{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/section-77",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/section-77.json",
  "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/77",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": "Duration of closure notices",
  "text": "(1) The maximum period that may be specified in a closure notice is 48 hours unless subsection (2) applies.\n(2) The maximum period is 72 hours—\n(a) if, in the case of a notice issued by a police officer, the officer is of at least the rank of superintendent, ...\n(b) if, in the case of a notice issued by a local authority, the notice is signed by the chief executive officer of the authority or a person designated by him or her for the purposes of this subsection , or\n(c) if, in the case of a notice issued by an RSH provider, the notice is signed by an individual who is part of the provider’s senior management.\n(3) In calculating when the period of 72 hours ends, Christmas Day is to be disregarded.\n(4) The period specified in a closure notice to which subsection (2) does not apply may be extended by up to 24 hours—\n(a) if, in the case of a notice issued by a police officer, an extension notice is issued by an officer of at least the rank of superintendent, ...\n(b) if, in the case of a notice issued by a local authority, the authority issues an extension notice signed by the chief executive officer of the authority or a person designated by the chief executive officer for the purposes of this subsection , or\n(c) if, in the case of a notice issued by an RSH provider, the RSH provider issues an extension notice signed by an individual who is part of the provider’s senior management.\n(5) An extension notice is a notice which—\n(a) identifies the closure notice to which it relates, and\n(b) specifies the period of the extension.\n(6) In this section “chief executive officer” means—\n(a) in relation to a local authority in England, the authority's head of paid service designated under section 4 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;\n(b) in relation to a local authority in Wales, the authority's chief executive appointed under section 54 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.\n(7) For the purposes of this section, an individual is part of an RSH provider’s senior management if the individual plays a significant role in—\n(a) the making of decisions about how the whole or a substantial part of the activities of the provider which relate to social housing are to be managed or organised, or\n(b) the management or organisation of the whole or a substantial part of such activities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 77(1) substituted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 3(3)(a), 255(1); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 77(2) substituted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 3(3)(b), 255(1); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 77(2)(a) omitted (26.10.2026) by virtue of Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 2 para. 3(a)(i); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 77(2)(c) and word inserted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 2 para. 3(a)(ii); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 77(3) substituted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 3(3)(b), 255(1); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in s. 77(4)(a) omitted (26.10.2026) by virtue of Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 2 para. 3(b)(i); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 77(4)(c) and word inserted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 2 para. 3(b)(ii); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 77(6) substituted (5.5.2022) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 5 para. 18; S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(s)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 77(7) inserted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 2 para. 3(c); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 77 in force at 20.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/2590, art. 3(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/section/77",
    "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."
}