Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 2590 (C. 113)
Environmental Protection, Englandandwales
Housing, England And Wales
Housing, England
Police, England And Wales
The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 2014
Made
24th September 2014
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 185(1) and (7) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014( 1 ), makes the following Order.
Citation and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 2014.
(2) In this Order “the 2014 Act” means the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
Provisions coming into force on 20th October 2014 in relation to England
2. The following provisions of the 2014 Act come into force on 20th October 2014 in relation to England—
(a) section 94 (new ground for serious offences or breach of prohibitions etc );
(b) section 95 (notice requirements for new ground);
(c) section 96 (review requirements for new ground), insofar as it is not already in force;
(d) section 97 (corresponding new ground and notice requirements for assured tenancies);
(e) section 100(2) and (3) (restrictions where new possession proceedings in progress etc);
(f) section 181(1) (amendments), insofar as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 11 specified in sub-paragraph (h);
(g) Schedule 3 (Schedule to be inserted as Schedule 2A to the Housing Act 1985);
(h) in Schedule 11 (minor and consequential amendments), paragraphs 2, 7 to 10, 13, 14, 15(4), 16, 18, 19, 47(4) and 48.
Provisions coming into force on 20th October 2014
3. The following provisions of the 2014 Act come into force on 20th October 2014—
(a) Part 2 (criminal behaviour orders);
(b) Part 3 (dispersal powers);
(c) Part 4 (community protection);
(d) Part 6 (local involvement and accountability) to the extent not already in force;
(e) section 181(1) (amendments), insofar as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 11 specified in sub-paragraph (g);
(f) Schedule 4 (ASB case reviews: supplementary provision), to the extent not already in force;
(g) in Schedule 11 (minor and consequential amendments), the following paragraphs—
(i) paragraphs 3 to 5;
(ii) paragraph 21;
(iii) paragraph 24(a), insofar as it relates to the repeal of the following provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998( 2 )—
(aa) in section 1(1A), the reference to “1C, 1CA”;
(bb) in section 1A(2)(a), the reference to “1CA”;
(cc) section 1C;
(dd) section 1CA;
(ee) section 1D(1)(c) and (d) and (6);
(ff) section 1D(2) insofar as it relates to a case falling within subsection (1)(c) or (d);
(gg) section 1D(4)(c) insofar as it relates to a case falling within subsection (1)(c) or (d);
(hh) section 1I(1)(b);
(ii) section 1J(1)(c);
(jj) section 1K(2);
(iv) paragraphs 25 and 26;
(v) paragraph 30;
(vi) paragraphs 32 to 45;
(vii) in paragraph 50, the repeals relating to—
(aa) the Licensing Act 2003( 3 );
(bb) sections 14(3)(a) and 56(1) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003( 4 );
(cc) paragraph 59 of Schedule 26 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003( 5 );
(dd) paragraph 36 of Schedule 7 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005( 6 );
(ee) the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005( 7 );
(ff) paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Drugs Act 2005( 8 );
(gg) sections 8(7) and 26 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006( 9 );
(hh) section 118 of, and Schedule 20 to, the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008( 10 );
(ii) the Policing and Crime Act 2009( 11 );
(jj) the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011( 12 );
(kk) the Localism Act 2011( 13 ).
Saving provision in relation to the coming into force of Part 2
4. Notwithstanding the commencement of paragraphs 25 and 26 of Schedule 11 to the 2014 Act, section 8 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 as in force immediately before the commencement of those provisions continues to apply to an anti-social behaviour order within the meaning of section 1 of that Act.
Transitional provision in relation to the coming into force of sections 94 and 97 in England
5. In relation to the coming into force of sections 94 and 97 of the 2014 Act (absolute grounds for possession) in England, condition 5 in section 84A(7) of the Housing Act 1985( 14 ) and in Ground 7A of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988( 15 ) is only met if the offence under—
(a) section 80(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990( 16 ) (breach of abatement notice in relation to statutory nuisance), or
(b) section 82(8) of that Act (breach of court order to abate statutory nuisance etc. ),
is committed by the tenant, or a person residing in or visiting the dwelling-house, on or after 20th October 2014.
Norman Baker
Minister of State
Home Office
24th September 2014
1985 c. 68 . Section 84A is prospectively inserted by section 94(1) of the 2014 Act.
1988 c. 50 . Ground 7A of Part 1 of Schedule 2 is prospectively inserted by section 97(1) of the 2014 Act.