{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-2023/section-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-2023/section-30.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/15",
  "legislation_title": "Public Order Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-act-2023",
  "path": "section/30",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Guidance",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may issue guidance to—\n(a) chief officers of police,\n(b) the chief constable of the British Transport Police Force,\n(c) the chief constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, and\n(d) the chief constable of the Ministry of Defence Police,\nin relation to serious disruption prevention orders.\n(2) The guidance may in particular include—\n(a) guidance about the exercise by chief officers of police and the chief constables mentioned in subsection (1) of their functions under this Part,\n(b) guidance about identifying persons in respect of whom it may be appropriate for applications for serious disruption prevention orders to be made, and\n(c) guidance about providing assistance to prosecutors in connection with applications for serious disruption prevention orders.\n(3) The Secretary of State may revise any guidance issued under this section.\n(4) The Secretary of State must arrange for any guidance issued under this section to be published.\n(5) A chief officer of police or a chief constable mentioned in subsection (1) must have regard to any guidance issued under this section.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 30 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 35(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 30 in force at 1.12.2023 by S.I. 2023/1281, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/15/section/30",
    "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."
}