Local Government Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Dec 2012 · Part IX · Food, Markets, Sanitation and Nuisances
84. Power to proceed where cause of nuisance arises outside local authority area
Feedback & supportWhere a nuisance within, or affecting any part of, a local authority area appears to be wholly or partly caused by some act or default committed or being committed outside the local authority area, the local authority may take, or cause to be taken, against any person in respect of that act or default any proceedings in relation to nuisances by this Act authorized in the like cases, and with like incidence and consequences, as if the act or default was committed or took place wholly within the local authority area.
nuisance
“nuisance” means any act, omission or thing occasioning or likely to occasion injury, annoyance, offence, harm, danger or damage to the sense of sight, smell or hearing or which is or is likely to be injurious or dangerous to health or property or which affects the safety or the rights of the inhabitants at large;