Power to the Parishes ; Pounds 100 On-the-Spot Fines to Be Handed Out by Councils to Stop Anti-Social Behaviour

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PARISH councils will be able to hand out Pounds 100 on-the-spot fines to skateboarders, flyposters and buskers under plans to be unveiled this week.

Communities Minister Ruth Kelly will announce that Labour wants to scrap the rules that govern local bylaws leaving councils to set local penalties.

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Power to the Parishes ; Pounds 100 On-the-Spot Fines to Be Handed Out by Councils to Stop Anti-Social Behaviour

Currently, whenever a council wants to change its bylaws it has to ask permission from Miss Kelly.

Now police, community support officers an...