11. Dispersal Order - Section 35

Section 35 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime, and Policing Act

This gives the police powers to issue a Dispersal Order; it allows officers to force individuals to leave an area for up to 48 hours.

Section 35 has also been used to try and gather peoples details. We know of several instances where refusal of details under Section 35 resulted in arrest. However in the only instance we know of where people continued withholding information, (after over 24 hours on remand) this resulted in a court ruling that those involved were entitled to withhold their information.