the Public Order Act
/ðə ˌpʌblɪk ˈɔːdər ækt/
/ðə ˌpʌblɪk ˈɔːrdər ækt/
- a British Act of Parliament which replaced the old Riot Act in 1986. It was introduced in response to the riots (= violent protests by groups of people) in Toxteth, Brixton and other places in the early 1980s, and gave the police new powers to control crowds and arrest people who they thought threatened public order. The Act also created several new offences under the law, including violent disorder, threatening behaviour and disorderly conduct. Police powers were increased again by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act of 1994.
《公共秩序法》：英国国会法案，取代了1986年的旧《防暴法》。该法案是针对1980年代初期在托克特斯，布里克斯顿和其他地方的暴动（即一群人的暴力抗议）而提出的，警察拥有控制群众和逮捕他们认为威胁公共秩序的人的新权力。该法还根据该法律规定了几项新的罪行，包括暴力失调，威胁行为和不法行为。1994年的《刑事司法和公共秩序法》再次提高了警察的权力。