# The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, Article 68: Alcohol consumption in designated public places


(1) Paragraph (2) applies if a constable reasonably believes that a person is, or has been, consuming intoxicating liquor in a designated public place or intends to consume intoxicating liquor in such a place.
(2) The constable may require the person concerned—
(a) not to consume in that place anything which is, or which the constable reasonably believes to be, intoxicating liquor;
(b) to surrender anything in his possession which is, or which the constable reasonably believes to be, intoxicating liquor or a container for such liquor.
(3) A constable may dispose of anything surrendered to him under paragraph (2) in such manner as he considers appropriate.
(4) A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed on him under paragraph (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
(5) A constable who imposes a requirement on a person under paragraph (2) shall inform the person concerned that failing without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirement is an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110800875/article/68 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-68
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