http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2017/2/section/24/2020-09-29Public Health (Wales) Act 2017An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to make provision for a national strategy on tackling obesity; about smoking; for a register of retailers of tobacco and nicotine products; about the handing over of tobacco and nicotine products to persons aged under 18; about the performance of certain procedures for aesthetic or therapeutic purposes; about intimate piercing of children; about health impact assessments; about assessing the local need for pharmaceutical services; about pharmaceutical lists; about assessing the local need for public toilets; about fixed penalty receipts for food hygiene rating offences; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-09-16Expert Participation2020-09-29PART 3TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTSCHAPTER 1SMOKINGEnforcement
24Obstruction etc. of officers1

Any person who intentionally obstructs an authorised officer exercising functions under sections 19 to 23 commits an offence.

2

Any person who without reasonable cause fails—

a

to provide an authorised officer with facilities that the authorised officer reasonably requires for the purpose of a requirement under section 23(1), or

b

to comply with a requirement under section 23(1)(b) or (d),

commits an offence.

3

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

4

This section is subject to section 23(7).

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