Section 2B Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and addressF1
If an authorised officer of a local authority proposes to give a person a notice under section 2A above, 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) above, 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) above is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
In this section “ authorised officer ” has the same meaning as in section 2A above.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Ss. 2A-2C inserted (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. 10, 108(1), 108(2); S.I. 2006/768, art. 3; S.I. 2006/795, art. 2(3), Sch. 2; S.I. 2006/2797, art. 4(e); S.I. 2006/768, art. 3; S.I. 2006/795, art. 2(3), Sch. 2; S.I. 2006/2797, art. 4(e)