{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-2023/section-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-2023/section-22.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/15",
  "legislation_title": "Public Order Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-2023",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Provisions of serious disruption prevention order",
  "text": "(1) The only requirements and prohibitions that may be imposed on a person by a serious disruption prevention order are those which the court making the order thinks are necessary for a purpose mentioned in section 20(5) or 21(4) (as the case may be).\n(2) The requirements imposed on a person (“P”) by a serious disruption prevention order may, in particular, have the effect of requiring P—\n(a) to present themselves to a particular person at a particular place at, or between, particular times on particular days;\n(b) to remain at a particular place for particular periods.\n(3) Sections 23 and 24 make further provision about the inclusion of requirements (including notification requirements) in a serious disruption prevention order.\n(4) The prohibitions imposed on a person (“P”) by a serious disruption prevention order may, in particular, have the effect of prohibiting P from—\n(a) being in or entering a particular place or area;\n(b) being in or entering a particular place or area between particular times on particular days;\n(c) being in or entering a particular place or area between particular times on any day;\n(d) being with particular persons;\n(e) participating in particular activities;\n(f) having particular articles with them;\n(g) using the internet to facilitate or encourage persons to—\n(i) commit a protest-related offence or a protest-related breach of an injunction, or\n(ii) carry out activities related to a protest that result in, or are likely to result in, serious disruption to two or more individuals, or to an organisation, in England and Wales.\n(5) References in this section to a particular place or area or particular persons, activities or articles include a place, area, persons, activities or articles of a particular description.\n(6) A serious disruption prevention order which imposes prohibitions on a person may include exceptions from those prohibitions.\n(7) Nothing in this section affects the generality of sections 20(6) and 21(5).\n(8) The requirements or prohibitions which are imposed on a person by a serious disruption prevention order must, so far as practicable, be such as to avoid—\n(a) any conflict with the person’s religious beliefs, and\n(b) any interference with the times, if any, at which the person normally works or attends any educational establishment.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 22 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 35(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 22 in force at 5.4.2024 by S.I. 2024/472, reg. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/15/section/22",
    "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."
}