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http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/people-who-spit-in-the-street-in-london-face-80-fine-9912228.html
People across London who spit in public face being hit with a £80 on-the-spot fine under a new crackdown on anti-social behaviour.
Town halls are expected at a meeting on Thursday to agree to the level of the penalty across the capital.
Local authority wardens, in parks or on litter patrols, would be able to issue the fines under by-laws.
It would be up to town halls how to impose the penalties and they could apply to footballers spitting during games in public parks.
The proposed penalty could be cut to £50 if it is paid within 14 days under the plans to be discussed by London Councils’ transport and environment committee.
“Earlier this year, London Councils conducted a public consultation into penalties for anti-social spitting and the responses we received were overwhelming in favour of imposing a fixed penalty in line with other nuisance behaviour like littering,” said a London Councils’ spokesman.
“Anti-social spitting impacts people’s quality of life. This is exactly the sort of measure boroughs can and should implement to make their local areas more pleasant places to live and work.”
People who spit in public are unlikely to be fined if they have a “reasonable excuse” or if they do so into a handkerchief, tissue, bin, spittoon or other receptacle.
These are the exceptions included in a by-law agreed a year ago in Enfield which was approved by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
It meant that people could be taken to court and fined up to £500 for spitting in the north London borough which now wants to bring in the option of fixed penalty to deal with such anti-social conduct.
Waltham Forest and Newham have also targeted anti-social spitting with fixed penalty notices using the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and by categorising spit as “litter”.
But town halls across London are now set to sign up for the first time to a standard penalty for spitting across the capital.
Good. Nice picture in the article.
People across London who spit in public face being hit with a £80 on-the-spot fine under a new crackdown on anti-social behaviour.
Town halls are expected at a meeting on Thursday to agree to the level of the penalty across the capital.
Local authority wardens, in parks or on litter patrols, would be able to issue the fines under by-laws.
It would be up to town halls how to impose the penalties and they could apply to footballers spitting during games in public parks.
The proposed penalty could be cut to £50 if it is paid within 14 days under the plans to be discussed by London Councils’ transport and environment committee.
“Earlier this year, London Councils conducted a public consultation into penalties for anti-social spitting and the responses we received were overwhelming in favour of imposing a fixed penalty in line with other nuisance behaviour like littering,” said a London Councils’ spokesman.
“Anti-social spitting impacts people’s quality of life. This is exactly the sort of measure boroughs can and should implement to make their local areas more pleasant places to live and work.”
People who spit in public are unlikely to be fined if they have a “reasonable excuse” or if they do so into a handkerchief, tissue, bin, spittoon or other receptacle.
These are the exceptions included in a by-law agreed a year ago in Enfield which was approved by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
It meant that people could be taken to court and fined up to £500 for spitting in the north London borough which now wants to bring in the option of fixed penalty to deal with such anti-social conduct.
Waltham Forest and Newham have also targeted anti-social spitting with fixed penalty notices using the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and by categorising spit as “litter”.
But town halls across London are now set to sign up for the first time to a standard penalty for spitting across the capital.
Good. Nice picture in the article.
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Also, where does one procure a decent spittoon nowadays?
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^^^ I find the homeless beggars polystyrene cups are useful spittoons. Hth
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How long until Bob Carolgees sues Newham council for discrimination
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Surely this is discriminatory and racist against foreign cultures who revel in the expurgating of the demon toxins from their templelic bodies?
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Newham welcomes Tuberculosis, at £80 a throw.
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Maybe spitting in the gutter should be allowed?
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Hardly charitable when that's where so many cc-ers sleep.
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The Leopard 09 Dec 14 14:02
Maybe spitting in the gutter should be allowed? Why should Newham get treated differently?  |
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Can't allow spitting in the gutter in Newham or Tower Omelettes. Too many people inhabit it!
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Could never understand how some people can spit to order!
I have a shocking "post nasal drip" and often feel I am drowning in the stuff, but to produce it for spitting isn't possible. "Why Am I Making So Much Mucus"? "Even when you're healthy, your body is a mucus-making machine, churning out about 1 to 1.5 liters of the stuff every day. Most of that mucus trickles down your throat and you don't even notice it". |
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will footballers be spot fined for gobbing and snotting at their place of work?
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Only the working class can proper spit with any gusto.
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Another stupid law.
They'll taking samples of the spit on the pavements next and checking the DNA with their data banks. Still it'll find a few more people jobs for the local authorities to waste tax payers money on. They've got plenty to waste while everybody else tightens their belts. What will they call the officers, mucus men or gob wardens? |
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all these titles have to sound important so something like the Expectorate Inspectorate
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Phlegmeraty?
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