HL Deb 22 July 2002 vol 638 cc122-3

140 Schedule 5, page 136, line 16, at end insert - "Power to require giving of name and address 1A (1) Where an accredited person whose accreditation specifies that this paragraph applies to him has reason to believe that another person has committed a relevant offence in the relevant police area, he may require that other person to give him his name and address. (2) A person who fails to comply with a requirement under sub-paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. (3) In this paragraph "relevant offence", in relation to any accredited person, means any offence which is-

  1. (a) a relevant fixed penalty offence for the purposes of any powers exercisable by the accredited person by virtue of paragraph 1; or
  2. (b) an offence the commission of which appears to the accredited person to have caused-
    1. (i) injury, alarm or distress to any other person; or
    2. (ii) the loss of, or any damage to, any other person's property;but the accreditation of an accredited person may provide that an offence is not to be treated as a relevant offence by virtue of paragraph (b) unless it satisfies such other conditions as may be specified in the accreditation."

Lord Falconer of Thoroton

My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 140. I spoke to this amendment with Amendment No. 29. I commend it to the House.

Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 140.—(Lord Falconer of Thoroton.)

[Amendment No. 140A not moved.]

On Question, Motion agreed to.