Common use of Nuisance and Anti-Social Behaviour Clause in Contracts

Nuisance and Anti-Social Behaviour. 4.1 You are responsible for the conduct of all people (including children) living in or visiting your home, and you or any person living in or visiting your home must not do any of the following: • anything likely to cause a nuisance and/or an annoyance in the locality (this is defined as within1000 metres of the property); • harass, intimidate, threaten to use or use violence towards anyone in the local area; any of our employees, contractors or agents; or anyone living in or visiting your home; • use your home for any criminal, immoral or illegal purpose. 4.2 If you, or any other person (including children) living in or visiting your home, cause a nuisance and/or annoyance or behaves in an anti-social way, we may take legal action which could result in an injunction and/or possession proceedings. Nuisance and anti-social behaviour includes but is not limited to: • violence or threats of violence to any person; • racist behaviour; • abusive or insulting words or behaviour; • offensive behaviour; • damage or threat of damage to property belonging to another person or the Council; • writing graffiti; • making an unreasonable amount of noise (see paragraph 4.10 for examples). A more detailed list of examples of anti-social behaviour are shown in Appendix 2. 4.3 If you, or any person (including children) living in or visiting your home, use your home for immoral or illegal purposes, we may take legal action to evict you. 4.4 If you, or any person (including children) living in or visiting your home, are convicted of an indictable offence committed in your home or in the local area, we may take legal action to evict you. 4.5 You, or any other person (including children) living in or visiting your home, must not do anything that could cause a danger to anyone in your home or in the local area. 4.6 You, or any other person (including children) living in or visiting your home, must not tamper with any fire-fighting equipment, closed circuit television equipment, door entry or alarm system. You must take reasonable care to ensure that the people who live in or visit your property do not damage it and do not cause a nuisance to others. If we do repair any damage for which we are not responsible, you must pay for this. We will give you reasonable prior notice of our intention to carry out such repairs. 4.7 Drugs and drug dealing You, your family and your visitors must not use your home, communal areas or local areas, for the taking, supply, cultivating and/or manufacture, sale or storage of illegal drugs.