Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill

Page 23, line 22, at end insert—

“(9)   A community protection notice may require the control or removal from
premises occupied by a body or individual of a plant of the following
description—

(a)   Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica),

(b)   Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera),

(c)   a plant specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.”

Page 33, line 6, at end insert—

“(10)   A public places protection order may not remove or restrict any right of
common.”

Page 35, line 2, at end insert—

“(5)   The meaning of “local authority” in this section includes a parish council
and a Welsh community council.”

Page 35, line 39, at end insert “for persons using a mode or modes of travel which
are permitted on the through route”

Page 35, line 41, at end insert—

“( )   notify such other persons as may be specified in regulations made
by the Secretary of State,”

Page 36, line 6, at end insert “, and

“notify” means notify individually in writing.”

Page 36, line 6, at end insert—

“(2A)    Before making a public spaces protection order that restricts a public right
of way over a highway or other path of a description set out in subsection
(2C) a local authority must cause a notice of the proposed order to be
displayed—

(a)   at the ends of so much of the footpath or other way as is to be
restricted;

(b)   on the authority’s website; and

(c)   in such other ways as the authority considers appropriate;

and a copy of the proposed order must be made available for inspection at
the offices of the authority.

(2B)   Before making a public spaces protection order that restricts a public right
of way over a highway or other path of a description set out in subsection
(2C) the local authority must be satisfied that it is in all the circumstances,
including those set out in subsection (1), expedient to make the order.

(2C)   The ways to which subsections (2A) and (2B) apply are—

(a)   rights of way that are included in a definitive map and statement;
and

(b)   other ways which provide convenient through routes in urban
areas for passage on foot or on horseback or by cycle, or for vehicles
built or adapted for the use of disabled persons.”

Page 36, line 9, at end insert—

“(3A)    The meaning of “local authority” in subsection (3) includes a parish council
and a Welsh community council.”

Page 36, line 17, at end insert—

“(6A)    A public spaces protection order may not restrict the rights of any person
in relation to a private right of way.”

Page 36, line 17, at end insert—

“(6A)    A local authority that is a district council in an area where there is both a
county and a district council may not confirm a public spaces protection
order on land which is a highway if the county council has objected to the
proposed order.”

Page 38, line 4, at end insert—

“(1A)    Subsection (1) does not apply if the prohibition or restriction relates to—

(a)   travel along a footpath, bridleway, restricted byway or byway open
to all traffic in an appropriate manner in each case;

(b)   presence on a common, village green or town green or on land that
is access land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.”

Page 38, line 11, at end insert—

“(5)   A person does not commit an offence unless the local authority has
displayed information about the relevant restrictions and requirements on
or adjacent to the land that is subject to the public spaces protection notice
in such a way that it is reasonable for the person to have seen the notice.”

Lord Greaves gives notice of his intention to oppose the Question that Clause 66 stand part
of the Bill.

Page 40, line 11, at end insert “and for this purpose it is immaterial whether a body
is based locally or over a wider area including nationally”

Page 40, line 44, leave out subsection (3)