127 Inducements to withhold services or to indiscipline
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (1994 c 33) | Legislation

127  Inducements to withhold services or to indiscipline

(1)     A person contravenes this subsection if he induces a prison officer—

[(a)     to take (or continue to take) any industrial action;]

(b)     to commit a breach of discipline.

[(1A)     In subsection (1) “industrial action” means—

(a)     the withholding of services as a prison officer; or

(b)     any action that would be likely to put at risk the safety of any person (whether a prisoner, a person working at or visiting a prison, a person working with prisoners or a member of the public).]

(2)     The obligation not to contravene subsection (1) above shall be a duty owed to the Secretary of State [or, in Scotland, to the Scottish Ministers] [or, in Northern Ireland, to the Department of Justice].

(3)     Without prejudice

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