PART 5MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY

Purchase and consumption of alcohol

Alcohol consumption in designated public places68

1

Paragraph (2) applies if a constable reasonably believes that a person is, or has been, consuming intoxicating liquor in a designated public place or intends to consume intoxicating liquor in such a place.

2

The constable may require the person concerned—

a

not to consume in that place anything which is, or which the constable reasonably believes to be, intoxicating liquor;

b

to surrender anything in his possession which is, or which the constable reasonably believes to be, intoxicating liquor or a container for such liquor.

3

A constable may dispose of anything surrendered to him under paragraph (2) in such manner as he considers appropriate.

4

A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed on him under paragraph (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

5

A constable who imposes a requirement on a person under paragraph (2) shall inform the person concerned that failing without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirement is an offence.