http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/10/section/49Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the purposes of protecting adults from harm; to require the establishment of committees with functions relating to the safeguarding of adults who are at risk of harm; to amend the law relating to incapable adults; to remove an individual's liability for expenses incurred by councils in performing certain functions in relation to the individual's spouse or child; to allow the Scottish Ministers to delegate their functions relating to councils' duty to pay sums for the purposes of securing community care services; to make provision entitling a council to recover expenses incurred in providing social services to persons who are not ordinarily resident in the council's area; to allow the Public Guardian to intervene in court proceedings; to amend the law relating to mentally disordered persons; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2018-03-08Expert Participation2018-01-25 Part 1 Protection of adults at risk of harm<Emphasis>Other provisions</Emphasis>Obstruction491A person commits an offence by, without reasonable excuse, preventing or obstructing any other person from doing anything which the other person is authorised or entitled to do by virtue of—aan assessment order,ba removal order,ca banning order,da temporary banning order,ea warrant for entry, orfany provision of this Part.2A person commits an offence by, without reasonable excuse, refusing or otherwise failing to comply with a requirement made under section 10.3A person who is guilty of an offence under this section is liable, on summary conviction—ato a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale,bto be imprisoned for a term not exceeding 3 months, orcto both such a fine and such imprisonment.4Nothing done by a person whose well-being or property another person is attempting to investigate or safeguard constitutes an offence under this section.S. 49 in force at 29.10.2008 by S.S.I. 2008/314, art. 2Pt. 1 modified (31.3.2012) by The Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (Incidental Provision) (Adult Support and Protection) Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/66), arts. 1(1), 2
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