17 Exercise of police powers in relation to journalists etc
(1)A constable may not exercise a police power for the sole purpose of preventing a person from observing or reporting on a protest.
(2)A constable may not exercise a police power for the sole purpose of preventing a person from observing or reporting on the exercise of a police power in relation to—
(a)a protest-related offence,
(b)a protest-related breach of an injunction, or
(c)activities related to a protest.
(3)This section does not affect the exercise by a constable of a police power for any purpose for which it may be exercised apart from this section.
(4)In this section—
“injunction” means an injunction granted by the High Court, the county court or a youth court;
“police power” means a power which is conferred on a constable by or by virtue of an enactment or by a rule of law;
“protest-related breach”, in relation to an injunction, means a breach which is directly related to a protest;
“protest-related offence” means an offence which is directly related to a protest.
