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Public Order Act 1986

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

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As published

29L Procedure and punishment

(1) No proceedings for an offence under this Part may be instituted ... except by or with the consent of the Attorney General. (2) For the purposes of the rules ... against charging more than one offence in the same count or information, each of sections 29B to 29G creates one offence. (3) A person guilty of an offence under this Part is liable— (a) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or a fine or both; (b) on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both. (4) In subsection (3)(b) the reference to 12 months shall be read as a reference to 6 months in relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022.

Your change, as a redline

29L Procedure and punishment

(1) No proceedings for an offence under this Part may be instituted ... except by or with the consent of the Attorney General. (2) For the purposes of the rules ... against charging more than one offence in the same count or information, each of sections 29B to 29G creates one offence. (3) A person guilty of an offence under this Part is liable— (a) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or a fine or both; (b) on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both. (4) In subsection (3)(b) the reference to 12 months shall be read as a reference to 6 months in relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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