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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 1 extended by Licensing Act 1902 (c. 28), s. 2(3)
C2References to Licensing Act 1872 (c. 94), s. 12, Metropolitan Police Act 1839 (c. 47), s. 58 and Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (c. 89), s.29 to be construed as including references to Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), s. 91(1): Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)
Description of Offence | Statute enacting Offence |
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Being found drunk in a highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on licensed premises. | Licensing Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 94), s. 12. |
Being guilty while drunk of riotous or disorderly behaviour in a highway or other public place, whether a building or not. | Licensing Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 94), s. 12. |
Being drunk while in charge, on any highway or other public place, of any carriage, horse, cattle, or steam-engine. | Licensing Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 94), s. 12. |
Being drunk when in possession of any loaded firearms. | Licensing Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 94), s. 12. |
F1. . . | F1. . . |
F1. . . | F1. . . |
Being found drunk in any street or public thoroughfare within the Metropolitan Police District, and being guilty while drunk of any riotous or indecent behaviour. | Metropolitan Police Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 47), s. 58. |
Being drunk in any street, and being guilty of riotous or indecent behaviour therein. | Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89), s. 29. |
Being intoxicated while driving a hackney carriage. | Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89), s. 61. |
Being drunk during employment as a driver of a hackney carriage, or as a driver or conductor of a stage carriage in the Metropolitan Police District. | London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 86), s. 28. |
Being drunk and persisting, after being refused admission on that account, in attempting to enter a passenger steamer. | Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), s. 287. |
Being drunk on board a passenger steamer, and refusing to leave such steamer when requested. | Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), s. 287. |
[F2Failing to leave licensed premises, etc. when asked to do so.] | [F2Licensing Act 2003, s 143.] |
[F2Entering, or attempting to enter, licensed premises, etc. when asked not to do so.] | [F2Licensing Act 2003, s 143.] |
Description of Offence | Statute enacting Offence |
Being found in a state of intoxication and incapable of taking care of himself, and not under the care or protection of some suitable person, in any street, thoroughfare, or public place. | [F3Licensing (Scotland) Act 1903 (c. 25), s. 70] |
Being in any street drunk and incapable and not under the care and protection of some suitable person. | Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 55), s. 381. |
Being drunk while in charge in any street or other place of any carriage, horse, cattle, or steam engine, or when in possession of any loaded firearms. | Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 55), s. 380. |
Being found in any shebeen drunk | Public Houses Acts Amendment (Scotland) Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 35), s. 19. |
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 entries repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(a), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2) (with art. 4)
F2Sch. 1 entries inserted (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(b) (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2)
F3Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)
F4Entries repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. II
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Textual Amendments
F5Ss. 1—29, Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. II
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