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PUBLIC SPACES PROTECTION ORDER

 

 

Meeting: 07/09/2020 - Cabinet (Item 8)

8 INTRODUCTION OF PUBLIC SPACES PROTECTION ORDER (PSPO) - CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN LLANELLI TOWN CENTRE) ORDER 2020 pdf icon PDF 131 KB

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The Executive Board considered a report on proposals to introduce the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) Carmarthenshire County Council (Consumption of Alcohol in Llanelli Town Centre) Order 2020. If adopted, the Order would provide police officers, Police Community Support Officers and other people authorised by the Council, additional powers where they believed a person was, or had been, consuming alcohol within the designated area of the town centre.

 

It was noted that whilst the Order would prohibit the consumption of alcohol on the land to which it applied, it would not be an offence to drink alcohol in the designated area. However, it would be an offence to fail to comply with a request made by the police, or other authorised people, to cease drinking or surrender alcohol without a reasonable excuse. Failure to comply with that request would amount to a breach of the Order and individuals would either be issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice of up to £100 or, arrested which could result in a fine of up to £500.

 

It was further noted that the Order would not apply to public spaces where the sale and consumption of alcohol was authorised under other legislation for example, in clubs and licensed premises. The Order would remain in place for a period of three years and be regularly reviewed.

 

UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED

8.1

That the introduction of a Public Spaces Protection Order to address alcohol-related crime, disorder and nuisance in the area identified in Llanelli be approved;

8.2

That the amount payable when a Fixed Penalty Notice was issued shall be £100;

8.3

That a review of the Order’s boundary be undertaken within six months