(1)It is an offence for a person to assault, threaten or abuse another person—
(a)who is a retail worker, and
(b)who is engaged, at the time, in retail work.
(2)No offence is committed under subsection (1) unless the person who assaults, threatens or abuses knows or ought to know that the other person—
(a)is a retail worker, and
(b)is engaged, at the time, in retail work.
(3)A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the prescribed sum (or both).
(4)Evidence from a single source is sufficient to establish, for the purposes of this section—
(a)whether a person is a retail worker, and
(b)whether the person is engaged, at the time, in retail work.
(5)In subsection (3), the “prescribed sum” has the meaning given by section 225(8) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.