public nuisance and outraging public decency - Law Commission

THE LAW COMMISSION – HOW WE CONSULT
About the Law Commission
The Law Commission was set up by section 1 of the Law Commissions Act 1965 for the purpose of
promoting the reform of the law.
The Law Commissioners are: The Rt Hon Lord Justice Munby (Chairman), Professor Elizabeth Cooke, Mr
David Hertzell, Professor Jeremy Horder and Miss Frances Patterson QC. The Chief Executive is: Mr Mark
Ormerod.
Address for correspondence: Steel House, 11 Tothill Street, London SW1H 9LJ.
Topic of this consultation
This consultation paper deals with the offences of public nuisance and outraging public decency. A summary
of the main points can be found in paras 1.11 to 1.16.
Scope of this consultation
The purpose of this consultation is to generate responses to our provisional proposals.
Geographical scope
The contents of this consultation paper refer to the law of England and Wales.
Impact assessment
An impact assessment is included.
Duration of the consultation
We invite responses from 31 March 2010 to 30 June 2010.
How to respond
Send your responses either –
By email to: public.nuisance@lawcommission.gsi.gov.uk OR
By post to: Simon Tabbush at the address above
Tel: 020-3334 0273 / Fax: 020-3334 0201
If you send your comments by post, it would be helpful if, whenever possible, you could send them to us
electronically as well (for example, on CD or by email to the above address, in any commonly used format).
After the consultation
In the light of the responses we receive, we will decide our final recommendations and we will present them
to Parliament. We hope to publish our report by November 2011. It will be for Parliament to decide whether
to approve any changes to the law.
Code of Practice
We are a signatory to the Government’s Code of Practice on Consultation and carry out our consultations in
accordance with the Code criteria (set out on the next page).
Freedom of information
We will treat all responses as public documents in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and we
may attribute comments and include a list of all respondents' names in any final report we publish. If you
wish to submit a confidential response, you should contact us before sending the response. PLEASE NOTE –
We will disregard automatic confidentiality statements generated by an IT system.
Availability of this consultation paper
You can view/download it free of charge on our website at: http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/cp193.pdf.