Part 1: Public Order Section 16: Assemblies and One-Person Protests: British Transport Police and MoD Police
Section 16 makes amendments to the Public Order Act 1986 (the 1986 Act) to extend certain police powers to the British Transport Police and MoD police.
	Subsection (2) extends the powers under section 14 of the 1986 Act to set conditions on public assemblies to the British Transport Police and Ministry of Defence Police, where the assembly in question is being held or intended to be held within their jurisdictions 1 .
	Subsection (3) extends the powers under section 14ZA of the 1986 Act to set conditions on one-person protests to the British Transport Police and Ministry of Defence Police, where the one-person protest in question is being held or intended to be held within their jurisdictions 2 .
	Subsection (4) applies the powers under section 14A of the 1986 Act to prohibit trespassory assemblies to the British Transport Police and Ministry of Defence Police. The chief constable of the British Transport Police must reasonably believe that the assembly is to be held on an area within the jurisdiction of the British Transport Police to which the public do not have a general right of access, that the assembly is likely to be held without the consent of the occupier of the land, and may result in serious disruption to railway services, or to the life of the community, or in significant damage to land, or a building or monument on it that is of historical, architectural, archaeological or scientific importance 3 .
	The chief constable of the Ministry of Defence Police must be satisfied that the assembly will be held on an area within the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence Police to which the public do not have a general right of access, and that the assembly is likely to be held without the consent of the occupier of the land, and may result in serious disruption to the use of a specified place for defence purposes, or to the life of the community, or in significant damage to land, or a building or monument on it that is of historical, architectural, archaeological or scientific important.
	Each chief constable must gain the consent of the Secretary of State in relation to an area in England and Wales or Scottish Ministers in relation to an area in Scotland before making an order prohibiting assemblies under this subsection.
	Subsection (5) allows the chief constables of the Ministry of Defence and British Transport Police forces to delegate any of their functions in the above subsections to deputy or assistant chief constables.