§ 57 — Who may order unlawful assembly to disperse

57.—(1) A police officer may command an unlawful assembly or an assembly of 5 or more people likely to cause a disturbance of the public peace to disperse, and the members of the assembly must then disperse.(2) Nothing in this Division derogates from the powers conferred on any person under the Public Order Act 2009.

—(1) A police officer may command an unlawful assembly or an assembly of 5 or more people likely to cause a disturbance of the public peace to disperse, and the members of the assembly must then disperse.

(2) Nothing in this Division derogates from the powers conferred on any person under the Public Order Act 2009.