10Wearing or possession of sheriff’s officer uniforms by others

#### 10 Wearing or possession of sheriff’s officer uniforms by others 10 Wearing or possession of sheriff’s officer uniforms by others > > (1) A person (not being a sheriff’s officer) who wears or possesses a sheriff’s officer uniform is guilty of an offence. > > > > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both. > > > (2) A person (including a sheriff’s officer) who uses sheriff’s insignia otherwise than in the course of, and for the purpose of, exercising the functions of a sheriff’s officer is guilty of an offence. > > > > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both. > > > (3) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section if— > > > > > (a) the act or omission constituting the offence is authorised by the regulations or by a licence granted to the person by the Sheriff, or > > > > > (b) the person establishes that the person otherwise had the permission of the Sheriff for the act or omission, or > > > > > (c) the person establishes that the person had a reasonable excuse for the act or omission. > > > (4) Without limiting subsection (3), a person is not guilty of an offence under subsection (1) if the person wore or was in possession of the sheriff’s officer uniform for the purposes of public entertainment. > > > (5) The Sheriff may grant licences for the purposes of this section, with or without conditions, and may vary or revoke any such licences. > > > (6) In this section— > > > > sheriff’s insignia means— > > > > > (a) any items (being insignia, emblems, logos, devices, accoutrements and other things) that are generally recognised as pertaining to the Sheriff or as being used by sheriff’s officers, or > > > > > (b) any parts of any such items, or > > > > > (c) any reasonable imitation of any such items or parts, or > > > > > (d) any thing or class of thing prescribed by the regulations as being within this definition (whether or not it may already be within this definition), > > > > and includes sheriff’s officer uniforms, but does not include any thing or class of thing prescribed by the regulations as being outside this definition. > > > > sheriff’s officer uniform means the uniform of a sheriff’s officer, and includes— > > > > > (a) any parts of such a uniform (or any accoutrements of a sheriff’s officer) that are generally recognised as parts of the uniform or accoutrements of a sheriff’s officer, or > > > > > (b) any reasonable imitation of such a uniform, parts of a uniform or accoutrements. > > > > use of sheriff’s insignia includes use of a reproduction or representation of sheriff’s insignia.