Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006

3Provisions supplementary to sections 1 and 2E+W+N.I.

(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.

Commencement Information

I1S. 3 in force at 20.2.2007 by S.I. 2007/153, art. 2