Session SP Bill 58 5 (2019) 2 Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Bill (2) Subsection (1) applies to— (a) behaviour of any kind including, in particular, things said or otherwise communicated as well as things done, (b) behaviour consisting of— 5 (i) a single act, or (ii) a course of conduct. (3) The offence under section 1 of obstructing or hindering a retail worker is committed by a person only if the person— (a) behaves in a way that prevents or impedes the worker from carrying out the retail 10 work in which the worker is engaged, and (b) intends by the behaviour to so prevent or impede the worker. (4) A person may be convicted of the offence under section 1 of obstructing or hindering a retail worker despite its being— (a) effected by means other than physical means, or 15 (b) effected by action directed at any vehicle, apparatus, equipment or other thing used or to be used by the retail worker. 3 Defence to charge of obstructing or hindering a retail worker Where a person is charged with an offence under section 1 of obstructing or hindering a retail worker, it is a defence for the person to show that the obstructing or hindering 20 behaviour was, in the particular circumstances, reasonable. 4 Aggravation in relation to enforcement of statutory age restriction (1) This section applies where, in proceedings for an offence under section 1, it is— (a) specified in the complaint that the offence is aggravated by reason of the retail worker’s enforcing a statutory age restriction, and 25 (b) proved that the offence is so aggravated. (2) The offence is so aggravated if the behaviour constituting the offence occurred because of the enforcement of a statutory age restriction. (3) Evidence from a single source is sufficient to prove that the offence is so aggravated. (4) Where this section applies, the court must— 30 (a) state on conviction that the offence is so aggravated, (b) record the conviction in a way that shows that the offence is so aggravated, (c) take the aggravation into account...