Energy Act 2013

102 General duty of employees at work in relation to requirements imposed on others U.K.

(1) Every employee, while at work, must co-operate with any person (whether or not the employer) on whom a requirement is imposed by or under any [F1 of the relevant statutory provisions] so far as necessary to enable the requirement to be complied with.

(2) Failure to comply with the duty in subsection (1) is an offence.

(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (2) is liable—

(a) on summary conviction—

(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months (in England and Wales or Scotland) or 6 months (in Northern Ireland),

(ii) to a fine (in England and Wales) or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (in Scotland or Northern Ireland), or

(iii) to both;

(b) on conviction on indictment—

(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years,

(ii) to a fine, or

(iii) to both.

[F2 (4) In the application of this section in England and Wales, the reference in subsection (3)(a)(i) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to the general limit in a magistrates’ court (or to 6 months in relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022).]

(5) In this section—

(a) “employee” and “employer” have the same meanings as in Part 1 of the 1974 Act (see section 53(1) of that Act), F3 ...

F3 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 102(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018 (c. 15), s. 6(2), Sch. para. 7(a); S.I. 2020/1547, reg. 2(b)

F2 S. 102(4) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 26(2)

F3 S. 102(5)(b) and word omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018 (c. 15), s. 6(2), Sch. para. 7(b); S.I. 2020/1547, reg. 2(b)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 102 in force at 1.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/251, art. 4