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Trade Descriptions Act 1968
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29 Obstruction of authorised officers.U.K.
(1)Any person who—
(a)wilfully obstructs an officer of a local weights and measures authority or of a Government department acting in pursuance of this Act; or
(b)wilfully fails to comply with any requirement properly made to him by such an officer under section 28 of this Act; or
(c)without reasonable cause fails to give such an officer 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 Act.
shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding [F1level 3 on the standard scale].
(2)If any person, in giving any such information as is mentioned in the preceding subsection, makes any statement which he knows to be false, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(3)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 him.
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F1Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) 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.) S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), arts. 5, 6
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C1S. 29 extended (1.1.1975) by Hallmarking Act 1973 (c. 43), s. 9(3)
S. 29 extended by Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40, SIF 46:4), s. 75(6)(8)
S. 29 extended (with modifications) by S.I. 1986/26, reg. 11(2)
S. 29 extended (with modifications) by S.I. 1988/1586, reg. 4(2)
S. 29 extended by 1988 c. 48, ss. 107A(2), 198A(2) (as inserted (6.4.2007) by 1994 c. 33, ss. 165(2)(3), 172(2)); S.I. 2007/621, art. 2
C2S. 29 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.1.1975) by Hallmarking Act 1973 (c. 43), s. 9(7)
S. 29 applied (with modifications) by Trade Marks Act 1938 (c. 22, SIF 67A), s. 58D(2) (as inserted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 300)
S. 29 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1, 2), s. 215(7)-(9)
S. 29 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1988/1989 (N.I. 22), art. 4(6)(7)
S. 29 applied (with modifications) (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 11, ss. 30(5)(6)(7), 32, 68(2)
S. 29 applied (with modifications) (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 26, s. 93(2)(3)(5); S.I. 1994/2250, art. 2
S. 29 applied (3.2.1995) by 1984 c. 39, s. 16A(4A) (as inserted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 33, ss. 91(2)(c); S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1), Sch. 1)
S. 29 applied (with modifications) (23.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/2489, reg. 10(1)
S. 29 applied by Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995 (c. 32), s. 8A(2)-(4) (as added (2.4.2007) by London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 (c. 12), ss. 32, 40(2), Sch. 3 para. 12(1) (with s. 40(5))); S.I. 2007/1064, art. 2
C3S. 29 restricted (23.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/2489, reg. 9
C4S. 29 applied (with modifications) by 1949 c. 88, s. 35ZB(1) (with (3) (as inserted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 13, 24(1); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.)
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