Article 24 OffencesI1

Scotland

(1)

Sections 1, 3 and 4 of the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 (assaulting or impeding providers of emergency services, persons assisting providers and supplementary provisions)^f1 apply in relation to the following persons as they apply in relation to a person acting in a capacity mentioned in section 1(3)(b) of that Act—

(a)

a person acting in the capacity of an employee of a 2004 Act authority providing assistance under arrangements made by virtue of article 19(1) or 20(1);

(b)

a person acting in the capacity of a fire and rescue officer providing assistance under arrangements made by virtue of article 19(2) or 20(2).

(2)

A person guilty of an offence by virtue of paragraph (1) is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 24 in force at 1.4.2013, see art. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: 2005 asp 2. Section 1 of that Act was amended by the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5), section 38(2) and Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 (Modification) Order 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/37), article 2.