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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-processions-amendment-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2005/857",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Processions (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-processions-amendment-northern-ireland-order-2005",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Powers to impose conditions on supporters of public procession",
  "text": "(1) In section 8(1) of the principal Act (power of Commission to impose conditions on persons organising or taking part in a public procession) after “taking part in it” insert “ or on any persons supporting it ”.\n(2) In section 3(1) of that Act (code of conduct to regulate conduct of persons organising or taking part in a public procession or protest meeting) for paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) regulating the conduct of persons—\n(i) organising, taking part in or supporting a public procession; or\n(ii) organising or taking part in a protest meeting.”.\n(3) In section 6(4)(c) of that Act (which requires notice of a public procession to specify the number of persons likely to take part in it) after “take part in” insert “ or support ”.\n(4) In section 17 of that Act (interpretation) after subsection (2) insert—\n“(2A) For the purposes of this Act a person supports a public procession if (and only if) at any time when the procession is being held—\n(a) he is in a public place and (subject to subsection (2B)) in close proximity to persons taking part in the procession; and\n(b) in all the circumstances (including his conduct) his presence in that place may reasonably be taken as expressing support for the holding of the procession.\n(2B) For the purposes of subsection (2A) a person shall not be regarded as ceasing to be in close proximity to persons taking part in a public procession where he temporarily moves out of such proximity in compliance with —\n(a) conditions imposed by a determination under section 8; or\n(b) a direction given by a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland not below the rank of inspector.”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2005/857/article/3",
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  "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."
}