{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-2023/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-2023/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/15",
  "legislation_title": "Public Order Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-2023",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Offence of being equipped for locking on",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if they have an object with them in a place other than a dwelling with the intention that it may be used in the course of or in connection with the commission by any person of an offence under section 1(1) (offence of locking on).\n(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.\n(3) In this section “dwelling” has the same meaning as in section 1.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 35(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at 3.5.2023 by S.I. 2023/502, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/15/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:53:10.834893+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."
}