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The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 offers an opportunity to enable the police to close premises, initially at least on a temporary basis, where a property is thought on reasonable grounds to be associated with nuisance and/or disorder. However, in its current form, the time limits are too short, so the criminal gangs can sit tight for a short closure period, reopen with a new name or transfer their operations to another shop before the enforcement agencies have time to complete the necessary investigations.