Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts3. After section 34 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in Part III:
“35. (1) Where a police officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a person in a public place has engaged, or is likely to engage, in violent conduct in that place, the police officer may direct the person to leave the vicinity.
“(2) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, contravene a direction given in accordance with subsection (1).
Penalty: $200.
“(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to a person who, whether in the company of other persons or not, is—
(a) picketing a place of employment;
(b) demonstrating or protesting about a particular matter; or
(c) speaking, bearing or otherwise identifying with a banner, placard or sign or otherwise behaving in a way that is apparently intended to publicise the person's view about a particular matter.
“(4) In this section—
(a) violence to, or intimidation of, a person; or
(b) damage to property.”.