Clause 1 - Offences leading to penalties on the spot
Criminal Justice and Police Bill
5:45 pm
Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire, Conservative)
I had read the Bill as entitling a police officer to issue a fixed penalty notice in the street, if he saw someone who was drunk. The Minister has suggested, however, that if an officer sees someone drunk, he will arrest the person, take him back to the station and then issue the fixed penalty notice. Is the former option not available to the officer? Could the Minister explain how the system would work in relation to the questions that I asked?