation in its area of a loudspeaker
in contravention of section 62(1) of the 1974 Act.
(2) A consent shall not be given to the operation of a loudspeaker
in connection with any election or for the purpose
of advertising any entertainment, trade or business. As not
every item on the mobile library could be classed as such,
some of it would be classed as entertainment namely,
books of a fictional nature, use of the internet etc.
Following this, we decided that we would trial bus timetables
at specific stops, giving times of the visits and dates
of the stops, and this has been very successful.
Fiona Barry, Principal Libraries Manager, Library, Museum &
Archives Service, Warrington Library, Museum Street, Cultural
Quarter, Warrington WA1 1JB.
Tel: 01925 442892; mobile: 0774 007 5793; fax: 01925 443257
Email: fbarry@warrington.gov.uk
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