Control of dumping
F12BFixed penalty notices: power to require name and address
(1)
If an authorised officer of a local authority proposes to give a person a notice under section 2A above, the officer may require the person to give him his name and address.
(2)
A person commits an offence if—
(a)
he fails to give his name and address when required to do so under subsection (1) above, or
(b)
he 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) above 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 2A above.