Clause 36

in subsection (1)(m), delete “or” at the end;

in subsection (1)(n), replace the full‑stop at the end with “; or”;

in subsection (1), after paragraph (n), insert —“(o)if the owner or an authorised occupier who is a related person of or above the age of 18 years (as the case may be) has on or after the appointed date been convicted of an abatement offence or an exclusion offence and —

had been convicted of at least one other abatement offence or exclusion offence;

had at least one other abatement offence or exclusion offence taken into consideration by a court for the purposes of sentencing; or

had at least one other abatement offence or exclusion offence compounded under section 13U or 34 of the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015, as the case may be.”;

in subsection (11), after “subsection (1)(ga)”, insert “and (o)”; and

after subsection (11), insert —“(12) In this section —“abatement offence” means an offence under section 13L(5) of the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015 for contravening an abatement order issued under section 13L(1) of that Act in connection with unreasonable interference which originated from the owner’s flat, house or other living accommodation;“appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 36 of the Community Disputes Resolution (Amendment) Act 2024;“exclusion offence” means an offence under section 10(1) of the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015 for contravening an exclusion order made under section 9(2) of that Act in connection with unreasonable interference which originated from the owner’s flat, house or other living accommodation;“unreasonable interference” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015.”.