SCHEDULE 2
Other Amendments
Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act 1875 (c. 86)
1.—(1) In section 7 of the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act 1875 (offence to intimidate etc. with a view to compelling another to abstain from doing or to do an act) for the words from “shall” to the end there shall be substituted “shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both.”.
(2) And the following shall be added at the end of that section-
- “A constable may arrest without warrant anyone he reasonably suspects is committing an offence under this section.”.
Prevention of Crime Act 1953 (c. 14)
2. In section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 (offence to have offensive weapon) at the end of subsection (4) (offensive weapon includes article intended by person having it for use by him) there shall be added “or by some other person”.
Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45)
3.—(1) Part V of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (public processions) shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2) In section 62 (notification of processions)—
- (a) in subsection (1)—
- (i) after “below " there shall be inserted “(a)”
- (ii) at the end there shall be inserted
- “; and
- (b) to the chief constable.”;
- (b) in subsection (2)—
- (i) in paragraph (a), after “council” there shall be inserted “and to the office of the chief constable”;
- (ii) in paragraph (b), for “that office” there shall be substituted “those offices”;
- (c) in subsection (4)—
- (i) after “area “there shall be inserted “(a)”; and
- (ii) after “them” there shall be inserted—
- “and
- (b) intimated to the chief constable,”
- (d) in subsection (12), in the definition of “public place”, for “the Public Order Act 1936” there shall be substituted “Part II of the Public Order Act 1986”.
