The Scottish Executive's antisocial behaviour bill, published last week, would give the police powers to close premises causing problems. The measures would also enable police to bar individuals from such establishments.
Maggie Mellon, head of policy at children and young people's charity NCH Scotland, warned that there were "a lot of unseen consequences" of the bill that had not been considered, such as the closure of youth services.
The bill also contains a spate of measures designed to stamp out antisocial behaviour by young people. These include antisocial behaviour orders for over-12s, the police having powers to disperse groups in public places, a ban on the sale of spray paint to under-16s and the expansion of restriction of liberty orders to under-16s.
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