division_name: Anti-social Behaviour, Crime andPolicing Bill &#8212; <i>Report (2nd Day)</i>
motion: <p class="italic" pid="a.165.0/1" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">Amendment 87</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.165.0/2" pwmotiontext="unrecognized"> Moved by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock</p>
  
  <p pid="a.165.0/3" pwmotiontext="unrecognized"><b>87:</b> After Clause 104, insert the following new Clause&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.165.0/4" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">&#8220;Assault on workers in public facing roles</p>
  
  <p pid="a.165.0/5" pwmotiontext="lines">(1) A person, being a member of the public, who assaults a worker&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.165.0/6" pwmotiontext="lines">(a) in the course of that worker&#8217;s employment, or</p>
  
  <p pid="a.165.0/7" pwmotiontext="lines">(b) by reason of that worker&#8217;s employment, commits an offence.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.165.0/8" pwmotiontext="lines">(2) No offence is committed&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.165.0/9" pwmotiontext="lines">(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="a.165.0/10" pwmotiontext="lines">(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="a.165.0/11" pwmotiontext="lines">(3) In this section&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.165.0/12" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">&#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="a.165.0/13" pwmotiontext="lines">(a) being physically present in the same place and at the same time as one or more members of the public; and</p>
  
  <p pid="a.165.0/14" pwmotiontext="lines">(b) interacting with those members of the public for the purposes of the employment; or providing a service to either particular members of the public or the public generally,</p>
  
  <p pid="a.165.0/15" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">&#8220;employment&#8221; in this context means any paid or unpaid work whether under a contract, apprenticeship, or otherwise.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.165.0/16" pwmotiontext="lines">(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="a.165.0/17" pwmotiontext="lines">(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.&#8221;</p>