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The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2012

S.I. 2012/1431 · Made 30 May 2012

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Criminal Law, England And Wales

Police, England And Wales

Made 30th May 2012

Laid before Parliament 1st June 2012

Coming into force 30th June 2012

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(1) and (1A) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2001 c.16. Section 3(1A) was inserted by section 87 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c.38).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amount of penalty
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 30th June 2012.

2Amount of penalty

In the Table in Part II of the Schedule to the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) Order 2002f1, after the entry relating to section 12 of the Licensing Act 1872f2 insert—

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Section 2(1) of the Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926 so far as it creates an offence against the Parks Regulation Act 1872 relating to the following provisions of the Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1639)—Failing to comply with, or contravening, those Regulations by—
(a) regulation 3(3)dropping or leaving litter or refuse except in a receptacle provided for the purpose
(b) regulation 3(4)using a pedal cycle, a roller blade etc except on a Park road or in a designated area
(c) regulation 3(6)failing to remove immediately any faeces deposited by an animal of which that person is in charge

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Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Crispin Blunt

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

30th May 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Table in Part II of the Schedule to the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) Order 2002/1837. It provides that offences of littering, dog fouling and cycling in the Royal Parks attract a penalty of £50 for persons aged 16 or over, or £30 for persons aged under 16.