Anti-Social Behaviour (Amendment) Bill

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BILL

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Reinstate the Repealed provisions of the Anti-Social Behaviour (Amendments) Act 2020 BE IT ENACTED by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Section 1: Reforming Social Behavior Policy in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

1)- Substitute “10” with “12” in Section 1 (1).

2) Injunction procedures are modified as follows

a) Replace Section 1 (6) with “(6) An injunction under this section must specify the period for which it has effect and shall not exceed 6 months.”

b) Strike Section 6 and subsequently remove all references to “without notice” injunctions from the legislation.

c) Strike Section 9.

Section 2: Reforming Social Behavior Policy in the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and the Public Orders Act 1986

1)- Replace “20 or more persons” in Section 63 (1) and Section 63 (1A) (B) with “50 or more persons”.

2) Strike Section 70 and 71 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and the corresponding Section 14 (a)-(c) of the Public Orders Act 1986.

Section 3: Reforming Social Behavior Policy in the Anti Social Behavior Act 2003 and the Public Orders Act 1986

1)- Strike Sections 25A, 26A, 26C, and 28A and the corresponding Sections 23, 24, and 25 of the Police and Justice Act 2006.

2) For the purposes of defining “public assemblies” in Section 57 and in the corresponding section 16 of the Public Orders Act 1986 “2” shall be replaced with “20”.

Section 4 - Extent, commencement and short title

(1) This Act shall extend to England only.

(2) This Act shall come into force 2 months upon Royal Assent.

(3) This Act may be cited as the Anti Social Behavior (Amendment) Act 2023

This Bill was written by The Rt Hon Marquess of Stevenage, u/Muffin5136, KT KP KD KCT KCMG KBE CVO PC on behalf of the Muffin Raving Loony Party, and is sponsored by the Labour Party

This bill is based on the Anti-Social Behaviour (Amendments) Act 2020 as written by u/jgm0228, and takes into account the Public Order (Amendment) Act 2020 as written by the Baron Grantham.

Opening speech:

Speaker,

It has recently come to my attention that the 26th Government brought about an Act that repealed the majority of the provisions introduced by the Anti-Social Behavior (Amendments) Bill, with the striking of sections 25B and 26B of the Anti Social Behavior Act 2003 being the only Sections spared in this repeal.

As such I have reintroduced the provisions of this bill, and I hope to see this House back this reintroduction.

This division ends on Wednesday 3rd May at 10pm BST.