Section 51E Assaulting and obstructing Supreme Court security officersF1

(1)

Any person who assaults a Supreme Court security officer acting in the execution of the officer's duty commits an offence.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction—

(a)

to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or

(b)

to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or

(c)

to both.

(3)

Subsection (2) applies—

(a)

in England and Wales in relation to offences committed before F22 May 2022, and

(b)

in Northern Ireland,

as if the reference to 12 months were a reference to 6 months.

(4)

A person who resists or wilfully obstructs a Supreme Court security officer acting in the execution of the officer's duty commits an offence.

(5)

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

Annotations

F1: Ss. 51A-51E and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 30(1), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(c)
F2: Words in s. 51E(3)(a) substituted (28.4.2022) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/500), regs. 1(2), 5(1), Sch. Pt. 1