I don't know if you followed the link, but it does go on to list 3 statutory defences - the most important (IMO) in this particular case being "The conduct was reasonable."
There's quite possibly provisions specifically regarding protests, too. And at the end of the day a government can, in theory, make whatever laws it likes given the right amount of support in parliament. Hell, the Third Reich managed it - IIRC, at least before war started it didn't do anything illegal under the current German law. (Mind you, it changed laws to do so...)
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Re: FYI: Section 5:
Date: 2008-05-21 12:36 pm (UTC)I don't know if you followed the link, but it does go on to list 3 statutory defences - the most important (IMO) in this particular case being "The conduct was reasonable."
There's quite possibly provisions specifically regarding protests, too. And at the end of the day a government can, in theory, make whatever laws it likes given the right amount of support in parliament. Hell, the Third Reich managed it - IIRC, at least before war started it didn't do anything illegal under the current German law. (Mind you, it changed laws to do so...)