Unauthorised structures
3A.—(1)  No person shall erect or install or cause or permit to be erected or installed any object, fixture, structure or thing on any common property or in any open space within the Town, except with the prior written permission of the Town Council.
(2)  The Town Council may remove and detain any object, fixture, structure or thing erected or installed on any common property or in any open space within the Town in contravention of paragraph (1) which, in the opinion of the Town Council, is likely to —
(a)endanger the life of any person;
(b)cause any nuisance or inconvenience to any person;
(c)cause injury to any person; or
(d)cause damage to any common property or the property of any person.
(3)  Where the owner or person having lawful possession of the object, fixture, structure or thing can be identified or traced after making reasonable enquiries, the Town Council shall immediately give written notice to the owner or person having lawful possession of the object, fixture, structure or thing removed and detained by the Town Council that he may, on payment of the expenses incurred by the Town Council in such removal and detention, claim possession of it from the Town Council within 30 days of such removal and detention.
(4)  If the object, fixture, structure or thing removed and detained by the Town Council under paragraph (3) is not claimed within 30 days of such removal and detention by the owner or person having lawful possession thereof, the Town Council may —
(a)dispose of such object, fixture, structure or thing by public auction or otherwise; and
(b)apply the proceeds of the sale to the expenses incurred by the Town Council in the removal and detention, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to such owner or person.
[S 211/2001 wef 09/04/2001]