PART 5Air quality; smoke-free premises, places and vehicles; culture and anti-social behaviour

Anti-social behaviour

20.—(1) The functions of the constituent councils specified in the following provisions in the 2014 Act are exercisable by the Combined Authority in relation to the combined area—

(a)section 5 (applications for injunctions); and

(b)section 104 (review of response to complaints).

(2) The functions are exercisable concurrently with the constituent councils.

(3) Part 1 of the 2014 Act (injunctions) applies in relation to an application for an injunction by a Combined Authority as it applies in relation to an application for an injunction by a constituent council, but as if the following provisions were omitted—

(a)in section 2 (meaning of anti-social behaviour), subsections (1)(b) and (c), (2), (3) and (4); and

(b)section 13 (power to exclude person from home in cases of violence or risk of harm).

(4) Section 101 of the 2014 Act (the community remedy document) has effect in relation to the Combined Authority as if it were a local authority.

(5) The Combined Authority shall be a relevant authority for the purposes of section 115 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (disclosure of information)(1).

(6) In this article “the 2014 Act” means the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014(2).

(1)

1998 c. 37. Section 115 was amended by S.I. 2000/90, section 74 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43), section 97 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), S.I. 2469/2002, S.I. 2003/602, section 219 of the Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), section 22 of, and Schedule 9 to the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48 ), section 29 of the Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), S.I. 2008/912 , the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), section 55 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), and S.I. 2010/886.