Public Order Act: crossing the (thin blue) line?

14 May 2021 / Neil Parpworth

Issue: 7932 / Categories: Features , Public , Criminal

Public processions, public assemblies & extending police powers. Neil Parpworth discusses proposed changes to the provisions in the Public Order Act 1986

Public processions and public assemblies.
The power to impose conditions.
The subject matter of conditions.

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (the PCSC Bill) received its First Reading in the House of Commons on 9 March 2021. At the time of writing, it has progressed to the Committee Stage. The Bill is a substantial piece of legislation which is concerned with a number of aspects of criminal law and the criminal justice system (see Michael Zander QC’s series ‘A Bill that has a bit of everything...’: Part 1, NLJ 26 March 2021, p9; Part 2, NLJ 2 & 9 April 2021, p17; and Part 3, NLJ 7 May 2021, p15). For present purposes, the focus will be on Pt 3 of the PCSC Bill relating to ‘Public Order’, in particular the clauses which are concerned with ‘public processions’ and ‘public

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Public Order Act: crossing the (thin blue) line?

Public processions, public assemblies & extending police powers. Neil Parpworth discusses proposed changes to the provisions in the Public Order Act 1986

Public processions and public assemblies.
The power to impose conditions.
The subject matter of conditions.

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Public Order Act: crossing the (thin blue) line?

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