PART 3LITTER
Offence of dropping litter
Penalty for failing to provide name15
(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;”.