{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Protection of custody officers . . . .",
  "text": "(1) Any person who assaults a custody officer—\n(a) acting in pursuance of escort arrangements;\n(b) performing custodial duties at a contracted out secure training centre; or\n(c) performing contracted out functions at a directly managed secure training centre,\nshall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.\n(2) Any person who resists or wilfully obstructs a custody officer—\n(a) acting in pursuance of escort arrangements;\n(b) performing custodial duties at a contracted out secure training centre; or\n(c) performing contracted out functions at a directly managed secure training centre,\nshall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(3) For the purposes of this section, a custody officer shall not be regarded as acting in pursuance of escort arrangements at any time when he is not readily identifiable as such an officer (whether by means of a uniform or badge which he is wearing or otherwise).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 13 sidenote repealed (1.11.2007) by Offender Management Act 2007 (c. 21), ss. 39, 41(1), Sch. 3 para. 22, Sch. 5 Pt. 3; S.I. 2007/3001, art. 2(1)(u)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:43.965785+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}