Public Order Act 1986
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| Long title | An 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. |
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| Citation | 1986 c. 64 |
| Introduced by | Douglas Hurd |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales; |
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| Royal assent | 7 November 1986 |
| Commencement | 1 April 1987 |
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| Amended by | Football 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 |
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Status: Amended
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The Public Order Act 1986 (c 64) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It creates a number of public order offences. They replace similar common law offences and parts of the Public Order Act 1936. It implements recommendations of the Law Commission.
This section defines the what is a dwelling "dwelling" and "violence".
Section 9(1) abolished the common law offences of riot, rout, unlawful assembly and affray.
Section 9(2) abolished the offences under:
If the act is intended to stir up racial hatred Part 3 of the Act creates offences of
Acts intended to stir up religious hatred are proscribed in POA Part 3A by the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 (RRHA) with the insertion of new sections 29A to 29N. The RRHA bill, which was introduced by Home Secretary David Blunkett, was amended several times in the House of Lords and ultimately the Blair government was forced to accept the substitute words.
To stir uphatred on the grounds of sexual orientation was to be proscribed by the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 in POA Part 3A section 29AB. This legislation was introduced by David Hanson MP.
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