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L.R.O.
Act
27 of 1973
Amended by
2 of 1976
10 of 1981
21 of 1990
8 of 1992
13 of 2010
2 of 2013
4 of 2014
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LITTER ACT
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Index of Subsidiary Legislation
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CHAPTER 30:52
LITTER ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Depositing litter in a public place.
3A. Disposal of litter from motor vehicle or trailer.
3B. Owner of bus to provide receptacle for litter.
4. Offence and penalty for littering premises.
5. Abetment of offences against section 3, 3A or 4.
5A. Increased penalty for subsequent offence.
6. Local authority may enforce removal of litter.
7. Local authority may enforce removal of litter.
8. Power to enter premises.
9. Power of local authority to remove derelict vehicles.
10. General power for local authority to remove derelict vehicles.
11. Disposal of removed vehicles.
12. Indemnity.
13. Continuing offences and penalties.
SPECIAL POWERS OF COURT ON
CONVICTING OFFENDERS
13A. Offender may be ordered to clean area.
13B. Cost of removing litter.
14. Sentencing.
15. Publicity.
LITTER PREVENTION WARDENS
16. Appointment of litter prevention wardens by public authorities.
16A. Appointment of other litter prevention wardens.
16B. Power and duties of litter prevention wardens.
16C. Unsightly premises and clean-up order.
16D. Offences in respect of litter prevention wardens.
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS—Continued
SECTION
17. Interference with receptacles for litter.
18. Punishment of offences.
19. Public Authorities to provide receptacles in public places.
20. Power of arrest.
21. Offences and penalties by a public authority.
22. Offence by a body corporate.
23. Minister may designate officers of Ministry to carry out provisions
of this Act.
24. Punishment without prosecution of certain offences.
25. Police Officers to assist.
SCHEDULE.
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27 of 1973.
Commencement.
Short title.
Interpretation.
[10 of 1981
21 of 1990].
Ch. 4:20.
CHAPTER 30:52
LITTER ACT
An Act respecting the littering of public places and
of premises.
[21ST AUGUST 1973]
1. This Act may be cited as the Litter Act.
2. In this Act—
“approved site” means a site established—
(i) by the Minister; or
(ii) by a public authority with the approval of
the Minister; or
(iii) by a public authority in accordance with
the provisions of any other written law; or
(iv) by any person with the approval of
the Minister,
as a site for the deposit and disposal of litter;
“bus” means any vehicle having seating capacity for more than
six persons which is used for the carriage of persons for hire
or reward;
“commercial waste” means waste from premises used wholly or
mainly for the purpose of trade or business or for the
purpose of sport, recreation or entertainment;
“Court” has the same meaning as in the Summary Courts Act;
“deposit”, in relation to litter, includes casting or placing or
allowing to flow or fall;
“derelict vehicle” means a vehicle or part of a vehicle in a public
place which by reason of its condition appears to a public
health officer to have been abandoned and any motor vehicle
that is left in a public place and does not carry a current
licence issued by the Licencing Authority therefor shall be
presumed to be a derelict vehicle until the contrary is proved;
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Ch. 30. No. 2.
(1950 Rev. Ed.).
Ch. 25:04.
Ch. 61:01.
“domestic waste” means waste from a private dwelling
or residential home or from a school or other
educational establishment;
“industrial waste” means waste from premises forming part of a
hospital or nursing home or from any factory within the
meaning of the Factories Ordinance and any premises
occupied by a body corporate established by or under any
written law for the purpose of carrying on under national
ownership any industry or part of an industry or any
undertaking but excluding waste from any mine or quarry;
“litter” means any solid or liquid material or product or
combination of solid or liquid materials or products
including but not limited to any bottles, tins, logs, sawdust,
derelict vehicles, cartons, packages, packing materials,
paper, glass, food, animal remains, garbage, debris, sand,
gravel, stone, aggregate, dirt, waste (including any human
and animal waste) or any other refuse or rubbish or waste
material, and any other material or product that is designated
as litter by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette;
“litter prevention warden” or “warden” means a person appointed
a litter prevention warden in accordance with section 16 or
section 16A;
“local authority” means the council of a Municipal Corporation
within the meaning of the Municipal Corporations
Act or the Tobago House of Assembly;
“mine” and “quarry” have the same meaning as in the Mines,
Borings and Quarries Act;
“Minister” means the Member of Cabinet to whom responsibility
for health is assigned;
“Permanent Secretary” means the Permanent Secretary of
the Minister;
“person” includes a body corporate, an unincorporated
association and a partnership;
“premises” means land, other than any buildings thereon,
whether vested in the State or not, and includes natural
water courses and drains, whether boundary or interlot
drains in any private layout or otherwise;
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“public authority” includes—
(i) any local authority;
(ii) the Water and Sewerage Authority
established under the Water and
Sewerage Act;
(iii) the Airports Authority established under
the Airports Authority Act;
(iv) the Port Authority established under the
Port Authority Act;
(v) the Public Transport Service Corporation
established under the Public Transport
Service Act;
(vi) the administering body of any cemetery;
(vii) any other authority established by an
Act of Parliament;
(viii) all other bodies or classes of bodies which
may be from time to time declared, by
Order of the President published in the
Gazette, to be public authorities for the
purposes of this Act;
“public place” includes—
(i) every motor way, road, street, footpath,
access way, alley, lane, court,
and thoroughfare;
(ii) any park, garden or other place of public
recreation to which the public has access
without payment of any fees;
(iii) any waters to which the public has access
without payment of any fee for bathing or
for other recreational purposes;
(iv) every wharf, pier, or jetty (whether under
the control of the Port Authority or not) to
which the public has access;
(v) any forest land within the meaning of the
Forests Act;
(vi) any airport within the meaning of
section 2 of the Airports Authority Act;
Ch. 54:40.
Ch. 49:02.
Ch. 51:01.
Ch. 48:02.
Ch. 66:01.
Ch. 49:02.
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Depositing
litter in a
public place.
[10 of 1981
13 of 2010
4 of 2014 ].
(vii) any public burial ground within the
meaning of the Burial Grounds Act; and
(viii) any other place in the open air or open to
the air on at least one side to which the
public has access as of right without the
payment of any fee;
“public health officer” means an officer attached to the Ministry
of Health or to the Ministry of Local Government or to a
local authority;
“receptacle” means any bin or container of any sort provided in
any public place, bus or taxi pursuant to this Act or any other
written law for the purpose of litter being temporarily
deposited therein by members of the public;
“unsightly premises” means any premises or part of any premises
upon which litter is deposited in such circumstances as to
cause or contribute or tend to, the defacement of the premises;
“waste” includes—
(i) any substance which constitutes a scrap
material or any other unwanted surplus
substance arising from the application of
any process;
(ii) any substance or article which requires to
be disposed of as being broken down, worn
out, contaminated or otherwise spoilt;
(iii) domestic waste, industrial waste or
commercial waste,
and for the purpose of this Act anything which is discarded
or otherwise dealt with as if it were waste shall be presumed
to be waste and accordingly litter until the contrary is proved.
3. (1) A person who without reasonable excuse—
(a) deposits any litter in or on any public place
other than—
(i) in a receptacle placed for the purpose of
collecting it; or
(ii) in or at any approved site; and
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(b) having deposited any litter otherwise than as
prescribed in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of
paragraph (a) in or on any public place (whether
inadvertently or otherwise) leaves such litter
there, is guilty of an offence against this Act.
(2) In any proceedings against a person for an offence
under this section the absence or unavailability of a receptacle
shall not be a defence.
(3) Where litter is deposited from a motor vehicle, other
than a bus or taxi when plying for hire or from a trailer on to a
public place contrary to subsection (1) and it cannot be
determined which of two or more occupants of the motor vehicle
or trailer is responsible, the driver of the motor vehicle or trailer
shall be deemed to be the person who deposited the litter from the
motor vehicle or trailer.
(4) Where litter is deposited from a motor vehicle, other
than a bus or taxi when plying for hire, or from a trailer contrary
to subsection (1), and it cannot be determined who is the driver
of the motor vehicle, the owner of the motor vehicle shall be
deemed to be the person who deposited the litter from the motor
vehicle or trailer unless he proves to the satisfaction of the Court
that at the time of the offence the motor vehicle was not being
driven, the trailer was not being towed, or the motor vehicle or
trailer was not parked or left by him or by any other person with
his consent, express or implied.
(5) It shall not be a defence that litter deposited
originally by a person in a public place came to rest in a place
other than a public place.
(6) A person who is guilty of an offence under this
section is liable on summary conviction in the case of an
individual to a fine of four thousand dollars or to imprisonment
for six months or in the case of a body corporate to a fine of eight
thousand dollars.
3A. (1) A person who transports in or on a motor vehicle or
trailer along any motorway, road, street, alley, lane, mall or
Disposal of
litter from
motor vehicle
or trailer.
[10 of 1981
13 of 2010
4 of 2014 ].
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Owner of bus
to provide
receptacle
for litter.
[10 of 1981].
Offence and
penalty for
littering
premises.
[13 of 2010
4 of 2014 ].
Abetment of
offences against
section 3, 3A
or 4.
[10 of 1981].
Increased
penalty for
subsequent
offence.
[10 of 1981].
thoroughfare, any substance or material which is likely to fall off
or blow off the motor vehicle or trailer because while being so
transported it is either—
(a) not sufficiently well secured as to prevent it
from falling off the motor vehicle or trailer, or
(b) not so covered as to prevent it from blowing off
the motor vehicle or trailer,
is guilty of an offence against this Act.
(2) A person who is guilty of an offence under this
section is liable on summary conviction in the case of an
individual to a fine of four thousand dollars or to imprisonment
for six months or in the case of a body corporate to a fine of eight
thousand dollars.
3B. (1) The owner of every bus or taxi shall, while his
vehicle is plying for hire, provide in a convenient place therein
one or more receptacles for the deposit of litter.
(2) A person who is guilty of an offence under this section
is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars.
4. A person is liable on summary conviction to a fine of
four thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months who
throws down, drops or otherwise deposits and leaves any litter in
or into any premises owned or occupied by another without the
consent of that other person, the proof whereof shall lie on the
person charged.
5. A person who causes or knowingly permits any other
person to commit an offence under section 3, 3A, or 4 shall be
liable to be proceeded against and convicted for the same, either
together with the principal offender or before or after his
conviction, and shall be liable on conviction to the same
punishment as such principal offender may be liable to.
5A. A person who, having been convicted of an offence under
section 3, 3A, 4, 5, 16C(5) or 16D is again convicted of an
offence under section 3, 3A, 4, 5, 16C(5) or 16D is liable to
double the amount of the maximum fine attached to the offence.
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Local authority
may enforce
removal of litter.
[10 of 1981
13 of 2010
4 of 2014 ].
6. (1) Without prejudice to any proceedings for an offence
committed under section 4 or any other written law where litter is
left or caused to be kept in or on any premises in such circumstances
as to cause, contribute to or tend to the defacement thereof by such
litter the local authority may give notice (whether orally or in
writing) to the person so leaving or causing the same to be left or to
the owner or occupier of such premises requiring him forthwith in
the case of dead animals, carrion or other litter considered by the
local authority to be dangerous to health or life, and in any other
case within such time as may be limited by the notice (not being less
than three days) to remove the litter so as to restore the premises to
a condition satisfactory to the local authority.
(2) Notice may be served on a person either personally
or by being sent by post to his last known business or private
address or may be posted up in some conspicuous position on the
premises on which the litter has been left.
(3) A notice sent by post shall be deemed to have been
served, in the case of persons resident in Trinidad and Tobago not
later than the seventh day succeeding the day when posted, and
in the case of persons not so resident, not later than the fifteenth
day succeeding the day on which the notice would have been
received in the ordinary course by post, and in proving such
service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the
notice was properly addressed and posted.
(4) A person who fails to comply with the requirements
of a notice under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction
to a fine of four thousand dollars and to a further fine of eight
hundred dollars for every day during which the failure is
continued after conviction, and the local authority may, without
prejudice to its right to take proceedings for a fine in respect of
such failure, by its officers and servants enter the premises and
remove the litter so left or caused to be left and may recover the
expenses reasonably incurred by them in so doing from the
person in default summarily as a civil debt.
(5) In this section and in sections 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, the
expression “local authority” means in relation to any premises the
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local authority which is the local authority for the purposes of the
Public Health Ordinance in the district in which the premises
are situated.
7. (1) Without prejudice to any proceedings for an offence
committed under any other written law, where litter is left or caused
to be kept in or on any premises in such circumstances as to cause,
contribute to or tend to the defacement thereof by such litter the
local authority may give notice (whether orally or in writing) to the
owner or occupier of such premises requiring him forthwith in the
case of dead animals, carrion or other litter considered by the local
authority to be dangerous to health or life, and in any other case
within such time as may be limited by the notice (not being less than
three days) to remove the litter so as to restore the premises to a
condition satisfactory to the local authority.
(2) The provisions of section 6(2), (3) and (4) shall
apply to a notice given under this section.
8. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section any authorised
officer of a local authority may, on producing if so required, some duly
authenticated document showing his authority, enter any premises at all
reasonable hours for the purpose of section 6.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this section any authorised
officer of a local authority may, on producing if so required, some
duly authenticated document showing his authority, enter any
premises at all reasonable hours for the purpose of section 7.
(3) An authorised officer entering any premises by
virtue of this section, may take with him such other persons as
may be necessary, and on leaving any unoccupied premises
which he has so entered shall leave them as effectively secured
against trespassers as he found them.
(4) Every person who hinders or molests or interferes with
any person doing anything that he is authorised to do or prevents or
attempts to prevent any person from doing any such thing and any
person who unless he is unable to do so fails or refuses to do
anything he is required by or pursuant to this section to do is liable
Ch. 12. No. 4.
(1950 Rev. Ed.).
Local authority
may enforce
removal of litter.
[2 of 1976].
Power to
enter premises.
[2 of 1976].
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on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to
imprisonment for six months.
9. (1) Without prejudice to any proceedings for an offence
committed under section 3 or 4 or any other written law, where
any derelict vehicle is left or caused to be left in any public place
in such circumstances as to cause, contribute to or tend to the
defacement thereof by such derelict vehicle, the local authority
may give notice to the person so leaving or causing the same to
be left requiring him within twenty-four hours of such notice to
remove the derelict vehicle so as to restore the public place to a
condition satisfactory to the local authority.
(2) A person who fails to comply with the requirements
of a notice under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction
to a fine of four thousand dollars and to a further fine of eight
hundred dollars for every day during which the failure is
continued after conviction, and the local authority may, without
prejudice to its right to take proceedings for a fine in respect of
such failure, by its officers and servants remove the derelict
vehicle so left or caused to be left and may recover the expenses
reasonably incurred by them in so doing from the person in
default summarily as a civil debt.
10. Without prejudice to the powers of a local authority to
remove derelict vehicles upon failure to comply with notices of
the local authority to do so under the foregoing provisions of this
Act, a local authority may at any time without giving such notice
remove any derelict vehicle found in any public place or premises.
11. (1) Subject to subsection (2), where a local authority
removes any derelict vehicle in pursuance of the foregoing
provisions of this Act, the local authority may dispose of such
derelict vehicle in such manner as it thinks fit at any time after
its removal.
(2) If, before a derelict vehicle is disposed of by a local
authority in pursuance of subsection (1), the derelict vehicle is
claimed by a person who satisfies the local authority that he is its
Power of local
authority to
remove derelict
vehicles.
[13 of 2010
4 of 2014 ].
General power
for local
authority to
remove derelict
vehicles.
Disposal of
removed
vehicles.
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Indemnity.
Continuing
offences and
penalties.
Offender may
be ordered to
clean area.
[10 of 1981].
owner and pays the local authority any expenses incurred in
respect of its removal and storage the local authority shall permit
him to remove the derelict vehicle from its custody during such
period as may be specified by the local authority.
(3) Where the local authority disposes of a derelict
vehicle by selling it and before the expiration of three months from
the date of the sale any person satisfies the local authority that at
the time of such sale he was the owner of the derelict vehicle, the
local authority shall pay over to him any sum by which the
proceeds of sale exceed the aggregate of the expenses incurred in
respect of the removal, storage and disposal of the derelict vehicle.
(4) Where in the case of any derelict vehicle it appears
to a local authority that more than one person is or was its owner
at the relevant time such one of them as the local authority thinks
fit shall be treated as its owner for the purposes of subsection (3).
12. Where a local authority removes any litter from any
premises or place in pursuance of the foregoing provisions of this
Act, no action, suit or other cause shall lie against the local
authority or its officers or servants, unless it is shown that such
removal was motivated by malice or fraud.
13. Where under section 6 a daily penalty is imposed in
respect of a continuing offence, the Court by which a person is
convicted of the original offence may fix a reasonable period
from the date of conviction for compliance by the defendant with
any directions given by the Court and, where a Court has fixed
such a period, the daily penalty shall not be recoverable in respect
of any day before the expiration thereof.
SPECIAL POWERS OF COURT ON
CONVICTING OFFENDERS
13A. (1) Without limiting the powers conferred on litter
prevention wardens by this Act, where any person is convicted of
an offence under section 3, the Court may, in addition to imposing
a penalty, order the offender, under the supervision and to the
satisfaction of a person nominated by the Court, to clean up and
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Cost of
removing litter.
[10 of 1981].
Sentencing.
Publicity.
remove such litter deposited in such public place within such
period and to such place as may be specified in the order.
(2) Where such order is complied with to the satisfaction
of the person nominated by the Court that person shall deliver
or cause to be delivered to the offender a statement in writing to
that effect.
(3) Any offender who fails without reasonable excuse to
comply with such order is guilty of an offence and on summary
conviction therefor is liable in addition to any penalty imposed
under the said section 3, to a fine of one thousand dollars.
(4) A prosecution for an offence under subsection (3)
may be commenced by a litter prevention warden or by the
person nominated by the Court under subsection (1).
(5) On the hearing of the summons under subsection (2)
the Court may make such order as it thinks fit.
13B. (1) Where a Court convicts a person of an offence under
section 3 it may, if it thinks fit, in addition to imposing a penalty,
order the offender to pay by way of compensation to the public
authority having the control or management of the public place
where the offence was committed such sum as it considers
reasonable to cover the cost of the removal of the litter, and the
amount so awarded shall be deemed to be a civil debt due to the
said public authority from the offender and may be recovered in
any Court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) No such award shall include any fees to an
Attorney-at-law.
14. In sentencing a person convicted of an offence under this
Act the Court shall take into consideration not only the purpose
of this Act in preventing the defacement by litter of public places
and of premises but also the nature of the litter and any resulting
risk of injury to persons or animals or of damage to property.
15. A local authority, with the object of promoting the
abatement of litter, may take such steps as the authority thinks
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Appointment of
litter prevention
wardens by
public
authorities.
[10 of 1981].
Appointment
of other litter
prevention
wardens.
[10 of 1981
21 of 1990
8 of 1992].
appropriate for making known to the public in its area the effect
of the provisions of this Act.
LITTER PREVENTION WARDENS
16. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) any public
authority may, from time to time, appoint any number of persons
(whether already employed by the authority or not) to be litter
prevention wardens to exercise the duties conferred on them by
this Act in any public place under the control of the Authority.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) every appointment under
subsection (1) shall be on such terms as to remuneration and
other conditions of employment as the appointing authority may,
with the approval of the Minister, determine.
(3) Every warden appointed under subsection (1) shall
hold office during the pleasure of the authority appointing him
and may be removed from office by it at any time, or he may, at
any time, resign his office by notice in writing addressed to the
Chief Executive Officer of the public authority.
(4) The authority shall supply to every officer appointed
by it a written warrant under the seal of the authority as evidence
of the appointment, and the production of that warrant shall be
sufficient proof of the appointment.
(5) Every such warden shall on the termination of his
appointment, whether by removal from office or by resignation,
surrender to the authority employing him his warrant or
appointment and any uniform or badge of office that may have
been issued to him.
16A. (1) The Minister may, from time to time, by notice
published in the Gazette, appoint persons for the time being holding
any specified class of office or appointment to be litter prevention
wardens in an honorary capacity for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Any warden appointed under this section may be
appointed to exercise his duties in respect of any particular public
place or places or generally in respect of public places throughout
Trinidad and Tobago.
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(3) Every warden appointed under subsection (1) shall
hold office during the pleasure of the Minister or for such specified
term as the Minister thinks fit. Any such warden may at any time be
removed from office by the Minister, and may at any time resign his
office by notice in writing addressed to the Permanent Secretary.
(4) The Permanent Secretary shall supply to every
warden appointed under subsection (1) a written warrant signed
by the Permanent Secretary, or a person acting under his
authority, as evidence of the appointment, and the production of
that warrant shall be sufficient proof of the appointment.
(5) Any warden appointed under subsection (1) shall, on
the expiration of the term of his appointment, or on the sooner
expiration of his appointment by removal from office or
resignation, surrender to the Permanent Secretary his warrant of
appointment and any uniform and badge of office that may have
been issued to him in respect of his appointment.
(6) The following persons shall by virtue of their office
be deemed to be litter prevention wardens for the purposes of
this Act:
(a) every member of the Police Service established
by the Police Service Act, and every member of
the Special Reserve Police established by the
Special Reserve Police Act and every person to
whom a precept has been issued under the
Supplemental Police Act;
(b) every member of a Municipal Police Service
within the meaning of the Municipal
Corporations Act;
(c) every public health inspector whether he is
attached to the Ministry of Health or employed
by a local authority while he is acting in the
exercise of his powers or the discharge of his
duties under the Public Health Ordinance in the
case where such inspector is attached to the
Ministry of Health throughout Trinidad and
Tobago and in any other case in the district in
respect of which he was appointed;
Ch. 15:01.
Ch. 15:03.
Ch. 15:02.
Ch. 25:04.
Ch. 12. No. 4.
(1950 Rev. Ed.).
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Ch. 66:01.
Ch. 50:06.
Power and
duties of litter
prevention
wardens.
[10 of 1981].
Form A.
Schedule.
(d) every forest officer appointed for the purposes
of the Forests Act;
(e) every harbour master appointed under the
Harbours Act while acting in the exercise of his
powers or the discharge of his duties in the
harbour in respect of which he was appointed.
16B. (1) Every litter prevention warden, if for the time being
in uniform or in possession of a warrant or other evidence of his
authority as a litter prevention warden, is authorised to enforce
the provisions of this Act and may summarily act to prevent the
deposit or attempted deposit of litter in any public place in which
he is authorised to act.
(2) Where any warden finds a person depositing litter
(whether inadvertently or otherwise) in a public place in which
he has authority to act, or has good cause to believe that a person
has deposited any litter (whether inadvertently or otherwise) in
any such place, the warden may require him to place the litter in
the nearest receptacle or, if by reason of the size or quantity of the
litter or for any other reason it is not practicable for the litter to
be placed in a receptacle, to remove the litter to the nearest
approved site:
Provided that for the purposes of this subsection an
approved site shall not include an approved site on
private premises.
(3) If any litter prevention warden finds a person
committing an offence under section 3 or has good cause to believe
that a person has committed such an offence, the warden may—
(a) require that person to state his true name and
place of residence and institute proceedings for
the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this
Act by commencing a prosecution against that
person, or
(b) issue a litter removal order to that person in
Form A in the Schedule with respect to the
contravention requiring the person to whom it is
addressed within a specified period of time which
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shall not be less than two days to remedy the
condition caused by his action.
(4) If any litter prevention warden finds a person
committing an offence under section 3A, 4, 5 or 16D or has good
cause to believe that a person has committed such an offence, the
warden may require that person to state his true name and place
of residence and institute proceedings for the purpose of
enforcing the provisions of this Act by commencing a
prosecution against that person.
(5) Where a warden issues a litter removal order under
paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and the person to whom it is
addressed fails to comply with the order to the satisfaction of the
warden, the warden may commence a prosecution with respect to
that offence.
(6) Where a person complies with a litter removal order
to the satisfaction of the warden who issued the order, no
prosecution shall be commenced with respect to the offence.
16C. (1) Where a litter prevention warden considers any
premises, when viewed from a public road, street or highway, to be
unsightly premises or seriously detrimental to the amenities of the
neighbourhood, by reason of litter the warden may issue a clean-
up order to the owner, or to the person in control of the premises
that is the subject of such order in Form B in the Schedule.
(2) Such clean-up order may require the person to whom
it is addressed, within a period of time to be specified by the
warden which shall not be less than fourteen days beginning with
the date of service of the order—
(a) to remedy the condition of the premises in a
manner and to the extent directed in the order, or
(b) to demolish or remove any litter causing or
contributing to the unsightly or detrimental
condition of the premises, or
(c) to do any other thing to remedy the condition of
the premises, or
(d) to do all or any of the things specified in
paragraphs (a) to (c).
Unsightly
premises and
clean-up order.
[10 of 1981].
Form B.
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(3) The person to whom a clean-up order is issued may,
within seven days of the date it is served, request the Minister to
review the order or any part thereof and upon receiving a request
for such a review, the Minister shall review the reasons for and
the requirements of the clean-up order.
(4) After such review, the Minister may confirm, rescind
or in any manner vary the clean-up order and shall issue to the
person named in the clean-up order a decision on his review in
Form C in the Schedule and where the Minister’s decision on
review confirms or varies the clean-up order the time limit for
compliance with the order shall be such number of days from the
date of the decision on review as the Minister may specify in his
decision on review.
(5) Any owner or person in control of any premises who
fails to comply with the requirements of a clean-up order under
this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one
thousand dollars.
(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (4)
where a person fails to comply with the requirements of a clean-
up order under this section, the Minister, without prejudice to the
provisions of subsection (4) or to his rights to institute any other
proceedings, may cause the condition of the premises to be
remedied to the extent specified in the clean-up order and may
recover any reasonable expenses incurred in so doing summarily
as a civil debt due to the State from the person to whom the clean-
up order was issued.
(7) The Minister may, in relation to any particular
county of Trinidad and Tobago, delegate the exercise of the
power to review the reasons for a clean-up order vested in him
by this section to the County Medical Officer of Health for the
particular county.
(8) For the purpose of carrying this section into effect
the Minister and any person or persons authorised for that
purpose on behalf of the Minister shall have power at all
reasonable times to enter into and upon any premises and take
such action there as may be necessary to carry out the
requirements of a clean-up order under this section.
Form C.
Schedule.
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16D. Any person who—
(a) wilfully obstructs a litter prevention warden
while acting in the execution of any of the
powers or duties conferred on him by this Act; or
(b) without lawful excuse fails within a reasonable
time to comply with the requirement of a
warden exercising the power conferred on him
by subsection (2) of section 16B; or
(c) after being required to give his true name and
place of residence by a warden acting pursuant
to the power conferred on him by paragraph (a)
of subsection (3) of section 16B—
(i) refuses to give his true name and place of
residence; or
(ii) gives a false name or place of
residence; or
(d) personates or falsely pretends to be a warden; or
(e) offers violence to, or assaults, threatens, or
intimidates, or uses threatening language or
behaves in a threatening manner to any warden
while he is acting in the exercise of his powers
or the discharge of his duties under this Act, or
gives or agrees to give or offers to a warden any
gift or consideration as an inducement or reward
for any act done or to be done, or for any
forebearance observed or to be observed or for
any favour shown or to be shown by him or who
being such a warden accepts such gifts or
consideration as aforesaid, is liable on summary
conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.
17. Any person who wilfully removes or otherwise tampers
with a receptacle is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five
hundred dollars.
18. (1) A litter prevention warden shall have power to institute
proceedings for any offence under this Act committed in the area
Offences in
respect of litter
prevention
wardens.
[10 of 1981].
Interference
with receptacles
for litter.
[10 of 1981].
Punishment
of offences.
[10 of 1981].
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in respect of which he holds his appointment as such litter
prevention warden.
(2) A local authority shall have power to institute
proceedings for any offence under this Act committed in the
district of the authority or on land controlled or managed by them.
(3) Nothing is this Act limits the common law right of
any person to take proceedings, if an offence has been
committed, whether he is a person who is aggrieved or not.
19. (1) Every public authority shall at all times provide and
maintain in every public place under its control or management
where litter is likely to be deposited or left such number of
receptacles of suitable construction and design as may reasonably
be necessary to ensure that the place may be kept free from litter.
(2) Every such authority shall make appropriate
provision for the emptying of the contents of its receptacles and
for the removal and disposal of those contents.
(3) The duties mentioned in subsection (2) shall be
executed promptly, efficiently and at regular and prescribed
intervals to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health
appointed for the health district in which the place is situated.
(4) Nothing in this section shall affect the power
conferred on the Minister under the Public Health Ordinance (or
any Act enacted in substitution for that Ordinance) in respect of
any local authority.
20. Any person who commits an offence under section 3, 5,
16D or 17 may be taken into custody without warrant by any
constable or by any litter prevention warden, or by any person
whom such warden may call to his aid and conveyed to the
nearest police station and there detained in the custody of the
police to be dealt with according to law.
21. Any person who being lawfully called upon by any
constable or litter prevention warden to give him aid for arresting
any person or for preventing the rescue or escape of any person,
Public
Authorities to
provide
receptacles in
public places.
[10 of 1981].
Ch.12. No. 4.
(1950 Rev. Ed.).
Power of arrest.
[10 of 1981].
Offences and
penalties by a
public authority.
[10 of 1981].
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refuses or neglects to give such aid according to his ability is
liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars.
22. If a body corporate commits an offence against this Act
every director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the
body corporate, and any person purporting to act in any such
capacity, shall also be guilty of that offence if the act or omission
constituting the offence occurred with his knowledge.
23. (1) The Minister may designate one or more persons on
the staff of the Ministry as an officer or officers for the purpose of
carrying out all or an of the provisions of this Act including those
provisions that authorise a local authority to enforce the removal
of litter and a litter prevention warden to act in accordance with
section 24, and any person so appointed shall for the purposes of
this Act, have, throughout Trinidad and Tobago, all the powers,
authority and immunities conferred upon or enjoyed by a local
authority or by a litter prevention warden under this Act.
(2) A person designated under subsection (1) shall while
carrying out his duties in pursuance of this section have in his
possession a certificate of his designation under subsection (1)
and shall produce such certificate upon request.
24. (1) Notwithstanding anything in any of the foregoing
provisions of this Act and without prejudice to his right to take
any other steps under the authority of this Act where a litter
prevention warden finds a person on any occasion committing
or has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence
under either subsection (1) or subsection (3) of section 3 or under
section 3A or 3B he may give him the prescribed notice in writing
charging him with the commission of such offence and offering
him the opportunity of the discharge of any liability to conviction
of such offence by payment of a fixed penalty under this section
and notifying him that a complaint will be made against him in
respect thereof and requiring him either to pay the fixed penalty
within the time specified in the notice or to appear at the Court
specified in the notice on the day and at the hour stated therein to
answer the said complaint.
Offence by a
body corporate.
[10 of 1981].
Minister may
designate
officers of
Ministry to
carry out
provisions
of this Act.
[10 of 1981].
Punishment
without
prosecution of
certain offences.
[10 of 1981
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(2) The litter prevention warden shall send to the Clerk
of the Peace for the Magisterial district in which the offence is
committed, a duplicate of the notice, and that duplicate shall be
deemed to be a complaint made before the Magistrate for the
purposes of the Summary Courts Act.
(3) Where the fixed penalty is duly paid in accordance
with such notice the person on whom such notice is served will
then not be liable to be convicted of the offence in respect of
which the notice was given and the proceedings instituted by the
notice shall be deemed to have been dismissed.
(4) Where a person is given a notice under this section
in respect of an offence, proceedings shall not be taken against
any person for that offence until the end of the ten days following
the date of the notice.
(5) In the foregoing subsections “proceeding” means
any criminal proceedings in respect of the act or omission
constituting an offence under either section 3, 3A, or 3B and the
word “convicted” shall be construed in like manner.
(6) Payment of a fixed penalty under this section shall
be made to the Clerk of the Peace acting for the Magisterial
district in which the offence is committed, and sums paid by way
of fixed penalty for an offence shall be treated for the purposes of
the Summary Courts Act as if they were fines imposed on
summary conviction for such offence; and in any proceedings a
certificate that payment of a fixed penalty was or was not made
to the appropriate Clerk of the Peace by a date specified in the
certificate shall, if the certificate purports to be signed by the
Clerk of the Peace, be sufficient evidence of the facts stated,
unless the contrary is proved.
(7) The time within which the fixed penalty is payable
shall be ten days from the date of the notice, and where payment
reaches the Clerk after that time, it shall not be receivable and
shall be returned to the sender.
(8) A notice given under subsection (1) shall be signed
by the litter prevention warden and shall specify—
(a) the date, time and place of the giving of the notice;
Ch. 4:20.
Ch. 4:20.
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(b) the section of this Act under which the offence
is alleged to have been committed and such
particulars of the offence as are necessary for
giving reasonable information of the allegation;
(c) the time within which the fixed penalty may be
paid in accordance with subsection (6);
(d) the amount of the fixed penalty;
(e) the Clerk of the Peace to whom and the address
at or to which the fixed penalty may be paid
or remitted;
(f) the address of the Court at which the person is
required to appear in the event of his failure to
pay the fixed penalty within the specified time,
and the date and time for his appearance,
and shall state also that during the period of ten days by virtue of
subsection (4), proceedings will not be instituted for the offence.
(9) The fixed penalty for an offence shall be five hundred
dollars.
(10) Where the fixed penalty is not paid within the time
specified in the notice, proceedings in respect of the offence
specified in the notice shall proceed in the manner prescribed by
the Summary Courts Act.
(11) The Minister may make Regulations providing for any
matter incidental to the operation of this section, and in particular—
(a) for prescribing the form of notice under
subsection (1);
(b) for prescribing the duties of Clerks of the Peace;
(c) for prescribing the information to be supplied to
Clerks of the Peace.
(12) Regulations made under this section shall be
subject to negative resolution of the Senate and the House
of Representatives.
25. It shall be the duty of all officers and constables of police
to aid and assist in carrying this Act into effect and preventing
breaches thereof.
Ch. 4:20.
Police Officers
to assist.
[10 of 1981].
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Litter Prevention Warden
SCHEDULE
FORM A
LITTER REMOVAL ORDER
To: ....................................................................................................................................
of ......................................................................................................................................
TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to section 16B of the Litter Act, Ch. 30:52 you are
hereby ordered to remedy the condition caused by your action of unlawfully depositing
litter by .............................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................
The necessary action must be completed within ....................... days or a summons may
be issued with respect to the offence.
Dated this .......................... day of ......................................... 20........
Section 16B.
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Litter Prevention Warden
Section 16C.FORM B
CLEAN-UP ORDER
To: ..................................................................................................................................
of .....................................................................................................................................
TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to section 16C of the Litter Act, Ch. 30:52 the
premises situated at ........................................................................................................
is considered to be unsightly by reason of litter thereon.
You are hereby ordered to remedy the unsightly condition of the above premises
by ....................................................................................................................................
.........................................................................................................................................
If the above requirements are not met within ..................... days of the service
upon you of this order, the work may be done by government workers and the costs of
the work done will be debt due to the State by you.
This clean-up order may be reviewed by the Minister of Health if a written
request for a review is made within 7 days of the date shown below to:
Minister of Health,
Ministry of Health,
Sackville Street,
Port of Spain
Dated this ................... day of ......................................... 20.......
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Minister of Health
Section 16C. FORM C
DECISION ON REVIEW OF A CLEAN-UP ORDER
To: ....................................................................................................................................
of ......................................................................................................................................
With regard to the premises situated at ............................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................
You are hereby informed that having reviewed the clean-up order issued to you
on the ........................... day of ................................................ 20 ......... .
I, .......................................................................................................................................
the Minsiter of Health, find that (delete inappropriate sections)
—the clean-up order is just and proper, and that the requirements thereon
must be completed by you within ..................... days of this decision or
further action will be taken.
—the clean-up order should be varied in the following manner:
................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................
The above requirements must be completed by you within ..................... days of
this decision or further action will be taken.
—The clean-up order is hereby rescinded and no action on your part
is necessary.
Dated this ........................... day of .............................................. 20.......
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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
LITTER (FIXED PENALTY PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
REGULATION
1. Citation.
2. Form of Notice of opportunity to pay fixed penalty.
3. Copy of Notice to be forwarded to Clerk of the Peace.
4. Contents of a Notice.
5. Manner of paying fixed penalty.
6. Return of irregular payment.
7. Attendance in the Magistrate’s Court.
8. When Clerk of Peace not to accept penalty.
9. Acknowledgement of receipt of fixed penalty.
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*These Regulations came into effect on 7th August 1981.
106/1981.*
Citation.
Form of Notice
of opportunity
to pay fixed
penalty.
Schedule.
Copy of Notice
to be forwarded
to Clerk of
the Peace.
Contents
of a Notice.
Manner of
paying fixed
penalty.
LITTER (FIXED PENALTY PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS
made under section 24(11)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Litter (Fixed
Penalty Procedure) Regulations.
2. A notice under section 24 of the Litter Act, offering the
opportunity of the discharge of any liability to conviction of an
offence to which that section applies by payment of a fixed penalty
(hereinafter in these Regulations referred to as “a Notice” ) shall
be in the Form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations or a
form to the like effect and shall be completed in triplicate by the
litter prevention warden at the time he gives the Notice.
3. A copy of a Notice given under the said section 24 shall,
as soon as practicable be forwarded, by or on behalf of the litter
prevention warden giving the Notice, to the Clerk of the Peace to
whom the fixed penalty is payable. The remaining copy shall be
retained in the Notice Book from which the notice was issued.
4. A Notice shall provide that any payment of a fixed
penalty shall be made to the Clerk of the Peace for the magisterial
district in which the offence specified by the Notice is alleged to
have been committed.
5. (1) The person paying a fixed penalty shall either forward
with the remittance of or tender of the penalty, Part 2 of the relevant
notice or identify the notice by specifying its serial number.
(2) If, owing to the failure of the person paying a fixed
penalty to comply with the provisions of subregulation (1), the
Clerk of the Peace is unable to identify the relevant notice, the
Clerk of the Peace shall, as soon as practicable, return the
remittance to that person and he shall do so in every case where—
(a) payment is remitted otherwise than by cash,
certified cheque, bankers draft or money
order; or
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Return of
irregular
payment.
Attendance
in the
Magistrate’s
Court.
Schedule.
Part 1.
When Clerk of
Peace not to
accept penalty.
(b) the amount is not the exact amount of the
fixed penalty.
(3) Where any payment is made in accordance with
these Regulations, it shall be of the amount specified in the notice
or where payment is made in respect of more than one notice of
the total of the amounts specified in the notices.
(4) Any such amount or amounts as aforesaid shall be
paid to the Clerk of the Peace specified in the relevant notice
or notices.
6. Where any amount is paid otherwise than in accordance
with these Regulations the Clerk of the Peace shall return it to
the payer.
7. (1) The person liable to pay the fixed penalty shall in
default of payment attend the Magistrate’s Court of the district in
which the offence was committed on the date and at the time
specified in Part 1 of the Schedule, as a defendant in the matter
to which the notice relates.
(2) The date for attendance in the said Magistrate’s
Court shall be twenty-one days after the last day for payment of
the fixed penalty.
(3) If in any case, the date for attendance in the said
Magistrate’s Court as prescribed by subregulations (1) and (2)
of this regulation falls on any day on which there is no sitting
of the Magistrate’s Court at the time and place so specified,
the date for attendance thereat shall be the next following
day appointed for the sitting of the Magistrate’s Court in the
same place.
8. The Clerk of the Peace shall not accept payment of the
fixed penalty after the last day for payment of the fixed penalty.
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SCHEDULE
Serial No. ..........................
(of Notice)
THE LITTER ACT, CH. 30:52
NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY TO PAY FIXED PENALTY
PART 1
TAKE NOTICE that I ...........................................................................................................
have reason to believe that on the .............................................................................. day
of ..............................................................the offence, particulars of which are given
below was being or had been committed.
The fixed penalty for the offence is ..................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................
If this amount is paid or remitted to the Clerk of the Peace at the Magistrate’s Court
at ......................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................
within ten (10) days from the date of this notice no proceedings will be taken and
liability to conviction of the offence will be discharged.
In paying the fixed penalty the following conditions shall be observed:
(1) The fixed penalty shall be accompanied by this notice, and payment
must be of the exact amount shown on the notice.
Acknowledge-
ment of receipt
of fixed penalty.
Regulation 2.
(insert address of Clerk of the Peace)
(penalty in words and figures)
..........................................................................
Litter Prevention Warden
9. Subject to the foregoing provisions of these Regulations,
a Clerk of the Peace shall, as soon as practicable after payment of
a fixed penalty has been made to him, deliver to or cause to be
sent to the payer a receipt for the payment.
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(2) A Clerk of the Peace will not accept a fixed penalty required to be paid
to another Clerk of the Peace.
(3) Where payment of the fixed penalty is made otherwise than in
conformity with the Litter (Fixed Penalty Procedure) Regulations, the
Clerk of the Peace shall as soon as practicable after payment return the
amount paid to the sender, and proceedings in respect of the alleged
offence shall continue.
(4) Payment may be made by cash, certified cheque, banker’s draft or
money order.
If you fail to pay the fixed penalty before the end of ten (10) days from the above
date you are hereby required to attend the Magistrate’s Court on the ......................... day
of .................................. 20....... at 9.00 o’clock in the forenoon at the undermentioned
address as the defendant in the matter in respect of which this notice was issued.
..........................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................
This notice was given at ...........................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................
on ........................................ 20.......... at .................................... a.m./p.m.
PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE
at .................................................... a.m./p.m. on the ............................................day of
................................................. 20........ at ......................................................................
....................................... you ...........................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................
contrary to ........................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................
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(state time)
......................................................................
Signature of Litter Prevention Warden
(state provision contravened)
(state date)
(state location)
(state name and address of Court)
UNOFFICIAL VERSION
UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2014
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PART 2
Serial No. ........................................
(of Notice)
To the Clerk of the Peace
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I enclose the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) as payment of the fixed penalty for the
offence mentioned in Part 1 of this Notice.
Name ................................................................................................................................
Address ............................................................................................................................
[Subsidiary]
34 Chap. 30:52 Litter
LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Litter (Fixed Penalty Procedure) Regulations
(in block capitals)
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Signature of Person served with Notice
(in block capitals)
(insert address)
UNOFFICIAL VERSION
UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2014
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