What are the prohibitions of the PSPO?

The following activities will be prohibited by the order:

• The PSPO gives the police and authorised offficers of the council borough-wide powers to confiscate alcohol from a minority of drinkers whose excessive drinking causes problems for others in public spaces. 
• The PSPO makes it an offence to consume or have an open container of alcohol in the locations identified in Schedule 2 of the order.
• Failing to surrender a container of alcohol, and failure to comply with a direction not to consume alcohol when asked to do so by an authorised person.
• The PSPO makes it an offence to use illegal drugs or psychoactive substances.
• The PSPO makes it an offence to urinate and defecate in a public place unless such a place is a serviced public convenience.
• The PSPO makes it an offence to use a motor vehicle in any of the locations identified at Schedule 3 of this order, without reasonable excuse or express permission of the council.
• The PSPO makes it an offence to use a pony and trap in any of the locations identified at Schedule 4 of this order.
• The PSPO makes car cruising an offence in any of the locations identified at Schedule 5 of this order, including; participating or encouraging participation, congregating to watch or attending to supply or sell to those present any food, drink, goods or services.
• The PSPO makes using a bicycle in a manner that causes or is likely to cause alarm, harassment, or distress to another person nearby and failure to comply with a direction not to dismount when asked to do so by an authorised officer across the borough.

• The PSPO makes the use of a microphone, loudspeaker, megaphones, loud hailers or any other similar equipment designed to amplify the volume of speech or music without the express permission of the council in Schedule 6 of this order.