Police can now set noise and time limits for protests under controversial new powers included in a new law. The Police Crime and Sentencing Act was passed by Parliament in late April.
The measure to limit noise was objected to by peers in the House of Lords, but after sending the bill back to the House of Commons for the final time, the restriction was kept.
The new law is not entirely aimed at protests, there are new powers to hand stricter sentences to people who murder children or cause deaths by driving and stricter penalties for those who attack emergency service workers.
