Public Order Act 1986

Public Order Act 1986
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to abolish the common law offences of riot, rout, unlawful assembly and affray and certain statutory offences relating to public order; to create new offences relating to public order.
Citation	1986 c. 64
Introduced by	Douglas Hurd
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	7 November 1986
Commencement	1 April 1987
Other legislation
Amends	Metropolitan Police Act 1839;
Repeals/revokes	Tumultuous Petitioning Act 1661;
Amended by	Football Spectators Act 1989; Broadcasting Act 1990; Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006; Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008; Crime and Courts Act 2013;
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Public Order Act 1986 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that creates a number of public order offences. They replace similar common law offences and parts of the Public Order Act 1936 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 6). At first the law implemented the 1983 recommendations of the Law Commission; later on it was amended by the Blair government to include Parts 3 and 3A.