Contents

Part I--Preliminary                                                                                                               1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

4............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 1

5............ When assembly is in relation to protected premises or a protected person                4

5A......... Application of the Criminal Code ....................................................... 4

Part II--Provisions applying in Commonwealth Territories and on Commonwealth premises                6

6............ Assemblies involving violence or apprehension of violence ............... 6

7............ Causing actual bodily harm or damage to property ............................. 7

8............ Dispersal of certain assemblies ........................................................... 7

9............ Unreasonable obstruction .................................................................... 8

10.......... Weapons, missiles etc. ........................................................................ 9

11.......... Additional offences on premises in a Territory ................................. 10

12.......... Additional offences on Commonwealth premises ............................. 11

13.......... Evidence ............................................................................................ 12

Part IIA--Provisions relating to premises of certain federal courts and tribunals            13

13A....... Interpretation ..................................................................................... 13

13AA.... Orders relating to court premises in relation to the Federal Court ..... 14

13B....... Application of Part ............................................................................ 15

13C....... Power of authorised officer to require information ........................... 15

13D....... Power of authorised officer to search a person or require a person to deposit personal effects                 16

13E........ Removal from court premises ........................................................... 18

13F........ Person not to carry firearm, explosive substance or offensive weapon on court premises        18

13G....... Saving ............................................................................................... 18

13H....... Regulations ....................................................................................... 19

Part III--Provisions relating to diplomatic and consular premises and personnel, designated overseas missions and international organizations                                            20

14.......... Relation of Part to international law .................................................. 20

15.......... Assemblies involving violence or apprehension of violence ............. 20

16.......... Causing actual bodily harm or damage to property ........................... 21

17.......... Dispersal of certain assemblies ......................................................... 21

18.......... Obstruction, assault etc. .................................................................... 23

19.......... Weapons, missiles etc. ...................................................................... 23

20.......... Additional offences in relation to protected premises ........................ 24

21.......... Evidence ............................................................................................ 25

Part IV--General                                                                                                                  27

22.......... Arrest ................................................................................................ 27

23.......... Prosecutions ...................................................................................... 27

24.......... Particulars to be furnished in respect of certain offences ................... 28

25.......... Exclusion of certain other laws ......................................................... 28

The Schedule                                                                                                                            30

Part I--Imperial Enactments                                                                                         30

Part II--Other enactments in force in Australia                                               31

Notes                                                                                                                                              33

An Act relating to the Preservation of Public Order in Certain Territories and in respect of Commonwealth Premises, the Premises of certain Federal Courts and Tribunals and the Premises and Personnel of Diplomatic and Special Missions, Consular Posts, Designated Overseas Missions and International Organizations

  

Notes to the Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971

Note 1

The Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 26, 1971 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 6 April 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971	26, 1971	13 May 1971	13 May 1971
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973		S. 9(1)
Australian Federal Police (Consequential Amendments) Act 1979	155, 1979	28 Nov 1979	19 Oct 1979 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1979, No.S206)		--
Australian Federal Police (Consequential Amendments) Act 1980	70, 1980	28 May 1980	28 May 1980		--
Director of Public Prosecutions (Consequential Amendments) Act 1983	114, 1983	14 Dec 1983	Part XII (ss. 25-27): 5 Mar 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S55) (a)		S. 27(2)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984	165, 1984	25 Oct 1984	S. 3: 22 Nov 1984 (b)		S. 6(1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1985	193, 1985	16 Dec 1985	S. 3: Royal Assent (c)		S. 16
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1986	168, 1986	18 Dec 1986	S. 3: Royal Assent (d)		S. 5(1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987	141, 1987	18 Dec 1987	S. 3: Royal Assent (e)		S. 5(1)
Lands Acquisition (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act 1989	21, 1989	20 Apr 1989	9 June 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1989, No.S185)		--
Territories Law Reform Act 1992	104, 1992	30 June 1992	S. 24: 1 July 1992 (f)		--
Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1992	164, 1992	11 Dec 1992	Part 1 (ss. 1, 2) and Parts 3-11 (ss. 18-53): 8 Jan 1993 Remainder: 1 Feb 1993 (see Gazette 1993, No. GN1)		--
Overseas Missions (Privileges and Immunities) (Consequential Amendments) Act 1995	58, 1995	28 June 1995	28 June 1995		--
Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Amendment Act 1995	116, 1995	17 Oct 1995	17 Apr 1996		--
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 5 (item 125): Royal Assent (g)		--
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	24, 2001	6 Apr 2001	S. 4(1), (2) and Schedule 42: (h)		S. 4(1) and (2) [see Table A]
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2004	62, 2004	26 May 2004	Schedule 1 (item 54): 27 May 2004		--
Australian Federal Police and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2004	64, 2004	22 June 2004	Schedule 2 (item 13): 1 July 2004		--
Federal Justice System Amendment (Efficiency Measures) Act (No. 1) 2009	122, 2009	7 Dec 2009	Schedule 4: Royal Assent		--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 6 (items 88, 89) and Schedule 7 (item 115): 19 Apr 2011		--

(a)     The Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971 was amended by Part XII (sections 25-27) only of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Consequential Amendments) Act 1983, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation, or shall be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on the day on which the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 comes into operation.

(b)     The Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(c)     The Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1985, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(d)     The Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1986, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(e)     The Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(f)      The Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971 was amended by section 24 only of the Territories Law Reform Act 1992, section 2(3) of which provides as follows:

                 (3)   The remaining provisions of this Act commence on 1 July 1992.

(g)     The Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971 was amended by Schedule 5 (item 125) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(h)     The Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971 was amended by Schedule 42 only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001, subsection 2(1)(a) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the later of the following times:

                              (a)   immediately after the commencement of item 15 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000;

         Item 15 commenced on 24 May 2001.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Title.....................................	am. No. 216, 1973; Nos. 58 and 116, 1995
Part I
S. 3......................................	rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 4......................................	am. No. 155, 1979; No. 70, 1980; No. 193, 1985; No. 168,1986; No. 141, 1987; No. 104, 1992; Nos. 58 and 116, 1995; No. 64, 2004; No. 5, 2011
S. 5A...................................	ad. No. 24, 2001
Part II
Ss. 6, 7................................	am. No. 116, 1995; No. 24, 2001
S. 8......................................	am. No. 116, 1995; No. 43, 1996; No. 24, 2001
Ss. 9, 10..............................	am. No. 116, 1995; No. 24, 2001
S. 11....................................	am. No. 114, 1983; No. 165, 1984; No. 164, 1992; No. 116, 1995; No. 24, 2001
S. 12....................................	am. No. 141, 1987; No. 116, 1995; No. 24, 2001
S. 13....................................	am. No. 21, 1989
Part IIA
Part IIA ...............................	ad. No. 116, 1995
S. 13A.................................	ad. No. 116, 1996
	am. No. 62, 2004; No. 122, 2009
S. 13AA...............................	ad. No. 122, 2009
S. 13B.................................	ad. No. 116, 1996
Ss. 13C, 13D......................	ad. No. 116, 1996
	am. No. 24, 2001
S. 13E.................................	ad. No. 116, 1996
S. 13F.................................	ad. No. 116, 1996
	am. No. 24, 2001
Ss. 13G, 13H......................	ad. No. 116, 1996
Part III
Heading to Part III.............	am. No. 58, 1995
S. 14....................................	am. No. 58, 1995
Ss. 15-19............................	am. No. 116, 1995; No. 24, 2001
S. 20....................................	am. No. 141, 1987; No. 116, 1995; No. 24, 2001
S. 21....................................	am. No. 5, 2011
Part IV
S. 23....................................	am. No. 114, 1983; No. 165, 1984; No. 116, 1995; No. 24, 2001
S. 25....................................	am. No. 168, 1986
The Schedule
The Schedule....................	am. No. 168, 1986

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 24, 2001)

4  Application of amendments

             (1)  Subject to subsection (3), each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

             (2)  For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.