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Summary Offences Act 1988
27APublic assembly must not be authorised if held in area subject to declaration under Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002
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#### 27A Public assembly must not be authorised if held in area subject to declaration under Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002
27A Public assembly must not be authorised if held in area subject to declaration under [Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2002-115)
> > (1) A public assembly cannot be an authorised public assembly under section 23, or authorised by an order made under section 26, if the public assembly will be held, or partially held, in an area the subject of a public assembly restriction declaration while the declaration is in force.
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> > (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a public assembly that forms part of industrial action, an industrial dispute or an industrial campaign.
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> **s 27A:** Ins 1999 No 94, Sch 4.55 \[5\]. Am 2002 No 37, Sch 1 \[1\]; 2008 No 108, Sch 2.2; 2010 No 48, Sch 5.12 \[1\] \[2\]. Rep 2016 No 47, Sch 2.2. Ins 2025 No 86, Sch 5\[2\].