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Specified memorials : Schedule 17 Crime and Policing Act 2026
What constitutes a public place?
Offences
in section order
POA 1986 s 1
Riot (s 1)
POA 1986 s 2
Violent Disorder (s 2)
POA 1986 s 3
Affray (s 3)
POA 1986 s 4 · ?
Threatening Behaviour (s4)
POA 1986 s 4A · ?
Disorderly behaviour, intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress (s 4A)
POA 1986 s 4B
Intentional harassment, alarm or distress on account of sex (s 4B)
POA 1986 s 5
Disorderly behaviour, causing harassment, alarm or distress (s 5)
POA 1986 s 11, s 12(4), s 12(5), s 12(6), s 13(7), s 13(8), s 13(9)
Public Processions
POA 1986 s 14(4), s 14(5), s 14(6)
Public assemblies
POA 1986 s 14B(1), s 14B(2), s 14B(3), s 14C(3)
Trespassory assemblies
POA 1986 s 14ZA(10), s 14ZA(12)
One-person protests
POA 1986 s 18, s 19, s 20, s 21, s 22, s 23
Stirring up Hatred, Racial
POA 1986 s 38
Contamination/Interference with Goods
POA 2023 s 1, s 2
Locking on & being equipped for locking on
POA 2023 s 3, s 4, s 5
Offences relating to tunnelling
POA 2023 s 6, s 7
Offences involving works and infrastructure
POA 2023 s 9
Interference with access to or provision of abortion services
POA 2023 s 27
Serious disruption prevention order, breach of
Crime and Policing Act 2026 s 11
Trespassing with intent to commit criminal offence
Crime and Policing Act 2026 s 12
Arranging or facilitating begging for gain
Crime and Policing Act 2026 s 157
Concealing identity at protests
Crime and Policing Act 2026 s 160
Possession of pyrotechnic articles at protests
Crime and Policing Act 2026 s 161
Climbing on memorials
Crime and Policing Act 2026 s 162
Protests outside a public office-holder’s home
LA 2003 s 140, s 141, s 146, s 147, s 147A
Alcohol Sale Offences
Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 s 1(2), s 1(3), s 1(4)
Alcohol on Coaches and Trains
Football (Offences) Act 1991 s 1A
Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches
Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 s 2
Alcohol at Sporting Events
Football (Offences) Act 1991 s 2
Throwing Missiles
Football (Offences) Act 1991 s 3
Indecent or Racialist Chanting
Football (Offences) Act 1991 s 4
Going onto the Playing Area
Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 s 128
Trespass on a Designated Site / Protected Site
Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 s 145, s 146
Offences Protecting Animal Research Organisations
OSA 2023 s 179, s 181
False and threatening communications offences
OSA 2023 s 183
Offences of sending or showing flashing images
Public Order Act 1936 s 1
Prohibition of Uniforms in connection with Political Objects
Public Order Act 1936 s 2
Prohibition of Quasi-Military organisations
Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 s 39
Dispersal Order, Failure to Comply
CJPOA 1994 s 68
Aggravated Trespass
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 s 142A
Use of amplified noise equipment in vicinity of the Palace of Westminster
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 s 143
Parliament Square, Controlled Area
CJPOA 1994 s 166
Ticket Touting
Prison Security Act 1992 s 1
Prison Mutiny
Malicious Communications Act 1988 s 1
Sending letters etc. with intent to cause distress or anxiety
Explosives Act 1875 s 80 · Fireworks Act 2003 s 11 · Policing and Crime Act 2017 s 134
Firework Offences
Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 s 49(1)
False alarms of fire
Criminal Law Act 1977 s 51
Bomb Hoax
PCSCA 2022 s 78 · Common law
Public Nuisance
Postal Services Act 2000 s 85
Sending Indecent Material through Post
Criminal Justice Act 1967 s 91
Drunk and Disorderly
Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 s 119
Nuisance or Disturbance on NHS Premises
Communications Act 2003 s 127
Improper Use of Public Electronic Communications Network
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 s 144
Squatting in a Residential Building