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(1)This section applies where a constable or an authorised person reasonably believes that a person (P)—
(a)is or has been consuming alcohol in breach of a prohibition in a public spaces protection order, or
(b)intends to consume alcohol in circumstances in which doing so would be a breach of such a prohibition.
In this section “authorised person” means a person authorised for the purposes of this section by the local authority that made the public spaces protection order (or authorised by virtue of section 69(1)).
(2)The constable or authorised person may require P—
(a)not to consume, in breach of the order, alcohol or anything which the constable or authorised person reasonably believes to be alcohol;
(b)to surrender anything in P’s possession which is, or which the constable or authorised person reasonably believes to be, alcohol or a container for alcohol.
(3)A constable or an authorised person who imposes a requirement under subsection (2) must tell P that failing without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirement is an offence.
(4)A requirement imposed by an authorised person under subsection (2) is not valid if the person—
(a)is asked by P to show evidence of his or her authorisation, and
(b)fails to do so.
(5)A constable or an authorised person may dispose of anything surrendered under subsection (2)(b) in whatever way he or she thinks appropriate.
(6)A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed on him or her under subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
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