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<Strong>Part IV</Strong>
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<Title>General</Title>
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<Title> Obstruction</Title>
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<Title> Obstruction</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/55/section/112" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/55/section/112" id="section-112">
<Pnumber>112</Pnumber>
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A person who wilfully obstructs a person acting in the execution of this Act, or of building regulations, or of an order or warrant made or issued under this Act, is in a case for which no other provision is made by this Act, liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding
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on the standard scale.
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<Addition ChangeId="key-0a4a0ce4d81d20518f63f2f2a6412b95-1695988164238" CommentaryRef="key-0a4a0ce4d81d20518f63f2f2a6412b95">Subsection (1) does not apply where the person obstructed is an authorised officer (within the meaning of section 22 of the Building Safety Act 2022).</Addition>
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<CitationSubRef id="ccsyn1ed5-03383" SectionRef="section-112-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/55/section/112/2">S. 112(2)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W., 6.4.2024 for W.) by
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,
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<CitationSubRef CitationRef="ccsyn1ed5-03384" id="ccsyn1ed5-03386" SectionRef="section-170-4-c" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/30/section/170/4/c">(c)</CitationSubRef>
,
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;
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,
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(with
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,
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,
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(with
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="ccsyn1ed5-03391" id="ccsyn1ed5-03394" SectionRef="regulation-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2024/207/regulation/3">regs. 3</CitationSubRef>
,
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<Text>
S. 112 renumbered as s. 112(1) (1.10.2023 except in relation to W., 6.4.2024 for W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/30" id="ccsyn1ed5-03348" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2022" Number="30" Title="Building Safety Act 2022">Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30)</Citation>
,
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,
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;
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,
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;
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,
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,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="ccsyn1ed5-03354" id="ccsyn1ed5-03356" SectionRef="schedule" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2024/207/schedule">Sch.</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="ccsyn1ed5-03354" id="ccsyn1ed5-03357" SectionRef="regulation-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2024/207/regulation/3">regs. 3</CitationSubRef>
,
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<Text>
Words in
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substituted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W., 6.4.2024 for W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/30" id="ccsyn1ed5-03366" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2022" Number="30" Title="Building Safety Act 2022">Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="ccsyn1ed5-03366" id="ccsyn1ed5-03367" SectionRef="section-170-4-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/30/section/170/4/b">s. 170(4)(b)</CitationSubRef>
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="ccsyn1ed5-03366" id="ccsyn1ed5-03368" SectionRef="section-170-4-c" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/30/section/170/4/c">(c)</CitationSubRef>
,
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;
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,
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;
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,
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,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="ccsyn1ed5-03372" id="ccsyn1ed5-03374" SectionRef="schedule" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2024/207/schedule">Sch.</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="ccsyn1ed5-03372" id="ccsyn1ed5-03375" SectionRef="regulation-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2024/207/regulation/3">regs. 3</CitationSubRef>
,
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,
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