PART 4Offences under these Regulations

Obstruction etc. of an investigation

9.  A person is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale if the person—

(a)intentionally delays an authorised officer who is conducting any investigation under these Regulations,

(b)fails to comply with any requirement imposed by or under these Regulations, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for that failure,

(c)provides information which the person knows, or ought reasonably to have known, is to a material extent false or misleading, or

(d)destroys information that has been required under regulation 4(2) or that may be accessed under regulation 7(3) where the person does so with the intention of avoiding compliance with that requirement or access.