2Increase in penalty for assault on emergency workerE+W
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(1)In section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 (offence of common assault, or battery, committed against emergency worker), in subsection (2)(b) (penalty for conviction on indictment), for “12 months” substitute “2 years”.
(2)Subsection (1) applies only in relation to offences committed on or after the day on which this section comes into force.
Commencement Information
I1S. 2 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 208(5)(a)