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Bonkers bye-laws
Andy Howells
24th August 2011
The top 10 craziest by-laws have been named by Sutton Council as part of a battle against bureaucracy. My favourite is:
The person having control of a steam-powered whirligig will bring it to a standstill if a person becomes ill.
No more whirligigging for me then when people start looking queasy….
A nice way to brighten up this type of delegated legislation. Perhaps you could ask your students to come up with their own!