Part 4Graffiti and other defacement

Graffiti and fly-posting

29Fixed penalty notices: power to require name and address

After section 43A of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c. 38) (as inserted by section 28 above) insert—

43BPenalty notices: power to require name and address

1

If an authorised officer of a local authority proposes to give a person a notice under section 43(1), the officer may require the person to give him his name and address.

2

A person commits an offence if—

a

he fails to give his name and address when required to do so under subsection (1), or

b

he gives a false or inaccurate name or address in response to a requirement under that subsection.

3

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.