Not part of the march, then.Well, they are rioting, fighting the police, storming the cenotaph. Just as predicted.
The far right are society's problem.
Not part of the march, then.Well, they are rioting, fighting the police, storming the cenotaph. Just as predicted.
The far right are society's problem.
Not yet. But there have been no restrictions placed on the right-wing counter demonstrations.Not part of the march, then.
Compare those pictures with genuine pro-Palestinian marchers:Predictable, all on the Home seretary.
Look at these pro palestinians. Oops my bad.
The peace march hasn't started yetNot part of the march, then.
I don’t really understand why you find this so hard to understand. It’s barely a page of text and the drafting is pretty straightforward.
There is no obligation for the organisers to communicate any restrictions to the attendees.
Of course it's not beyond the organiser's control to communicate any restrictions to the attendess, but there is no obligation for them to do so. And they will not be committing any offence for any failure to communicate those restrictions to the attendees.
If you think there is an obligation, please find it in the legislation.
What do you expect the organisers to do, take the contact details for all the attendees?
Get real. Many, maybe most will attend without knowing who are the organisers, or how to contact them.
The march may have been publicised and spread on social media without the imput or even knowledge of the organisers.
I suspect that many will not be aware of any subtleties with regard to police restrictions. They will not realise that there may be restrictions, nor know how to find out what they are, if any.
So the obligation is on the police to communicate any restrictions to the marchers. They can do that by handing out leaflets, using loudspeakers, or using social media.
If I'm marching for the first time, I doubt if I'd be aware of any such thing as restrictions, so how can I possibly be expected to have 'ought to know' about them?
If I park on a road where there are no signs warning me about restrictions, an 'ought to know' argument is nonsense.
If I drive down a road where there are no signs indicating any restrictions, I can't be expected to 'ought to know' there are restrictions.
When those restrictions are temporary, it becomes even more important for any restrictions to be communicated to the attendees, by those imposing those restrictions.
So the police have an obligation to inform the attendees of any restrictions. They can do that by handing out leaflets, using loudspeakers, or using social media.
(4)[F6Subject to subsection (5A), a person] who organises a public procession and F7... fails to comply with a condition imposed under this section is guilty of an offence, but it is a defence for him to prove that the failure arose from circumstances beyond his control.
(5)[F8Subject to subsection (5A), a person] who takes part in a public procession and F9... fails to comply with a condition imposed under this section is guilty of an offence, but it is a defence for him to prove that the failure arose from circumstances beyond his control.
A person is guilty of an offence under subsection (4) or (5) only if—
(a)in the case of a public procession in England and Wales, at the time the person fails to comply with the condition the person knows or ought to know that the condition has been imposed;
Ignorance of the law is no defence.If I'm marching for the first time, I doubt if I'd be aware of any such thing as restrictions, so how can I possibly be expected to have 'ought to know' about them?
. happy to discuss road traffic law with you, but its not relevant hereIf I drive down a road where there are no signs indicating any restrictions, I can't be expected to 'ought to know' there are restrictions.
. which is boll@x. their obligation is to respond to the notice from the organiser in writing. thats it.So the police have an obligation to inform the attendees of any restrictions. They can do that by handing out leaflets, using loudspeakers, or using social media.
which is boll@x.
From what I read and again, not claiming expertise.. the paras and the signals were one and the same at the time the chap was serving in NI (late 60s early 70s) So he could well have been both para and signals.Why do you say that? He wasn't in that regiment going by the sources I have read.
Don't know about the legal right to wear it, but it does suggest a Walter Mitty type personality.
If it is illegal for him to wear it that would be something I have learned today.
It was to ensure you were aware of it.You misunderstood it, as usual.Putting it in bold doesn't make it correct.
So there is no obligation on the organisers to communicate any restrictions to the marchers.Sec 11 requires the organiser to notify the police in writing with sufficient notice, failure to do so is an offence both organising and attending
Sec 12 allows the police to impose restrictions, communicated in writing to the organisers. I think you may have understood this part.
Irrelevant.Then we are on to the offences:
If the person charged with an offence, which is a temprary restriction, and they were not informed of that temporary restriction, I fail to see how they could possibly be considered guilty. They can not be considered to 'ought to have known'.Nothing in the above provides a defence that the person did not know of the restriction if it was properly served. His only defence is that the circumstances were beyond his control. This is confirmed in subsection 5A
Which does not place any obligation on the organisers to communicate those restrictions to the attendees.He is therefore placed under obligations to take all the necessary steps that a reasonable person would take to ensure that he is aware of the conditions.
There is no obligation on any attendees to find out about any temporary restrictions.The organisers and attendees are then under a duty to comply with those restrictions and take reasonable steps to find out about them.
If that law is about temporary restrictions, there is an oblgation on the police to communicate those temporary restrictions to the public.Ignorance of the law is no defence.
It was an analogy.. happy to discuss road traffic law with you, but its not relevant here
The police would have an obvious obligation to inform the public of any temporary restrictions.. which is boll@x. their obligation is to respond to the notice from the organiser in writing. thats it.
If you have any contributions to offer about the topic, feel free to make a comment.It's certainly come to my attention that boll@x and Roy are not strangers to each other.
You can't explain your perverse interpretation of the law.I am very close to giving up explaining it to him. I really thought this one was simple for him to get his head road. Its literally 3 sections.