{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-processions-northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-processions-northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-3/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/2",
  "legislation_title": "Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-processions-northern-ireland-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 shall be amended as follows.\n(2) In Article 4(3) for “paragraphs (1) and (2)” there shall be substituted “ paragraph (2) ” and for “a procession or” (wherever occurring) there shall be substituted “ an ”.\n(3) In Article 4(6) for the words from “liable” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ 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(4) In Article 5(1)(a) for “paragraphs (1) and (2)” there shall be substituted “ paragraph (2) ”.\n(5) In Article 5(1) for sub-paragraphs (A) and (B) there shall be substituted—\n“(A) prohibiting the holding in that area or place of an open-air public meeting specified in the order;\n(B) prohibiting, for such period not exceeding 28 days as may be specified in the order, the holding in that area or place of any open-air public meeting of such class or description as may be so specified; or\n(C) prohibiting, for such period not exceeding 28 days as may be specified in the order, the holding in that area or place of all open-air public meetings.”.\n(6) In Article 5 after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—\n“(1A) An order under paragraph (1)(B) or (C) may exempt any open-air public meeting, or any class or description of open-air public meeting, specified in the order.”.\n(7) In Article 5(5) for “a public procession or” (wherever occurring) there shall be substituted “ an ”.\n(8) In Article 5(6) for the words from “liable” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ 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(9) In Article 24(3) for “Article 7(1) or (2)” there shall be substituted “ Article 7(2) ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/2/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:23:28.421170+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."
}