[home6442]

Found out today that over 1500 people were fined for leafleting
without a licence in the U.K. last year.
Done a bit of digging and found out that 27 local authorities have banned leafleting
with more to follow soon.
Under the...Clean neighbourhoods and enviroment act 2005.
Private companies have been contracted to enforce it.
You dont want to know what some of the licences are costing.

[stevieg]

Good!  i think they are really targeting street leafleting which causes the blight of litter.

[richard jagger]

It flyes in the face of a right to earn a living. Leaflets are in my mind a waste of good money just knock doors if that's the case.

[johnwillan]

Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3A makes it an offence to distribute, commission or pay for the distribution of free literature without consent in a designated area. Material distributed for charitable, religious and political purposes is exempted from the offence. The offence does not extend to putting literature inside a building or letter-box, nor does it apply where the distribution takes place entirely within a public service vehicle, such as a bus or coach

[lee_dewing]

John; so that means we can still leaflet then

As long as it's through letterbox not under wind screen wipers?

[stevieg]

Durghhh!

[mick hay]

Apparently, its ok as long as the leaflet goes through the letterbox, if its hanging out, or under a windscreen wiper, its classed at littering!

[MATT BATEMAN (OWC)]

Durghhh!

It is crass!

[rosskesava]

Found out today that over 1500 people were fined for leafleting
without a licence in the U.K. last year.
Done a bit of digging and found out that 27 local authorities have banned leafleting
with more to follow soon.
Under the...Clean neighbourhoods and enviroment act 2005.
Private companies have been contracted to enforce it.
You dont want to know what some of the licences are costing.

Blimey. The Post Office is going to be in serious trouble then as their postmen often deliver leaflets through my door.

I wonder if anyone has told the PO they are breaking the law.

And, yes, I do want to know what some of the licenses (what licenses?) are costing just as I'd like to know where that bit of rubbish information came from. And what 'digging' have you been doing?

It's all well and good to post something that is, maybe, obviously just some media half truth but at least post where you got that info from with a link.

Can't wait for the next installment of 'more to follow'.

Private companies enforcing it? Oh jeepers. Run for the hills.

Cheers