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Power
to deal with begging: The Serious Organised
Crime and Police Act
makes offences under sections 3 and 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824 into
relevant offences, giving accredited persons the power to request the name
and address of someone who has committed such an offence
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Paragraph
2(3) (aa) of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002 (see paragraph 18 of
Schedule 8 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005).
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Power
to require name and address for anti-social behaviour: Power
of a constable in uniform under section 50 of the Police Reform Act 2002 to
require a person whom he has reason to believe to have been acting, or to
be acting, in an anti-social manner to give his name and address.
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Paragraph
3 of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002
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Power
to require name and address for road traffic offences: power
of a constable under sections 165(1)(c) and 169 of the Road Traffic Act
1988 to require the name and address where the accredited person has
reasonable cause to believe certain offences under that Act have been
committed.
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Paragraph
3A of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002 (inserted by paragraph 19 of
Schedule 8 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005).
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Power
to require persons drinking in designated places to surrender alcohol: Power
of a constable under section 12 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
to require a person whom an accredited person reasonably believes is, or
has been, consuming alcohol in a designated public place or intends to do
so, to not consume that alcohol and to surrender any alcohol or container
for alcohol. Power to dispose of alcohol surrendered to him.
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Paragraph
4 of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002
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Power
to require persons aged under 18 to surrender alcohol: Power
of a constable under section 1 of the
Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997
to require a person who he reasonably suspects is
aged under 18 or is or has been supplying alcohol to a person aged under 18
to surrender any alcohol in his possession and to give their name and
address. Power to require such a person to surrender sealed containers of
alcohol if the accredited person has reason to believe that the person is,
has been or intends to consume alcohol. Power to dispose of alcohol
surrendered to him.
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Paragraph
5 of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002
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Power
to seize tobacco from a person aged under 16 and
to dispose of that tobacco in a manner directed by the employer of an
accredited person.
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Paragraph
6 of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002
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Power
to remove abandoned vehicles under regulations
made under section 99 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
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Paragraph
7 of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002.
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Power
to stop vehicles for testing: Powers of a constable
in uniform to stop vehicles for the purposes of testing under section 67 of
the Road Traffic Act 1988.
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Paragraph
8 of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002.
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Power
to stop cycles: Powers of a constable in uniform to
stop a cycle under section 163(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 when an
accredited person has reason to believe that a person has committed the
offence of riding on a footpath.
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Paragraph
8A of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002 (inserted by section 89(6)
of the Anti-Social
Behaviour Act 2003)
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Power
to control traffic for purposes other than escorting a load of exceptional
dimensions: The Serious Organised Crime and Police
Act 2005 enables accredited persons to be given powers to direct traffic
(for purposes other than escorting loads of exceptional dimensions) based
on the powers constables have under sections 35 and 37 of the Road Traffic
Act 1988 It also gives accredited persons the power to direct traffic for
the purposes of conducting a traffic survey. Accredited persons conferred
with powers under this paragraph must also be given powers under paragraph
3A of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act.
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Paragraph 8B of
Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002 (inserted by paragraph 20 of
Schedule 8 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005).
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Power
to direct traffic for the purposes of escorting abnormal loads
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Paragraph
9 of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002
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Power
to photograph persons away from a police station: The
Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 enables accredited persons to
be given the power to photograph a person who has been given a penalty
notice away from the police station.
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Paragraph
9ZA of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002 (inserted by paragraph 21
of Schedule 8 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005).
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Power
to require giving of name and address: Power to
require the name and address of a person whom an accredited person has
reason to believe has committed a relevant offence (Relevant offences are
defined under paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 5 of the Police Reform Act 2002 as
relevant fixed penalty offences in relation to which the accredited person
is able to give a fixed penalty notice under paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 or
an offence that appears to the accredited person to have caused injury,
alarm or distress to another person or loss of or damage to another
person’s property. It also includes
an offence under a relevant byelaw within the meaning of paragraph 1A,
though this is not yet in force.) It is an offence to fail to comply with
an accredited person's requirement.
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Paragraph
2 of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002
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