Section 237D: Use of fixed penalty receipts

Local Government Act 1972 · 1972 c.70

Part XI: General Provisions as to Local Authorities

237D(1)

"Fixed penalty receipts" means amounts paid to an authority in pursuance of notices under section 237A.

237D(2)

The authority shall have regard to the desirability of using its fixed penalty receipts for the purpose of combating any relevant nuisance.

237D(3)

A "relevant nuisance" is a nuisance in the authority's area for the prevention of which any byelaw to which section 237A applies was made.

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