Obstructing a railway
(1) A person who— (a) intentionally and without lawful excuse, does an act, or omits to do an act, which causes the passage or operation of a locomotive or other rolling stock on a railway to be obstructed, or (b) assists a person to do or omit to do such an act, with the knowledge that the person’s intention to do or omit to do that act is without lawful excuse, commits an offence. (2) The maximum penalty specified in subsection (1) for an offence dealt with summarily applies regardless of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986, section 267. (3) A person does not commit an offence under this section if the conduct forms part of the following— (a) industrial action, (b) an industrial dispute, (c) an industrial campaign.
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