ObstructionE+W
16.—(1) A person is guilty of an offence if they—
(a)without reasonable excuse, proof of which lies on that person, obstructs an authorised officer acting for the purposes of the enforcement of these Regulations, or a person accompanying such an authorised officer under regulation 7(3)(a);
(b)without reasonable excuse, proof of which lies on that person, fails to give an authorised officer acting for the purposes of the enforcement of these Regulations any assistance or information or to provide any record or facilities that they may reasonably require;
(c)without reasonable excuse, proof of which lies on that person, fails to make any request for inspection when so required by [F1marketing rules] or fails to give any notice or information required by [F1marketing rules].
(2) A person who without reasonable excuse, proof of which lies on that person, supplies to an authorised officer acting for the purposes of the enforcement of these Regulations any information knowing it to be false or misleading is guilty of an offence.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 16(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/732), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(j); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)