Food Standards Act 1999

[F125AObstruction of food crime officersE+W

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(1)A person commits an offence if the person—

(a)intentionally obstructs a food crime officer who is acting in the exercise of functions conferred on the officer by virtue of section 114C of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE powers for food crime officers),

(b)fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement made of the person by such a food crime officer who is so acting, or

(c)in purported compliance with such a requirement provides information which the person knows to be false or misleading in any material particular or recklessly provides information which is false or misleading in any material particular.

(2)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine, or to both.

(3)In this section “food crime officer” has the meaning given by section 114C of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE powers for food crime officers).]

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