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Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Part 1 Premises where drugs used unlawfully

    1. 1.Closure notice

    2. 2.Closure order

    3. 3.Closure order: enforcement

    4. 4.Closure of premises: offences

    5. 5.Extension and discharge of closure order

    6. 6.Appeals

    7. 7.Access to other premises

    8. 8.Reimbursement of costs

    9. 9.Exemption from liability for certain damages

    10. 10.Compensation

    11. 11.Interpretation

  3. Part 1A Premises associated with persistent disorder or nuisance

    1. 11A.Part 1A closure notice

    2. 11B.Part 1A closure order

    3. 11C.Part 1A closure order: enforcement

    4. 11D.Closure of premises associated with persistent disorder or nuisance: offences

    5. 11E.Part 1A closure order: extension and discharge

    6. 11F.Part 1A closure order: appeals

    7. 11G.Part 1A closure order: access to other premises

    8. 11H.Part 1A closure order: reimbursement of costs

    9. 11I.Part 1A closure notice or order: exemption from liability

    10. 11J.Part 1A closure notices and orders: compensation

    11. 11K.Guidance

    12. 11L.Interpretation

  4. Part 2 Housing

    1. 12.Anti-social behaviour: landlords' policies and procedures

    2. 13.Injunctions against anti-social behaviour on application of certain social landlords

    3. 14.Security of tenure: anti-social behaviour

    4. 15.Demoted assured shorthold tenancies

    5. 16.Proceedings for possession: anti-social behaviour

    6. 17.Devolution: Wales

  5. Part 3 Parental responsibilities

    1. Parenting orders under the 1998 Act

      1. 18.Parenting orders under the 1998 Act

    2. Truancy and misbehaviour at school

      1. 19.Parenting contracts in cases of misbehaviour at school or truancy

      2. 20.Parenting orders in cases of exclusion or potential exclusion from school

      3. 21.Parenting orders: supplemental

      4. 22.Parenting orders: appeals

      5. 22A.Parenting contracts and parenting orders: further provisions

      6. 23.Penalty notices for parents in cases of truancy

      7. 24.Interpretation

    3. Criminal conduct and anti-social behaviour

      1. 25.Parenting contracts in respect of criminal conduct and anti-social behaviour : youth offending teams

      2. 25A.Parenting contracts in respect of anti-social behaviour: local authorities

      3. 25B.Parenting contracts in respect of anti-social behaviour: relevant housing providers

      4. 26.Parenting orders in respect of criminal conduct and anti-social behaviour : youth offending teams

      5. 26A.Parenting orders in respect of anti-social behaviour: local authorities

      6. 26B.Parenting orders in respect of anti-social behaviour: relevant housing providers

      7. 26C.Applications under section 26A or 26B in county court proceedings

      8. 27.Parenting orders: supplemental

      9. 28.Parenting orders: appeals

      10. 28A.Contracting out of local authority functions

      11. 29.Interpretation and consequential amendment

  6. Part 4 Dispersal of groups etc.

    1. 30.Dispersal of groups and removal of persons under 16 to their place of residence

    2. 31.Authorisations: supplemental

    3. 32.Powers under section 30: supplemental

    4. 33.Powers of community support officers

    5. 34.Code of practice

    6. 35.Authorisations by British Transport Police

    7. 36.Interpretation

  7. Part 5 Firearms

    1. 37.Possession of air weapon or imitation firearm in public place

    2. 38.Air weapons: age limits

    3. 39.Prohibition of certain air weapons

  8. Part 6 The environment

    1. Noise

      1. 40.Closure of noisy premises

      2. 41.Closure of noisy premises: supplemental

      3. 42.Dealing with noise at night

    2. Penalty notices for graffiti and fly-posting

      1. 43.Penalty notices for graffiti and fly-posting

      2. 43A.Amount of penalty

      3. 43B.Penalty notices: power to require name and address

      4. 44.Meaning of relevant offence

      5. 45.Penalty receipts

      6. 46.Powers of police civilians

      7. 47.Interpretation etc

    3. ...

      1. 48.Defacement removal notices

      2. 49.Recovery of expenditure

      3. 50.Guidance

      4. 51.Appeals

      5. 52.Exemption from liability in relation to defacement removal notices

    4. Advertisements

      1. 53.Display of advertisements in contravention of regulations

    5. Aerosol paints

      1. 54.Sale of aerosol paint to children

      2. 54A.Enforcement of section 54

    6. Waste and litter

      1. 55.Unlawfully deposited waste etc

      2. 56.Extension of litter authority powers to take remedial action

  9. Part 7 Public order and trespass

    1. 57.Public assemblies

    2. 58.Raves

    3. 59.Aggravated trespass

    4. 60.Power to remove trespassers: alternative site available

    5. 61.Failure to comply with direction: offences

    6. 62.Failure to comply with direction: seizure

    7. 63.Common land: modifications

    8. 64.Interpretation

  10. Part 8 High hedges

    1. Introductory

      1. 65.Complaints to which this Part applies

      2. 66.High hedges

      3. 67.Domestic property

    2. Complaints procedure

      1. 68.Procedure for dealing with complaints

      2. 69.Remedial notices

      3. 70.Withdrawal or relaxation of requirements of remedial notices

    3. Appeals

      1. 71.Appeals against remedial notices and other decisions of relevant authorities

      2. 72.Appeals procedure

      3. 73.Determination or withdrawal of appeals

    4. Powers of entry

      1. 74.Powers of entry for the purposes of complaints and appeals

    5. Enforcement powers etc.

      1. 75.Offences

      2. 76.Power to require occupier to permit action to be taken by owner

      3. 77.Action by relevant authority

      4. 78.Offences committed by bodies corporate

    6. Supplementary

      1. 79.Service of documents

      2. 80.Documents in electronic form

      3. 81.Power to make further provision about documents in electronic form

      4. 82.Interpretation

      5. 83.Power to amend sections 65 and 66

      6. 84.Crown application

  11. Part 9 Miscellaneous powers

    1. 85.Anti-social behaviour orders

    2. 86.Certain orders made on conviction of offences

    3. 87.Penalty notices for disorderly behaviour by young persons

    4. 88.Curfew orders and supervision orders

    5. 89.Extension of powers of community support officers etc.

    6. 90.Report by local authority in certain cases where person remanded on bail

    7. 91.Proceedings under section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972: power of arrest attached to injunction

  12. Part 10 General

    1. 92.Repeals

    2. 93.Commencement

    3. 94.Orders and regulations

    4. 95.Money

    5. 96.Extent

    6. 97.Short title

  13. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Demoted tenancies

      1. 1.In the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) after section 143...

      2. 2.(1) The Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) is amended as...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Curfew orders and supervision orders

      1. Interpretation

        1. 1.Curfew orders and supervision orders

      2. Curfew orders

        1. 2.Curfew orders and supervision orders

      3. Supervision orders

        1. 3.Curfew orders and supervision orders

        2. 4.Curfew orders and supervision orders

      4. Consequential amendments

        1. 5.Curfew orders and supervision orders

        2. 6.Curfew orders and supervision orders

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Repeals

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