New clause 5 - Removal of unauthorised encampments and waste
Anti-social Behaviour Bill
2:30 pm
Mr James Cran (Beverley and Holderness, Conservative)
I remind the Committee that with this we are discussing the following:
New clause 11—Deliberate despoiling and/or mis-use of land—
'(1) The Chief Executive Officer of the relevant local authority may make an eviction order in relation to premises to which this section applies if he reasonably believes that—
(a) a public nuisance is being caused by deliberate despoiling or mis-use of land by the owners or occupiers of that land;
(b) the eviction of any persons whether owners or occupiers or trespassers or visitors is necessary to prevent that nuisance and/or to correct the despoiling or mis-use of the land.
(2) A person commits an offence if he permits or authorises the continuing mis-use or despoiling of land or creation of a public nuisance on it or aids or abets others to do so.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to—
(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,
(b) a fine not exceeding £20,000,
(c) both.'.