102General duty of employees at work in relation to requirements imposed on othersU.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 relevant provision 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.
(4)In the application of subsection (3) to England and Wales in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (general limit on magistrates' court's power to imprison), the reference in subsection (3)(a)(i) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to 6 months.
(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), and
(b)“relevant provision” means any of the relevant statutory provisions other than—
(i)any provision of the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000,
(ii)any provision of nuclear regulations which is identified under section 74(9) as having been made solely for the nuclear safeguards purposes.
Commencement Information
I1S. 102 in force at 1.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/251, art. 4