Information on the number of persons who were proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences relating to purchase of alcohol by a person aged under 18 years in England and Wales in 2007 can be viewed in the following table.
In addition there were 158 Penalty Notices for Disorder issued to youths aged 16 to 17 for the offence of “Buying or attempting to buy alcohol by a person under 18” (section 149(1), Licensing Act 2003 (c.17) for 2007 in England and Wales. The offence was added to the Scheme in April 2004 and attracts a penalty of £50.
Proceeded against Found guilty 2007 5 4 1 Data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Data include the following statutes and corresponding offence descriptions : Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec 3) para 4(2). Licensing Act 1964 Sec 169(2). Person under 18 buying or attempting to buy or consuming intoxicating liquor. Person under 18 buying or consuming intoxicating liquor in Licensed premises. Licensing Act 2003 S. 149(l)(7a) Purchase of alcohol by an individual under 18. 3 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, other agencies, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: Court proceedings data held by Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit