Police give notices to riders on Parkside Colliery, Newton-le-Willows

On Sunday, police issued details of four Section 59 notices to riders of bikes and one driver of a Land Rover on the site.

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Firstly, officers on quad bikes gave a Section 59 warning under The Police Reform Act at the Parkside Colliery site in Newton-le-Willows to a bike rider (vehicle above) and the driver of the Land Rover (below).

In a statement, police said: "The residents nearby are fed up of the constant engine noise every weekend and the landowner is constantly having to try and secure the site, it is private land and no permission has been given for this type of activity."

Meanwhile, later on two more bike riders were given warnings after being seen on the privately owned site without permission for offroad vehicles.

What is a Section 59 notice?

The provisions of section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 came in to effect on January 1, 2003 and provides uniformed police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSO) with powers to deal with persons using mechanically propelled vehicles in an anti-social manner, either on or off road.

The measure introduced by section 59, was brought in to respond to growing public concern about the anti-social use of vehicles.

The powers afforded to officers under section 59 of the Police Reform Act reach far and wide, allowing officers to seize and remove a vehicle from private property, other than a dwelling house, on which he has reasonable grounds for believing the vehicle to be if a second warning has been issued within 12 months of the initial warning.