Assaulting applicable customer-facing workers
51D Assaulting applicable customer-facing workers
A person must not assault an applicable customer-facing worker in connection with the performance of the worker's duties, knowing or being reckless as to whether the person is an applicable customer-facing worker.
Penalty: 60 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
Without limiting subsection (1), an assault is connected with the performance of the worker's duties if the assault occurs—
when the worker is—
performing their duties; or
taking a break from performing their duties; or
arriving at, or leaving, a place at which they perform their duties; or
in response to—
a thing done or omitted to be done by the worker when performing their duties; or
a thing that the person believes the worker has done or omitted to do when performing their duties.
S. 51E inserted by No. 52/2025 s. 10.
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