City Watch Exclusion Notice

There is a normal invitation by businesses, for members of the public to enter their premises, and either view or buy the merchandise on display. The issue of an exclusion notice withdraws that invitation to the person issued with the notice. This scheme applies to those businesses, which are covered by the City Watch scheme and have confirmed their involvement in the scheme.

Some businesses already operate similar notices, but only in relation to their own premises. The introduction of this scheme allows clients to issue a notice not only excluding offenders from their premises, but from other clients premises

How will it work?

Where the manager / representative decides that any person is to be excluded from their premises for any reason, a request will be submitted to the steering group. The steering group will decide if the person meets the requirements for exclusion.

• When a notice has been issued to a person and they appear in a clients premises; you have the right to ask them to leave those premises.
• When a person, known to have previously been served a notice, is recognised inside premises and not thought to have committed an offence at that stage, they should be immediately asked to leave the premises.
• The existence of a notice does not confer any additional powers of eviction; if difficulties arise the police should be contacted to assist.
• When a notice has been previously issued and that person is arrested, committing another offence, the fact that they have been previously issued with a notice will be included in the evidence.