Fixed penalty notices

14Power to require name and address in connection with fixed penalty

1

If an authorised officer proposes to give a person a notice under section 12, the officer may require the person to give his or her name and address.

2

A person commits an offence if that person –

a

without reasonable excuse, fails to give his or her name and address when required to do so, or

b

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.

4

In this section, “authorised officer” has the same meaning as in section 12.