Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003

Part 1Premises where drugs used unlawfully

1Closure notice

3Closure order: enforcement

4Closure of premises: offences

5Extension and discharge of closure order

7Access to other premises

8Reimbursement of costs

9Exemption from liability for certain damages

11Interpretation

Part 1APremises associated with persistent disorder or nuisance

11APart 1A closure notice

11BPart 1A closure order

11CPart 1A closure order: enforcement

11DClosure of premises associated with persistent disorder or nuisance: offences

11EPart 1A closure order: extension and discharge

11FPart 1A closure order: appeals

11GPart 1A closure order: access to other premises

11HPart 1A closure order: reimbursement of costs

11IPart 1A closure notice or order: exemption from liability

11JPart 1A closure notices and orders: compensation

11LInterpretation

12Anti-social behaviour: landlords' policies and procedures

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

14Security of tenure: anti-social behaviour

15Demoted assured shorthold tenancies

16Proceedings for possession: anti-social behaviour

17Devolution: Wales

Part 3Parental responsibilities

Parenting orders under the 1998 Act

18Parenting orders under the 1998 Act

Truancy and misbehaviour at school

19Parenting contracts in cases of misbehaviour at school or truancy

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

21Parenting orders: supplemental

22Parenting orders: appeals

22AParenting contracts and parenting orders: further provisions

23Penalty notices for parents in cases of truancy

24Interpretation

Criminal conduct and anti-social behaviour

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

25AParenting contracts in respect of anti-social behaviour: local authorities

25BParenting contracts in respect of anti-social behaviour: relevant housing providers

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

26AParenting orders in respect of anti-social behaviour: local authorities

26BParenting orders in respect of anti-social behaviour: relevant housing providers

26CApplications under section 26A or 26B in county court proceedings

27Parenting orders: supplemental

28Parenting orders: appeals

28AContracting out of local authority functions

29Interpretation and consequential amendment

Part 4Dispersal of groups etc.

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

31Authorisations: supplemental

32Powers under section 30: supplemental

33Powers of community support officers

34Code of practice

35Authorisations by British Transport Police

36Interpretation

37Possession of air weapon or imitation firearm in public place

38Air weapons: age limits

39Prohibition of certain air weapons

Part 6The environment

40Closure of noisy premises

41Closure of noisy premises: supplemental

42Dealing with noise at night

Penalty notices for graffiti and fly-posting

43Penalty notices for graffiti and fly-posting

43AAmount of penalty

43BPenalty notices: power to require name and address

44Meaning of relevant offence

45Penalty receipts

46Powers of police civilians

47Interpretation etc

48Defacement removal notices

49Recovery of expenditure

52Exemption from liability in relation to defacement removal notices

53Display of advertisements in contravention of regulations

54Sale of aerosol paint to children

54AEnforcement of section 54

Waste and litter

55Unlawfully deposited waste etc

56Extension of litter authority powers to take remedial action

Part 7Public order and trespass

57Public assemblies

59Aggravated trespass

60Power to remove trespassers: alternative site available

61Failure to comply with direction: offences

62Failure to comply with direction: seizure

63Common land: modifications

64Interpretation

Part 8High hedges

65Complaints to which this Part applies

67Domestic property

Complaints procedure

68Procedure for dealing with complaints

69Remedial notices

70Withdrawal or relaxation of requirements of remedial notices

71Appeals against remedial notices and other decisions of relevant authorities

72Appeals procedure

73Determination or withdrawal of appeals

Powers of entry

74Powers of entry for the purposes of complaints and appeals

Enforcement powers etc.

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

77Action by relevant authority

78Offences committed by bodies corporate

79Service of documents

80Documents in electronic form

81Power to make further provision about documents in electronic form

82Interpretation

83Power to amend sections 65 and 66

84Crown application

Part 9Miscellaneous powers

85Anti-social behaviour orders

86Certain orders made on conviction of offences

87Penalty notices for disorderly behaviour by young persons

88Curfew orders and supervision orders

89Extension of powers of community support officers etc.

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

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

94Orders and regulations

SCHEDULE 1Demoted tenancies

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

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

SCHEDULE 2Curfew orders and supervision orders

1Curfew orders and supervision orders

2Curfew orders and supervision orders

Supervision orders

3Curfew orders and supervision orders

4Curfew orders and supervision orders

Consequential amendments

5Curfew orders and supervision orders

6Curfew orders and supervision orders

SCHEDULE 3Repeals

Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003

2003 c. 38

An Act to make provision in connection with anti-social behaviour.

[20th November 2003]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—