
This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to amend the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (Sections 69 to 81) Audible Intruder Alarms. More details
Submitted by Alan Woolridge – Deadline to sign up by: 09 November 2007 – Signatures: 106
Homeowners in South Beds whose property has a burglar alarm are being legally forced to pass details of a key-holder(name;address;phone nos)to the Local Authority. OTHER COUNCILS WILL FOLLOW! This protest is about the creation of data bases that if allowed to continue, will identify properties that HAVE and by exception, DO NOT HAVE burglar alarms. Front door key security is personal and the whereabouts of any “emergency” keys are confidential too! Whilst data bases are to maintained in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, there is much of evidence of security breaches. The signatories to this partition either: AS A HOMEOWNER: Refuse to provide or, withdraw any key-holder name(s) and address(es) already provided or AS A KEY-HOLDER/POTENTIAL KEY-HOLDER: refuse or withdraw any existing agreement to be named as a key-holder. The act in its current form makes it a criminal offence to refuse to tell the council the name and address of "emergency" key-holders but it cannot be enforced if all key-holders refuse to be named! Mobile telephone numbers are all that are needed to ensure any related noise pollution incidents can be dealt with efficiently by the LA.
Alan Woolridge, the Petition Creator, joined by: