Legal Update - 31 October 2024
Section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023 comes into force on 31 October 2024, establishing safe access zones around abortion clinics. It also makes it an offence for a person within a safe access zone to intentionally or recklessly influence, obstruct, or cause harassment, alarm or distress to any person in connection with their decision to access, provide, or facilitate the provision of abortion services at an abortion clinic.
Section 9 and the accompanying offence can be viewed on PNLD documents D102561 and H101317.
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