Preservation of Amenities Act

Section 1. Interpretation Section " local authority " means a municipal council or a town council established under the Local Governments Act;

Section 2. Power oflocal authorityto remedy unsightlypremises Section 2(1) A local authority may serve a notice on the owner or occupier of any premises requiring him or her at his or her own expense— Section 2(1)(a) to paint, distemper, whitewash or colourwash the outside walls or roof of any building which is part of the premises and which in its opinion are unsightly and in need of painting, distempering, whitewashing or colourwashing; Section 2(1)(b) to remove any temporary structure which in its opinion is a disfigurement to the neighbourhood; Section 2(1)(c) to tidy the premises and its curtilage when in its opinion they are in such an untidy condition as to be offensive to the eye; or Section 2(1)(d) to remove derelict motor or other vehicles, or other unsightly debris whether similar to the foregoing or not, from any premises . Section 2(2) If the person on whom a notice has been served under subsection (1) fails within a reasonable time to carry out the requirements of the notice, the local authority may cause a complaint to be made before a magistrate's court over which presides a magistrate grade I or grade II, and the court shall thereupon issue a summons requiring the...