Criminal Justice and Public Order (Amendment) Act 1994 1

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Amend the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 for the preservation of peace
and the well-being of society.

B E IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Amendments
In the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), before Part VI (prevention
of terrorism), insert

PART VI
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES AND RIOTS

81 Unlawful assembly
(1) An unlawful assembly is an assembly of three or more persons who,
with intent to carry out any common purpose, assemble in such a
manner or so conduct themselves when they are assembled as to cause
persons in the vicinity of the assembly to fear, on reasonable grounds,
that they
(a) will disturb the peace tumultuously, or
(b) will by that assembly needlessly and without reasonable cause
provoke other persons to disturb the peace tumultuously.
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(2) Persons who are lawfully assembled may become an unlawful assembly
if they conduct themselves with a common purpose in a manner that
would have made the assembly unlawful if they had assembled in that
manner for that purpose.
(3) Persons are not unlawfully assembled by reason only that they are
assembled to protect the dwelling-house of any one of them against
persons who are threatening to break and enter it for the purpose of
committing an indictable offence therein.
(4) Every one who is a member of an unlawful assembly is guilty of an
offence punishable on summary conviction.
(5) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (4) while
wearing a mask or other disguise to conceal their identity without
lawful excuse is guilty of
(a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding five years in addition to the punishment for any other
offence(s), or
(b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.

82 Riots
(1) A riot is an unlawful assembly that has begun to disturb the peace
tumultuously.
(2) Every one who takes part in a riot is guilty of an indictable offence and
liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two yers.
(3) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (2) whilst
wearing a mask or other disguise to conceal their identity without
lawful excuse is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years in addition to the
punishment for any other offence(s).

2 Short title, commencement and extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Public Order (Amendment) Act
1994.
(2) This Act comes into effect 30 days after Royal Assent.
(3) This Act extends to the entirety of the United Kingdom.