The Anti-Social Behaviour (Designation of the City of London Corporation) Order 2015

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2015 No. 858

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND

The Anti-social Behaviour (Designation of the City of London Corporation) Order 2015

Made - - - - 20th March 2015 Laid before Parliament 25th March 2015 Coming into force - - 16th April 2015

The City of London Corporation has power to make byelaws in relation to the land specified in the table in article 3 under the enactments set out in that table.

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 71(1) and 181(2) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014(a), makes the following Order.

Citation and commencement 1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Anti-social Behaviour (Designation of the City of London Corporation) Order 2015. (2) This Order comes into force on 16th April 2015.

Interpretation 2. —(1) In this Order, “City of London Corporation” means— (a) in relation to Epping Forest and the Deer Sanctuary adjoining Epping Forest, the mayor and commonalty and citizens of the City of London acting by the Common Council of the City of London, acting as the Conservators of Epping Forest; (b) in relation to Hampstead Heath (including Golders Hill Park) and West Ham Park, the Common Council of the City of London; (c) otherwise, the mayor and commonalty and citizens of the City of London acting by the Common Council of the City of London. (2) In this article, “Common Council of the City of London” means the Common Council of the City of London acting in a capacity other than as a local authority, police authority or port health authority.

Designation of the City of London Corporation 3. —(1) The City of London Corporation, having power to make byelaws in relation to the land specified in column 1 of the table set out below (“the table”) under the enactments set out in

(a) 2014 c. 12. column 2 of the table, is designated under section 71(1) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 in relation to that land. (2) In the table, “Open Spaces Act 1878” means the Corporation of London (Open Spaces) Act 1878(a).

Table Land in relation to which the City of London Enactments under which the City of London Corporation is designated Corporation has power to make byelaws Ashtead Common in the area of Mole Vale Section 11 of the Open Spaces Act 1878. District Council Bunhill Fields in the London Borough of Section 15 of the Open Spaces Act 1906(b) (as Islington applied by section 6(1) of the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1911(c)). Burnham Beeches in the area of South Section 11 of the Open Spaces Act 1878. Buckinghamshire District Council Coulsdon Common in the London Borough of Section 11 of the Open Spaces Act 1878. Croydon The Deer Sanctuary adjoining Epping Forest in Section 17 of the City of London (Various the area of Epping Forest District Council Powers) Act 1959(d). Epping Forest in the area of Epping Forest Section 36 of the Epping Forest Act 1878(e). District Council and the London Boroughs of Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest Farthing Downs in the London Borough of Section 11 of the Open Spaces Act 1878. Croydon Hampstead Heath (including Golders Hill Park) Section 15 of the Open Spaces Act 1906 (as in the London Boroughs of Barnet and Camden applied by article 32 of, and Schedule 5 to, the London Authorities (Property etc.) Order 1964(f), and by article 5 of the London Government Reorganisation (Hampstead Heath) Order 1989(g)). Highgate Wood in the London Borough of Section 11 of the Open Spaces Act 1878 (as Haringey applied by section 8 of the Highgate and Kilburn Open Spaces Act 1886(h)). Kenley Common in the London Borough of Section 11 of the Open Spaces Act 1878. Croydon Queen’s Park in the London Borough of Brent Section 11 of the Open Spaces Act 1878 (as applied by section 8 of the Highgate and Kilburn Open Spaces Act 1886). Riddlesdown in the London Borough of Section 11 of the Open Spaces Act 1878. Croydon Spring Park in the London Borough of Bromley Section 11 of the Open Spaces Act 1878.

Stoke Common in the area of South Section 11 of the Open Spaces Act 1878. Buckinghamshire District Council

2 West Ham Park in the London Borough of Section 5 of the City of London (Various Newham Powers) Act 1877. West Wickham Common in the London Section 11 of the Open Spaces Act 1878. Borough of Bromley

Amendment of the London Government Reorganisation (Hampstead Heath) Order 1989 4. —(1) The London Government Reorganisation (Hampstead Heath) Order 1989 is amended as follows. (2) In article 5(5), after “this Order” insert “or the Anti-social Behaviour (Designation of the City of London Corporation) Order 2015(a)”.

Home Office Lynne Featherstone 20th March 2015 Minister of State

EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order designates the City of London Corporation (in the various capacities in which it exercises power to make byelaws in relation to open spaces outside of the City of London) for the purposes of section 71 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12) (“the 2014 Act”) in relation to specified land. As a result of the designation, the City of London Corporation (in its various capacities) has the powers of a local authority under Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the 2014 Act in relation to the specified land. This includes the power to make public spaces protection orders and to authorise persons to issue fixed penalty notices. This Order also amends the London Government Reorganisation (Hampstead Heath) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/304) in order to ensure that the powers conferred under this Order may be exercised in relation to Hampstead Heath (including Golders Hill Park). An impact assessment was prepared for the 2014 Act and is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-bill-anti-social- behaviour.

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