ABSTRACT
Sections 28 to 32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 extend the law to encompass racially aggravated offences.61 It is an offence under sections 4 and 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 (fear of provocation of violence, intentional harassment, alarm or distress) to engage in racially aggravated conduct. Section 32 makes it an offence to act in a racially aggravated manner in relation to sections 2 and 4 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. Under section 28(1), an offence is racially aggravated if:
Under section 82, the court may impose a higher penalty for racially aggravated offences.
