{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-1986/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-1986/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/64",
  "legislation_title": "Public Order Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-1986",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Offences abolished.",
  "text": "(1) The common law offences of riot, rout, unlawful assembly and affray are abolished.\n(2) The offences under the following enactments are abolished—\n(a) section 1 of the Tumultuous Petitioning Act 1661 (presentation of petition to monarch or Parliament accompanied by excessive number of persons),\n(b) section 1 of the Shipping Offences Act 1793 (interference with operation of vessel by persons riotously assembled),\n(c) section 23 of the Seditious Meetings Act 1817 (prohibition of certain meetings within one mile of Westminster Hall when Parliament sitting), and\n(d) section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936 (conduct conducive to breach of the peace).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1661 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1793 c. 67."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1817 c. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1936 c. 6."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/64/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:53:53.024565+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}