And They're recruiting 20'000 new cops so they will be boredI suppose it will depend on the police at the end of the day. Primarily it appears to be targeting gypsies and travellers but it is conceivable that a couple of bored policemen could get a bit anti with a wildcamper?
. Someone turns up and parks next to you then your on your way to the station in a police van and your van is on the way to the scrapyard.
DamnI think you're given the option to leave before all of that.
Then goes on to qualify it with this.....
“It is understood police will be able to use the powers where intruders are causing ‘significant damage, disruption or distress’, such as ‘interference with utility supplies, excessive noise pollution, or litter’.
So, if they don’t make a mess or cause a nuisance, police will have no power to act ..
So, if they don’t make a mess or cause a nuisance, police will have no power to act ..
UK I thought!Was this law just Portugal ??.
The article says if they don’t leave when the landowner asks them to, then it’s an offence, but, in reality, they have to make a mess or nuisance for the offence to be complete.If they don't do any of that the police wouldn't need to act really.
Not unless your name is Murphy.The article says if they don’t leave when the landowner asks them to, then it’s an offence, but, in reality, they have to make a mess or nuisance for the offence to be complete.
So, anyone wildcamping quietly ( like we all do, won’t have anything to worry about.
Google spymaster you must be having a larf.It's a waste of time reading what's reported in the papers or on tv . They always get it wrong to support a sensational headline. You've got to wait for the legislation then use google to read it yourself.