{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antisocial-behaviour-etc-scotland-act-2004/section-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antisocial-behaviour-etc-scotland-act-2004/section-22.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2004/8",
  "legislation_title": "Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antisocial-behaviour-etc-scotland-act-2004",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Powers under section 21: supplementary",
  "text": "(1) A direction under section 21—\n(a) may be given orally;\n(b) may be given to any person individually or to two or more persons together; and\n(c) may be withdrawn or varied by the constable who gave it.\n(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse, knowingly contravenes a direction given to the person under section 21 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to—\n(a) a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale; or\n(b) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months,\nor to both.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 22(3)(4) repealed (25.1.2018) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 1), s. 117(2), sch. 2 para. 18(b); S.S.I. 2017/345, art. 3, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/8/section/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:35.498070+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."
}