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Anti-Social Behaviour Orders

Courts can impose Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBO) in criminal proceedings where there is a conviction in addition to sentencing or a fine or can impose an ASBO where one of the above makes a free-standing application.

Available where the individual has acted in a manner that caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to an person not of the same household and an order is necessary to protect persons from further antisocial acts.

The ASBO will prohibit certain actions that are necessary to protect persons from further acts. For example, exclusion from a given area, playing music, shouting racist comments or swearing, driving etc.

If the ASBO is breached a prosecution should follow and the usual sanction will be a custodial sentence.