Part 1: Public Order Section 7: Interference with use or operation of key national infrastructure
Subsection (1) makes it an offence for a person to do an act which interferes with the use or operation of key national infrastructure in England and Wales where the person intends the act to have that effect or is reckless as to whether it will do so.
	Subsection (2) provides for a reasonable excuse defence and a defence if the act was done wholly or mainly in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute.
	Subsection (3) provides for the maximum penalty for the offence, namely, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court, an unlimited fine, or both and, on conviction on indictment, 12 months’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both.
	Subsections (4) and (5) define interference as an act that prevents or significantly delays the infrastructure from being used or operated to any extent for its intended purposes.
	Subsection (6) lists key national infrastructure in scope of the offence, namely: road transport infrastructure; rail infrastructure; air transport infrastructure; harbour infrastructure; downstream oil infrastructure; downstream gas infrastructure; onshore oil and gas exploration and production infrastructure; onshore electricity generation infrastructure; and newspaper printing infrastructure. These terms are defined in section 8.
	Subsections (7) to (9) confer a power on the Secretary of State to amend the list of key national infrastructure in subsection (7) by regulations (subject to the affirmative procedure).
	Subsection (10) defines further terms used in this section.