| Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 | |||||||||
| 2004 asp 8 - continued | |||||||||
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| ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR ORDERS | |||||||||
Antisocial behaviour orders | |||||||||
| 4 | Antisocial behaviour orders | ||||||||
| (1) On the application of a relevant authority, the sheriff may, if satisfied that the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) are met as respects the person to whom the application relates (the "specified person"), make an antisocial behaviour order. | |||||||||
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| (3) For the purpose of determining whether the condition mentioned in subsection (2)(b) is met, the sheriff shall disregard any act or conduct of the specified person which that person shows was reasonable in the circumstances. | |||||||||
| (4) Where the specified person is a child, the sheriff shall, before determining the application, require the Principal Reporter to arrange a children's hearing for the purpose of obtaining their advice as to whether the condition mentioned in subsection (2)(c) is met; and the sheriff shall, in determining whether that condition is met, have regard to that advice. | |||||||||
| (5) Subject to subsections (6) and (7), an antisocial behaviour order is an order which prohibits, indefinitely or for such period as may be specified in the order, the specified person from doing anything described in the order. | |||||||||
| (6) The prohibitions that may be imposed by an antisocial behaviour order are those necessary for the purpose of protecting relevant persons from further antisocial behaviour by the specified person. | |||||||||
| (7) If an antisocial behaviour order is made on the application of a local authority the order may, in addition to imposing prohibitions that are necessary for the purpose mentioned in subsection (6), impose such prohibitions as are necessary for the purpose of protecting other persons ("affected persons") from further antisocial behaviour by the specified person. | |||||||||
| (8) Before making an antisocial behaviour order, the sheriff shall, where the specified person is present in court, explain in ordinary language- | |||||||||
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| (9) Failure to comply with subsection (8) shall not affect the validity of the order. | |||||||||
| (10) An application for an antisocial behaviour order shall be made by summary application to the sheriff within whose sheriffdom the specified person is alleged to have engaged in antisocial behaviour. | |||||||||
| (11) Before making an application under this section- | |||||||||
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| (12) Nothing in this section shall prevent a relevant authority from instituting any legal proceedings otherwise than under this section against any person in relation to any antisocial behaviour. | |||||||||
| (13) In this section, "relevant person" means- | |||||||||
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| 5 | Antisocial behaviour orders: variation and revocation | ||||||||
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| the sheriff may vary or revoke the order. | |||||||||
| (2) Where the person subject to the order is a child, the sheriff shall, in determining whether to vary or revoke it, have regard to any views expressed by the Principal Reporter. | |||||||||
| (3) Before making an application under this section- | |||||||||
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| 6 | Appeals: effect on competence of application under section 5 | ||||||||
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| it shall not be competent for that person to make an application under that section before the appeal is disposed of or abandoned. | |||||||||
Interim antisocial behaviour orders | |||||||||
| 7 | Interim antisocial behaviour orders | ||||||||
| (1) Subsection (2) applies where- | |||||||||
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| (2) If the sheriff is satisfied- | |||||||||
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| the sheriff may make an interim order. | |||||||||
| (3) Where the specified person is a child, the sheriff shall, in determining whether to make an interim order, have regard to any views expressed by the Principal Reporter. | |||||||||
| (4) An interim order is an order which prohibits, pending the determination of the application, the specified person from doing anything described in the order. | |||||||||
| (5) Sections 4(6) and (7) shall apply to an interim order as they apply to an antisocial behaviour order. | |||||||||
| (6) Before making an interim order, the sheriff shall, where the specified person is present in court, explain in ordinary language- | |||||||||
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| (7) Failure to comply with subsection (6) shall not affect the validity of the order. | |||||||||
| (8) An interlocutor granting or refusing an interim order is an appealable interlocutor. | |||||||||
Notification of orders | |||||||||
| 8 | Notification of making etc. of orders and interim orders | ||||||||
| (1) Subsection (2) applies where- | |||||||||
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| (2) The clerk of the court by which the order is made or varied shall cause a copy of the order as so made or varied to be- | |||||||||
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| (3) Subsection (4) applies where- | |||||||||
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| (4) The clerk of the court by which the order is revoked or recalled shall notify- | |||||||||
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| (5) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a), a copy is served if- | |||||||||
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| (6) For the purposes of subsection (4)(a), the person subject to the order is notified if notification is sent to the person by registered post or the recorded delivery service. | |||||||||
| (7) A certificate of posting of a letter sent under subsection (5)(b) or (6) issued by the postal operator concerned shall be sufficient evidence of the sending of the letter on the day specified in such certificate. | |||||||||
| (8) In subsection (7), "postal operator" has the meaning given by section 125(1) of the Postal Services Act 2000 (c.26). | |||||||||
Breach of orders | |||||||||
| 9 | Breach of orders | ||||||||
| (1) Subject to subsection (3), a person who- | |||||||||
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| (2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable- | |||||||||
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| (3) If- | |||||||||
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| the person shall not be liable to be proceeded against for an offence under subsection (1). | |||||||||
| (4) Subject to subsection (5), if a person is convicted of a separate offence, the court which sentences the person for that offence shall, in determining the appropriate sentence or disposal, have regard to- | |||||||||
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| (5) The court shall not, under subsection (4)(a), have regard to the fact that the separate offence was committed while the person was subject to the antisocial behaviour order or, as the case may be, the interim order unless that fact is libelled in the indictment or, as the case may be, specified in the complaint. | |||||||||
| (6) The fact that the separate offence was committed while the person was subject to an antisocial behaviour order or, as the case may be, an interim order, shall, unless challenged- | |||||||||
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| 10 | Breach of orders: prohibition on detention of children | ||||||||
| (1) The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46) shall be amended as follows. | |||||||||
| (2) In subsection (2) of section 44 (detention of children), after "offence" there shall be inserted "(other than, if the child is under the age of 16 years, an offence under section 9(1) of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8) or that section as applied by section 234AA(11) of this Act)". | |||||||||
| (3) In section 208 (detention of children convicted on indictment), after "Act" there shall be inserted "and subsection (3)[a] below". | |||||||||
| (4) At the end of section 208[b] there shall be added- | |||||||||
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| 11 | Breach of orders: arrest without warrant | ||||||||
| (1) Where a constable reasonably believes that a person is committing or has committed an offence under section 9(1), the constable may arrest the person without warrant. | |||||||||
| (2) Subsection (1) is without prejudice to any power of arrest conferred by law apart from that subsection. | |||||||||
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| 12 | Sheriff's power to refer case to children's hearing | ||||||||
| (1) Where the sheriff makes an antisocial behaviour order or an interim order in respect of a child, the sheriff may require the Principal Reporter to refer the child's case to a children's hearing. | |||||||||
| (2) The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (3) to (5). | |||||||||
| (3) After paragraph (l) of section 52(2) (children requiring compulsory measures of supervision) there shall be inserted- | |||||||||
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| (4) After section 65(1) (referral of case to children's hearing), there shall be inserted- | |||||||||
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| (5) In section 73(8) (arrangements to review supervision requirement)- | |||||||||
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| 13 | Sheriff's power to make parenting order | ||||||||
| (1) Where a sheriff makes an antisocial behaviour order in respect of a child, the sheriff may, where subsection (2) applies, make a parenting order in respect of a parent of the child. | |||||||||
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| 14 | Provision of information to local authorities | ||||||||
| (1) Where by virtue of subsection (2)(b) of section 8 a registered social landlord- | |||||||||
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| (2) Where by virtue of subsection (4)(b) of that section a registered social landlord- | |||||||||
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| it shall notify each relevant local authority of the date on which the order was revoked or recalled. | |||||||||
| (3) In this section "relevant local authority" means a local authority whose area includes the premises referred to in section 4(13)(b) in relation to any person for whose protection the order was made. | |||||||||
| 15 | Records of orders | ||||||||
| (1) A local authority shall keep records of- | |||||||||
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| of which the authority is given a copy by virtue of section 8(2)(b) or 14(1). | |||||||||
| (2) A record kept under subsection (1) shall specify- | |||||||||
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| (3) A local authority shall, on a request to do so being made to it by a person mentioned in subsection (4), disclose to that person information contained in a record kept under subsection (1). | |||||||||
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Guidance and research | |||||||||
| 16 | Guidance in relation to antisocial behaviour orders | ||||||||
| A person (other than a court) shall, in discharging functions by virtue of this Part (other than section 13), have regard to any guidance given by the Scottish Ministers about- | |||||||||
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| 17 | Arrangement of study into operation of Part | ||||||||
| (1) The Scottish Ministers shall- | |||||||||
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| (2) The Scottish Ministers shall make such preparations for the carrying out of the study as are necessary to enable the study to commence as soon as the whole of the Part is in force; and such preparations may include, in particular, the instruction of a research team and the formation of a research advisory group to assist in the direction of the study. | |||||||||
Interpretation | |||||||||
| 18 | Interpretation of Part 2 | ||||||||
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[a] Amended by Correction Slip. Page 8, section 10(3) the reference should be to "subsection (3)", not "subsection (2)". back [b] Amended by Correction Slip. Page 8, section 10(4) the words from "Section 208" to "end" should instead read as "At the end of section 208 ..." and the inserted subsection should be numbered "(3)" and non "(2)". back
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