Henderson Chambers

Autonomous vehicles—key legal issues

Can a local authority charge an applicant an upfront fee in advance of processing a public path order?

Can a traffic regulation order be applied to a private road?

Do the Police have power to issue notices under section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990? Could they be granted delegated power to issue notices but reserving the prosecution to the local authority in the event of noncompliance?

If a highway authority wishes to use the provision of section 291 of the Highways Act 1980 and are being prohibited from doing so, what can they do?

Is there a definitive list of processes that comply with the requirements of the Cremation Regulations 2008? Is alkaline hydrolysis (also called biocremation and/or resomation) approved?

Using the fixed penalty procedure, who is the correct person on whom to serve a notice under section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990? Is it sufficient to serve ‘the occupier’? If named individuals must be served, how is this done where it is not clear which of the multiple occupiers of a premise has failed to comply with the section 46 requirements? How can a local authority identify occupiers?

What are the powers of the council in entering into legal documents with free schools?