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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-1986-commencement-no-2-order-1987/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/198",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Order Act 1986 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-1986-commencement-no-2-order-1987",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC ORDER ACT 1986 COMING INTO FORCE ON 1st APRIL 1987.",
  "text": "Provisions of the Act\nSubject matter of provisions\nIn Part I–\nSection 1\nOffence of riot.\nSection 2\nOffence of violent disorder.\nSection 3\nOffence of affray.\nSection 4\nOffence involving fear or provocation of violence.\nSection 5\nOffence involving harassment, alarm or distress.\nSection 6\nMental element for offences under sections 1 to 5.\nSection 7\nProcedure in connection with offences under sections 1 to 5.\nSection 8\nInterpretation of terms in Part I.\nSection 9\nAbolition of offences.\nSection 10\nConstruction of“riot” and cognate expressions in other instruments.\nIn Part II–\nSection 12\nImposing conditions on public processions.\nSection 13\nProhibiting public processions.\nSection 14\nImposing conditions on public assemblies.\nSection 15\nDelegation of powers of Chief Officer of Police under sections 12 to 14.\nIn Part III–\nSection 17\nMeaning of“racial hatred” in Part III.\nSection 18\nOffence of using racially inflammatory words or behaviour or displaying racially inflammatory written material.\nSection 19\nOffence of publishing or distributing racially inflammatory written material.\nSection 20\nOffence of giving a public performance of a racially inflammatory play.\nSection 21\nOffence of distributing, showing or playing a racially inflammatory recording.\nSection 22\nOffence of broadcasting a racially inflammatory programme or including such a programme in a cable programme service.\nSection 23\nOffence of possession of racially inflammatory material.\nSection 24\nPowers of entry and search.\nSection 25\nPower to order forfeiture.\nSection 26\nSavings for reports of parliamentary or judicial proceedings.\nSection 27\nProcedure in connection with and punishment for offences under sections 18 to 23.\nSection 28\nLiability of director and others where body corporate guilty of offence under Part III.\nSection 29\nInterpretation of terms in Part III.\nIn Part V–\nSection 39\nPower to direct trespassers to leave land.\nSection 40, to the extent not already in force\nAmendments, repeals and savings.\nSchedule 2, to the extent not already in force\nMiscellaneous and consequential amendments.\nSchedule 3, to the extent not already in force\nRepeals.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/198/schedule",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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