{"id":7228,"date":"2023-05-01T21:29:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T21:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7228"},"modified":"2023-05-01T21:29:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T21:29:22","slug":"public-order-bill-factsheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/7228","title":{"rendered":"Public Order Bill: factsheet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"commencement-dates\">Commencement dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following measures in the Public Order Bill will commence on 3rd May 2023:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the definition of serious disruption in the Public Order Bill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>locking on<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>going equipped to lock on<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>interference with key national infrastructure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>amending the seniority of police officer in London who may attach conditions to an upcoming protest or prohibit a trespassory assembly to match that applicable in forces outside of London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"protection-of-journalists\"><strong>Protection of journalists<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This measure establishes a safeguard for journalists by specifying that the police cannot use their powers solely to prevent a person from reporting on or observing protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police can still lawfully exercise their powers, for example of arrest or to maintain public order and public safety, for other legitimate purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/public-order-bill-overarching-documents\/public-order-bill-factsheet\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/public-order-bill-overarching-documents\/public-order-bill-factsheet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commencement dates The following measures in the Public Order Bill will commence on 3rd May 2023: Protection of journalists This measure establishes a safeguard for journalists by specifying that the police cannot use their powers solely to prevent a person &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/7228\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1274,177,466,1326,1325],"class_list":["post-7228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1","tag-act","tag-journalist","tag-nuj","tag-order","tag-public-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7229,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7228\/revisions\/7229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}