Part 4 E+W Graffiti and other defacement

Graffiti and fly-posting E+W

29 Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and address E+W

After section 43A of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c. 38) (as inserted by section 28 above) insert—

“43B Penalty notices: power to require name and address

(1) If an authorised officer of a local authority proposes to give a person a notice under section 43(1), the officer may require the person to give him his name and address.

(2) A person commits an offence if—

(a) he fails to give his name and address when required to do so under subsection (1), or

(b) he gives a false or inaccurate name or address in response to a requirement under that subsection.

(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.”

Commencement Information

I1 S. 29 in force at 6.4.2006 for E. by S.I. 2006/795, art. 2(3), Sch. 2

I2 S. 29 in force at 15.3.2007 (being the date on which S.I. 2007/739 came into force) for W. by S.I. 2006/2797, art. 4(n)