# Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (Repealed 27.8.1991), Paragraph 4

Extent: N.I.

Where it appears to an officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary not below the rank of chief inspector that a funeral may—
(a) occasion a breach of the peace or serious public disorder, or
(b) cause undue demands to be made on Her Majesty’s forces or the police,
he may give directions imposing on the persons organising or taking part in the funeral such conditions as appear to him to be necessary for the preservation of public order including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) conditions—
(i) prescribing the route to be taken by the funeral;
(ii) prohibiting the funeral from entering any place specified in the directions;
(iii) requiring persons taking part in the funeral to travel in vehicles.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/5/schedule/3/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1978-repealed-2781991/schedule-3/paragraph-4
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