77 Power of local authority to direct unauthorised campers to leave land
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (1994 c 33) | Legislation

Powers to remove unauthorised campers

77  Power of local authority to direct unauthorised campers to leave land

(1)     If it appears to a local authority that persons are for the time being residing in a vehicle or vehicles within that authority's area—

(a)     on any land forming part of a highway;

(b)     on any other unoccupied land; or

(c)     on any occupied land without the consent of the occupier,

the authority may give a direction that those persons and any others with them are to leave the land and remove the vehicle or vehicles and any other property they have with them on the land.

(2)     Notice of a direction under subsection (1) must be served on the persons to whom the direction applies, but it shall be

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