Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
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Change 1
146 Intimidation of persons connected with animal research organisation
(1) A person (A) commits an offence if, with the intention of causing a second person (B) to abstain from doing something which B is entitled to do (or to do something which B is entitled to abstain from doing)— (a) A threatens B that A or somebody else will do a relevant act, and (b) A does so wholly or mainly because B is a person falling within subsection (2). (2) A person falls within this subsection if he is— (a) an employee or officer of an animal research organisation; (b) a student at an educational establishment that is an animal research organisation; (c) a lessor or licensor of any premises occupied by an animal research organisation; (d) a person with a financial interest in, or who provides financial assistance to, an animal research organisation; (e) a customer or supplier of an animal research organisation; (f) a person who is contemplating becoming someone within paragraph (c), (d) or (e); (g) a person who is, or is contemplating becoming, a customer or supplier of someone within paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (f); (h) an employee or officer of someone within paragraph (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g); (i) a person with a financial interest in, or who provides financial assistance to, someone within paragraph (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g); (j) a spouse, civil partner, friend or relative of, or a person who is known personally to, someone within any of paragraphs (a) to (i); (k) a person who is, or is contemplating becoming, a customer or supplier of someone within paragraph (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j); or (l) an employer of someone within paragraph (j). (3) For the purposes of this section, an “officer” of an animal research organisation or a person includes— (a) where the organisation or person is a body corporate, a director, manager or secretary; (b) where the organisation or person is a charity, a charity trustee (within the meaning of the Charities Act 2011); (c) where the organisation or person is a partnership, a partner. (4) For the purposes of this section— (a) a person is a customer or supplier of another person if he purchases goods, services or facilities from, or (as the case may be) supplies goods, services or facilities to, that other; and (b) “supplier” includes a person who supplies services in pursuance of any enactment that requires or authorises such services to be provided. (5) For the purposes of this section, a “relevant act” is— (a) an act amounting to a criminal offence, or (b) a tortious act causing B or another person to suffer loss or damage of any description. (6) The Secretary of State may by order amend this section so as to include within subsection (2) any description of persons framed by reference to their connection with— (a) an animal research organisation, or (b) any description of persons for the time being mentioned in that subsection. (7) This section does not apply to any act done wholly or mainly in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute. (8) In subsection (7) “trade dispute” has the meaning given by section 145(7).
146 Intimidation of persons connected with animal research organisation
(1) A person (A) commits an offence if, with the intention of causing a second person (B) to abstain from doing something which B is entitled to do (or to do something which B is entitled to abstain from doing)— (a) A threatens B that A or somebody else will do a relevant act, and (b) A does so wholly or mainly because B is a person falling within subsection (2). (2) A person falls within this subsection if he is— (a) an employee or officer of an animal research organisation; (b) a student at an educational establishment that is an animal research organisation; (c) a lessor or licensor of any premises occupied by an animal research organisation; (d) a person with a financial interest in, or who provides financial assistance to, an animal research organisation; (e) a customer or supplier of an animal research organisation; (f) a person who is contemplating becoming someone within paragraph (c), (d) or (e); (g) a person who is, or is contemplating becoming, a customer or supplier of someone within paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (f); (h) an employee or officer of someone within paragraph (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g); (i) a person with a financial interest in, or who provides financial assistance to, someone within paragraph (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g); (j) a spouse, civil partner, friend or relative of, or a person who is known personally to, someone within any of paragraphs (a) to (i); (k) a person who is, or is contemplating becoming, a customer or supplier of someone within paragraph (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j); or (l) an employer of someone within paragraph (j). (3) For the purposes of this section, an “officer” of an animal research organisation or a person includes— (a) where the organisation or person is a body corporate, a director, manager or secretary; (b) where the organisation or person is a charity, a charity trustee (within the meaning of the Charities Act 2011); (c) where the organisation or person is a partnership, a partner. (4) For the purposes of this section— (a) a person is a customer or supplier of another person if he purchases goods, services or facilities from, or (as the case may be) supplies goods, services or facilities to, that other; and (b) “supplier” includes a person who supplies services in pursuance of any enactment that requires or authorises such services to be provided. (5) For the purposes of this section, a “relevant act” is— (a) an act amounting to a criminal offence, or (b) a tortious act causing B or another person to suffer loss or damage of any description. (6) The Secretary of State may by order amend this section so as to include within subsection (2) any description of persons framed by reference to their connection with— (a) an animal research organisation, or (b) any description of persons for the time being mentioned in that subsection. (7) This section does not apply to any act done wholly or mainly in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute. (8) In subsection (7) “trade dispute” has the meaning given by section 145(7).
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