{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fire-and-rescue-services-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fire-and-rescue-services-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-57.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110800257",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fire-and-rescue-services-northern-ireland-order-2006",
  "path": "article/57",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Assaults on, and obstruction of, fire and rescue officers, etc.",
  "text": "(1) Any person who assaults, resists, obstructs or impedes—\n(a) a fire and rescue officer in the execution of his duty; or\n(b) a person assisting a fire and rescue officer in the execution of his duty,\nshall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) Any person who assaults, resists, obstructs or impedes—\n(a) a person who is providing assistance to the Board under arrangements made by virtue of Article 12; or\n(b) a person who is carrying out a function conferred on the Board under arrangements made by virtue of Article 13,\nshall be guilty of an offence.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine, or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110800257/article/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:20:05.391364+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."
}