PART 3LITTER

Offence of dropping litter

I115Penalty for failing to provide name

1

Article 5 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (NI 10) (enforcement of Articles 3 and 4) shall be amended as follows.

2

For paragraph (3) substitute—

3

A person commits an offence if—

a

he fails to give his name and address in response to a demand under paragraph (1), or

b

he gives a false or inaccurate name or address in response to a demand under that paragraph.

3A

A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (3) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

3

In paragraph (5), after the words “In this Article—” insert—

authorised officer” has the same meaning as in Article 6;