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The Control of Anti-Social Behaviour and Consumption of Intoxicating Substances Public Spaces Protection Order applies in certain public spaces within Exmouth.

It is designed to ensure that people can use and enjoy public spaces without experiencing anti-social behaviour. It is a tool to enable Councils to deal with persistent issues that are damaging communities.

The Order requires:

  • The Public Spaces Protection Order allows Police and authorised Council officers to ask individuals to surrender alcohol or any other intoxicating substance if they are acting an antisocial way.
  • It is an offence to fail to comply with a request to surrender alcohol or any other intoxicating substance. This does not apply to licensed premises.
  • It is an offence to urinate or defecate within a street or public open space
  • It is an offence to make unsolicited or unauthorised requests for money, for example, through the use of threatening language or gestures
  • It is an offence to behave in a way which results in a member of public being intimidated, harassed, alarmed or distressed. The Public Spaces Protection Order allows Police and authorised Council officers to ask people within a group to disperse immediately or within a specified time

The areas covered by this PSPO are shown in the PSPO Maps document.

See Control of Anti-Social Behaviour and Consumption of Intoxicating Substances PSPO webpage for further details