Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011

Repeal of SOCPA 2005 provisions

141Demonstrations in vicinity of Parliament: repeal of SOCPA 2005 provisions

(1)Sections 132 to 138 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (which regulate demonstrations and use of loudspeakers in the vicinity of Parliament) are repealed.

(2)The public assemblies in relation to which section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 applies, as a consequence of the repeal of section 132(6) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, include public assemblies which started, or were being organised, before this section comes into force.