Thursday, January 9, 2014

UK Fails In Bid To Stop Nudists

The UK Government has suffered a massive defeat over plans to outlaw ‘annoying’ behaviour which could have outlawed noisy children, carol singers and nudists.

Dozens of Tory and Lib Dems peers in the House of Lords struck out the plan to impose new injunctions on people accused of creating ‘nuisance and annoyance’.

Critics said the legislation would have had a ‘chilling effect on lawful conduct’ and insisted the British public must show ‘tolerance and forbearance’.


Nudists groups warned parks and beaches could be out of bounds for naturists under the new laws aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour

The row centres on the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill which includes power for the courts to grant an injunction against someone who ‘has engaged in, or is threatening to engage in, anti-social behaviour’.
 
The Government wants to replace anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) with injunctions to prevent nuisance and annoyance (Ipnas).
Under the new rule, an injunction could be granted if a person has ‘engaged in conduct which is capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to any person’.

But opponents warn people behaving perfectly legally like street preachers, trick-or-treaters, church bell ringers and clay pigeon shooters could fall foul of the law just because some people are annoyed by their hobbies.


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