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Part 1 Offences attracting penalty of £80 for persons aged 16 or over, and £40 for persons under 16

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

Offence creating provisionDescription of offence
Section 80 of the Explosives Act 1875f1Throwing fireworks in a thoroughfare
Section 5(2) of the Criminal Law Act 1967f2Wasting police time or giving false report
Section 91 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967f3Disorderly behaviour while drunk in a public place
Section 1 of the Theft Act 1968f4Theft
Section 1(1) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971f5Destroying or damaging property

Section 5(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971f6 so far as relating to the following-

  1. (a)

    cannabinol,

  2. (b)

    cannabinol derivatives (within the meaning of Part 4 of Schedule 2 to that Act),

  3. (c)

    cannabis or cannabis resin (within the meaning of that Act),

  4. (d)

    any stereoisomeric form of a substance specified in any of paragraphs (a) to (c),

  5. (e)

    any ester or ether of a substance specified in paragraph (a) or (b),

  6. (f)

    any salt of a substance specified in paragraphs (a) to (e),

  7. (g)

    any preparation or other product containing a substance or product specified in any of paragraphs (a) to (f), not being a preparation falling within paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to that Act.

Possession of cannabis etc
Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986f7Behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress
Section 141 of the Licensing Act 2003Sale of alcohol to a person who is drunk
Section 146(1) and (3) of the Licensing Act 2003Sale of alcohol to persons under 18
Section 149(3) and (4) of the Licensing Act 2003Purchase of alcohol on behalf of persons under 18
Section 151 of the Licensing Act 2003Delivery of alcohol to persons under 18 or allowing such delivery
Section 127(2) of the Communications Act 2003f8Using a public electronic communications network in order to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety
Section 11 of the Fireworks Act 2003f9Contravention of a prohibition or failure to comply with a requirement imposed by or under fireworks regulations or making false statements
Section 49 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004f10Knowingly giving a false alarm to a person acting on behalf of a fire and rescue authority

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

Prospectively repealed by the Fireworks Act 2003 (c.22) from a date to be appointed.

f2

1967 c.58

f3

1967 c.80

f4

1968 c.60

f5

1971 c.48

f6

1971 c.38

f7

1986 c.64

f8

2003 c.21

f9

2003 c.22

f10

2004 c.21