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Sheriff Act 2005
10Wearing or possession of sheriff’s officer uniforms by others
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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.
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> > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
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> > (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.
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> > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
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> > (3) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section if—
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> > > (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
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> > > (b) the person establishes that the person otherwise had the permission of the Sheriff for the act or omission, or
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> > > (c) the person establishes that the person had a reasonable excuse for the act or omission.
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> > (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.
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> > (5) The Sheriff may grant licences for the purposes of this section, with or without conditions, and may vary or revoke any such licences.
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> > (6) In this section—
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> > sheriff’s insignia means—
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> > > (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
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> > > (b) any parts of any such items, or
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> > > (c) any reasonable imitation of any such items or parts, or
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> > > (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),
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> > 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.
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> > sheriff’s officer uniform means the uniform of a sheriff’s officer, and includes—
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> > > (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
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> > > (b) any reasonable imitation of such a uniform, parts of a uniform or accoutrements.
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> > use of sheriff’s insignia includes use of a reproduction or representation of sheriff’s insignia.