§ 43. Mr. C. Howellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware of the growing nuisance to shift workers of the increasing number of ice-cream vendors using recorders and other broadcasting mediums to advertise their presence; and what steps he proposes to take to obviate this nuisance.
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§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeIn Birmingham there are in force both byelaws under Section 249 of the Local Government Act, 1933, and Section 46 of the Birmingham Corporation Act, 1954, imposing restrictions on the use of loudspeakers in streets. The Act of 1954 contains however an express exemption in favour of loudspeakers producing sounds, not being words, to announce the presence of a vendor of perishable goods, including ice-cream, provided that the loudspeaker is not operated so as to be a nuisance.
§ 51. Mr. C. Howellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what regulations and byelaws are in force governing vendors using mobile shops on highways either for obstruction, endangering the lives of customers, or using broadcasting mediums to the annoyance of residents, respectively.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeThere are no regulations or byelaws relating specifically to mobile shops which cause obstruction or endanger the lives of customers, but such shops are subject to the general law relating to the obstruction of the highway. Many county and borough councils have made byelaws dealing with the use of loudspeakers or noisy instruments in streets and public places to the annoyance of residents.