# Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006, Section 2: Obstructing or hindering persons assisting emergency workers


(1) A person who without reasonable excuse obstructs or hinders another in the circumstances described in subsection (2) below commits an offence.
(2) Those circumstances are where the person being obstructed or hindered is assisting another while that other person is, in a capacity mentioned in section 1(2) of this Act, responding to emergency circumstances.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/39/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/emergency-workers-obstruction-act-2006/section-2
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