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(1)This section applies where an interim possession order has been made in respect of any premises and served in accordance with rules of court; and references to “the order” and “the premises” shall be construed accordingly.
(2)Subject to subsection (3), a person who is present on the premises as a trespasser at any time during the currency of the order commits an offence.
(3)No offence under subsection (2) is committed by a person if—
(a)he leaves the premises within 24 hours of the time of service of the order and does not return; or
(b)a copy of the order was not fixed to the premises in accordance with rules of court.
(4)A person who was in occupation of the premises at the time of service of the order but leaves them commits an offence if he re-enters the premises as a trespasser or attempts to do so after the expiry of the order but within the period of one year beginning with the day on which it was served.
(5)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both.
(6)A person who is in occupation of the premises at the time of service of the order shall be treated for the purposes of this section as being present as a trespasser.
(7)[F1A constable in uniform may arrest without a warrant anyone who is, or whom he reasonably suspects to be, guilty of an offence under this section.]
(8)In this section—
“interim possession order” has the same meaning as in section 75 above and “rules of court” is to be construed accordingly; and
“premises” has the same meaning as in that section, that is to say, the same meaning as in PartII of the M1Criminal Law Act 1977 (offences relating to entering and remaining on property).
Textual Amendments
F1S. 76(7) repealed (E.W.) (1.1.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 111, 174, 178, Sch. 7 para. 31(8), Sch. 17; S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(u)(xxxvi) (subject to art. 2)
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