9Obstruction of authorised officer
(1)Any person who—
(a)intentionally obstructs any authorised officer; or
(b)without reasonable cause fails to give any authorised officer any assistance or information which the officer may reasonably require of him for the purposes of the exercise of the officer’s functions under any provision of this Part of this Act;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(2)Subsection (1) (b) above applies in relation to a constable as it applies in relation to an authorised officer.
(3)A person shall be guilty of an offence if, in giving any information which is required of him by virtue of subsection (1) (b) above—
(a)he makes any statement which he knows is false in a material particular; or
(b)he recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(5)In this section “authorised officer” means any officer of the council who is acting in pursuance of any provision of this Part of this Act.