Clause 56 - Nuisance rough sleeping prevention orders

Part of Criminal Justice Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 3:15 pm ar 23 Ionawr 2024.

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Photo of Chris Philp Chris Philp The Minister of State, Home Department 3:15, 23 Ionawr 2024

I think that the maximum period for a nuisance begging prevention order, as opposed to notice, was five years, which mirrors this provision. The lengths of time match up. As we discussed this morning, the power is for the court to use, and it can use its discretion. It is a maximum duration; the court can use its discretion to hand down a shorter period. Courts often pass prison sentences that are lower than the maximum, and that may well be the case here as well.