Rights and Limits

Protest and public order

• Conditions on a march or a static protestEngland & Wales

  A senior police officer can impose conditions on a public procession or a public assembly, but only in specific circumstances and only for specific reasons. The two powers, and the offence of ignoring them, are different from each other. The law, quoted.

• The Public Order Act 2023: locking on, tunnelling, and the newer offencesEngland & Wales

  Locking on, being equipped for it, tunnelling, obstructing major transport works, and interfering with key national infrastructure are separate criminal offences created by the Public Order Act 2023. What is actually in force, and since when — checked against the Act itself, not assumed from its date.