
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Order Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales only.
2 
The following provisions of the Public Order Act 2023 come into force on 2nd July 2023—
(a) section 3 (offence of causing serious disruption by tunnelling);
(b) section 4 (offence of causing serious disruption by being present in a tunnel);
(c) section 5 (offence of being equipped for tunnelling etc);
(d) section 6 (obstruction etc of major transport works);
(e) section 17 (exercise of police powers in relation to journalists etc).
Chris Philp
Minister of State
Home Office
29th June 2023