Part 4Police powers etc.
Chapter 2Provisions modifying and supplementing police powers
Power to require name and address
50 Persons acting in an anti-social manner
1
If a constable in uniform has reason to believe that a person has been acting, or is acting, in an anti-social manner (within the meaning of section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (anti-social behaviour orders)), he may require that person to give his name and address to the constable.
2
Any person who—
a
fails to give his name and address when required to do so under subsection (1), or
b
gives a false or inaccurate name or address in response to a requirement under that subsection,
is guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.