Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006

The Emergency Services Act 2006 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is intended to reduce the instances of obstruction of, or assaults on, emergency service personnel.
The act was passed as a private member's bill.
The corresponding Swedish law is called .

Scope

The act defines emergency service personnel to cover firefighters, paramedics or other persons responding on behalf of the statutory ambulance service, members of HM Coastguard, and crew of a vessel of the RNLI or any other lifeboat.

Offences and penalties

The Act makes it an offence to obstruct any emergency service crew while responding to an emergency, whether physically or not, punishable by a fine of up to level 5 on the standard scale.
See R v McMenemy EWCA Crim 42, 2 Cr App R (S).