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Public places






PUBLIC ORDER OFFENCES (AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA)

Public order offences are the offences that a person can be charged with for behaviour in a public place that affects or is likely have an affect on other people in a way that could harm, endanger, embarrass or offend, disrupt or annoy other people.

What are public order offences?

Laws about behaviour in public are mostly concerned with keeping order or keeping the peace. These laws relate to things like:

· making graffiti

· behaving in a way that causes offence to other people, like racial vilification, swearing and using obscene language or exposing your genitals

· protests and demonstrations

· taking inappropriate photos of someone without their knowledge

· lighting fires or setting off fireworks without a permit

· spitting at someone

· being drunk in a public place

· disorderly conduct in a public place

· being told to stay away from a public place by the police

· littering

· begging.

Most of the offences that are known as public order offences are listed under Victoria’s Summary Offences Act 1966.

Local councils also make laws about behaviour that affects the public in their areas, such as:

· by-laws that ban alcohol in some public places

· laws about busking

· fining owners who fail to pick up after their dogs

· fining people who park in restricted areas without a ticket or permit.

Penalties for public order offences range from fines to jail sentences, depending on the seriousness of the offence.

The role of police

The police have a legal duty to uphold the public ‘peace’, which means they have to take action to stop the law being broken and to restore public order. However, they have a great deal of discretion about how they deal with potential breaches of the peace or what actions they take to try to restore social order.

On-the-spot fines

Police can issue on-the-spot fines for:

· being drunk in a public place

· disorderly conduct in a public place

· littering.

Police can also issue on-the-spot fines to people aged over 18 for a number of common offences, including:

· indecent language

· offensive behaviour

· consuming or supplying liquor on unlicensed premises

· failure to leave licensed premises when requested.

If you do not pay the fine or take other action by the due date it may end up costing you more money.

Public places

Basically, a public place is somewhere where members of the public are present or are permitted to be. Under the law, public places include:

· any public thoroughfare, including roads, bridges and footpaths

· parks, gardens and other places of recreation

· train stations

· public transport

· places of worship, such as churches

· government schools

· theatres and other entertainment venues

· licensed premises

· racetracks and sports grounds.


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