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51D Assaulting applicable customer-facing workers
(1)A person must not assault an applicable customer-facing worker in connection with the performance of the worker's duties, knowing or being reckless as to whether the person is an applicable customer-facing worker. Penalty: 60 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
(2)Without limiting subsection (1), an assault is connected with the performance of the worker's duties if the assault occurs—
(a)when the worker is—
(i)performing their duties; or
(ii)taking a break from performing their duties; or
(iii)arriving at, or leaving, a place at which they perform their duties; or
(b)in response to—
(i)a thing done or omitted to be done by the worker when performing their duties; or
(ii)a thing that the person believes the worker has done or omitted to do when performing their duties.