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[F12(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where a CSO has reason to believe that another person has committed a relevant offence, he may require that other person to give him his name and address.
(2)The power to impose a requirement under sub-paragraph (1) in relation to an offence under a relevant byelaw is exercisable only in, or in the vicinity of, a place to which the byelaw relates.
(3)A person who fails to comply with a requirement under sub-paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
(4)In this paragraph “relevant offence” means—
(a)an offence under section 3 of the Vagrancy (Ireland) Act 1847;
(b)an offence under section 24 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968;
(c)an offence under Article 18 of the Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987;
(d)an offence under Article 3 or 4 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994;
(e)an offence under any of Articles 3, 30(9), 41, 50 or 60 to 64 of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;
(f)an offence under a relevant byelaw.
(5)In this paragraph and paragraph 4 “relevant byelaw” means a byelaw included in a list of byelaws which—
(a)have been made by a relevant body with authority to make byelaws for any place; and
(b)the Chief Constable and the relevant body have agreed to include in the list.
(6)The list must be published by the Chief Constable in such a way as to bring it to the attention of members of the public in localities where the byelaws in the list apply.
(7)A list of byelaws mentioned in sub-paragraph (6) may be amended from time to time by agreement between the Chief Constable and the relevant body in question, by adding byelaws to it or removing byelaws from it, and the amended list shall also be published by the Chief Constable as mentioned in sub-paragraph (6).
(8)A relevant body for the purposes of sub-paragraph (5) is—
(a)a district council;
(b)any other body specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.
(9)An order under sub-paragraph (8) may provide, in relation to any body specified in the order, that the agreement mentioned in sub-paragraph (5)(b) and (7) is to be made between the Chief Constable and the Secretary of State (rather than between the Chief Constable and the relevant body).]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2A inserted (22.4.2007 for the insertion of Sch. 2A paras. 2, 6, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18) by The Policing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/912 (N.I. 6)), arts. 1(3), 7(8), Sch. 5
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