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  Psychoactive Substances Bill - New Clause 2 - Closure of Premises Prior to a Court Decision 
  
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  @ MP voted aye to allow law enforcement officers or local councils to close down premises while awaiting a court's decision where there is suspicion of activities related to banned psychoactive substances. 
  @ MP voted no against allowing law enforcement officers or local councils to close down premises while awaiting a court's decision if there is suspicion of activities related to banned psychoactive substances. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against allowing a local council or a senior police, customs or National Crime Agency officer to order a premises to cease trading while awaiting a court's decision where there is suspicion of activities related to the production, supply, import or export of a psychoactive substance.
  
  MPs were considering the Psychoactive Substances Bill[1]. 
  
  The proposed new clause[2] rejected in this vote began:
  
  :"(1) A senior officer or a local authority may issue a notice requiring a premises to cease trading if conditions A, B and C are met.
  :(2) Condition A is that the premises has been issued a premises notice under section 13 of this Act.
  :(3) Condition B is that in the view of the senior officer or a local authority that issued the premises notice, the terms of that notice are not being complied with.
  :(4) Condition C is that the senior officer or local authority has made an application to an appropriate court for a premises order under [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2015-2016/0063/cbill_2015-20160063_en_3.htm#pb4-l1g19 section 19 of this Act].
  
  An explanatory note accompanying the rejected new clause stated[2]:
  
  :This new clauseâs intention is to allow a senior officer or local authority to compel a premises to stop trading while it applies [to a court] for a premises order.
  
  
  The premises orders referred to relate to the prohibition of production, supply, import or export of a psychoactive substance that is likely to be consumed by individuals for its psychoactive effects or assisting such activities. These are detailed in the sections of the Bill, from section 11[2], titled "Powers for dealing with prohibited activities". 
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/psychoactivesubstances.html Parliament's webpage on the Psychoactive Substances Bill (now an Act)]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2015-2016/0063/cbill_2015-20160063_en_2.htm#pb4-l1g11 Section 11 of the Psychoactive Substances Bill as at the time of the vote]
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