Tayside issue 55 on the spot fines for Anti Social Behaviour per week.

Tayside Police launched a year long pilot scheme in the force area, on April 1, of fixed penalty notices for Anti-Social Behaviour for people over 16. The fining powers are contained in the Anti-Social Behaviour (Scotland) Act 2004.

The Tayside pilot is being paid for with £130,000 from the Scottish Executive.
By May 9th , In Tayside, police officers had issued 277 fixed-penalty notices for anti-social behaviour, of which 104 had been paid.

Once issued, the recipient must either pay the fine or request a court hearing within 28 days. Payment of the notice involves no admission of guilt and does not result in a criminal record.

The new scheme is part of a Government crackdown on Anti-Social Behaviour. The approach is similar to “conditional offers” for some motoring offences and has the aims of speeding up justice, reducing bureaucracy, freeing up police and court time and reducing minor Anti-Social Behaviour through the immediacy of its impact. It will also increase the amount of time officers spend on the street dealing with more serious crime and free the courts to deal with more serious offending.

Fixed-penalty orders can be issued: Riotous behaviour. Refusing to leave licensed premises. Urinating or defecating in circumstances that cause annoyance to others. Being drunk and incapable in a public place. Being drunk in a public place in charge of a child. Refusing, to the annoyance of others, to stop playing a musical instrument, singing and playing radios on being required to stop.