(Key decision):
(1) To approve, as a draft only, the Public Spaces Protection Order (the Order) as set out at Appendix B to the report.
(2) To delegate authority to the Director of Service Delivery:
i. to carry out statutory consultation on the draft Order;
ii. if necessary, to amend the draft Order in light of consultation responses and seek approval from the Lead Cabinet Member for Disabilities and Community Safety;
iii. to make and publicise the definitive Order in accordance with relevant legislation;
iv. to put in place arrangements, including with external parties, to enforce the Order; and
v. to keep the Order under review; to bring to Cabinet any variation considered necessary to the Order during its three-year term; and at the end of that term extend the period for which it has effect, if considered necessary on statutory grounds.