Clause 62 - Community support officers etc
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill
4:45 pm
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley, Conservative)
I am normally on the receiving end of those, but we are not dealing with motor cars in this Bill.
I am not saying that people other than community support officers will be authorised, but there is a line between the public and the person who has the authority to act. I assume that that person will have some identification that they can show to the person transgressing the byelaws to prove that the chief police officer has given them the powers to demand the name and address, so that a fixed penalty notice can be issued or the matter taken further. I seek assurance from the Minister that people authorised by the chief police officer will carry identification.