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Consultation outcome
Consultation on police powers to promote and maintain public order
- From:
- Home Office
- Part of:
- Policing
- Published:
- 13 October 2011
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This consultation has concluded
Download the full outcome
Police Powers To Promote And Maintain Public Order Section 5 Of The Public Order Act 1986 Summary Of Consultation Responses And Government Response
PDF, 349KB, 9 pages
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Detail of outcome
Original consultation
This consultation ran from
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Summary
This consultation sought your views on the areas of police powers which the government is committed to reviewing.
Documents
Police powers to promote and maintain public order - consultation document (Welsh)
PDF, 282KB, 28 pages
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Police powers to promote and maintain public order - consultation document (Welsh) (PDF file - 288kb)
PDF, 282KB, 28 pages
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Police powers to promote and maintain public order - consultation document
PDF, 170KB, 28 pages
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Police powers to promote and maintain public order - consultation document (PDF file - 174kb)
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Consultation description
The consultation closed on 13 January 2012.
This three-part consultation sought your views on the areas of police powers which the government is committed to reviewing:
- the relevance of the word ‘insulting’ in section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986
- new powers to request removal of face coverings
- new powers to impose curfew to prevent and control outbreaks of disorder