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(4) In section 64 (appeals against orders under section 63)

(a) in subsection (1) for the words from " against " to the end there shall be substituted—

“against—

(a) an order made under section 63(1) or (1A) of this Act; or

(b) a variation under section 63(1A) of this Act of an order made under section 63(1) or (1A), in relation to the procession.”;

(b) in subsection (4) after “make” there shall be inserted “or, as the case may be, to vary”; and

(c) in subsection (7) after “order” there shall be inserted “or, as the case may be, the variation of whose order”.

(5) In section 65 (offences and enforcement)—

(a) in paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1), after “(1)” there shall be inserted “or (1A)”; and

(b) in paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (2), after “(1)” there shall be inserted “or (1A)”.

(6) In section 66 (relationship with Public Order Act 1936)—

(a) for “the Public Order Act 1936” there shall be substituted “Part II of the Public Order Act 1986”;

(b) in paragraph (a), for “or order made under section 3” there shall be substituted “under section 12”, and “or that order” shall be omitted; and

(c) in paragraph (b), “or order under the said section 3” shall be omitted.

Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48)

4. The following shall be inserted at the end of Part II of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (statutory offences excluded from provisions for early release of prisoners)—

“Public Order Act 1986

27. Section 1 (riot).

28. Section 2 (violent disorder).

29. Section 3 (affray).”.

Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46)

5.—(1) The Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 as it extends to England and Wales and Scotland is amended as follows.

(2) Omit section 27 (inclusion of programme in cable programme service likely to stir up racial hatred).

(3) In section 28 (amendment of the law of defamation), at the end add—

“(6) In this section “words” includes pictures, visual images, gestures and other methods of signifying meaning.”.