1 Offences leading to penalties on the spot
Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (2001 c 16) | Legislation

Part 1 Provisions for Combatting Crime and Disorder

Chapter 1
On the Spot Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour

Offences to which this Chapter applies

1  Offences leading to penalties on the spot

(1) For the purposes of this Chapter “penalty offence” means an offence committed under any of the provisions mentioned in the first column of the following Table and described, in general terms, in the second column:

Offence creating provisionDescription of offence
Section 12 of the Licensing Act 1872 (c 94)Being drunk in a highway, other public place or licensed premises
Section 80 of the Explosives Act 1875 (c 17)Throwing fireworks in a thoroughfare
[Section 2(1) of the Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926 so far as it creates an offence against the Parks Regulation Act 1872 relating to any of the following provisions of the Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/1639)—Failing to comply with, or contravening, those Regulations by—
(a) regulation 3(3)dropping
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