{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/section-20",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/12",
  "legislation_title": "Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Interpretation etc",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“anti-social behaviour” has the meaning given by section 1(9);\n“harm” includes serious ill-treatment or abuse, whether physical or not;\n“housing accommodation” includes—\n(a)flats, lodging-houses and hostels;\n(b)any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to the accommodation or usually enjoyed with it;\n(c)any common areas used in connection with the accommodation;\n“housing injunction” means an injunction under section 1A;\n“housing provider” means—\n(a)a housing trust, within the meaning given by section 2 of the Housing Associations Act 1985, that is a charity;\n(b) in relation to England, a housing action trust established under section 62 of the Housing Act 1988;\n(c)in relation to England, a non-profit private registered provider of social housing;\n(d)in relation to Wales, a Welsh body registered as a social landlord under section 3 of the Housing Act 1996;\n(e)any body (other than a local authority or a body within paragraphs (a) to (d)) that is a landlord under a secure tenancy within the meaning given by section 79 of the Housing Act 1985;\n“housing-related anti-social conduct” has the meaning given by section 2;\n“local authority” means—\n(a)in relation to England, a district council, a county council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n(b)in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;\n“respect order” means an order under section A1;\n“respondent”—\n(a)in relation to a youth injunction, has the meaning given by section 1(1);\n(b)in relation to a housing injunction, has the meaning given by section 1A(1);\n“youth injunction” means an injunction under section 1;\n(2) A person's age is treated for the purposes of this Part as being that which it appears to the court to be after considering any available evidence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 20(1) substituted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 1 para. 19(2) (with s. 2(3)); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 20(1) inserted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 1 para. 19(4) (with s. 2(3)); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 20(1) inserted (W.) (10.9.2025) by Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 20(1) substituted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 1 para. 19(3) (with s. 2(3)); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 20 in force at 23.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/373, art. 4(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:27:00.543848+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}