Section 148: Penalty for depositing things or pitching booths etc. on highway.

Highways Act 1980 · 1980 c. 66View on legislation.gov.uk

Part IX: Lawful and Unlawful Interference With Highways and Streets

If, without lawful authority or excuse—

a person deposits on a made-up carriageway any dung, compost or other material for dressing land, or any rubbish, or
a person deposits on any highway that consists of or comprises a made-up carriageway any dung, compost or other material for dressing land, or any rubbish, within 15 feet from the centre of that carriageway, or
a person deposits any thing whatsoever on a highway to the interruption of any user of the highway, or
a hawker or other itinerant trader pitches a booth, stall or stand, or encamps, on a highway.

he is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

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