# Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006, Section 3: Provisions supplementary to sections 1 and 2


(1) A person may be convicted of the offence under section 1 or 2 of this Act notwithstanding that it is—
(a) effected by means other than physical means; or
(b) effected by action directed only at any vehicle, vessel, apparatus, equipment or other thing or any animal used or to be used by a person referred to in that section.
(2) For the purposes of sections 1 and 2 of this Act, circumstances to which a person is responding are to be taken to be emergency circumstances if the person believes and has reasonable grounds for believing they are or may be emergency circumstances.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/39/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/emergency-workers-obstruction-act-2006/section-3
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