According to the Home Office the Government has taken the decision to implement Drinking Banning Orders on application. These orders will come into force on 31st August 2009 and will be available to practitioners from this date.
Drinking Banning Orders (DBOs) are modelled on Anti-Social Behaviour Orders as a way of preventing known trouble-makers entering licensed premises.
The Home Office site says DBOs will be available "either on application to the courts by the police or local authority, or on conviction of an alcohol related offence. We are currently only implementing DBOs on application. This will mean that the police and local authorities will be able to apply to the magistrates' court (and county court) for the imposition of a DBO on an individual."
For full information see the Home Office site here.
Currently legislation dating back over a century can be used to ban 'habitual drunkards' from purchasing alcohol. Though rarely used, we recently reported on known drinker subjected to the measures.
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