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The Anti-social Behaviour (Authorised Persons) Order 2015

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Draft 2015, ISBN 9780111127131

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Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 182(2) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

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Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 53(4) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014f1, makes the following Order.

In accordance with section 182(2) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

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Footnotes

f1

2014 c. 12.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Description of specified persons
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Anti-social Behaviour (Authorised Persons) Order 2015 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2Description of specified persons

For the purposes of section 53(1)(c) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, housing providers (within the meaning of section 20 of that Act) are specified.

Signature

Name

Minister of State

Home Office

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision for a local authority to authorise a housing provider, as defined by section 20 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing 2014 Act (the 2014 Act), to issue community protection notices (section 43) and fixed penalty notices (section 52).

Under section 53(1) of the 2014 Act a community protection notice or fixed penalty notice may be issued by a constable, a relevant local authority, or a person designated by the relevant local authority. Only a person specified in an order made by the Secretary of State may be designated in this way (section 53(4)).

An impact assessment was prepared for the 2014 Act and is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-bill-anti-social-behaviour.