Section 8B Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and addressF1
England and Wales
If an officer of a local authority who is authorised for the purposes of section 8 proposes to give a person a fixed penalty notice, the officer may require the person to give him his name and address.
A person commits an offence if—
he fails to give his name and address when required to do so under subsection (1), or
he gives a false or inaccurate name or address in response to a requirement under that subsection.
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.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Ss. 8A, 8B inserted (E.W.) (16.3.2006 for W. for specified purposes, 6.4.2006 for E., 15.3.2007 (being the date on which S.I. 2007/739 came into force) for W. in so far as not already in force) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), ss. 82(2), 108(1), (2); S.I. 2006/768, art. 3; S.I. 2006/795, art. 2(3), Sch. 2; S.I. 2006/2797, art. 4(jj)