Paragraph 23 Public Order Act 1986I1 I2

Scotland

An offence under any of the following provisions of the Public Order Act 1986—

(a)

section 18 (racial hatred: use of words or behaviour or display of written material),

(b)

section 19 (racial hatred: publishing or distributing written material),

(c)

section 20 (racial hatred: public performance of play),

(d)

section 21 (racial hatred: distributing, showing or playing a recording),

(e)

section 22 (racial hatred: broadcasting or including programme in programme service).

Annotations

I1: Sch. para. 23 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 73(2)
I2: Sch. para. 23 in force at 1.8.2025 by S.S.I. 2025/106, reg. 2(1)(b), sch. Pt. 2