bdh198 Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 The offence of squatting in a residential building comes into force on 1 September 2012 (SI 2012/1956): Link to Statutory Instrument: http://www.legislati.../article/2/made Link to Section 144 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act: http://www.legislati.../10/section/144 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melboy Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Can I just add that I have been campaigning for over 3 years to get squatting laws changed by constantly writing to Grant Shapps and other Government Ministers. I'm sure that most people would agree with me that Scumbags who invade a person's private property and undetake criminal damage, filth and mess etc. and then to have the law on their side is absolutely wrong. Maybe now the Police will take positive action in removing these people within seconds rather than months and charging them with breaking and entering rather than hiding behind the "civil offence" and that they are powerless to take action as no crime has been committed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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