# Pest Duty and Nuisance Law

> The Pest Duty and Nuisance Law carries 1 published figure read from 1 source's own page, from 5,000 to 5,000 GBP, read 24 October 2026.

Pest Control Prices · https://pestcontrolprices.co.uk/datasets/pest-duty-and-nuisance-law/ · computed 2026-10-25

**Range of the published figures:** 5,000 to 5,000 GBP (range 5,000 to 5,000 GBP; 1 published figures; 2 of 6 sources read publish one).

2 of the 6 named sources read in full publish a figure; 4 publish none, read 24 October 2026.

## By duty

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| duty epa-1990-penalty | 5,000 GBP | 5,000 to 5,000 GBP | 1 |
| duty local-authority-entry-notice | 24 hour | 24 to 24 hour | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Environmental Protection Act 1990 section 82 (a person aggrieved may act)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/section/82) | 5,000 GBP | epa-1990-penalty | 2026-10-24 |
| [Shelter Legal England - Local authority powers to deal with refuse and pests - Shelter England](https://england.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/legal/housing_conditions/local_authority_duties_to_deal_with_poor_conditions/local_authority_powers_to_deal_with_refuse_and_pests) | 24 hour | local-authority-entry-notice | 2026-10-24 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (2)

- [Environmental Protection Act 1990 section 82 (a person aggrieved may act)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/section/82), read 2026-10-24: "but the Secretary of State may, by order, provide that this subsection shall have effect as if such period as is specified in the order were the minimum period of notice applicable to any description of statutory nuisance specified in the order. ine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale together with a further fine of an amount equal to [F10one-tenth of that level] [F10one-tenth of the great"
- [Shelter Legal England - Local authority powers to deal with refuse and pests - Shelter England](https://england.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/legal/housing_conditions/local_authority_duties_to_deal_with_poor_conditions/local_authority_powers_to_deal_with_refuse_and_pests), read 2026-10-24: "The local authority can take action to gain access to premises and carry out the treatments.[14] Council officials must obtain a warrant from a magistrate and can enter with 24 hours' notice."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [Environmental Protection Act 1990 section 79 (statutory nuisances, including premises prejudicial to health)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/section/79), read 2026-10-24: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GOV.UK private renting: repairs and the landlord's duty](https://www.gov.uk/private-renting/repairs), read 2026-09-26: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 section 4 (local authority duty to keep its district free from rats and mice)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/55/section/4), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949, contents](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/55/contents), read 2026-10-24: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 6 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 4 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 5 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per duty per jurisdiction: the local authority's duty under the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 to keep its district free of rats and mice, the statutory-nuisance route under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (and the section 82 route a tenant can take themselves), the landlord's repairing obligation, and the Northern Ireland equivalents - each quoted from the statute with its section, and joined to the council table so a reader can see where a charge is legally avoidable; changed-since

## Sources

- [Environmental Protection Act 1990 section 79 (statutory nuisances, including premises prejudicial to health)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/section/79) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Environmental Protection Act 1990 section 82 (a person aggrieved may act)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/section/82) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK private renting: repairs and the landlord's duty](https://www.gov.uk/private-renting/repairs) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 section 4 (local authority duty to keep its district free from rats and mice)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/55/section/4) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949, contents](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/55/contents) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Shelter Legal England - Local authority powers to deal with refuse and pests - Shelter England](https://england.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/legal/housing_conditions/local_authority_duties_to_deal_with_poor_conditions/local_authority_powers_to_deal_with_refuse_and_pests) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The Pest Duty and Nuisance Law carries 1 published figure read from 1 source's own page, from 5,000 to 5,000 GBP, read 24 October 2026.
- 2 of the 6 named sources read in full publish a figure; 4 publish none, read 24 October 2026.
- Pest Duty and Nuisance Law, duty epa-1990-penalty: median 5,000 GBP across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
- Pest Duty and Nuisance Law, duty local-authority-entry-notice: median 24 hour across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.

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