AQW 4125/16-21

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 28/09/2016
Answered On Date: 10/10/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Justice whether she plans to extend the remit of Part 5 the Criminal Justice (NI) Order 2008 to allow local government officers to confiscate alcohol from people involved in on-street drinking.

Answer:

Part 5 of the Criminal Justice (NI) Order 2008 was created by the Department of Justice on behalf of the then Department of Social Development to address challenges in the existing bye-laws and I am aware of the challenges surrounding the implementation of Part 5 of the Order.

My Department is represented on several groups to strategically address anti-social behaviour and its associated issues, including on-street drinking. The outworking of which has led me to ask my officials to scope out, in association with relevant stakeholders, how a holistic review of anti-social behaviour can be taken forward.