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  Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - New Clause 31 - Offence of Assaulting etc. Retail Worker
  
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  @ MP voted aye to create a specific offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail worker engaged in retail work.
  
  @ MP voted no against creating a specific offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail worker engaged in retail work.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against creating a specific offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail worker engaged in retail work. 
  
  MPs were considering the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill[1][2]
  
  
  The proposed new clause rejected by the majority of MPs in this vote was titled: ''Offence of assaulting etc. retail worker'' and began:
  
  
  :(1) It is an offence for a person to assault, threaten or abuse another personâ
  
  :(a) who is a retail worker, and
  
  :(b) who is engaged, at the time, in retail work.
  
  :(2) No offence is committed under subsection (1) unless the person who assaults, threatens or abuses knows or ought to know that the other personâ
  
  :(a) who is a retail worker, and
  
  :(b) is engaged, at the time, in retail work.
  
  :(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, a fine, or both.
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2839 Parliament's webpage on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0268/en/200268en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill], Parliament.uk
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