Part 3: Public order Section 74: Imposing conditions on public assemblies
This section amends section 14 of the 1986 Act to broaden the range of circumstances in which conditions can be imposed on a public assembly in England and Wales, allow for any type of condition to be imposed on such a public assembly, and clarifies the meaning of "serious disruption to the life of the community" and "serious disruption to the activities of an organisation which are carried on in the vicinity of a public assembly".
	Subsections (2), (4) and (5) amend subsections (1) and (2) of section 14 and insert new subsections (2A) and (2B) to broaden the circumstances in which conditions relating to the generation of noise may be imposed on those organising or taking part in an assembly in the same way as described above for processions.
	Subsection (3) inserts new subsection (1A) which allows the senior police officer to impose any condition on an assembly in England and Wales that they believe necessary to prevent the disorder, damage, disruption, impact or intimidation. In Scotland the conditions that can be imposed on an assembly will remain limited to placing a maximum on the number of people in attendance, a maximum duration of the event and the location of the assembly.
	Subsection (5) also inserts new subsections (2A) to (2C) into section 14 of the 1986 Act which make provision about the meaning of "serious disruption to the life of the community" such that it includes where the procession may result in a significant delay to the delivery of a time-sensitive product or disruption to the delivery of an essential service, and "serious disruption to the activities of an organisation" includes where the noise generated by a procession can reasonably prevent persons associated with the organisation in question from carrying out their activities.
	Subsection (6) inserts new subsections (11) to (14) into section 14 of the 1986 Act, which provide the Secretary of State with a power by regulations to amend new subsections (2A) to (2C) to make provision about the meaning of "serious disruption to the life of the community" and "serious disruption to the activities of an organisation which are carried on in the vicinity of a public assembly".
	Subsection (7) places a duty on the Secretary of State to prepare and publish a report on the operation of section 14 of the 1986 Act as amended by section 74 of this Act; such a report must be published and laid before Parliament within two years of the commencement of section 74.