Part 1 Provisions for Combatting Crime and Disorder
C1C2Chapter 1 On the Spot Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour
Pt. 1 Ch. 1 modified (26.12.2004) by The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amendment of Minimum Age) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3166), art. 6
Offences to which this Chapter applies
I11 Offences leading to penalties on the spot
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For the purposes of this Chapter “penalty offence” means an offence committed under any of the provisions mentioned in the first column of the following Table and described, in general terms, in the second column:
Offence creating provision | Description of offence |
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Section 12 of the Licensing Act 1872 (c.94) | Being drunk in a highway, other public place or licensed premises |
Section 80 of the Explosives Act 1875 (c.17) | Throwing fireworks in a thoroughfare |
F1. . . | F1. . . |
Section 55 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c.xxix) | Trespassing on a railway |
Section 56 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c.xxix) | Throwing stones etc. at trains or other things on railways |
F2Section 169A of the Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26) | Sale of alcohol to a person under 18 |
F3Section 169C(1) of the Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26) | Buying or attempting to buy alcohol by a person under 18 |
Section F4 169C(2) and (3) of the Licensing Act 1964 (c.26) | Buying or attempting to buy alcohol for F5. . . a person under 18 |
F6Section 169E of the Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26) | Consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 or allowing such consumption |
F7Section 169F of the Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26) | Delivery of alcohol to a person under 18 or allowing such delivery |
F8Section 172(3) of the Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26) | Selling alcohol to a drunken person |
Section 91 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c.80) | Disorderly behaviour while drunk in a public place |
Section 5(2) of the Criminal Law Act 1967 (c.58) | Wasting police time or giving false report |
F9Section 1 of the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60) | Theft |
F10Section 1(1) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c. 48) | Destroying or damaging property |
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F12Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 (c.64) | Behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress |
F13Section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) | Depositing and leaving litter |
Section 12 of this Act | Consumption of alcohol in designated public place |
F14Section 127(2) of the Communications Act 2003 | Using public electronic communications network in order to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety |
F15Section 11 of the Fireworks Act 2003 (c. 22) | Contravention of a prohibition or failure to comply with a requirement imposed by or under fireworks regulations or making false statements |
F16Section 49 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21) | Knowingly giving a false alarm of fire |
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The Secretary of State may by order amend an entry in the Table or add or remove an entry.
3
An order under subsection (2) may make such amendment of any provision of this Chapter as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in consequence of any change in the Table made by the order.
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The power conferred by subsection (2) is exercisable by statutory instrument.
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No order shall be made under subsection (2) unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Pt. 1 Ch. 1 extended (15.11.2003) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), ss. 38, 108, Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(a); S.I. 2003/2593, art. 2(d)