What UK Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Section 1 - Prohibition of Harassment requires
Section 1 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 prohibits a person from pursuing a course of conduct (i) which amounts to harassment of another and (ii) which he knows or ought to know amounts to harassment of the other. Section 1(1A) (added 2005) extends the prohibition to courses of conduct involving harassment of two or more persons on separate occasions, where the purpose is to persuade any person not to do something or to do something. 'Course of conduct' means conduct on at least two occasions per Section 7(3). 'Ought to know' is judged objectively per Section 1(2). Section 1 is the civil and criminal foundation for the substantive harassment offences at Sections 2 (harassment), 2A (stalking), 4 (fear of violence), and 4A (stalking with fear of violence or serious alarm/distress). The 1997 Act provides parallel civil remedy (Section 3) and criminal liability frameworks.
Pillar: Adult Industry & Sexual Content Compliance · Authority: Parliament of the United Kingdom · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/section/1
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- Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (c. 40) Section 1 (Prohibition of harassment) subsection (1): 'A person must not pursue a course of conduct (a) which amounts to harassment of another, and (b) which he knows or ought to know amounts to harassment of the other.' (legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/section/1)
- Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Section 1(1A) (added by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 Section 125): course of conduct involving harassment of two or more persons with intent to persuade any person to do or not do something.
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