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Sch. 2

(3) In section 63 (functions of regional and islands councils in relation to processions)—

(a) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A) Where notice of a proposal to hold a procession has been given or falls to, be treated as having been given in accordance with section 62(1) of this Act

(a) if a regional or islands council have made an order under subsection (1) above they may at any time thereafter, after consulting the chief constable, vary or revoke the order and, where they revoke it, make any order which they were empowered to make under that subsection;

(b) if they have decided not to make an order they may at any time thereafter, after consulting the chief constable, make any order which they were empowered to make under that subsection.”;

(b) in subsection (2) after “(1)” there shall be inserted “or (1A)”;

(c) in subsection (3)—

(i) in paragraph (a)(i), after “(1)” there shall be inserted “or (1A) above”;

(ii) in paragraph (a)(ii), for “such an order” there shall be substituted “an order under subsection (1) above or to revoke an order already made under subsection (1) or (1A) above”;

(iii) at the end of paragraph (a)(ii), for “and” there shall be substituted

“(iii) where they have, under subsection (1A) above, varied such an order, a copy of the order as varied and a written statement of the reasons for the variation; and”;

(iv) in paragraph (b), after “(1)” there shall be inserted “or (1A)”, and after “made” where third occurring there shall be inserted “and, if the order has been varied under subsection (1A) above, that it has been so varied”; and

(v) at the end of paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—

“; and

“(c) where they have revoked an order made under subsection (1) or (1A) above in relation to a proposal to hold a procession, make such arrangements as will ensure that persons who might take or are taking part in that procession are made aware of the fact that the order has been revoked.”.