Are they the same as Anti-Social Behaviour Orders?
The only really similarity between the two orders is that they are both obtained through a civil court upon application. Currently a civil court is able to impose a drink banning order on an individual when it has been applied for but as yet criminal courts do not have the power to impose one on an individual when being convicted of a criminal offence. ASBOs can be applied to individuals in many more instances than a drink banning order. A drink banning order can only be applied against an individual for either criminal or disorderly conduct while under the influence of alcohol. However as is the case with ASBOs they are designed to protect certain victims, sometimes neighbours and often whole communities from behaviour going on around them which has frightened or intimidated them and in some cases damaged their quality of life.
