{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1987/463",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-northern-ireland-order-1987",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Riotous or disorderly behaviour in public place",
  "text": "(1) A person who in any public place uses—\n(a) . . . disorderly behaviour; or\n(b) behaviour whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned,\nshall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.\n(3) A person who in any public place uses riotous behaviour shall be guilty of an offence.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (3) shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2003 NI 13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/463/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:01.566565+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."
}