With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
New clause 4—Town and country planning: Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007—
‘(1) Class 3 of Schedule 3 to the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007, (Classes of advertisements for which deemed consent is granted) is amended as follows.
(2) In item 3A, after “sale”, leave out “or letting”.
(3) In item 3A(2), after both uses of “sold”, leave out “or let”.
(4) In item 3A(2), after “sale”, leave out “or letting”.
(5) In item 3A(8), after “sale”, leave out “or letting”.’.
New clause 5—Town and country planning: responsibilities of housing authorities—
‘(1) Local authorities in England which enjoy day-to-day responsibility for housing policy within their local authority area may make by-laws regulating for all or part of the authority the display of external advertisements concerning property lettings.
(2) If a housing authority has not specifically provided for the display of external notices advertising a property to let then such a notice is not permitted.’.
New clause 6—Town and country planning: offences—
‘(1) It shall be an offence to display an external notice prohibited by subsection (2) of section (Town and country planning: responsibilities of housing authorities).
(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(3) A person guilty of a second or subsequent offence under subsection (1) is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard for each seperate such offence.’.
New clause 7—Town and country planning: commencement and extent—
‘(1) Sections (Town and country planning: Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007, Town and country planning: responsibilities of housing authorities, and Town and country planning: offences) come into force two months after the day on which this Act is passed.
(2) Sections (Town and country planning: Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007, Town and country planning: responsibilities of housing authorities, and Town and country planning: offences) extend to England only.’.
New clause 20—Local authorities: powers relating to deemed consent—
‘(1) Part 2 Regulation 7 of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 is amended as follows.
(2) In item (1) delete “Secretary of State” and insert “local authority”.
(3) In item (1) delete “upon a proposal made to her by the local planning authority”.
(4) In item (1) delete “she” and insert “the local authority”.
(5) In item (2) delete “ Secretary of State” and insert “local authority”.
(6) In item (2b) delete “her” and insert “the local authority’s”.
(7) In item (3) delete “Secretary of State” and insert “local authority”.
(8) In item (4) delete “Secretary of State” and insert “local authority”.
(9) In item (5) delete “ Secretary of State” and insert “local authority”.
(10) In item (5b) delete “the local planning authority and to any other” and insert “any”.
(11) In item (5) delete part (c).
(12) In item (5b) delete “her” and insert “the local authority”.
(13) In item (5c(i)) delete “she” and insert “the local authority”.
(14) In item (5c(i)) delete “her” and insert “the local authority’s”.
(15) In item (6) delete from “Where” to end and insert “Where the local authority makes a direction it shall send a copy of its reasons to every person who has made a paragraph (3) representation.”.
(16) In item (7) delete “unless the Secretary of State otherwise directs”.
New clause 21—Restriction of advertisement relating to property lettings—
‘(1) Local authorities in England which enjoy day-to-day responsibility for housing policy within their local authority area may make by-laws restricting for all or part of the authority the display of external advertisements concerning property lettings.
(2) It shall be an offence to display an external advertisement concerning property letting in areas or cases where the Local Planning Authority has, under subsection (1), passed a by-law prohibiting external advertisements concerning property letting.
(3) A person found guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(4) A person found guilty of a second or subsequent offence under subsection (2) is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale for each such offence.’.
Amendment 91, line 7 after ‘directors;’, insert
‘to make provision about advertisements concerning property lettings;’.