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The Railway Safety Accreditation SchemeRegulations 2004

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Offences against accredited persons

9.—(1) Any person who assaults—

(a)an accredited person in the execution of his duty; or

(b)a person assisting an accredited person in the execution of his duty,

is guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.

(2) Any person who resists or wilfully obstructs—

(a)an accredited person in the execution of his duty; or

(b)a person assisting an accredited person in the execution of his duty,

is guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 month, or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, or to both.

(3) Any person who, with intent to deceive—

(a)impersonates an accredited person;

(b)makes any statement or does any act calculated falsely to suggest that he is an accredited person; or

(c)makes any statement or does any act calculated falsely to suggest that he has powers as an accredited person that exceed the powers he actually has,

is guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.

(4) In this regulation references to the execution by an accredited person of his duty are references to his exercising any power which is his by virtue of his accreditation.

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