Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 502 (C. 26)
Public Order
The Public Order Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2023
Made
2nd May 2023
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 35(5) of the Public Order Act 2023( 1 ).
Citation and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Order Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2023.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales only, subject as follows.
(3) Regulation 2(e) extends to England and Wales and Scotland.
Commencement
2. The following provisions of the Public Order Act 2023 come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made—
(a) section 1 (offence of locking on);
(b) section 2 (offence of being equipped for locking on);
(c) section 7 (interference with use or operation of key national infrastructure), to the extent not already in force;
(d) section 8 (key national infrastructure);
(e) section 15 (processions, assemblies and one-person protests: delegation of functions);
(f) section 34 (meaning of serious disruption).
Chris Philp
Minister of State
Home Office
2nd May 2023