- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (03/01/1995)
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(1)Subject to subsection (6) of this section, any person who—
(a)wilfully obstructs any such officer or person as is mentioned in subsection (1) of section 29 of this Act acting in the exercise of any powers conferred on him by or under that section, or
(b)wilfully fails to comply with any requirement properly made to him by such an officer or person under that section, or
(c)without reasonable cause fails to give to such an officer or person so acting any other assistance or information which he may reasonably require of him for the purpose of the performance of his functions under this Part of this Act,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)If any person, in giving any such information as is mentioned in subsection (1)(c) of this section, makes any statement which he knows to be false, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(3)If any person discloses to any other person—
(a)any information with respect to any manufacturing process or trade secret obtained by him in premises which he has entered by virtue of section 29 of this Act, or
(b)any information obtained by him under that section or by virtue of subsection (1) of this section,
he shall, unless the disclosure was made in the performance of his duty, be guilty of an offence.
(4)If any person who is neither a duly authorised officer of a weights and measures authority nor a person duly authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State purports to act as such under section 29 of this Act or under this section, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(5)Any person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1level 3 on the standard scale]; and any person guilty of an offence under subsection (2), subsection (3) or subsection (4) of this section shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £400;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
(6)Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate that person or (where that person is married) the husband or wife of that person.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted (E.W.) by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G and (N.I.) by S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), arts. 5, 6
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