{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/refuse-disposal-amenity-act-1978/section-2B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/refuse-disposal-amenity-act-1978/section-2B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/3",
  "legislation_title": "Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/refuse-disposal-amenity-act-1978",
  "path": "section/2B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2B",
  "heading": "Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and address",
  "text": "(1) 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.\n(2) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) he fails to give his name and address when required to do so under subsection (1) above, or\n(b) he gives a false or inaccurate name or address in response to a requirement under that subsection.\n(3) 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.\n(4) In this section “ authorised officer ” has the same meaning as in section 2A above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/3/section/2B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:23:14.976369+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}