OF07: Public Place, Fighting & Disorderly, Resist & Obstruct Flashcards
Public place
A place at any material time
Is open to or used by the public
Whether free or payment
Whether any owner or occupier excludes or ejects a person
Any vehicle, aircraft, ship, train, etc
Includes the interior of a vehicle in a public place as a public place
Act & Section for Fighting in a public place
Summary Offences Act 1981
Section 7
Elements for Fighting
Fights
In a public place
Fights
Physical violence between two or more willing participants
What is the rule to be applied when using discretion?
Time, Place, circumstances
Types of disorderly offences
Offensive or Disorderly behaviour
Excreting in public place
Disorderly behaviour likely to cause violence
Disorderly assembly
Section & Elements for Offensive or Disorderly behaviour
Section 4, SOA 1981
In a public place or within view of the public place
Behaves in a offensive or Disorderly manner
Offensive
Causes a disturbance to public
Disorderly
Disruptive behaviour
Disorderly behaviour likely to cause violence
Section 3
Riotous, violent, offensive, threatening or insulting behaviour caused or may caused violence against persons or property to start with
Disorderly Assembly
Section 5A
A group of three or more people gather in a manner that causes fear of violence or disorder
Section & Elements for Excreting in a Public Place
Section 32(1)
Urinate or defecate
In any public place
Section and Elements for Resisting or obstructing Police
Section 23
Resist or intentionally obstruct
Any constable
Resist
Some degree of physical force to break free
Obstruct
Deliberately making police duties more difficult to execute
