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Originally Posted by Hiddlebit
The law in this matter is not "PC". Or if it is, PC goes back a very long way.
The current laws of trespass go back to the late 1600s/early 1700s. And the act of trespass is not a criminal offence, it is civil: the police can't touch them. In strict legal terms, the act of trespass as a civil offence is "unlawful" rather than "illegal." The police can only act where an action is "illegal".
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if thats the case, then how come the police shift travellers from various illegal sites, on the behest of councils? or are the police allowed to act, when its not law abiding citizens requesting.