SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1988 - SECT 25
Prohibition by a Court of a public assembly
SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1988 - SECT 25
Prohibition by a Court of a public assembly
25 Prohibition by a Court of a public assembly
(1) The Commissioner may apply to a Court for an order prohibiting the holding
of a public assembly in respect of which a notice referred to in section 23
(1) has been served if the notice was served 7 days or more before the date
specified in the notice as the date on which it is proposed to hold the public
assembly.
(2) The Commissioner shall not apply for an order under subsection
(1) relating to a public assembly in respect of which a notice referred to in
section 23 (1) has been served unless--
(a) the Commissioner has caused to be
served on the organiser of the public assembly a notice, in writing, inviting
the organiser to confer with respect to the public assembly with a member of
the Police Force specified in the notice at a time and place so specified, or
to make written representations to the Commissioner, with respect to the
public assembly, within a time so specified, and
(b) if the organiser has, in
writing, informed the Commissioner that he or she wishes so to confer, the
Commissioner has made available to confer with the organiser at the time and
place specified in the notice--
(i) the member of the Police Force specified
in the notice, or
(ii) if that member of the Police Force is for any reason
unavailable so to confer, another member of the Police Force, and
(c) the
Commissioner has taken into consideration any matters put by the organiser at
the conference and in any representations made by the organiser.
(3) A notice
referred to in subsection (2) (a) may be served on the organiser--
(a)
personally, or
(b) by registered post, facsimile transmission or email
addressed to the organiser at an address, specified in the notice served on
the Commissioner under section 23 (1) (e) (ii), as an address for the service
of any notice for the purposes of this Part, or
(c) by leaving it with any
person apparently of or above the age of 16 years at a postal address so
specified.
