Criminal Justice Act 2006
Amendment of section 19 of Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994. |
185.— Section 19 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 is amended— | |
(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): | ||
“(1) Any person who assaults or threatens to assault— | ||
(a) a person providing medical services at or in a hospital, or | ||
(b) a person assisting such a person, or | ||
(c) a peace officer acting in the execution of a peace officer’s duty, knowing that he or she is, or being reckless as to whether he or she is, a peace officer so acting, or | ||
(d) any other person acting in aid of a peace officer, or | ||
(e) any other person with intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detention of himself or herself or any other person for any offence, | ||
shall be guilty of an offence.”, | ||
(b) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “€5,000” for “£1,000” and by the substitution of “7 years” for “5 years”, | ||
(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): | ||
“(3) Any person who resists or wilfully obstructs or impedes— | ||
(a) a person providing medical services at or in a hospital, knowing that he or she is, or being reckless as to whether he or she is, a person providing medical services, or | ||
(b) a person assisting such a person, or | ||
(c) a peace officer acting in the execution of a peace officer’s duty, knowing that he or she is or being reckless as to whether he or she is, a peace officer so acting, or | ||
(d) a person assisting a peace officer in the execution of his or her duty, | ||
shall be guilty of an offence.”, | ||
(d) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “€2,500” for “£500”, and | ||
(e) in subsection (6)— | ||
(i) by the insertion of the following definitions: | ||
“ “ hospital” includes the lands, buildings and premises connected with and used wholly or mainly for the purposes of a hospital; | ||
“medical services” means services provided by— | ||
(a) doctors, dentists, psychiatrists, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, health and social care professionals (within the meaning of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 ) or other persons in the provision of treatment and care for persons at or in a hospital, or | ||
(b) persons acting under direction of those persons;”, | ||
and | ||
(ii) in the definition of “peace officer”, by the insertion of “, a member of the fire brigade, ambulance personnel” after “a prison officer”. |