Public Spaces Protection Order

You must not drink alcohol or be in possession of alcohol in a way that causes, or is likely to cause, anti-social behaviour.

This doesn’t apply to:

• premises authorised to be used for the supply of alcohol under the Licensing Act 2003
• a place within the curtilage of such premises
• premises or places otherwise exempt from the operation of this Public Spaces Protection Order (by section 62 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014)

Requirements

Where a constable or authorised officer reasonably believes that a person is, or has been, consuming alcohol, or intends to consume alcohol in breach of this Order, they must:

• stop consuming alcohol or anything that the constable or authorised officer reasonably believes to be alcohol
• surrender anything in their possession that is, or which the constable or authorised officer reasonably believes to be, alcohol or a container for alcohol (to the relevant constable or authorised officer)

You must not beg in a way that causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress.

No one in the restricted area should make request(s) for money, donations or goods that are:

• verbal
• non-verbal
• written

This includes the placing of:

• hats
• clothing
• signage
• containers

No one in the restricted area shall loiter in a manner that causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to any person in:

• any temporary structure
• in or adjacent to doorways
• cash machines
• banks
• supermarkets

You must not use psychoactive substances.

Psychoactive substances in the restricted area, by any person, should not be:

• ingested
• inhaled
• injected
• smoked

Requirements

Where a constable or an authorised officer reasonably believes that a person is, or has been using a psychoactive substance, or intends to use a psychoactive substance in breach of this Order, they must:  

• stop using the psychoactive substance or anything which the constable or authorised officer reasonably believes to be a psychoactive substance
• surrender anything in their possession which is, or which the constable or authorised officer reasonably believes to be, a psychoactive substance, or which will be used in connection with taking psychoactive substances (to the relevant constable or authorised officer)

You must not urinate or defecate in public.

No one in the restricted area should urinate and/or defecate in any public place (this does not include public toilets).

Authorised officers may ask for your:

• full name
• address
• date of birth

If any person asked to provide their details knowingly gives false, inaccurate or misleading information to the constable or authorised officer, that person shall be deemed to have failed to comply with those requirements. 

Authorised officers may ask you to leave and not return to the restricted area, without reasonable excuse, for 24 hours.

If anyone fails to leave and not return to the restricted area for 24 hours without reasonable excuse when asked to, they'll be deemed to have failed to comply with those requirements.

Where a someone has a known or identifiable reasonable excuse for having to visit, or enter, the restricted area during the specified 24-hour period, this should be identified and explained to the constable or authorised officer.