Introduction

Acknowledgements

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Introduction to Subject

Anti-social behaviour (ASB) is behaviour that causes or is likely to cause alarm, distress or harassment to one or more people not of the same household as the defendant and is of a serious and persistent nature. Anti-social behaviour is the umbrella term which includes causing nuisance, harassment, racial incidents, neighbour disputes and includes noise complaints. Under Schedule 2 of the Housing Act 1988 a landlord can seek possession of a property on grounds of anti-social behaviour.

The Housing Act 2004 introduced tools available to the local authority to ensure that anti-social behaviour by private tenants is dealt with appropriately by the landlord.

Legislation

• The Housing (Interim Management Orders) (Prescribed Circumstances) (England) Order 2006
• The Housing Act 1988
• Housing Act 2004
• The Housing (Scotland) Act 1988
• Anti-Social Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004
• Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003