82 Expedited public spaces protection orders

Expedited public spaces protection orders

82  Expedited public spaces protection orders

(1)     The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 is amended as follows.

(2)     After section 59 insert—

“59A Power to make expedited public spaces protection orders

(1)     A local authority may make an expedited public spaces protection order (an “expedited order”) in relation to a public place within the local authority's area if satisfied on reasonable grounds that three conditions are met.

(2)     The first condition is that the public place is in the vicinity of—

(a)     a school in the local authority's area, or

(b)     a site in the local authority's area where, or from which—

(i)     vaccines are provided to members of the public by, or pursuant to arrangements with, an NHS body, or

(ii)     test and trace services are provided.

The reference in paragraph (b)(i) to arrangements includes arrangements made by the NHS body in the exercise of functions of another person by virtue of any provision of the National Health Service Act 2006.

(3)     The second condition is that activities carried on, or likely to be carried on, in the public place by one or more individuals in the course of a protest

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