Public Order Act 2009 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Miscellaneous
48. Application of other laws
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This Act has effect despite any other law relating to the movement of traffic or pedestrians on roads or the use or obstruction of a public place, to air navigation, to public entertainment or to undesirable publications.
public place
“public place” means —(a)any place (open to the air or otherwise) to which members of the public have access as of right or by virtue of express or implied permission, whether or not on payment of a fee, whether or not access to the place may be restricted at particular times or for particular purposes, and whether or not it is an “approved place” within the meaning of the Public Entertainments Act 1958; or(b)a part of a place that the occupier of the place allows members of the public to enter, but only while the place is ordinarily open to members of the public;
Despite subsection (1), nothing in this Act affects the common law of trespass and, in particular, the right of a person in, or entitled to, possession of land to request a trespasser to leave the land, and if the trespasser refuses to leave on being requested, to remove the trespasser from the land.
To avoid doubt, nothing in Part 3 affects the operation of the provisions of the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015 in relation to any Liquor Control Zone declared under section 15(1) of that Act that falls wholly or partly within a special event area.
special event area
“special event area”, in relation to a special event, means, for the period the declaration by the Commissioner or the Minister (as the case may be) for the event is in force —(a)the place or places stated in the declaration as the location or locations at which the event is or is to be; and(b)any place reasonably incidental to the holding of the event;