| 词条 | Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006 |
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|short_title=Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006[1] |parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom |long_title=An Act to make it an offence to obstruct or hinder persons who provide emergency services; and for connected purposes. |year=2006 |statute_book_chapter=2006 c 39 |introduced_by= |territorial_extent=England and Wales and Northern Ireland.[2] |royal_assent=8 November 2006 |commencement= |repeal_date= |amendments= |related_legislation= |repealing_legislation= |status= |original_text=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/39/contents/enacted |legislation_history=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200506/emergency_workers_obstruction.htm |revised_text=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/39/contents |}} The Emergency Services (Obstruction) Act 2006 (c 39) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is intended to reduce the instances of obstruction of, or assaults on, emergency service personnel. Sections 1 to 6 came into force on 20 February 2007.[3] ScopeThe Act defines emergency service personnel to cover firefighters, paramedics or other persons responding on behalf of the statutory ambulance service, members of HM Coastguard, and crew of a vessel of the RNLI or any other lifeboat. Offences and penaltiesThe Act makes it an offence to obstruct any emergency service crew while responding to an emergency, whether physically or not, punishable by a fine of up to level 5 on the standard scale. See R v McMenemy [2009] EWCA Crim 42, [2009] 2 Cr App R (S). Section 6 - RepealsThis section repealed sections 44(3) and (4) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. Section 7 - Short title, commencement and extentThis section came into force on 8 November 2006.[4] The Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/153 (C.7)) was made under section 7(2). See also{{Empty section|date=February 2013}}References
1. ^The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 7(1) of this Act. 2. ^The Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006, section 7(3) 3. ^The Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006, section 7(2); the Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/153 (C.7)), article 2 4. ^The Interpretation Act 1978, section 4(b) External links
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