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The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016

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127.—(1) A person who at a public meeting to which this regulation applies acts, or incites others to act, in a disorderly manner for the purpose of preventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting was called together is guilty of an illegal practice.

(2) This regulation applies to a political meeting held in the constituency of the MP to whom a petition relates at any time when that MP is subject to a petition process.

(3) If a constable reasonably suspects any person of committing an offence under paragraph (1), that constable may if requested so to do by the chairperson of the meeting require that person to declare to that constable immediately their name and address and, if that person refuses or fails so to declare their name and address or gives a false name and address, that person shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.

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I1Reg. 127 in force at 4.3.2016, see reg. 1

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