The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Form of Penalty Notice) Regulations 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 1838

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Form of Penalty Notice) Regulations 2002

Made

16th July 2002

Laid before Parliament

17th July 2002

Coming into force

8th August 2002

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 3(3) (having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 3(4)) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001(1), and section 26(3)(b) of the Welsh Language Act 1993(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Form of Penalty Notice) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 8th August 2002.

2.  The form of penalty notice(3) prescribed for the purposes of section 3(3) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 is—

(a) in the case of a penalty notice issued in England, that set out in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations; and

(b) in the case of a penalty notice issued in Wales, that set out in Part II of that Schedule.

John Denham

Minister of State

Home Office

16th July 2002

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE FORM OF PENALTY NOTICE

PART I

PART II

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the form of the penalty notice that must be used by a constable in dealing with a penalty offence by way of a penalty under Chapter I (on the spot penalties for disorderly behaviour) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16).

(1)

2001 c. 16.

(2)

1993 c. 38.

(3)

“Penalty notice” is defined in section 2(4) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.