ALL outdoor activities that are cause-related will be regulated under a permit regardless of the number of people involved.

Currently, the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act regulates groups of five or more while the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act regulates groups of four or less.

Unlike now, first-time offenders will not be jailed. However, penalties for repeat offenders will be harsher.

THE new Act will enable the Minister to declare via gazette a certain event as a special event.

Within the special event area, police have enhanced powers like being able to perform a stop-and-search, ask a suspicious person for his reason for entry or deny him entry.

POLICE can issue a move-on order to give an offender the chance to stop his unlawful activity without being arrested.

The order can also be issued pre-emptively, meaning police can intervene if they assess that an offence is about to be committed.

The order will be in the form of a written notice that will state the area and the time period the offender is prohibited from re-entering.

The order can be issued only in cases where the person's behaviour fits four specific criteria. It can be issued only by someone whose rank is sergeant or higher, and on the explicit authorisation of a senior police officer.

LAW enforcement officers can stop people from filming, distributing or exhibiting films of law enforcement activities.

However, this applies only to films which, if exhibited, would put officers in danger or affect the effective conduct of an operation.

PROPERTY owners will be required to take reasonable action to prevent illegal assemblies and processions from taking place on their property when they are notified by the police.