division_name: Regulation of the Private Rented Sector &#8212; New Clause 26 &#8212; Assault on workers in public facing roles
motion: <p pid="b.636.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8216;(1) A person, being a member of the public, who assaults a worker&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.636.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) in the course of that worker&#8217;s employment, or</p>
  
  <p pid="b.636.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) by reason of that worker&#8217;s employment, commits an offence.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.636.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">(2) No offence is committed&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.636.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) under subsection (1)(a) unless the person who assaults knows or ought to know that the worker is acting in the course of the worker&#8217;s employment;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.636.1/6" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) under subsection (1)(b) unless the assault is motivated, in whole or in part, by malice towards the worker by reason of the worker&#8217;s employment.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.636.1/7" pwmotiontext="yes">(3) In this section&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.636.1/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;worker&#8221; means a person whose employment involves dealing with members of the public, to any extent, but only if that employment involves&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.636.1/9" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) being physically present in the same place and at the same time as one or more members of the public; and(b) (i) interacting with those members of the public for the purposes of the employment; or (ii) providing a service to either particular members of the public or the public generally.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.636.1/10" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;employment&#8221; in this context means any paid or unpaid work whether under a contract, apprenticeship, or otherwise.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.636.1/11" pwmotiontext="yes">(4) Evidence from a single source is sufficient evidence to establish for the purpose of subsection (1) whether a person is a worker.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.636.1/12" pwmotiontext="yes">(5) A person guilty of an offence under this Act is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.&#8217;.&#8212;<i>(Jack Dromey.)</i></p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.636.1/13" pwmotiontext="yes">Brought up,</p>
  
  <p pid="b.636.1/14" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put</i>, That the clause be added to the Bill.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.636.1/15" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b.636.1/16" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 224, Noes 286.</p>