Obstruction of authorised officers and false statementsU.K.
4.—(1) A person shall not—
(a)intentionally obstruct a duly authorised officer of an enforcement authority acting in pursuance of any provision of these Regulations; or
(b)intentionally fail to comply with any requirement properly made to him by such an officer under any provision of these Regulations; or
(c)without reasonable cause fail to give any such officer of an enforcement authority who is so acting any other assistance or information which he may reasonably require of him for the purposes of the exercise of the officer’s functions under any provision of these Regulations.
(2) A person shall not, in giving any information which is required of him by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(c)—
(a)make any statement which he knows is false in a material particular, or
(b)recklessly make a statement which is false in a material particular.