Member

However, the clause as it stands widens the circumstances in which the police can impose conditions on protest where it “may” be intimidating to a “person of reasonable firmness” and “deter” them from entering a place of worship. In my estimation, this is a very low threshold and difficult for the police to determine. The amendments seek to make it far clearer and less open to subjective interpretation regarding an intention to intimidate or where people are deliberately prevented from entering a place of worship.