6 Obstruction etc of major transport works
Public Order Act 2023 (2023 c 15) | Legislation

Offences involving works and infrastructure

6  Obstruction etc of major transport works

(1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

(a)     obstructs the undertaker or a person acting under the authority of the undertaker—

(i)     in setting out the lines of any major transport works,

(ii)     in constructing or maintaining any major transport works, or

(iii)     in taking any steps that are reasonably necessary for the purposes of facilitating, or in connection with, the construction or maintenance of any major transport works, or

(b)     interferes with, moves or removes any apparatus which—

(i)     relates to the construction or maintenance of any major transport works, and

(ii)     belongs to a person within subsection (5).

(2)     It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that—

(a)     they had a reasonable excuse for the act mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection, or

(b)     the act mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection was done wholly or mainly in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute.

(3)     A person who commits an offence under subsection

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