Legal workshops for those working in Environmental Health

Noise Nuisance, Licensing & The Noise ACT 1996 - (1 day workshop)
Clean Neighbourhoods And Environment ACT 2005 - (1/2 day workshop)
Speakers
Audience
Location

Noise Nuisance, Licensing & The Noise ACT 1996

(1-day workshop)

Programme

9.30	Legal issues and statutory powers in noise nuisance and Noise Act Provisions Use of section 80 Environmental Protection Act 1990 in noise cases Best Practicable Means defences Use of the Noise Act 1996 in domestic and licensed premises Public nuisance and requirements for meeting the Licensing Act 2003 conditions Powers of inspection, seizure and forfeiture in noise cases Injunctions in noise cases Defending appeals against noise abatement notices
11.15	Refreshment break
11.30	Group exercise on drafting of noise abatement notices
13.00	Lunch
13.45	Technical issues arising from noise problems and the drafting of notices Proactive noise measures Liaison with planning authorities Examples of difficult noise problems; pitfalls and how to avoid them Use of noise abatement notices Negotiating terms of notices
14.45	Group exercises on negotiating terms of notices-case studies and use of examples
15.30	Refreshment break
15.45	Group exercises continued
16.30	Close

Clean Neighbourhoods And Environment ACT 2005

(1/2 day workshop)

Programme – legal powers

9.30	Outline of provisions, powers of seizure and use of fixed penalty notices Background to CNEA legislation Litter provisions Fly-tipping provisions Night-time noise provisions Graffiti provisions Dog fouling provisions
11.00 -11.20:	Refreshment break
12.00	Small group exercise: Night time noise scenario followed by plenary Use of warning notices and fixed penalty notices under Noise Act 1996 Seizure powers Use of abatement notices under Environmental Protection Act 1990
13.20	Lunch

Speakers

John Pointing:

BA, MPhil, Barrister, Field Court Chambers, Gray's Inn, London WC1R 5EP. His practice includes: environmental law, nuisance, health and safety, and food safety. Previous publications include: Alternatives to Custody, Blackwell, 1986 and Victims of Crime: A New Deal?, Open University Press, 1988 [with M. Maguire], and co-author with Rosalind Malcolm of Food Safety Enforcement, Chadwick House Publishing, 2005 and The Law and Practice of Statutory Nuisance, Oxford University Press, 2002.

Audience

Both courses would be suitable for:

managers and officers in local authority environmental health and licensing departments
recently professionally qualified officers
private sector environmental health professionals
solicitors in public sector and private practice

Location

The workshops take place at the School of Management, University of Surrey, Guildford. The teaching facilities are first class with a range of different formats to suit each workshop with break-out rooms for small group working where required. There is ample parking available.

For directions to the campus please see:http://www.som.surrey.ac.uk/contact/directions.asp