Public Order Act 2009
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 General interpretation
3 Meanings of "organising" and "taking part in"
4 Commissioner and authorised officers
Part 2 ASSEMBLIES AND PROCESSIONS
5 Regulation of public assemblies and public processions
6 Advance notice of public assembly or public procession
6A Advance notice of events having prescribed crowd size
7 Permit for public assembly or public procession
8 Conditions applying to public assembly or public procession
9 Form and validity of permit
10 When permit may be cancelled
11 Appeal to Minister
12 Prohibited areas
13 Power to prohibit assembly or procession in public interest
14 Unrestricted areas
15 Offences in prohibited areas, etc.
16 Other offences in relation to assemblies or processions
17 Defences
18 Obstructing free passage of any ambulance, etc.
19 Legal immunity for participant in lawful assembly or procession
Part 3 SPECIAL EVENTS SECURITY
20 Interpretation of this Part
21 Declaration of special event by Commissioner
21A Enhanced security special event declared by Minister
22 Statutory conditions of entry
23 Tickets sellers to inform of statutory conditions of entry
24 Inspection of personal property, etc., as condition of entry
25 Search of person
26 Prohibited items
27 Security screening at special event area of enhanced security special event
28 Power to require reasons for entry to special event area of enhanced security special event
29 Refusal of entry and removal from special event area of enhanced security special event
30 Directions to event organiser
31 Unauthorised entry to special event area of enhanced security special event, etc.
32 Interference with enhanced security special event, etc.
32A Interception, etc., of unmanned aircraft
33 Saving of operation of Part 2
Part 4 POWERS TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC ORDER
34 Application of this Part
35 When power applies to behaviour
36 Direction to move on
37 Contravening direction to move on
38 Seizure of films of law enforcement activities
39 Obstruction of police officers under section 29 or 38 or Commissioner under section 30(11)
Part 5 MISCELLANEOUS
40 Power of arrest
41 Composition of offences
42 Owner or occupier of premises where unlawful assembly, etc., takes place
43 Onus of proof
44 Offences by bodies corporate, etc.
45 Service of documents, etc.
46 Power to exempt
47 Regulations
48 Application of other laws
Legislative History
Abbreviations
Comparative Table