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Anti-social behaviour—powers to close premises under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
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Practice notesAnti-social behaviour—powers to close premises under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
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Practice notesReform of anti-social behaviour powers (2014)
The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (ABCPA 2014) received Royal Assent on 13 March 2014. It has reformed the tools available for dealing with anti-social behaviour (ASB). The aim was to consolidate remedies and to make the process simpler and more effective. In July 2014, the government issued new statutory guidance which was updated in August 2019, January 2021 and a new version issued in June 2022: Reform of anti-social behaviour powers: statutory guidance for frontline professionals.
In July 2022, the Home Office published the Anti-social behaviour principles developed by the Anti-social Behaviour Strategic Board to describe a consistent approach to understanding and addressing ASB in local communities.
The web of formal powers available to the police and local authorities and other agencies to tackle ASB is streamlined to six key remedies:
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civil Injunctions. See Practice Note: Anti-social Behaviour—the Civil Injunction
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criminal behaviour orders. See Practice Note: Anti-social behaviour—the criminal behaviour order (CBO)
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dispersal powers. See
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