Commentary on Sections Part 1: Provisions for Combatting Crime and Disorder. Police Directions stopping the harassment etc of a person in his home
104.The Act provides an additional police power to direct persons to leave the vicinity of residential premises, if their presence or behaviour there is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. It is intended to deal with protests outside homes which may become intimidatory. It creates an offence of failing to comply with such a direction.