Explanatory Notes
2024 asp 10
22 July 2024
The Act
Establishment of safe access zones for protected premises
6.This section provides the meaning for “protected premises” for the purposes of this Act. A safe access zone will attach to protected premises under section 2. Protected premises are limited to a building that is, contains or forms part of a hospital and at which abortion services are provided, or place (not being a class of place)() approved under section 1(3) of the Abortion Act 1967 (“the 1967 Act”). “Abortion services” are defined in section 15(1) as any treatment for the termination of pregnancy authorised under the 1967 Act.