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Public Order Act 1986[1]
Public Order Act 1986
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to abolish the common law offences of riot, rout, unlawful assembly and affray and certain statutory offences relating to public order; to create new offences relating to public order.
Citation1986 c. 64
Introduced byDouglas Hurd
Territorial extent England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent7 November 1986
Commencement1 April 1987[citation needed]
Other legislation
Amended byFootball Spectators Act 1989, Broadcasting Act 1990, Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006, Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, Crime and Courts Act 2013
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that creates a number of public order offences. They replace similar common law offences and parts of the Public Order Act 1936. It implements recommendations[2] of the Law Commission.

  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 43 of this Act.
  2. ^ The Law Commission. Criminal Law: Offences relating to Public Order (Law Com 123). HMSO. 1983.

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