Part 6

The environment

Penalty notices for graffiti and fly-posting

Penalty notices: power to require name and address
43B
1
If an authorised officer of a local authority proposes to give a person a notice under section 43(1), 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), 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) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
S. 43B inserted (6.4.2006 for E. and 15.3.2007 for W.) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), ss. 29, 108(1), 108(2)(d); S.I. 2006/795, art. 2(3), Sch. 2; S.I. 2006/2797, art. 4(n)