Part V Public Order: F2Unauthorised encampments and Collective Trespass or Nuisance on Land
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Amendments (Textual)
Powers to remove trespassers on land
62CF1Failure to comply with direction under section 62A: seizure
1
This section applies if a direction has been given under section 62A(1) and a constable reasonably suspects that a person to whom the direction applies has, without reasonable excuse—
a
failed to remove any vehicle on the relevant land which appears to the constable to belong to him or to be in his possession or under his control; or
b
entered any land in the area of the relevant local authority as a trespasser with a vehicle before the end of the relevant period with the intention of residing there.
2
The relevant period is the period of F3twelve months starting with the day on which the direction is given.
3
The constable may seize and remove the vehicle.
Words in Pt. 5 heading inserted (E.W.) (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 83(2), 208(5)(i)